ResearchSEA - Asia Research News

Variants associated with blood cell and metabolic traits [research]

Summaries of newsworthy papers: A potential new treatment for osteoporosis; Drivers of deforestation; Reprogramming with minicircles and Western Australian drought unique in 750 years?

UPM Scientists Discovered Alzheimer and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention [research]

A group of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) researchers successfully created a product called, Thymoquinone Rich Fraction (TQRF) an agent to aid the treatment of Alzheimer and cardiovascular Disease.

UPM Students Awarded at the 7th FFVPM [announcement]

A science student from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) walked away with the Best Experimental Video/Film Award at the 7th Malaysian Students Film and Video Festival (FFVPM) held at 2020 Hall in Kangar, Perlis.

Career opportunity at Keio [announcement]

Call for Applications : 1 Assistant Professor Position (Non-tenured)

Keio Academy of New York: Outreach Program Office [announcement]

Keio Academy of New York, situated in a nature-filled campus on the outskirt of Manhattan, will be celebrating its 20th anniversary.

Information Session in New York on February 18 [event]

Keio Media Design launches an information session at New York!

IDRC Celebrates 40 Years of Innovating for Development [announcement]

Since its creation in 1970, IDRC has helped researchers in developing countries find new ways to improve health, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and promote democracy. Forty years later, IDRC continues to fund innovative research and knowledge that works.

APEX agenda cannot be postponed-VC [announcement]

The Apex agenda is not a matter that can be postponed although there are many challenges ahead.

USM-MIROS partnership to find ways to curb accidents [announcement]

The smart parnership between Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) is expected to put in place a new mechanism for road safety and the prevention of accidents.

USM Technology capable of helping school children learn [research]

In line with its mission of knowledge sharing, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) today introduced the ‘I-Teacher’, to help school students in their learning process.

Tackling the genetic onset of Down syndrome [research]

Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute are developing a highly efficient system to create mouse model lines that could dramatically advance genetic research on the most common mental retardation.

Brain change [research]

Cutting-edge imaging technology shows that monkeys’ brains grow as they learn to use tools

Precision molecular assembly [research]

A finely tuned rare-earth metal catalyzes the exact interactions needed for site-selective molecular synthesis

RIKEN to host a booth at AAAS 2010 annual meeting [event]

RIKEN will be hosting a booth at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), to be held in San Diego, Feb. 18-22. The AAAS is a global organization dedicated to advancing science around the world.

Spotlights on Excellent Researchers from Southeast Asia [announcement]

New Publication: Mapping Study on Excellent Researchers from Southeast Asia

Forest Research Institute Malaysia’s researcher Nor Datiakma Mat Amin won a Gold Medal and the Best Overall Award trophy at the recent IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition (IRIIE 2010). [announcement]

Her research is on “Anti-Multidrug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Activity of Euphorbiaceae Leaves Extract”

Nominations sought for the Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize [announcement]

TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, is seeking nominations for the 2010 Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize.

HMGB1 protein triggers islet cell rejection [research]

Press Release - Researchers at RIKEN and Fukuoka University have pinpointed the mechanism responsible for early rejection of transplanted pancreatic islet cells in the treatment of type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes.

Biomaterials: A silken trap for water [research]

Summaries of newsworthy papers: An exoplanet's atmosphere probed from the ground, ‘Missing DNA’ link to obesity, Smells like a human, Protein marks malarial proteins for export, Signalling pathway crucial for cancer stem-cell survival, The quantum glow of photosynthesis, A more complex role for RAF inhibitors

3rd International Conference on Solid State Science & Technology 2010 (ICSSST2010) [announcement]

Date:1-3 December 2010 Location : Hilton Kuching Hotel, Sarawak, MALAYSIA Contact : icssst2010@feng.unimas.my