Announcement

In Nature China this week - The 2008 Sichuan earthquake highlights how low-activity seismic zones can turn deadly over time

The Vice Chacellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia today officiated the start of the South-East Asian Association for Institutional Research Conference (SEAAIR) in Penang, Malaysia. The 2009 theme is The Future of Higher Education.

Media Advisory - The Deputy Minister for Science Technology and Innovation, Y.B. Tuan Haji Fadillah bin Haji Yusof will be officiating the 3rd International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) Regional Consultation in Asia & the Pacific on Tuesday, 13 October 2009 at 9.15 am at Hotel G, Gurney Drive, Penang, Malaysia.

In Nature China this week - Many middle-aged women in Chongqing are short and overweight because of severe malnutrition in their early years of life

The Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) received the Mahathir Science Award 2009 at an official ceremony held by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia on 28 September 2009 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), Kuala Lumpur.

In Nature China this week - Researchers in China have generated healthy liver cells from human skin cells, making stem cell treatment an ethically acceptable alternative to liver transplantation

Communication and Human Development: The Freedom Connection? A public discussion with Amartya Sen, Michael Spence, Yochai Benkler, and Clotilde Fonseca

Collaboration between RIKEN and J-TEC on research into age-related macular degeneration may lead to new treatment

Universiti Sains Malaysia is pleased to announce that one of its academics, Professor Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, has been invited by Harvard University to deliver the first lecture in this year’s “Ecologies of Human Flourishing” series.

Nature Communications will publish high-quality peer-reviewed research across the biological, chemical and physical sciences, and will be the first online-only Nature-branded journal

In Nature China this week: Researchers in Shanghai have identified a protein that not only detects invading viruses but also helps remove infectious bacteria

A high-resolution spectrometer to unravel the secrets of nuclear structure

Peiyan Wong Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

The Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) Director General (DG), Dato’ Dr Abd. Latif Mohmod, led a delegation of 11 management staff to Sungai Buloh Hospital on 11 September 2009 to bring cheers to the young patients.

The 12th summer program at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI)

Nature China highlights the best research coming out of Mainland China and Hong Kong, providing scientists from around the world with a convenient portal into publications drawn from across all scientific disciplines.

In Nature China this week - Comparative mapping between closely related cucumbers and melons reveals changes in centromere positions during evolution

Drawing from the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) experience in Africa and Asia, the authors present recommendations for policymakers, donor agencies, and researchers. They also present guidelines for developing and implementing poverty monitoring systems in other regions of the world.

The Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) arranged a visit to FRIM for members of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) on 6 August 2009, in response to a request by FMM Council Member Y.Bhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Soong Siew Hoong.

Edited by Ineke Buskens and Anne Webb Zed/IDRC 2009 ISBN 978-1-84813-192-7 e-ISBN 978-1-55250-399-7 320 pp.

The Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) has successfully organised the Seminar on Wooden Furniture Industry 2009 from 4 till 5 August at FRIM, Kepong, attracting 145 participants.

Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) Y.B. Tan Sri Joseph Kurup officially launched the National Workshop on Improved Tools and Methods for Integration of Biodiversity into Forest Planning, held at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Kepong, on 10 August 2009.

The fifth RCAI–JSI International Symposium on Immunology, hosted by the RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI) in conjunction with the Japanese Society for Immunology (JSI), was held in Yokohama on July 9–10 of this year.

In Nature China this week - An eight-year study carried out by researchers in Hong Kong reveals the molecular mechanisms of myosin dimerization

The Research Management Institute (RMI) has helped UiTM secure research and business partnerships with four organizations, Messrs Perfect Triangle, Messrs Multi Cipta Engineering, Messrs Halalgel and Messrs Lintah Royal Park to market products researched by its academics.

An International Phenome Integration Meeting, sponsored by RIKEN and co-sponsored by the Society for the Study of Mammalian Genetics, was held in Kyoto, Japan, on July 12–13 of this year.

In Nature China this week - A genetic association study reveals the key to exceptional longevity in a Chinese population

A total of 30 researchers benefited from an in-house training workshop on “Understanding the Media” held at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) on 30 July 2009.

In Nature China this week - Researchers in Beijing demonstrate that induced pluripotent stem cells derived from mouse fibroblasts are capable of generating live mice

10 August 2009, UiTM signed a memorandum of agreement with four organizations. The signing was organized by the Research Management Institute of UiTM and witnessed by Dato’ Mukhriz Tun Mahathir, Deputy Minister of Ministry of International Trade and Industry and Tan Sri Prof Ibrahim Abu Shah, Vice Chancellor of UiTM.