Congratulations on the Launch of the RII Centre for Molecular and Microbiome Sciences (RII-CMMS)!

The Asia Pacific Microbiome and Biomedical Research Network (AMBeR) proudly congratulates its Founder and Director, Professor Ts Dr Lee Learn-Han, on the establishment of the RII Centre for Molecular and Microbiome Sciences (CMMS), the first Flagship Research and Innovation Institute (RII) Centre at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), under his leadership as Centre Director.

CMMS brings together multidisciplinary expertise in microbiome therapeutics, molecular diagnostics, natural product drug discovery, antimicrobial resistance and functional food engineering, fostering interdisciplinary research, innovation and translational impact.

Notably, all five Centre Principal Investigators are recognised among the World's Top 2% Scientists (2026). Centre Head: Professor Ts Dr Lee Learn-Han (Fellow of FAAET, FLS and FMSA) is further distinguished as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher 2023, a Highly Cited Chinese Researcher (2024 & 2025) and among China's Top 10 researchers in the Microbiology subfield (Stanford–Elsevier, 2026). Research Platform Leaders: Ts Dr Jodi Law Woan-Fei, Dr Imran Mahmood Khan, Ts Dr Tan Loh Teng-Hern and Dr Minaxi Sharma. 

AMBeR celebrates this significant milestone and wishes Professor Lee and the entire CMMS team continued success in advancing scientific excellence, international collaboration and impactful discoveries.