Wei Seong Toh

National University of Singapore

Wei Seong Toh, PhD, is a tenured Associate Professor and Research Director at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS). He holds joint appointments in Faculty of Dentistry and Department of Biomedical Engineering. He is also a Principal Investigator at the NUS Tissue Engineering Programme. His research focuses on understanding the mechanisms for degeneration and developing multidisciplinary strategies for regeneration of tissues of the musculoskeletal system. His team first reported the therapeutic efficacy of small extracellular vesicles/exosomes from mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) in joint repair. He has delivered over 70 plenary/keynote/invited talks and authored over 95 journal publications, accumulating h-index 48 and over 23,000 citations (Google Scholar). Together with his team, he has garnered more than 50 research awards and honors, including the World’s Top 2% Scientists by the Stanford University. He currently serves as the Secretary of Society for Clinical Research and Translation of Extracellular Vesicles Singapore (SOCRATES). He is also an executive committee member of Asia-Pacific Societies for Extracellular Vesicles (APSEV), a member of International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy (ISCT) Exosomes Committee, a member of International Society for Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV) Task Force on Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Use of EV-based Therapeutics, and a member of International Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society (ICRS) Workgroup on Underrepresented Regions. He also currently serves as an Associate Editor for Genes & Diseases and Extracellular Vesicles and Circulating Nucleic Acids (EVCNA).