Announcement

Nakhon Phanom University, Thailand is please to announce the establishment of International Aviation College

In Nature China this week, transgenic rice has been genetically modified with specific herbicide intolerance, which can be used to control its spread and more

The ABU, CASBAA and UNICEF are now calling on Asia-Pacific broadcasters and producers for entries for the ABU CASBAA UNICEF Child Rights Award 2008. The Award is made each year to the best television programming on children’s rights produced in the Asia-Pacific region.

In this week's Nature China - Active compounds found in bitter melon have potential to treat diabetes, Satellite images show that the Indian Ocean tsunami had a long-lasting impact on sediments in the Bay of Bengal, The wild population of rare orchids is increasing in China's tropical nature reserves and more

The Uganda Science Journalists Association (USJA) is organizing a science communication conference as one of its activities aimed at developing science communication in Uganda. The conference, to be held in November 2008, will bring together over 500 journalists, scientists, researchers and communication experts from different parts of the world.

Florante at Laura, an exhibit based on the epic poem of 19th century poet Francisco Baltazar (also known as Balagtas), has been extended to April 25 at the The Edge Gallery of the University of the Philippines Jorge B. Vargas Museum.

Participation is welcomed to the 1st Biennial International Evidence-Based Nursing Conference which will be held at the Crowne Plaza Riverside in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia from 25-28 June 2008.

The following experts have agreed to speak to the media about the Bangkok Climate Change meeting. Please email ResearchSEA [email protected] for their contact details.

Rating Investment Information Inc. (R&I) recently affirmed Keio University credit rating.

The Model G8 Youth Summit follows the real G8 Summit and is always held at the country where the real G8 Summit is held. This particular Summit is sponsored by Keio University as a part of the 150th Anniversary Commemorative Project "Design the Future Fund."

The IDRC ECOPOLIS Graduate Research and Design Awards goal is to promote research and design projects that help lighten the environmental problems borne by the urban poor and enhance their financial, human, resource, and social and political assets. Deadline May 15th, 2008.

IDRC Doctoral Research Awards are intended to promote the growth of Canadian capacity in research on sustainable and equitable development from an international perspective. Deadline April 1, 2008

These awards reflect the fact that the boundaries between international development policy and domestic policy increasingly parallel similar problems in developing countries so that both Canada and the less developed countries benefit from research on these issues. Deadline 1 April 2008

IDRC congratulates its India-based partner, the Utthan Center for Sustainability and Poverty on receiving the 2007 Alcan Prize for Sustainability. The US$1 million prize recognizes organizations demonstrating a comprehensive approach to addressing, achieving, and furthering advancing sustainability.

Maria Ng was recognized for her efforts to develop the Khmer script for computers through the PAN Localization project, which focused on developing local language standards and technology across seven Asian countries.

Ottawa, Canada, February 22, 2007 – Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) welcomes the appointment of David M. Malone as its next President, effective July 1, 2008. Mr. Malone is currently Canadian High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to Nepal and Bhutan.

Andrew Knight has been named executive director of the new Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. The centre will generate research, conduct high-level advocacy efforts, and support the activities of both governments and NGOs around the world working to advance and implement the Responsibility to Protect principle.

Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament and his entourage visited Keio University and gave a lecture entitled "The Lisbon Treaty and the Future of the European Union". The year 2008 is European Year of Inter-Cultural Dialogue.

President Anzai participated in the GULF (Global University Leaders Forum) Winter Meeting, at which leaders of institutions of higher learning in developed and developing countries discussed the future role of universities.

An exhibition created by RIKEN researchers at the National Science Museum in Tokyo is educating the public about the sequencing of the human genome and new directions in the post-genomic world.

Applications are invited for post-doctoral research fellowships under the Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications (SEA-UEMA) project.

Call for papers & participants. Authors are invited to submit their abstracts in the field of Structural Engineering, Geotechnical and Highway Engineering, Water Resources and Wastewater Engineering, Construction Engineering and Project Management before 15th February 2008.

Building for Clinical Research*, a cluster-type research infrastructure, was inaugrated at Shinanomachi Campus. The facility will be used for several research clusters to promote research between different fields. It was designed to be low-impact and long-lasting, and cope with the ever-changing needs of leading-edge medical research.

The Indonesian Association for Media Development (Perhimpunan Pengembangan Media Nusantara-PPMN) is seeking experienced investigative journalists to conduct an investigative journalism training program on environmental issues in Jakarta from 21 - 25 April 2008.

The next (Economic and Environment Program for Southeast Asia) EEPSEA workshop will be held from May 4 to 7, 2008. The deadline for new proposals to be considered for the workshop is February 1, 2008.

The RIKEN Plant Science Center in Yokohama hosted an international symposium on November 20 that focused on the use of African plant resources. The symposium was held under the auspices of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the Japan Science and Technology Agency.

Keio University (President: Yuichiro Anzai), Kyoto University (President: Kazuo Oike), the University of Tokyo (President: Hiroshi Komiyama), and Waseda University (President: Katsuhiko Shirai) have signed an agreement for inter-university student exchange in graduate school education.

Weekly Report Will Accelerate Industry Innovation and Improve Efficiency of BioPharma Investment Decisions

The Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries is offering three Fellowship schemes aimed at supporting deserving young scientists and researchers in developing countries. Applications are invited for the year 2008.

On December 12, 2007, Dr. Akira Tonomura, Group Director of Single Quantum Dynamics Research Group of the RIKEN Frontier Research System, and Senior Research Priority Committee Member, was honored as one of the nine new members of the Japan Academy, for his outstanding contribution to science.