Speakers

Bruno Reversade

Place of Birth : French
Position : Professor and Research Director, Center of Excellence in Health, BESE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
Field of study : Human genetics, disease modeling, and therapeutic development

Professor Bruno Reversade trained as a developmental biologist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA. After obtaining his PhD from Université Pierre & Marie Curie (France) and UCLA (USA) in 2006, he received the inaugural A*STAR investigatorship and established his research group at A*STAR in Singapore. There, he transitioned his focus to human genetics, emphasizing monogenic, fully penetrant, and unique genetic traits as a means to understand complex and common diseases. By combining Mendelian genetics, patient-derived organoids, and animal modeling, his team has elucidated the aetiology of orphan human disorders affecting embryogenesis, metabolism, aging, cognition, immunity, and familial cancers. Several of these discoveries have been licensed or are under development for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Professor Reversade is currently a Research Director and Professor at KAUST (Saudi Arabia). He is a former fellow of the Branco Weiss Foundation (Switzerland) and the National Research Foundation (Singapore) and was the first EMBO Young Investigator based outside Europe. He holds distinguished visiting professorships at Koç University (Türkiye) and the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Experiences

Professor and Research Director, Center of Excellence in Health, BESE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (2023 – Present)

Distinguished Visiting Toh Chin Chye Professor, Department of Physiology & Cardiovascular Disease, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore (2023 – Present)

Joint Scientist, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore (2023 – Present)

Senior Group Leader (GIS) & Research Director (IMCB), A*STAR, Singapore (2020 – 2023)

Distinguished Professor of Genetics, Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye (2020 – 2023)

Adjunct Professor, Department of Paediatrics, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore (2016 – 2023)

Professor of Human Genetics, Amsterdam UMC (AMC), Amsterdam, Netherlands (2016 – 2020)

Research Director, Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) & Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), A*STAR, Singapore (2015 – 2020)