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New Publication: Mapping Study on Excellent Researchers from Southeast Asia

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

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

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.

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

Date:1-3 December 2010 Location : Hilton Kuching Hotel, Sarawak, MALAYSIA Contact : [email protected]

Date:15-18 June 2010 Location : Damai Beach Resort, Kuching, Sarawak, MALAYSIA Contact : The Secretariat- Email: [email protected]

Date: 14-15 April 2010 Location : Pullman Hotel, Kuching, Sarawak, MALAYSIA Contact : [email protected]

The Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) has launched a new logo to mark its silver jubilee celebrations this year.

In conjunction with this, a logo specially designed to mark the Institute’s 25 Anniversary celebrations this year was unveiled by Director General Dato’ Dr Abd Latif Mohmod.

TWOWS is now accepting nominations of excellent young women scientists from throughout the developing world

TWAS 2010 Prizes will be awarded to individual scientists who have been working and living in a developing country for at least ten years, in recognition of an outstanding contribution to knowledge in eight fields of science

The 2010 prize will be given for outstanding achievements in: Renewable Energies for Environmentally Sustainable Industrial Technologies.

Researchers Chin-Ying Liew, Kien-Kheng Foo, Elinda Ai-Lim Lee and Kelvin Tee-Hiong Goh studied the types of systems-thinking skills used by 233 students in the fields of Social Sciences and Humanities to solve non-routine problems.

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Geoscience: Volcanoes implicated in ancient ocean oxygen depletion

The Asia-Oceania Forum for Synchrotron Radiation Research (AOFSRR) held its third school from November 2 to 11 at SPring-8, the world-largest synchrotron radiation facility located at the RIKEN Harima Institute.

Molecular fluorescence applied in an unconventional way allows the life-sustaining chemical reactions in genes to be observed in real time

An unexpected result leads to new insights about a poorly understood mode of communication between cells

Cell-cycle progression in fish embryos can now be tracked visually in three dimensions

Ottawa, Canada, December 8, 2009 – Four Canadian organizations have launched a research initiative to explore how people in Canada and in developing countries can deal with the impacts of climate change.

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.

The world’s poorest people have frequently been blamed for mismanaging the natural resources on which their lives depend. But across the developing world, initiatives supported by IDRC have shown that there are ways to reduce poverty and protect a community’s resource base at the same time.

SERDANG, 18 January – Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has restructured the program module for Bachelor of Consumer Studies (BPG) as offered by the Faculty of Human Ecology (FEM) for the purpose of enhancing the its quality.

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Metabolic engineering: Making the most of biomass, Cell biology: Hsp70 offers clues to lysosomal storage disorders, Climate: Quantifying the feedback; Astronomy: Gamma-ray bursts without the gamma-rays?, Chemistry: Breaking a strong bond with tungsten and Evolution: Some bare truths about running

A new role for prion protein; Proteins implicated in magnetoreception; Clocking perceptual speed; Risk variants for pancreatic cancer; Getting to the bones of echolocation; Jupiter’s moons diverged through bombardment; New chemistry clicks and Levitated half-tonne magnet recreates planetary plasmas

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s School of Design (SD) has set up the world's first image database on the lifestyle of middle-class Chinese families after gathering massive data on their living environment and analysing their expectations for modern life.

An SNSA second-class award went to Dr Chau Kwok-wing, Associate Professor of the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering of PolyU. He is honoured for the joint research project "Multiobjective decision making and rainfall-runoff prediction theories for complex flood control system for reservoirs" nominated by Liaoning Province.

PENANG, 20 January: Many children throughout the world suffer from language disorders mainly because of the failure to identify these problems at an early stage. This problem can be overcome if the language disorders are identified early.

A molecule that regulates expression of two growth factors is critical for inner ear development

Inhibitory neurons in the visual cortex of the brain exhibit a bidirectional form of plasticity after visual deprivation