Public Talks
- (2023) “Fairchildren and factory girls: gender, space, and family in the Singapore electronics industry” Making Modernity in East Asia Lecture, Hong Kong University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_QIxIB_ZbI
- “Genomics and the new inequalities” NISTH Think Out, December 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj1vl59efPA
- “Algorithms and social harm” NISTH Think Out, November 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSz5DVbaSZI
- “COVID-19: emerging designs for resilient homes, offices, cities.” NISTH Think Out, September 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxNbjLZOxL0
- “Misinformation and vaccine attitudes” NISTH Think Out, August 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtCS7L4RNvM
- “Citizen Participation for Smart City Governance” NISTH Think Out, July 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEOXmJw6nVI
- “Soy sauce and industrial food production in Singapore” as part of the event “Soy sauce across Asia: tradition taste and technology” Organized for Singapore National Heritage Board HeritageFest. 27th May 2021. https://www.facebook.com/events/1380848608955607/
- “Denizens of the data-fied city” Talk for Singapore Research Nexus event “Smart Citizenship in and Beyond Singapore,” 12 May 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VxtJWkgsTI
- “Digital assistants in healthcare” NISTH Think Out, January 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsj5IdR4Ea0
- “Genomics: Rewriting our health” Podcast. Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/trailblazers-with-walter-isaacson/id1212045046
- “Responding to climate change” NISTH Think Out, November 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRPBy4pvKr4
- “AI and Regulation” NISTH Think Out, November 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8bMyyoN11I
- “The technology of response in Asia” COVIDCalls #175 with Scott Gabriel Knowles, 24th November 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6O11_0P3jY
- “Trace Together and the societal impact of citizen science” New Naratif podcast, 24th May 2020. https://newnaratif.com/podcast/tracetogether-and-the-societal-impact-of-citizen-science/
- “Exhibition (de)tour: Living with our creations” NTU Centre for Contemporary Art, 5 December 2019. https://vimeo.com/502498484
- “Rethinking AI: What if the future is not robotic?” Talk for HEAD Foundation, Singapore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En569OwL
- “Retracing the spice road: How Southeast Asia shaped Europe’s tastes.” HistoriaSG Public Lecture, National Museum of Singapore, 22 April 2017. https://roots.sg/learn/resources/Videos/historiasg-Retracing-the-Spice-Road
- “The Social Context of Serendipity” TEDxSingapore, December 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izFriGuG-gY&t=1s
Media appearances
- (2025) Talking about lab-grown meat. 2GB Radio with Michael McLaren, 24th June.
- (2025) Quoted on Elon Musk in “Elon musk playing ‘three-dimensional chess’ with $155bn bid for OpenAI, experts say.” Syndicated in The Australian, The Herald Sun, Townsville Bulletin, The Advertiser, and The Weekly Times. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/elon-musk-playing-three-dimensional-chess-with-155bn-bid-for-openai-experts-say/news-story/
- (2024) Talking about AI and Sam Altman on Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney, News, Weekend Breakfast, 28th September. Available here: https://www.facebook.com/reel/2505963579597865
- (2024) “The meanings of meat: lab-grown protein and biological time” Gastronomica / Heritage Radio Network, April 7. https://gastronomica.simplecast.com/episodes/the-meanings-of-meat-lab-grown-protein-and-biological-time-9q9j7oYA
- (2024) “Fairchildren and factory girls” RTHK (Hong Kong radio). “Mind Matters.” https://www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3/programme/mindmatters
- (2023) Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, “The woolly mammoth meatball could kick off a trend of eating extinct meats” Discover Magazine, 22 April. https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-woolly-mammoth-meatball-could-kick-off-a-trend-of-eating-extinct-meats
- (2022) 江真, “华大基因首次进入美国市场，恐引发基因数据安全担忧” Voice of America (China), 5 September. https://www.voachinese.com/a/bgi-china-s-genome-sequencing-company-enters-american-market-with-national-security-concerns-in-congress-20220901/6727533.html
- (2019) Paul Biegler, “Leaps and boundaries: the rise of China as a science superpower” Sydney Morning Herald, 23 June. https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/leaps-and-boundaries-the-rise-of-china-as-a-science-superpower-20190612-p51wt0.html
- (2018) Rob Stein, “Doctors in China lead race to cure cancer by editing genes” NPR, 21 February. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/21/585336506/doctors-in-china-lead-race-to-treat-cancer-by-editing-genes
- (2022) “How much protein do you really need to eat?” Channel News Asia, Talking Point, 15 August. https://youtu.be/0K-TD2JsjwI
- (2022) Garrett O’Brien “BGI Shakes Up sequencing” The Wire China, 14 August. https://www.thewirechina.com/2022/08/14/bgi-shakes-up-sequencing/