astronomy

Li Jingmei

Li Jingmei is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Li Jingmei rather than just read about it. In short: Li Jingmei is a research scientist with a primary focal point on breast cancer research at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) in the Laboratory of Women's Health and Genetics. Li’s research focuses on understanding the causes of cancer and preventing or early detection of cancer.

Key takeaways

Li Jingmei belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Li Jingmei to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Li Jingmei from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Li Jingmei is a research scientist with a primary focal point on breast cancer research at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) in the Laboratory of Women's Health and Genetics. Li’s research focuses on understanding the causes of cancer and preventing or early detection of cancer. Her personal mission is to improve the lives of women. Li is passionate about science communication, education, and promoting breast cancer awareness.

Education Li received her bachelor's degree in Life Sciences with a minor in Technopreneurship at the National University of Singapore and was part of the University Scholars Programme (USP). She graduated in 2006 and was named valedictorian of the Faculty of Science. Li extended her undergraduate studies for one year to participate in the NUS Overseas College (NOC) programme in Silicon Valley, USA. She completed her Ph.D. studies at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.

Works and research Li was inspired by her Ph.D. Supervisor, Professor Per Hall to research into breast cancer. She was convinced that as a clinician she could only help her patients only but as a researcher, she could help many more people. Li works as a group leader and Senior Research Scientist in the Laboratory of Women’s Health & Genetics at the GIS. She focuses on examining the DNA to look for genetic differences that define who is most likely to develop or die from cancer and the non-genetic factors. Li mentioned in an interview with Augustin Chiam, a political science and USP student at NUS, that cancer research within Sweden is easier than within Singapore. This is due to the fact that Sweden has a nation-wide centralized database of patient’s records that span back a few generations while on the other hand, the patient data within Singapore is owned by private hospitals thus not easily accessible. Li wants to also focus on how ethnicity plays a factor due to the fact that most research on breast cancer has been done on mainly European participants and where only 14% of genetic breast cancer studies have involved Asians. Li engaged and spoke about cancer in three TED talks (TEDxSIT, TEDxNTU, and TEDxISKL).

Awards and honors In 2014, Li was awarded the UNESCO-L’Oréal International for Women in Science Fellowship that gave her a US$40,000 grant to encourage greater gender parity in the sciences. In 2017, Li received the Young Scientist Award administered by the Singapore National Academy of Science. In 2018, she was inducted as a class of 2018 National Research Foundation Fellow. In 2018, she became a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist.

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Li Jingmei

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Li Jingmei claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Li Jingmei before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Li Jingmei ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Li Jingmei

In research: Li Jingmei appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Li Jingmei in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Li Jingmei is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century Singaporean scientists, 21st-century Singaporean women scientists, Cancer researchers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Li Jingmei outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Li Jingmei in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Li Jingmei means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Li Jingmei out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Li Jingmei in simple terms?

Why does Li Jingmei matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Li Jingmei?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Li Jingmei.