http://e-news.lsi.nus.edu.sg/wordpress Life Sciences Institute E-News Letter Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:17:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en LSI Investigator Seminar Series An LSI Investigator Seminar Series was held on 19 November 2009 at the CeLS Seminar Room 2. The two speakers were A/Prof Gan Yunn Hwen, an NUS Young Investigator Award Recipient in 2003 and Associate Professor from the Department of Biochemistry and Dr Cynthia He Yingxin, Assistant ... http://e-news.lsi.nus.edu.sg/wordpress/?p=893 LSI Neurobiology Seminar "Adriamycin (Doxorubicin)-Induced, TNF-a-Mediated Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration in Brain: Insights into Chemotherapy-Induced CNS Injury (Chemobrain)" Dr Allan Butterfield, Ph.D The Alumni Association Endowed Professor of Biological Chemistry; Director, Center of Membrane Sciences; Faculty Associate,Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center; Faculty Associate, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging University of Kentucky Date  :    Wednesday, 2 Dec 2009 Time  ... http://e-news.lsi.nus.edu.sg/wordpress/?p=889 LSI Immunology Seminar “Th17 Cells and Inflammation” Professor DONG Chen Professor in the Department of Immunology University of Texas (UT) M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX Date  : Tuesday, 1 Dec 2009 Time  : 12nn – 1pm Venue: CeLS Auditorium http://e-news.lsi.nus.edu.sg/wordpress/?p=882 The Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore), a Research Centre of Excellence under the National University of Singapore is celebrating the 1st Anniversary with the Conference on “Frontiers in Cancer Science” held on 16-17 November 2009 at the Clinical Research Center. Scientists from Harvard University, Stanford University, Duke University, ... http://e-news.lsi.nus.edu.sg/wordpress/?p=856 The Research Centre of Excellence for Mechanobiology will be organizing the 3rd Mechanobiology workshop to be held from 3 – 5 November 2009 at the Center for Life Sciences auditorium, NUS. The workshop is jointly organized with the Life Sciences Institute, the Division of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering and the ... http://e-news.lsi.nus.edu.sg/wordpress/?p=852 3rd Mechanobiology Workshop 2009 A workshop jointly organized by the Life Sciences Institute, the Division of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Dept of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, NUS. Date : 3 -5 November 2009 Time : 9am – 5pm Venue: CeLS Auditorium, NUS For more information and registration, please click here.       Editorial Team Ellice Lim Siti ... http://e-news.lsi.nus.edu.sg/wordpress/?p=850 Our heartiest congratulations to Dr Gavin Dawe who was promoted to Associate Professorship with effect from 1 July 2009. http://e-news.lsi.nus.edu.sg/wordpress/?p=848 A joint drill on chemical spill was recently organized by the Safety Committees from both Brenner Centre and CeLS on 1 October 2009. It was carried out with the assistance of SCDF from Alexandra Branch, NUS-OSHE and NUS Campus Security. The simulated drill scenario revolved around a chemical spill by a ... http://e-news.lsi.nus.edu.sg/wordpress/?p=846 The NUS LSI -Baden-Württemberg Joint Grant Call 2009 is open for joint grant submissions from Principal Investigators from NUS and Baden-Württemberg Universities to encourage academic collaboration and student exchange. Two to three joint grants will be made available. Each NUS grant awarded to the NUS PI will provide funding up to ... http://e-news.lsi.nus.edu.sg/wordpress/?p=826 The CeLS-BCMM Safety Day 2009, jointly organized by Life Sciences Institute (LSI) and A*STAR’s Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), was held on 22 October 2009 at the Centre for Life Sciences. Dr Sini Mathew, Safety and Health Manager and Miss Cheryl Chan, Safety Officer, jointly spear-headed the organizing committee which ... http://e-news.lsi.nus.edu.sg/wordpress/?p=819