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. [READ MORE]
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 Dept of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences. [READ MORE]
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 Haryanti
Aziz Salim
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Our heartiest congratulations to Dr Gavin Dawe who was promoted to Associate Professorship with effect from 1 July 2009. |
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. [READ MORE]
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. [READ MORE]
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. [READ MORE]
Talk by SPRING Singapore
A talk entitled “Bringing Research to Market – A Technology Commercialisation Grant from SPRING Singapore” was held at the CeLS auditorium on 16 October 2009. The talk which was well received, was conducted by SPRING Singapore.
The talk was organized to publicise funding options provided by SPRING Singapore for NUS PIs, Post-docs and PhDs should they (or their collaborators) have thoughts of spinning-off research/technology ideas on the side, or even to kick-off a technopreneurship career. For more information please visit www.spring.gov.sg/tecsportal
Talk on Animal Protocol by CMC and IACUC
Emeritus Prof Lam Toong Jin at
CeLS auditorium.
A talk on “Problems and Pitfalls in Protocol Approval” was held on 14 October 2009 at the CeLS Auditorium. The event was jointly organized by Life Sciences Institute (LSI), Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) and Comparative Medicine Centre (CMC).
The two speakers were Emeritus Prof Lam Toong Jin, Chairman of IACUC and, Dr Patrick Sharp, Director of Comparative Medicine Center. At the end of the talk, participants left the event with a wealth of knowledge on protocols on the use of animals for their research work.
In October:
LSI Distinguished Lecture Series
Prof Lazdunski giving his talk.
On 1 October 2009, Prof Michel Lazdunski gave a talk on “Sensing with Ionic Channels” at the CeLS auditorium. The talk was chaired by Prof Peter Wong, Head of Department of Pharmacology, NUS.
LSI CME Seminar
“Economics of Obesity and the Role of Incentives to Induce Behavior Change”
Associate Professor Eric Finkelstein
Duke-NUS GMS
Date : Friday, 6 November 2009
Time : 12nn – 1pm
Venue: EPH #02-01
LSI Immunology Seminar
“Cathepsins – multifunctional proteases in cancer and inflammation”
Dr Thomas Reinheckel
Leader of Protease Group,
Department of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research,
Albert Ludwigs University,
Freiburg
Date : Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Time : 12nn – 1pm
Venue: MD4 Seminar Room
“Modeling the evolution of virulence and host-range switching in influenza A Virus”
Professor Earl G Brown
Professor,
Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology,
University of Ottawa
Date : Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Time : 12nn – 1pm
Venue: MD4 Seminar Room
“The role of IL-1 in the immune response and its potential to serve as adjuvant”
Dr Zami Ben-Sasson
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Date : Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Time : 12nn – 1pm
Venue: CeLS Auditorium
LSI Investigator Seminar Series
“Bacterial strategies on virulence regulation and interference with host immune response”
A/Prof Gan Yunn Hwen
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore
Topic to be advised
Dr Cynthia He Yingxin
Department of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science
National University of Singapore
Date : Thursday, 19 Nov 2009
Time : 4pm – 5pm
Venue: CeLS Seminar Room 2
In October:
LSI Distinguished Lecture Series
Prof Lazdunski giving his talk.
On 1 October 2009, Prof Michel Lazdunski gave a talk on “Sensing with Ionic Channels” at the CeLS auditorium. The talk was chaired by Prof Peter Wong, Head of Department of Pharmacology, NUS.
Talk on Animal Protocol by CMC and IACUC
Emeritus Prof Lam Toong Jin at
CeLS auditorium.
A talk on “Problems and Pitfalls in Protocol Approval” was held on 14 October 2009 at the CeLS Auditorium. The event was jointly organized by Life Sciences Institute (LSI), Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) and Comparative Medicine Centre (CMC).
The two speakers were Emeritus Prof Lam Toong Jin, Chairman of IACUC and, Dr Patrick Sharp, Director of Comparative Medicine Center. At the end of the talk, participants left the event with a wealth of knowledge on protocols on the use of animals for their research work.
Talk by SPRING Singapore
A talk entitled “Bringing Research to Market – A Technology Commercialisation Grant from SPRING Singapore” was held at the CeLS auditorium on 16 October 2009. The talk which was well received, was conducted by SPRING Singapore.
The talk was organized to publicise funding options provided by SPRING Singapore for NUS PIs, Post-docs and PhDs should they (or their collaborators) have thoughts of spinning-off research/technology ideas on the side, or even to kick-off a technopreneurship career. For more information please visit www.spring.gov.sg/tecsportal
