Life Sciences Institute (LSI) in partnership with the National Healthcare Group (NHG) Research & Development Office, participated in the trade exhibition at the BioMedical Asia 2008. It was held on 15 & 16 April 2008 at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre.

The partnership showcased NHG’s and LSI’s collaborative efforts in research. The collaborative effort was aimed at encompassing the entire spectrum of research from basic sciences to clinical applications, facilitating discoveries which can be moved across the spectrum in a seamless manner creating interest in many potential collaborators and sponsors for both laboratory-based and patient-based research in NUS and NHG.

The booth was visited by many delegates from other academic institutions and the biomedical industry, many of whom were interested to look into collaborations with our researchers. Members of the NUS Industry Liaison Office (ILO) were also present at the booth. They had the opportunity to meet many potential partners for commercialization of inventions by NUS researchers.

The CeLS Safety Slogan competition has attracted 22 entries from staff working in the CeLS building. The entries will be consolidated and presented to the CeLS Safety Committee who will choose the winner. The results will be announced in early May.

The new Chair for the CeLS Safety Committee’s is Dr Gavin Dawe from the Neurobiology Programme. Under his able leadership, we are certain that the Committee will be able to move safety at CeLS to greater heights.

BMRC initiated a Grants Management Road show on Friday, 4th April 2008 at the Centre for Life Sciences (CeLS) Auditorium.

Ms Lydia Law and Ms Lee Wanyu from BMRC briefed PIs and grant administrators on the new website launched by BMRC on 1 April 2008. They took the opportunity to show the system to BMRC grantees and administrators from NUS/NUH on how to manage their grants better. This website, other then allowing PIs to submit grant application during grant calls, will also allow PIs to submit their grant variation/extension requests, progress/final reports online, and also access an E-Learning Portal on IP Management.

You may access the presentation slides for the briefing by clicking here.

The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and the NUH Office of Biomedical Research are jointly organizing an Admin Clinic for the upcoming BMRC/NMRC joint grant call in May 2008. Details of the clinic are as follows:

Date:    Tuesday, 6 May 2008
Time:    5.00 pm- 6.00 pm
Venue: CRC Auditorium, MD11 Level 1

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