Announcement

On 4 March 2011, Yuan T. Lee, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was inaugurated as a RIKEN Honorary Fellow at an award ceremony at Suzuki Umetaro Hall on RIKEN’s Wako Campus

In Nature China this month - Gene therapy: Little RNA keeps cancer away; Cancer biology: Sugar bar; Preventive medicine: Breathing easy; Geology: Cold Cretaceous; Palaeontology: A treasure trove of diversity; Optoelectronic materials: A shoelace laser; Molecular neuroscience: How to say no.

The UiTM-MTDC Technopreneur Centre will be established in UiTM Shah Alam at a strategic location adjacent to the Federal Highway, about 4km away from Klang and 25km from Kuala Lumpur.

Prof. Mitsuteru Inoue, Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering and 10 faculty members visited EEPIS, Electronics Engineering Polytechnic Institute of Surabaya, Indonesia in March 10-14.

USM Chancellor, His Royal Highness D.Y.M.M. Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Ibni Al-Marhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail has launched the book 'Transforming Higher Education For A Sustainable Tomorrow 2010 Laying The Foundation in USM'.

RIKEN are publishing daily or twice daily data reports on radiation recorded at monitoring posts at their Wako Institute

Chiang Mai University invites the submission of papers in response to its Annual 11th SEAAIR (South East Asian Association for Institutional Research) conference. Submissions may be on any topic related to university social responsibility. The abstract submission deadline is July 15th, 2011.

This workshop aims to revisit the ever-shifting spatialities and connections between political participation and social change in urban Asia and to explore re-imaginings of what ‘political action’, ‘public space’, ‘place-making’, and ‘social movements’ mean in our globally networked societies.

The expert comments here are from Prof Yamashita, who was recently requested by the Fukushima prefectural governor to be the area's nuclear radiation health risk management advisor.

The OWSDW Fellowship supports female students from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) who wish to pursue postgraduate training leading to a PhD at centres of excellence in developing countries.

In the event of a natural disaster occurring, the following experts are willing to be contacted by the media for comments. The experts listed cover earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, floods, droughts as well as general issues around natural disasters such as disaster resilience, rebuilding, early warning systems and the role of climate change.

On Friday 18 March, Professor C. H. Woo will give a seminar on 'The Fukushima Nuclear Mishap' at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

The Foresight Institute in the United States recently announced the award of the Feynman Prize for 2010 to Dr. Masakazu Aono, Director-General of International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS).

Dr. Hideki Hirayama has won an Achievement Award in the 43rd Ichimura Science Awards for his work on the development of high-quality AlGaN-based semiconductor crystals and advanced research on deep-UV LEDs. Dr. Hirayama is the leader of the Terahertz Quantum Device Team at RIKEN Advanced Science Insitute (ASI).

Postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholar and advanced research fellowships available to scientists from developing countries.

The following experts have made themselves available for comment. For each expert, their specific research fields and areas of expertise are given.

The Department of Computing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has organized a Hong Kong Air Cargo Exchange 2011 in collaboration with DHL Global Forwarding, Hongkong Association of Freight Forwarding And logistics (HAFFA), and Hong Kong R&D Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies (LSCM).

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) will present its "Outstanding Alumni Award" to seven alumni in recognition of their remarkable professional achievements and contributions to their alma mater and the community. The award presentation ceremony will be held on 19 April.

Dr. Kazuhiro Hono, NIMS Fellow and Managing Director of Magnetic Materials Center, had received the TMS Fellows Award from the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS).

In Nature China this week - Immunology: Allergy control; Medical biology: To my heart's keeper; Organic chemistry: Come together; Plant genomics: Soy story; Metals: Strong and stretchy; Solid-state physics: Small vibrations, big applications.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has recently received a generous donation of $2.3 million from Manulife Charitable Foundation, a non-profit organization established in 1998 by Manulife (International) Limited (MIL).

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is pleased to have received a $2 million donation from Dr Hari N. Harilela for the establishment of the "Padma and Hari Harilela Scholarship" at its School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM).

NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES FOR THE “ASIAN INNOVATION AWARDS 2011” PRESENTED BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CREDIT SUISSE Seeking Innovations that Break with Conventional Processes in Creative Ways to Improve Quality of Life or Productivity

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zainovia Lockman, a researcher in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), has won the Young Researcher in Solid State Science & Technology Research 2010 Award for her significant contributions in this field.

by Conny Banji. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Faculty of Engineering under its Micro Hydro Group is working on a micro hydro project to bring electricity to rural areas.

BOLOGNA – A former student of the Faculty of Design and Architecture (FRSB) Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Mohd Ramadan Shahabudin, 24, did the country proud when he won the Metal & Glass (student category) for the design of buildings based on metal and glass at the SAIE Selection 10 architectural competition held recently.

TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, is seeking nominations for the TWAS Prizes. The closing date for nominations is 31 March 2011.

Romain Murenzi, a key architect of Rwanda's efforts to devise a successful blueprint for science-based sustainable development after years of civil war and genocide, has been appointed the new executive director of TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world. He replaces long-time executive director, Mohamed H.A. Hassan.

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science has announced that Dr. Hiroki R. Ueda will be awarded the JSPS Prize for his work on the understanding of design principles in mammalian circadian clocks.

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