DBS, NUS gets S$1m boost for life sciences!

The National University of Singapore's (NUS) Faculty of Science received a $1 million donation which will help it boost life sciences research and education at the university. The donation came from developer SingHaiyi Group and its parent company, Haiyi Holdings. >> more

(posted 13 May 2013)

NUS ranked 17 for Biological Sciences in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2013

This is a significant upward trend from rank 28 in 2011 and 31 in 2012. QS also interviewed one of our alumni, Dr Liu Chang (supervisor: A/P Yu Hao) who shared his views on training received in DBS and NUS. He was recently awarded one of the most prestigious awards from the European Commission, Marie Curie Fellowship, to join Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology as a postdoc. Click for the QS interview.

(posted 10 May 2013)

Biology Letters Top Ten Cited and Downloaded articles of 2012

A/P Li Daiqin's paper “Remote copulation: male adaptation to female cannibalism” has recently been included in the Biology Letters most downloaded and cited articles from 2012. His paper was one of the top ten download articles in 2012.

(posted 3 Apr 2013)

Coming soon!

The CryoEM Facility is entering into Phase II with the anticipated installation of the JEOL 2200FS with phase plate. Sneak preview

(posted 1 Apr 2013)

Warmer wasps may mean fewer figs

Nanthinee Jevanandam, a graduate student of Professor Richard Corlett working on fig-fig wasp interaction, has recently published in Biology Letters, the journal of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science. The report was picked up and highlighted in several media. Read all about it on ABC online

(posted 22 Mar 2013)

Warm welcome to Dr Jonathan Loh Yuin-Han

Dr. Jonathan Loh has assumed duty in DBS on 1 March 2013 as an Assistant Professor. He holds a joint appointment with the department under the A*STAR Academia Pathways scheme while holding his primary appointment as a PI at IMCB, A*STAR.

(posted 5 Mar 2013)

Paper in PLOS Medicine

Roman Carrasco and colleagues publish today in PLOS Medicine. Their work proposes a novel trade system to scale up international contributions to global health. They propose an innovative global credit market based on a global cost-effectiveness criterion to run a cap and trade system where DALY credits (Disability Adjusted Life Years) are exchanged. >> article in PLOS Medicine >> press release in eurekalert.com

(posted 22 Feb 2013)

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