Sit Kim Ping is a Singaporean biochemist and an Emeritus Professor at the Department of Biochemistry at the National University of Singapore. [1] She was the Head of the Department of Biochemistry (part of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine) from 1996 to 2000. [2]
Sit was born in 1941 and attended Tanjong Katong Girls' School. [3] She studied science at the National University of Singapore and obtained first-class honours when she graduated top of her class. [3] She obtained her PhD in biochemistry from McGill University. [4]
Sit was instrumental in the development of the New Life Science Undergraduate Curriculum, and was awarded the Emeritus Professorship in 2008. [5]
Sit studied detoxification, namely the process of conjugation by which metabolic by-products are made soluble prior to excretion. [6] She also studied metabolism within cancer cells and found aerobic respiration within mitochondria in cancer cells, which contradicts the Warburg hypothesis. [7]
Sit is married to a clinician and has two children. [3]
Sit Kim Ping is a Singaporean biochemist and an Emeritus Professor at the Department of Biochemistry at the National University of Singapore. [1] She was the Head of the Department of Biochemistry (part of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine) from 1996 to 2000. [2]
Sit was born in 1941 and attended Tanjong Katong Girls' School. [3] She studied science at the National University of Singapore and obtained first-class honours when she graduated top of her class. [3] She obtained her PhD in biochemistry from McGill University. [4]
Sit was instrumental in the development of the New Life Science Undergraduate Curriculum, and was awarded the Emeritus Professorship in 2008. [5]
Sit studied detoxification, namely the process of conjugation by which metabolic by-products are made soluble prior to excretion. [6] She also studied metabolism within cancer cells and found aerobic respiration within mitochondria in cancer cells, which contradicts the Warburg hypothesis. [7]
Sit is married to a clinician and has two children. [3]