A One-Stop Hub into NTU Biomed, Health and Life Sciences

NTU Integrated Medical, Biological & Environmental Life Sciences (NIMBELS) is a university-level strategic venture that brings various NTU entities together. We collaborate on initiatives leveraging our expertise across to promote synergistic and interdisciplinary partnerships that are critical to addressing many of today’s health and environmental challenges.

Current NIMBELS members include:

  1. Asian School of the Environment (ASE)
  2. Earth Observatory Singapore (EOS)
  3. School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CCEB)
  4. Institute For Digital Molecular Analytics and Science (IDMxS)
  5. Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
  6. NTU Institute of Structural Biology (NISB)
  7. School of Biological Sciences (SBS)
  8. Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE)
  9. School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS)

What we do

Our Vision Statement

We collaborate on initiatives bringing together our expertise across to promote synergistic and interdisciplinary partnerships that are critical to addressing many of today’s health and environmental challenges.


Fostering Strong Synergistic Links

NIMBELS brings together various NTU entities with a view to integrate and coordinate research in life and environmental sciences. The team aims to develop NTU collaborative grants, coordinate and organise research seminars and cross department meetings.


Major Research Areas

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Aligning with NTU2025’s vision in addressing humanity’s grand challenges, NIMBELS have formed three major focus areas for research and development within the life sciences domain, namely Food Science, Health & Environment and Infectious Diseases.

Biotechnology concept. Food tech. Nutritional science

Food Science

Food production & sustainability; Food safety & nutrition

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Health & Environment

Impact of environment on human health

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Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases and its impact on human health

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