Benjamin Tam
Post Doctorate Fellow
Education:
Doctorate degree in Chemical Engineering, University College London, Sep 2014 – March 2019
MEng degree in Chemical Engineering, The University of Manchester, Sep 2010 – June 2014
Work experience:
Teaching Fellow, University College London, Feb 2019 – Nov 2019
Research Assistant, The University of Manchester, Jun 2014 – Aug 2014
Publications:
After joining the University of Macau:
1. Sinha S., Tam B., Wang S. M. Applications of Molecular Dynamics Simulation in Protein Study, Membranes, 2022, 12, 844 (co-first author)
2. Sinha S, Qin Z, Tam B, Wang SM. Identification of deleterious Variants of Uncertain Significance in BRCA2 BRC4 repeat through molecular dynamics simulations, Briefings in Functional Genomics, 2022, 21, 202-215
3. Sinha S., Tam B., Wang S. M. RBD double mutations of SARS CoV-2 strains increase transmissibility through enhanced interaction between RBD and ACE2 receptor, Virus, 2021, 14, 1 (co-first author)
4. Tam B., Sinha S., Qin Z., Wang S. M., Comprehensive identification of deleterious TP53 missense VUS variants based on their impact on TP53 structural stability, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, 22, 11345
5. Zhang L., Qin Z., Huang T., Tam B., Ruan Y., Guo M., Wu X., Li J., Zhao B., Chian J. S., Wang X., Wang L., Wang S. M., Prevalence and spectrum of DNA mismatch repair gene variation in the general Chinese population, Journal of Medical Genetics, 2021, doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2021-107886
6. Tam B., Sinha S., Wang S. M., Combining Ramachandran Plot and Molecular Dynamics Simulation for structural-based variant classification: using TP53 variants as model, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2020, 18, 4033-4039
Before joining the University of Macau:
1. Nair S. S., Illyaskutty N., Tam B., Yazaydin O., Steudel A., Hashem, T., Schöttner L., Nefedov A., Wöll C., Kohler H., Gliemann H., ZnO@ZIF-8: Gas sensitive core-shell heterostructures show reduced cross-sensitivity to humidity, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2020, 304, 127184
2. Tam B., Yazaydin O., Design of Electric Field Controlled Molecular Gates Mounted on Metal-Organic Frameworks, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 8690–8696.
3. Bulut A., Zorlu Y., Worle M., Cetinkaya M., Kurt H., Tam B., Yazaydin A. O., Beckmann J., Yücesan G., Short Naphthalene Organophosphonate Linkers to Microporous Frameworks, Chemistry Select, 20
4. Erkartal M., Erkilic U., Tam B., Usta H., Yazaydin O., Hupp J. T., Farha O. K., and Sen U., From 2-methylimidazole to 1,2,3-triazole: A Topological Transformation of ZIF-8 and ZIF-67 by Post-synthetic Modification, Chemical Communications, 2017, 53, 2028–2031.
Contact details:
Ph: +853 6289 7092
Email: Benjamintam@umac.mo