Darwesh MK Aladinreceived his PhDin 2010 from the University of Hong Kong.His PhD work was on the multi scale structure and mechanics of intervertebral discs. He is currently pursuing his postdoctoral studies at the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore, in which he is studying intercellular adhesion and the role of cadherin extracellular domains in particular. He has published 6 papers in reputed journals.He has presented in more than 30 conferences and has won 18 awards including an honorable mention award from the ASME Bioengineering Division. Darwesh MK Aladinreceived his PhDin 2010 from the University of Hong Kong.His PhD work was on the multi scale structure and mechanics of intervertebral discs. He is currently pursuing his postdoctoral studies at the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore, in which he is studying intercellular adhesion and the role of cadherin extracellular domains in particular. He has published 6 papers in reputed journals.He has presented in more than 30 conferences and has won 18 awards including an honorable mention award from the ASME Bioengineering Division.

Genetics and Molecular Biology