Research Highlight of the Month
March 2013
"Private Lives: An Exposé of Singapore's Rainforests"
Ms Wang Luan Keng, Asst Prof Darren C.J. Yeo and Mr Kelvin K.P.Lim
Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research
February 2013
"In vivo photodynamic therapy using upconversion nanoparticles as remote-controlled nanotransducers"
Assoc Prof Zhang Yong
Dept of Bioengineering
Faculty of Engineering
January 2013
"Observing the operational significance of discord consumption"
Dr Gu Mile
Centre for Quantum Technologies
DECEMBER 2012
"Cleaning of the Singapore River and Kallang Basin in Singapore: Economic, Social, and Environmental Dimensions"
Dr Cecilia Tortajada and Visiting Prof Asit K Biswas
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
November 2012
"Managing peer relationships online – Investigating the use of Facebook by juvenile delinquents and youths-at-risk"
Assoc Prof Lim Sun Sun
Dept of Communications and New Media
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
October 2012
"Exploring the Dynamics of Policy Interaction: Feedback Among and Impacts from Multiple, Concurrently Applied Policy Approaches for Promoting Collaboration"
Asst Prof Boyd Fuller and Asst Prof Khuong M. Vu
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
September 2012
"Structural Basis for the Allosteric Inhibitory Mechanism of Human
Kidney-type Glutaminase (KGA) and its Regulation by Raf-Mek-Erk
Signaling in Cancer Cell Metabolism"
A/P J.Sivaraman and A/P Low Boon Chuan
Dept of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science
August 2012
"Medical Progress: Guillain-Barré Syndrome"
Prof Yuki, Nobuhir
Dept of Medicine
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
July 2012
"Rising to the Top? A Report on Women's Leadership in Asia"
Dr. Astrid S. Tuminez
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
June 2012
"Enzymatic catalysis of anti-Baldwin ring closure in polyether biosynthesis"
Asst Prof Kim Chu-Young
Dept of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science
May 2012
"Gambling-Related Cognitive Biases and Pathological Gambling Among Youths, Young Adults, and Mature Adults in Chinese Societies"
Prof Catherine So-kum Tang
Dept of Psychology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
April 2012
"Water governance: Critique, Theory and Evidence from Asia"
Asst Prof Eduardo Araral
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
March 2012
"Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity"
Graduate Student, Mr. Luke Gibson
Dept of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science
February 2012
"Transforming C60 molecules into Graphene Quantum Dots"
Assoc Prof Loh Kian Ping
Dept of Chemistry
Faculty of Science
January 2012
"Match-Fixing
under Competitive Odds"
Full paper
[Public access | NUS access]
Assoc Prof Parimal K. Bag
Dept of Economics
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
December 2011
"Shrinking Body Size as an Ecological Response to Climate Change"
Asst Prof David Bickford
Dept of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science
November 2011
"Whole-Cell Imaging at Nanometer Resolutions Using Fast and Slow Focused Helium Ions"
Prof Frank Watt
Dept of Physics
Faculty of Science
October 2011
"2009 Influenza A(H1N1) seroconversion rates and risk factors among distinct adult cohorts in Singapore"
Adjunct Asst Prof Mark Chen I-Cheng
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Policy
September 2011
"Unveiling the 'molecular face' of gastric cancer for personalized cancer treatment"
Assoc Prof Patrick Tan
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
August 2011
"Double-Edged Transparency in Teams"
Full paper [Public access | NUS access]
Assoc Prof Parimal K. Bag
Dept of Economics
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
July 2011
"Progress in tissue engineering to repair joint damage in osteoarthritis"
Assoc Prof Cao Tong
Dept of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Faculty of Dentistry