The TEE Lab is welcomed our collaborators from Hiroshima University back to Singapore for the second time this year on 2-3 Nov 2025! Highlights included a GBIF data-sharing session by our Project Officer Marx Yim, a presentation by Aiman on his 10-day training in the lab, and of course, a feast of Indonesian food as a welcome dinner. A short but meaningful visit filled with learning, discussion, and collaboration. Looking forward to more in 2026!

From 28 Oct to 7 Nov 2025, the TEE Lab was excited to host PhD student Arief Aiman Lukhman from Hiroshima University for an intensive hands-on training in dung beetle sorting, identification,and molecular techniques. Guided by TEE Lab members Zann Teo and Dr Ong Xin Rui, and joined by our first-year PhD students Nethmi and Jasmine, Aiman dove into two weeks of dung beetle work, with everything from specimen processing 🔬 to PCR 🧬, and finally, curating a reference collection

The Tropical Ecology & Entomology Lab (TEE Lab), Asian School of Environment (ASE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) recently had the privilege of participating in the official opening of the new Sustainability Gallery at Gardens by the Bay. We were honoured to showcase our work to distinguished guests, including  President of the Republic of Singapore, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Kikkoman Corporation honorary CEO, chairman of board of directors Yuzaburo Mogi , and the dedi

In October 2025, Assoc Prof Eleanor Slade and Dr Ong Xin Rui had the privilege of participating in "The Second Training Course on Key Technologies of Insect Diversity Pattern Assessment and Intelligent Monitoring System in the Belt & Road Region" , organised by the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences . Course participants at the Tengger Desert The course involved over 20 participants from 16 countries , and was conducted in seven host institutions across six loc

We are delighted to share that our recent study on butterfly biodiversity in Singapore’s urban environment  has been featured by NTU...

Participants at Climate Transformations  Tuesday Gathering 'Under the Lens: A Closer Look at Insect' with Artist Wendy Zhang and the...

We had the amazing opportunity to contribute a commentary for The Straits Times on our recent publication in Ecology Letters, "...

In March 2025, the TEE Lab was delighted to have Dr Gianluca Cerullo with us for an afternoon of exciting discussions and catching up....

The TEE Lab had the pleasure of hosting our visitors from Hiroshima University, Japan in Singapore. Their visit brought exciting...

What an incredible weekend it was at our first-ever Bioblitz at Gardens by the Bay ! Supported by the Singapore Eco Fund and hosted in...

Four inspiring women (from left to right) Prof. Laura Miotto  (School of Art, Design and Media, NTU), Prof. Eleanor Slade  (TEElab, Asian...

Urban road verges, often overlooked as simple roadside greenery, can serve as valuable habitats for butterflies and other insect...

The hyper-diverse tropical region of Southeast Asia is experiencing high levels of anthropogenic impacts, such as deforestation and...

The Tropical Ecology & Entomology Lab (TEE Lab) recently had the honor of hosting Prof. Rudolf Meier from the Berlin Natural History...

The Tropical Ecology and Entomology Lab (TEE Lab) is proud to have contributed to a groundbreaking study led by Dr Nadine Keller . This...

In September 2024, a group of 34 enthusiastic participants—17 children and 17 parents— from Nature Classroom , an NGO based in Penang,...

On 30-31 August 2024. the Tropical Ecology & Entomology Lab (TEE Lab) had our first in-person meeting with our collaborators in Kyoto,...

The Tropical Ecology & Entomology (TEE) Lab from the Asian School of Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, had an...

The 60th Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) was held in the heart of Kigali, Rwanda , where...

Hello, Li Yuen here! On 15 May 2024, I was privileged to be part of another STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)...