Dr Khoo Bee Luan is a biomedical scientist focused on innovating microfluidic devices for clinical
utility. She leads a research team under the Young Investigator grant award by NMRC to utilise
a microfluidic device for cancer management and evaluation, termed as the circulating tumour
cell (CTC) Cluster Assay. The CTC Cluster Assay aims to mimic parts of the tumour microenvironment in vitro by
integrating a confined fluidic niche using microwells with hypoxia and tumour-associated immune cells. She has also
developed microfluidic biochips for isolation of primary cancer cells, diseased blood cells or malaria-infected cells
with relevance to early disease detection.