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DBS
Graduate student Mahesh Uttamchandani has been awarded the Wang
Gungwu Medal and Prize AY2007/2008 for the Best PhD thesis in
the Natural Sciences. The Wang Gungwu Medal and Prize was donated
in 2005 by Professor Wang Gungwu to recognize the research achievements
of graduate students. A medal and cash prize of $5,000 was awarded
for the best PhD thesis in the Natural Sciences (including School
of Computing, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Engineering, Yong
Loo Lin School of Medicine and Faculty of Science). |
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Another 2 papers has
been selected for Faculty
of 1000 Biology. Faculty of 1000 Biology is an award-winning
online service that highlights and evaluates the most interesting
papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations
of over 2000 of the world's top researchers.
1. A/P Rudolf Meier - BMC
Evol Biol 2008 May 21 8(1):155 >>read
comments
2. Dr Peter Todd - OIKO 2007 116: 1599-1601 >>read
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May
2008 |
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We
have just launched
the website for Joint
Minor in Environmental
Biology (Univ of Toronto-
NUS) >> website |
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An online publication
in Current Biology by A/P Li Daiqin, our resident
spiderman has created waves of interest all over the world. >>more |
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April
2008 |
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A group of 25 graduate
students from Nijmegen University, Holland visited the department
on 23 April 2008. The students were hosted by 20 of our own graduate
students >>photos |
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In advance of its
publication in Current Biology (volume 18), news of the paper announcing
the lungless frog (the Bornean flat-headed frog, Barbourula kalimantanensis)
by David
Bickford and colleagues from Indonesia - has been
released. >> New
Scientist News >> CNN.com |
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March 2008 |
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An
advertisement for NUS recruitment features our dept 3rd year UROPS
student Loh Kok Sheng's Chek Jawa project (ST, 25 Mar 2008). >>more |
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The National Research
Foundation (NRF) Research Fellowship launched last May, received
applications worldwide. Ten inaugural Research Fellows were selected,
among them Dr Cynthia He from Dept of Biological Sciences. Knowledge
Enterprise profiles some of these brilliant, passionate researchers
who will receive up to US$1.5 million each to carry out cutting-edge
research in Singapore. >>more |
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Two
of our
staff have mentored winning projects at the
Singapore Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF) 2008 held
at Singapore Science Centre
MERIT: Project BC22
mentored by Lim Tit Meng
SILVER: Project BC11
mentored by Yih-Cherng Liou >>full list of winners |
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NUS Quality Service
Award 2007 winner, Prof Lim Tit Meng, stood out among the
winners as an academic who went the extra mile to make a difference
to students outside the University. The former Vice-Dean at Faculty
of Science (now seconded to the Singapore Science Centre as Assistant
Chief Executive) has helped to promote learning of life science
as a consultant in various secondary schools and junior colleges,
and voluntarily led the International Biology Olympiad to success
for several years. Not forgetting his students in NUS, he has
also helped to raise funds to enable needy students to go on exchange
programmes...
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Prof Alex Ip is one of
the winners of the Annual Teaching Excellence
Award 2006/07.
Congratulations! |
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DBS
received the ASHPA Safety Merit Award that comes with a plaque
and cash $10,000.. Congratulations to the DBS Safety Team! |
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February
2008 |
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Our graduate student,
Jiang Naxin (Supervisor: Prof Ding JL ) has been awarded the Chua
Toh Hua Memorial Gold Medal for 2008. The
medal is awarded to the Doctor of Philosophy graduate with the
most outstanding research work done in Life Sciences, congratulations! |
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A/P
Pan Shen Quan's paper (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 Dec
11) has been selected for Faculty
of 1000 Biology. Faculty of 1000 Biology
is an award-winning online service that highlights and evaluates
the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences,
based on the recommendations of over 2000 of the world's top researchers.
It was launched in January 2002 and already over 85% of the world's
top institutions subscribe (e.g. NIH*, Johns Hopkins and all Max
Planck Institutes). Papers are highlighted on the basis of their
scientific merit rather than the journal in which they appear. Congratulations!
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A/P
Li Daiqin has
been appointed as a Senior Fellow in the Department of Zoology,
University of Melbourne. Congratulations! |
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A
joint OLS Immunology and Structural Biology and Proteomics Inter-Programmatic
Research Meeting was held on the 25th of February 2008 at
the Department of Biological Sciences Conference Room. The
objective of the meeting was to enable
investigators from both programmes to
explore 'outside their
box' and seek synergism between the
experties within both programmes.. more |
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Another promotion! Dr
Tan Swee Hee has been promoted to Lecturer. Congratulations! |
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Science & Technology-Planting
the seeds of hope
NUS Assistant Prof Yu Hao, Department of Biological Sciences, was
a recipient of the Singapore Youth Award (SYA) for Science & Technology
in 2007. His expertise in the genetic engineering is fast gaining
recognition.
TODAY, 11 January 2008, p61 |
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January
2008 |
Awards
&
promotions
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FOS Outstanding
Service Award 2007
Choo Beng Goon, Joan
Liew Chye Fong
Subha, N
Tan Jee Hian, Allan
Yong Ann Nee
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NUS Quality Service
Award 2007
A/P Lim Tit Meng, Vice Dean
Ms Veronica
Wong Kway Yip |
A great start to
the New Year - Promotions!
Lin Qingsong (Research Fellow to Assistant Professor)
Seow Teck Keong (Lecturer to Senior Lecturer)
Lam Siew Hong (Instructor
to Lecturer)
Peter Todd (Instructor to Lecturer)
Tan Heok Hui (Instructor to Lecturer)
Ng Ngan Kee (TA to Instructor)
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December
2007 |
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Port
Project: $20m to limit harm to environment
NUS Prof Chou Loke Ming, Department of Biological Sciences, was engaged by the
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore to study the environmental effects of
a new port expansion project near Labrador Park.
The Straits Times, 25 December 2007, pH4 |
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Clogged
artery? Ticks might do the trick
Two NUS researchers Prof R. Manjunatha Kini and Mr Koh Cho Yeow,
Department of Biological Sciences, together with a team of international
scientists, found a substance, called variegin, in the saliva of
European ticks which stops blood from clotting. The novel protein
has potential to prevent heart attack or stroke arising from a clogged
artery.
The Straits Times, 31 December 2007, Home Section, pH3 |
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A
clear and present danger to the planet
Prof Navjot Sodhi, Department of Biological
Sciences, writes about on how man's exploitation of nature
is creating a global extinction crisis.
The Straits Times, 7
December 2007, pS11 |
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Farewell
lunch - for Shashi
and Mr Loh Mun Seng, we will miss them both and we wish them all
the best for the future... Photo
gallery |
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November
2007 |
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8th
Sino- Singapore Conference in Biotechnology, 19-20
November 2007, Department
of Biological Sciences, National University
of Singapore. A
Conference jointly organized by Tsinghua University, Xiamen
University and National University of Singapore |
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Congratulations
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FOS
Outstanding Scientist Award 2007 - Congratulations to Prof
Gong Zhiyuan, A/P Li Daiqin, A/P Yang Daiwen and A/P Yao Shao
Qin |
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Congratulations
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Dr
Ng Huck Hui has been invited
to present at the Cold Spring Harbor 73rd Symposium on Stem Cell
Regulation.This is a sign of international
recognition for his outstanding work, Congratulations! |
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