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Congratulations to Dr Alan Prem Kumar and Associate Professor Wai Shiu Fred, Wong (left to right) for being awarded the Graduate Mentor of the Year Award 2017. The award is to recognise excellence in mentorship and the professional development of graduate students at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in Acedemic Year 2016/2017.

Congratulation to Associate Professor Bian Jinsong for being awarded the Research Excellence Award. The award is to recognise staff members for their continued excellence and leadership in research in the Academic Year 2015/2016.

Congratulations to Professor Peter Wong and Associate Professor Gavin Dawe for winning Singapore Neuroscience Association (SNA) Awards and Associate Professor Gautam Sethi for winning the Pharmacological Society of Singapore (PSS) Award.

Prof Wong was awarded the SNA Lifetime Achievement Award. A/Prof Gavin S. Dawe won the SNA Distinguished Neuroscientist Award. The awards were presented on 5th July 2017 at the SNA Symposium 2017 by the Guest of Honour, Professor Lawrence Ho Khek-Yu, Vice Dean (Research), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. The SNA Lifetime Achievement Award recognises Prof Peter Wong’s exceptional and sustained record of significant contributions to neuroscience. The SNA Distinguished Neuroscientist Award recognises A/Prof Dawe’s outstanding contribution to neuroscience research.

A/Prof Gautam Sethi won the inaugural PSS Award. The award was presented during the closing ceremony of the International Conference on Scientific Frontiers in Natural Product Based Drugs 2017 (SFNPBD 2017) on 7 July 2017. The award was presented by Professor Michael Spedding, Secretary General of the International Union of Basic and Clincial Pharmacology (IUPHAR). A/Prof Sethi was honoured with the inaugural PSS Award for excellence in pharmacology research for his prolific and outstanding contributions to the field of cancer pharmacology.

Congratulations to Ms Shreya Kar, PhD student of Dr Alan Prem Kumar at the Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, for winning the Good Poster Award (poster presentation) at Global Breat Cancer Conference 2017 in Jeju Island, South Korea.

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Congratulations to the Department for winning the Excellence Award 2017 in NUS Safety & Health Award 2017. The DSHC would like to thank all for your cooperation and support of our Safety Initiatives to demonstrate a truly group-effort to win this Award!

Congratulations to Ms Wang Chao, PhD student of Dr Alan Prem Kumar at the Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, for being awarded US$1000 from Korean Breast Cancer Foundation for the Oral Presentation at Global Breat Cancer Conference 2017 in Jeju Island, South Korea.

• Global Breat Cancer Conference 2017

Congratulations to Ms Dong Jinrui (left photo), PhD student of A/P Fred Wong, and Ms Masturah Bte Mohd Abdul Rashid (right photo), PhD student of Dr Edward Chow, for winning the Best Poster Presentations at the 7th Annual Graduate Scientific Congress 2017.

Congratulations to Hwa Chong Institution students, Poon Wynne Hsing and Van Dan Thu, attached to Associate Professor Gavin Dawe’s laboratory at the Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, for winning not only first in the Medicine and Health category but also the prestigious Young Scientist Award at the 2017 Taiwan International Science Fair (TISF). Poon Wynne Hsing was presented with the Young Scientist Award by the President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-Wen, at the award ceremony.

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Congratulations to Dr Alan Prem Kumar from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at NUS and NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, together with Professor Shazib Pervaiz and Associate Professor Marie-Veronique Clement from NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine for the discovery.

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Congratulations to Associate Professor Sim Meng Kwoon, retired faculty member of the Department of Pharmacology, at NUS Medicine, for developing an oral anti-diabetic drug and have successfully completed Phase I clinical trial. The drug improves the action of insulin and reduces damaging chronic inflammation that accompanies diabetes.

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• Lianhe Zaobao (Cut out, NUS)

Congratulation to Associate Professor Gautam Sethi from the Department of Pharmacology at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, who led a team of international researchers, at the National University of Singapore (NUS), has found that nimbolide, a bioactive terpenoid compound derived from Azadirachta indica or more commonly known as the neem plant, could reduce the size of prostate tumour by up to 70 per cent and suppress its spread or metastasis by half.

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