Commitments
Our Approach
When one sees adversity, we transform it to opportunity. Distilling the secrets of genetics in plant and animal life, TLL strives to discover meaning in what lies beyond the ordinary.
From improving food yields amidst intractable challenges of climate change, land and water constraints, to making advances that counter diseases and pathogens, TLL has made significant discoveries and created a host of solutions through collaboration with academia, industries and partners in Singapore and around the world.
As a leading institution, TLL contributes actively to the creation of new knowledge for partnerships and collaborations. Award winning scientists, staff and mentors have patiently nurtured young life science talents and embraced diversity for rich cross-fertilization of ideas. These contributions will establish a critical mass of high quality scientists for real world research, innovation and enterprise development to flourish. Meanwhile, TLL continues to cheer on the next generation of scientific minds, to forge new frontiers and create more opportunities.
Economic Innovation
Our focus on improving the commercial viability of plants, animals and micro-organisms, has led to works that impact society through applied research in food security, biomedical, bio-energy, environmental solutions and even to areas such as flavours and fragrances.
Driven by deliberate strategies that accelerate the transfer of promising findings to potential applications, TLL strengthens ties between basic and applied research, science and business, intellectual property and market opportunity.
Environment Sustainability
Real world research excellence means research that sustainably works with and builds industries that solve global problems in climate change and ever-increasing demand.
TLL aims to bring life science innovations to life. To invent, innovate and invest in creating a better world. Our strategic research programme goes beyond doing upstream and downstream work. We have been creating a vibrant, productive and efficient research ecosystem that fosters the sustainable use of resources and preservation of biodiversity, bringing science to life.
Community Impact
When one sees a fish, we see the link to mankind. TLL’s work is poised to impact the region’s food security and well-being in the future. Our longstanding collaborations position Singapore at the forefront of rice improvement activities worldwide, tropical aquaculture developments in Asia, and biosafety laboratory practices in the region.