Eleven members of the Baden Wüerttemberg delegation visited CeLS on 31 Oct 07. Prof Ong Choon Nam, Deputy Director, OLS gave an overview of OLS. The visitors also toured the labs in the Immunology and Cancer Programmes.

International Symposium on “Model Organisms and Stem Cells in Development, Regeneration and Disease”

The symposium is interdisciplinary and covers signaling and developmental mechanisms in stem cells, the immune system and a variety of model organisms – Zebra fish, Drosophila and the Mouse.

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Editorial Team

Lim Chwee Teck
Ellice Lim
Siti Haryanti
Aziz Salim

2nd Singapore Lipid Symposium 2008

Date: 5 – 7 March 2008
Time: 9am
Venue: CeLS Auditorium

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Seminar by Immunology Programme

Title to be announced

Prof Fred Wong
Department of Pharmacology
Immunology Programme, NUS

Date: Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Time: 12 -1 pm
Venue: CeLS Auditorium

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Title to be announced

Dr Bjoern Clause

Date: Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Time: 12-1 pm
Venue: CeLS Auditorium

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Title to be announced

Dr Tan Ban Hock
Head, Autoimmunity Lab
Monash Institute of Medical Research (MIMR)

Date: Wednesday, 26 November 2007
Time: 12-1 pm
Venue: CeLS Auditorium

RITA is an online application system for grants/awards from National Research Foundation (NRF).

1. Why is there a need to apply NMRC grants/awards via RITA?

Currently, money for NMRC grants and awards (NIG/ED grants, STaR award, CSA and TCR Flagship Programs) come from NRF, thus it is compulsory to log in electronically and apply for all these grants via RITA. However, IRG, IBG and fellowships from NMRC do not require RITA application. [READ MORE]

OLS Young Investigator Seminar Series Cum Networking Session

The OLS Young Investigator Seminar was held at the CeLS Auditorium on 5 October 2007.

The two speakers were Assoc Prof Wong Tien Yin from Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS and Dr Sashi Kesavapany from Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS. The seminar was followed by a Networking Session.

Assoc Prof Wong delivered a lecture titled ““A Retinal Scan Can Save Your Life” while Dr Sashi’s lecture was on “Pinning Down Neurofilament Phosphorylation”.

Assoc Prof Wong Tien Yin.

Dr Sashi Kesavapany.

OLS Distinguished Lecture Series

An OLS Distinguished Lecture was held on 11 October 2007 at the CeLS Auditorium.

The speaker was Prof Adrienne Cupples, from Boston University School of Public Health. She delivered a lecture titled “Genetic Studies in the Framingham Heart Study”.

Prof Cupples delivering her lecture.

Prof Chia Kee Seng presenting
Prof Cupples a memento.

Seminar by Neurobiology Programme

“Connectivity and dynamic neural networks in decoding of emotion”

Dr. Didier Grandjean
Department of Psychology,
Swiss Center for Affective Sciences,
University of Geneva, Switzerland

Date: Tuesday, 6 November 2007
Time: 12 -1 pm
Venue: CeLS Seminar Room 1

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“Exploring speech motor control through computational modeling and neuroimaging”

Dr Satra Ghosh
Speech Communication Group, Research Laboratory of Electronic
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Date: Monday, 12 November 2007
Time: 12-1 pm
Venue: CeLS Seminar Room 1

Coffee vending machine

OLS had approached many food vendors on the possibility of setting up a café at CeLS. However, there has been no takers. To provide refreshments to CeLS users, we have installed a beverage vending machine at level 1. We would be happy to receive any feedback from you concerning this vending machine.

Automated Emergency Defibrillator

An Automated Emergency Defibrillator (AED) has been provided for CeLS, courtesy of the Office of Safety, Health and Environment (OSHE). The purpose of the AED is to revive cardiac arrest victims. It is located at level 1 behind the security counter for easy access. A training session for the use of the equipment was attended by about 20 persons several of whom were trained first aiders. The device is fully automated and voice-guides the user through the various steps to be taken. While we hope that there will be no occasion to use the AED, we urge all staff and students to note its location in the event of an emergency.

Undergraduate Safety Course at CeLS

An undergraduate safety course covering general, biological, chemical, radiation and fire safety was conducted by OLS in CeLS on the 12 October 2007. It was attended by about 50 undergraduates. This will be used as a compulsory on-line course from 2008 for undergraduates and attachment students working in CeLS.

Our congratulations to Prof Ong Choon Nam, Deputy Director, OLS who has been appointed Editorial Board Member for “Carcinogenesis”, one of the top 5 international journals on cancer research.

(From left) Professor Shih Choon Fong (President, NUS),
Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam (Minister for
Education) and Prof Dr Peter Frankenberg (Minister of
Science, Research and the Arts of the State of
Baden-Württemberg).

OLS organized the inaugural NUS-Baden-Württemberg Joint Scientific Conference in Life Sciences that was held from 29 to 30 October 2007 at the Centre for Life Sciences.

The two-day conference brought together 13 experts from 10 universities and research institutes from Baden-Württemberg, Germany and 10 experts from NUS. The speakers focused on the latest developments in five areas – cancer, immunology, stem cells, tissue engineering and translational research – all of which represented major challenges for scientists all over the world. About 180 scientists, researchers and students participated in this joint conference. [READ MORE]

OLS Distinguished Lecture Series

“Biomarkers in nutritional epidemiology”

Prof Sheila Bingham
Honorary Director of the MRC Centre for Nutrition and Cancer Prevention and Survival
Honorary Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology in the University of Cambridge

Date: Monday, 26 November 2007
Time: 11 am -12 noon
Venue: CeLS Auditorium

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“Polymer Particles Inhibit Osteoblastic Differentiation of Bone Marrow Osteoprogenitor Cells in Vitro”

Prof Stuart B. Goodman
Robert L. and Mary Ellenburg
Professor of Surgery,
and Professor with Tenure in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University

Date: Thursday, 29 November 2007
Time: 4 pm
Venue: CeLS Auditorium

Prof Tan Eng Chye, Deputy President (Academic Affairs) and Provost delivered the opening remarks at the official opening of the conference which was attended by more than 130 participants. The 3-day workshop brought together 30 experts that come from 18 top universities and research institutes in Europe, North America and Singapore. This international workshop provided the platform for some intense exchange of scientific ideas in this emerging multidisciplinary area of mechanobiology. [READ MORE]