In this series, Science@NTU gets to know the 2021 CoS valedictorians! They give a quick overview of their time in CoS, and also offer a few words of advice on staying positive during these uncertain times. Next, we have Stella Ferdinand from the School of Biological...
In this series, Science@NTU gets to know the 2021 CoS valedictorians! They give a quick overview of their time in CoS, and also offer a few words of advice on staying positive during these uncertain times. First up, we have Victoria Cahyani Tanggono from the Asian School of the Environment (ASE).
Every year in CoS, PhD students defend their thesis, earning their doctorate which is the highest qualification in university. Science@NTU caught up with Dr Constance Chua from the Asian School of Environmental (ASE) about her PhD experience.
Identified by the Mistletoe Research Fellowship (MRF) Reward Committee for her “collaborative spirit, intellectual curiosity, and resiliency”, Dr Loo Shining has been selected as a Mistletoe Research Fellow for the 2021-2022 cycle.
Congratulations to Team Benthos on winning the International Natural Sciences Tournament (INST)! The INST Grand Finals concluded on 25 July 2021.
Scientists in Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) led by Professor James P Tam, have discovered a first-in-class, plant-derived epidermal growth factor (EGF) and an ultrastable analog for healing of chronic wounds, an unmet problem in treatment of diabetic wounds. This is the first EGF receptor agonist that is structurally different from all previous EGFs and first such growth factor found in plants – the rose cactus, used widely in Southeast Asia. Since aberrant regulation of EGF or its receptor is associated with certain type of cancers, their findings also open new avenues to develop targeted therapies for cancer.
Kong Weijia, a PhD student in the NTU School of Biological Sciences, finished 1st in Singapore and 12th worldwide (out of more than 6600 participants) in the Code Jam to I/O for Women, a coding competition organised by Google. Science@NTU caught up with Weijia to find out more about her experience with Code Jam, and her aspirations as a woman in science.
Discovering the first silencers that loop to regulate its target genes in the human genome, Assistant Professor Fullwood and her team might just be one step closer to finding a method for curing cancer.
Conversion of forest to agricultural land is one of the biggest threats to wildlife in Asia. ASE PhD student Anushka Rege has investigated the potential of cashew plantations in India as habitat for wild animals, showing that though forests remain irreplaceable, cashew plantations could serve as a supplementary habitat for local animals, if well-managed.
Dr Zheng Yiying has recently launched a new chemistry module in SPMS that provides an overview of regulations in pharmaceutical drugs, biologics, and medical devices. We caught up with Dr Zheng to ask about her background, and her reasons for creating this new course.