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The International Conference on Pharmacology: Advances in Translational Sciences & Drug Discovery 2019, organized by the Department of Pharmacology , Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, in celebration of our 60th Anniversary and by the Pharmacological Society (Singapore), will be held on 4-5 July 2019 at the Clinical Research Centre Auditorium, Level 1, Block MD11, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597

We look forward to welcoming scientists, clinicians, students and trainees interested in translational sciences and drug discovery research from all over the world to gather together in the warm and vibrant city of Singapore. We have an exciting scientific program prepared for your participation and contribution, and look forward to many fruitful and insightful discussions for the advancement of pharmacology.

Please visit our website for more details.

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Congratulations to our Post Graduate Student, Mr. Bibek Gyanwali, on receiving the Travel Grant Award at the International Congress of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2019. The congress was hosted by Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head ard Neck Surgery/Korean Association of Otorhinolaryngologists.

Congratulations to our Research Fellow, Dr Yuan Yi, on winning the Good Poster Award at the Global Breast Cancer Conference 2019.

Congratulations to 6 of our staff who received their Long Service Award. Front left: Ms. CHEONG Yoke Ping (15 years), Ms Annie HSU (35 years), Ms Ratnasari (25 years). Front right: Dr. Winston LIAO (5 years), A/P BIAN Jinsong (15 years). 4th right: A/P Gautam SETHI (10 years).

The statement from the attendee, Miss Shreya KAR:

“Rarely you are fortunate enough to be a part of a meeting with the Michelin star chefs of Science aka the Nobel Laureates. The 11th HOPE meeting with the Nobel Laureates organized by JSPS was a dream come true for young researchers like myself, which gave us the scope to interact with the finest scientists in our field, establish meaningful collaborations with researchers from different parts of the world, and make life-long friendships. I am grateful to JSPS, my school- the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS), Prof Fred Wong – Head of the Department of Pharmacology, NUS, and last but not the least, my supervisor Dr. Alan Prem Kumar for this wonderful opportunity. I have attended more than 10 international conferences and meetings in the course of my 4-year PhD program but I can undoubtedly say that the HOPE meeting with the Nobel Laureates will be the most special to my heart.

The best part of this meeting was the group discussions with the Noble laureates, where we got up-close and personal with the geniuses. It was so inspiring to listen to their journey so far, what inspires them to go on, and how they deal with the paparazzi. The most awestruck moment for me was the discussion with Prof Ben Feringa- his art of building small, his ideas on how the unique micro motors he is designing can help the mankind. Prof Aaron Ciechanover termed proteins as the “musicians carrying out the symphony of life without a conductor” and gave us a thoughtful speech about how much we have progressed in the last decade and what we are capable of achieving in the future. Prof Takaaki Kajita’s talk on neutrinos and how his team built the kamiokande and the super-kamiokande to study the proton decay took me back to my childhood when I would just stare at the sky and think the infinity of things we do not know about the creation. Prof Tim Hunt “cycled” us back to the time when he discovered the brakes of cell cycle. Each and every talk was captivating and I am blessed to be a part of it.”

In the picture are 4 Noble laureates (top left corner and clockwise): Prof. Takaaki KAJITA, Prof. Tim HUNT, Prof. Aaron CIECHANOVER and Prof. Ben L. FERINGA

Congratulations to the 3 winners of the Outstanding Presentation Award (1st March 2019):

1. Dexter Thng (Left, Supervisor: Dr Edward Chow)

2. Pawan Kumar (Center, Supervisor: A/P Gavin DAWE) and

3. Zhu Mengyuan (Right, Supervisor: A/P Bian Jinsong)

Congratulations to Dr Subhi Marwari on winning the best poster award at the Cambridge Healthtech Institute “PepTalk – The Protein Science Week” conference for her poster on her NUS PhD work on stapled relaxin-3 B chain peptides. Dr Marwari is now a postdoc at Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY.

Congratulations Dr. HENG Hui Li, from Department of Pharmacology, for winning the Best Poster and Best Abstract Award at the 4th Annual Peptides and Proteins Symposium Singapore (P2S2 2018)Congratulations Dr. HENG Hui Li, from Department of Pharmacology, for winning the Best Poster and Best Abstract Award at the 4th Annual Peptides and Proteins Symposium Singapore (P2S2 2018)

Congratulations to our staff, Dr. Tan Wan Shun Daniel, for receiving the Asia Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR) 2018 COPD Assembly Award. Daniel was presented the certificate during the 23rd APSR Congress Meeting in Taipei.

Congratulations to our staff, Pabba Anubharath and Lee Yueh Jia, for winning the 2018 LRFI DATA VISUALIZATION COMPETITION. The Pharmacokinetic simulation models that they developed have been awarded First Prize for the competition. Their winning entry was entitled ‘Dynamic Visualization of Individualized and Population Efficacy-Toxicity Risks with Programmable LED Mannequin and LED Panels’.

Organised by Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (LRFI), the inaugural LRFI Data Visualisation Competition is part of a series of activities aimed at developing creative ways to communicate data and information on risk. With better understanding of risk comes better decisionmaking, as the gap between perceived risks and actual risk (i.e. facts versus fear) is bridged.