SMA Connect Issue 18 - E-newsletter of the Singapore MIT Alliance

Issue 18, Dec 2009

			A Journey of Discovery, a Tighter Bond - SMA Family Day SMA staff and their families had a close encounter of the nocturnal kind during the annual Family Day organised by the Staff Welfare Committee. Richard Soh, the committee's president recounted on how the fun-filled excursion cast a different light of the staff on their role as doting parents, and forming a tighter bond beyond their usual work-related interaction.
			Minh Le Awarded the L’oréal Singapore for Women in Science National Fellowships 2009 Presented for the first time in Singapore, the L’oréal Singapore for Women in Science National Fellowships is established with the support of the Singapore National Commission for UNESCO and in partnership with A*STAR. SMA Connect talks to CSB student Minh Le, one of the 3 fellowship recipients, on her thoughts of being feted with this outstanding honour, balancing her multiple roles in life and giving back to society.
			HPCES Alumnus Recognised for Outstanding Research in Computational Science and Engineering Huynh Dinh Bao Phuong and Nguyen Ngoc Cuong, together with a Swiss scientist have been awarded the Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) Prize 2009 by Springer. They talk to SMA Connect on their award-winning research in developing the software package rbMIT.
			Post-Doctoral Fellow's Striking Image of the Nanoworld Snared Top Prize Dr Li Ang from the AMM&NS programme has won the first prize of €5,000 for his image of human malaria (plasmodium malariae) infected red blood cells at the International Scanning Probe Microscopy Image Contest 2009 (SPMage09). Dr Li shared with SMA Connect on the advances of scanning probe microscopy that produced the striking image.
			Striving To Discover Answers That Matters Lilly Singapore Centre for Drug Discovery (LSCDD) focuses on drug discovery in the areas of cancer and metabolic disorders - some of the world's most challenging disease conditions. Sudarkodi Sukumar, a PhD student of the CSB programme shared with SMA Connect her thoughts on this informative industry visit.
			Creating an Innovative Ecosystem - MIT ILP: Regional Competitiveness Programme Mr Todd Glickman, Associate Director of MIT Office of Corporate Relations introduced a new initiative – the Regional Competitiveness Program (RCP); a new offer which grows out of the widely-acclaimed Industrial Liaison Program (ILP).

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