Nurhidayah Binte Amirhamzsa

Experiential Learning Using Real-World Data: Quantum Black X CoS X Castlery

by Nurhidayah Binte Amirhamzsa | Mar 2, 2021

NTU College of Science (CoS) has recently established a partnership with Quantum Black, a McKinsey company. They specialize in analytics and will provide case study mentorship for some of our CoS students. For a start, Quantum Black and CoS co-designed a case study-centric course for the School of Biological Sciences (SBS) MSc in Biomedical Data Science programme. CoS will work towards expanding this partnership so that more of our students will benefit in the future.

Balancing Economic and Public Health in a Pandemic

by Sophia Soh Fei Wen, Patrick Pun, Wong Xin Yi, Chan Jing Ti and Nurhidayah Binte Amirhamzsa | Jan 18, 2021

As COVID-19 spreads across the world, Assistant Professor Pun Chi Seng investigates an efficient social distancing policy (ESDP) with the use of stochastic epidemic modeling and deep learning algorithms, in which this methodology could be used for future unexpected pandemics.

Approaching New Frontiers in Fungi Research

by Wong Xin Yi, Sophia Soh Fei Wen and Nurhidayah Binte Amirhamzsa | Dec 29, 2020

Working under Assistant Professor Marek Mutwil, a group of twenty-three SBS students from the module BS1009 have built and launched www.fungi.guru, a new informational resource for studying fungi.

Meet Kow Zi Shan, CoS Science Communications Trainee

by Wong Xin Yi and Nurhidayah Binte Amirhamzsa | Dec 16, 2020

In this interview, we speak to Kow Zi Shan, a former science communications #SGUnited Trainee with the College of Science and alumna of the Asian School of the Environment. Now embarking on a new journey as a Transmedia Science Writer with the Singapore Science Centre, she recounts her experience during her short but meaningful time as part of the communications team in CoS.

Unravelling Uromodulin: On the helical reconstruction of proteins

by Wong Xin Yi, Sophia Soh Fei Wen and Nurhidayah Binte Amirhamzsa | Dec 4, 2020

As part of a team of researchers, Assistant Professor Wu Bin and PhD student Xu Chenrui of the School of Biological Sciences and the Institute of Structural Biology, have made a landmark discovery, mapping the three-dimensional atomic structure of the protein uromodulin for the first time.

Swallow the Surgeon! Creating Pollen-Based Microrobots

by Wong Xin Yi and Nurhidayah Binte Amirhamzsa | Nov 18, 2020

A group of researchers led by Associate Professor Richard Webster have created a microrobot made entirely out of pollen.

Making & Tinkering Exhibition on 11 & 12 Dec 2020

by Nurhidayah Binte Amirhamzsa | Nov 11, 2020

This year, the annual NTU College of Science Making & Tinkering Exhibition will be held on 11-12 Dec 2020. More than 15 Science and Technology projects done by NTU students in the last few months for the Making & Tinkering course will be featured (see project...

Conservation Work Through Targeted Online Advertising – The Case of the Saiga Antelope

by Sophia Soh Fei Wen, Wong Xin Yi, Anna Lagerstroem and Nurhidayah Binte Amirhamzsa | Nov 3, 2020

With the use of online advertising and news coverage, Assistant Professor Janice Lee, Dr. Hunter Doughty and co-authors bring to light the potential of strategic online advertising as a tool for promoting more sustainable consumer choices.

A Question of Nature or Nurture: how early-life stress can be mitigated by environmental enrichment

by Wong Xin Yi, Kow Zi Shan and Nurhidayah Binte Amirhamzsa | Oct 21, 2020

In their latest research, Assistant Professor Rupshi Mitra, Dr Akshaya Hegde and Shruti Suresh of Team Resilieo delve into the applications of environmental enrichment as a curative approach.

Strength in Numbers: Research Amidst a Pandemic

by Wong Xin Yi, Kow Zi Shan and Nurhidayah Binte Amirhamzsa | Oct 9, 2020

With the help of several computers, the internet, and 285 undergraduate students, Assistant Professor Marek Mutwil’s data-sequencing project has opened up a whole new realm of possibilities in the field of antibiotic research.