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| Wednesday, February 12, 2014 |
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A*STAR's Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) Partners South Korean Institutes to Advance Glycomics Research in Asia |
| A*STAR's Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) today signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI) and Chungnam National University's Graduate School of Analytics Science and Technology (GRAST) to advance collaboration between Singapore and South Korea in the field of glycomics in Asia. more info >> |
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| Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
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Asia's First Under-One-Roof Nutritional Research Centre Set Up in Singapore |
| The Clinical Nutrition Research Centre (CNRC) is the most comprehensive centre in Asia that will conduct nutritional studies to understand the causes of metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity, and develop products and formulate diets that can reduce the risks of these diseases. more info >> |
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| Wednesday, January 22, 2014 |
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A*STAR Signs Agreement with Nestle to Strengthen Food & Nutrition R&D in Singapore |
| Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) has entered into a research agreement with Nestle today to help boost the company's expansion in R&D in the country. more info >> |
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| Thursday, January 9, 2014 |
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Elephant Shark Genome Provides New Insights into Bone Formation and Adaptive Immunity in Humans |
| Scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) led an international team of researchers that sequenced and analysed the genome of the elephant shark. more info >> |
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| Monday, December 9, 2013 |
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Recycled Plastic Proves Effective in Killing Drug-Resistant Fungi |
| Researchers at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) and California's IBM Research - Almaden (IBM) have discovered a new, potentially life-saving application for polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which is widely used to make plastic bottles. more info >> |
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| Friday, December 6, 2013 |
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A*STAR Scientists Discover Novel Hormone Essential for Heart Development |
| Scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) and Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IMCB) have identified a gene encoding a hormone that could potentially be used as a therapeutic molecule to treat heart diseases. more info >> |
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| Monday, December 2, 2013 |
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Immunology Takes the Spotlight at Inaugural EMBO Workshop in Singapore |
| A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) will host Singapore's inaugural European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) workshop on Complex Systems in Immunology from 2nd to 4th December 2013. more info >> |
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| Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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A*STAR Scientists Bring to Light Mechanism of Drug for Infections |
| Scientists at A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered the exact mode of action by plerixafor, a drug commonly prescribed to stimulate immune responses in patients suffering from neutropenia, which causes them to become prone to oral, skin, genital infections and in worst cases, a fatal whole-body infection. more info >> |
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| Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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A*STAR Scientists Uncover Potential Drug Target to Nip Cancer in the Bud |
| Scientists at A*STAR have discovered an enzyme, Wip1 phosphatase, as a potential target to weed out the progression of cancer. more info >> |
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| Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
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A*STAR Scientist Wins European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Young Investigator Award |
| Dr Florent Ginhoux, Principal Investigator at the Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), has been awarded the prestigious EMBO Young Investigator 2013 award. more info >> |
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