Highlights

Dr Victor Tong awarded the Singapore Youth Award for Science and Technology

The SYA is the highest youth accolade in Singapore honouring youths below 35 who have significantly contributed to the society and achieved excellence in the areas of arts and culture, community and youth services, entrepreneurship, sports and adventure and science and technology.

IME Launches 10th Electronic Packing Research Consortium

The Institute of Microelectronics (IME) today announced the launch of the 10^th Electronic Packaging Research Consortium (EPRC 10) to address key integration challenges of 3-dimensional (3-D) Packaging and Embedded Module technologies during a signing ceremony.

IBN engineers antibacterial particles to combat fatal brain infections

Doctors may get a new arsenal for meningitis treatment and the war on drug-resistant bacteria and fungal infections with IBN’s novel peptide nanoparticles, which effectively seek out and destroy bacteria and fungal cells that could cause fatal brain infections.

Scientists from Biomedical Imaging Laboratory Recognised At Prestigious 47th American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) 2009 for Brain Atlas

Professor Wieslaw L. Nowinski and his team recently received the Magna cum Laudeaward for their scientific exhibit “A 3D interactive atlas of cerebral vasculature and structure from 3T and 7T” at the prestigious 47th American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) 2009 in Vancouver, Canada.

A*STAR Hosts the 9th Science Council of Asia (SCA) Conference

The 9th Science Council of Asia (SCA) conference, held from 17-19 June 2009, was opened by Mr. Lim Chuan Poh, Chairman of A*STAR.

Novel Discovery In Dendritic Cell Signalling Pathways Paves The Way For New Therapeutic Targets

Scientists from SIgN and the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, have discovered another signaling pathway for the activation and apoptosis, or programmed cell death, of dendritic cells.

Researchers at A*STAR invent the world's only controllable molecule-gear

Scientists from IMRE, led by  Professor Christian Joachim, have scored a breakthrough in nanotechnology by becoming the first in the world to invent a molecular gear of the size of 1.2nm whose rotation can be deliberately controlled.

Congratulations to Dr Li Hai Zhou

A*STAR's I²R researcher Dr Li Haizhou is one of the nine new members elected into the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) Board for a four-year term beginning September 2009.

French Legion of Honour Given to A*STAR Scientist

Congratulations to Prof. Jean-Paul Thiery on being awarded the prestigious French Legion of Honour (Chevalier) medal. He is being recognised for his work in cell biology and for his representation of France in the field of scientific research.