Lim Chun Ren

Lim read agricultural science with a major in agricultural chemistry from the Kyoto University, Japan, which he followed with a Masters and a PhD from Nara Institute of Science and Technology. His studies had been supported by multiple awards: the Monbusho (Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture, Japan) Scholarship (1989-1996); Sasakawa Fellowship (1996-1999); Young Researcher Fellowship of Nihon Kagaku Shinkokai (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS) (1996-1999); and Kanagawa Prefecture Industrial Technology Development Award (2007). He started work at DNA Chip Research Inc. (Yokohama) in 1999 as a Senior Scientist where he was later promoted to R&D Group Manager. Before joining the Company, he was a General Manager at Gene News Diagnostics.