The Institute for Digital Molecular Analytics and Science (IDMxS), officially launched on 1 December 2022, is a Research Centre of Excellence (RCE) supported by a total investment of around S$160 million over 10 years, including S$94 million from the Singapore Ministry of Education. IDMxS is an organised effort focused on interfacing the biological and living world with the world of information technology and data science.
Our Vision
Redefining Molecular Analytics; Transforming Well-being.
Our Mission
To unveil previously under- or unexplored (digital, pattern-forming, and integrative) features of molecular, mesoscopic (colloidal), and macroscopic (phenotypic) biomarkers through data-driven approaches, thereby building a bridge between data science and molecular science.
Our Strategy
To achieve this mission, IDMxS’ overarching approach is to go beyond the neat simplicity of intermolecular interactions in dilute media and embrace the inherent complexity of biological interactions and dense heterogeneity of their environments. This requires measurements of modular and networked intermolecular interactions in crowded and dynamic environments where many non-specific and promiscuous interactions complicate specific associations.
To do so, we combine the most recent advances across the disparate fields of molecular biology, materials engineering, surface chemistry, supramolecular science, machine learning, and data science.
Scientific Themes
IDMxS has organised research efforts around three Scientific Themes, which bridge the disconnect between the molecular world of biology (molecular quanta) and the information world of data (information quanta), setting the stage for discovering new methods for sensing and detection. The three Scientific Themes are: (1) Single-molecule and Single-particle Digital Analytics, (2) Unconventional Targets and Probes, and (3) Multi-parametric Patterns of Biological Activity. Find more about our Scientific Themes.