LSI was one of the 10 Annual Safety and Health Performance Award (ASHPA) winners at the NUS Safety & Health Award Ceremony 2009 organised by the Office of Safety, Health and the Environment (OSHE) on Wednesday 22 April 09 at the NUS Alumni House Auditorium. [READ MORE]
Young Researcher Award
Assoc Prof Markus Wenk, Principal Investigator with the Neurobiology Programme received the Young Researcher Award 2009 from NUS President Prof Tan Chorh Chuan. [READ MORE]
LSI’s Molecular Epidemiology programme (CME) was given a very generous donation of S$300,000 this year to continue with their breast cancer research programme. This is the second donation from a donor, who wishes to remain anonymous. [READ MORE]
University Awards
The University recently honoured 10 outstanding individuals at the University Awards 2009 which was held on Friday, 24 April 2009 at the University Cultural Centre. The annual University Awards honours and recognises members of the NUS community who, through their consistently outstanding performance and resolute commitment, exemplify benchmarks of excellence in the University’s core competencies of education, research and service.
Emeritus Professorship
Our congratulations to our former LSI Director, Professor Hew Choy Leong who was conferred the title of Emeritus Professor in recognition of his scientific achievements and dedication to the highest standards of academic achievement. [READ MORE]
In April:
LSI Distinguished Lecture Series
The month of April 2009 saw two lectures being held at the CeLS Auditorium.
Prof Copeland answering a question
during Q&A session.
On 9 April, Prof Neal Copeland, Executive Director of the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMBC) delivered a lecture titled “Harnessing Transposons for Cancer Gene Discovery”. Prof Daniel G. Tenen, Director of the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore chaired this lecture.
Prof González-Gaitán (right) receiving
a plaque from Prof Markus Wenk
Another lecture titled “Directional Delta/Notch Trafficking in Asymmetric Sara Endosomes During Asymmetric Cell Division” was delivered by Prof Marcos González-Gaitán from the University of Geneva, Switzerland on 15 April. A/Prof Markus Wenk from Department of Biochemistry and LSI Neurobiology/Ageing Programme hosted the lecture.