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).
Long Service Award Lunch Read More »
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):
Winners of Outstanding Presentation Award for 4th GAPP 2019 Read More »
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.
Awardee of Asia Pacific Society of Respirology 2018 COPD Assembly Award Read More »
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.
Winner of 2018 LRFI DATA VISUALIZATION COMPETITION Read More »
Congratulations to Sahar Dehghan Kelishadi, who is currently registered in the Department of Pharmacology as an A*STAR SINGA Scholar, for winning the Best Poster Award at the 5th NCIS Annual Research Meeting (NCAM) 2018.
Winner of Best Poster Award at the 5th NCIS Annual Research Meeting (NCAM) 2018 Read More »
Congratulations to Professor Dean Ho (left), from Department of Pharmacology, together with his translational team, harnessed CURATE.AI to successfully treat a patient with advanced cancer, completely halting disease progression.
NUS Researchers Use AI to Successfully Treat Metastatic Cancer Patient Read More »
Congratulations to Dr Edward Chow (2nd from the left) and Professor Dean Ho (1st from the right), from Department of Pharmacology, who are part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) who has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) technology platform that could potentially change the way drug combinations are being designed, hence enabling doctors to determine the most effective drug combination for a patient quickly.
