Southampton Professor Nikolay Zheludev has been awarded Singapore’s highest honour.
One of the world’s leading experts in nanophotonics from the University of Southampton has received the highest honour bestowed upon research scientists and engineers in Singapore.
Professor Nikolay Zheludev FRS NAE, Deputy Director of Southampton’s Zepler Institute and co-Director of The Photonics Institute at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, has been awarded the President’s Science Award. Professor Zheludev and his Singapore-based colleagues Associate Professor Chong Yidong and Associate Professor Zhang Baile from NTU, are honoured for their global leadership in, and fundamental contributions to, topological nanophotonics research which underpins the development of a new generation of light-based technologies.
Scientists lauded for research on Asian genetics, light at nano-level [The Straits Times, Singapore / Asia News Network]
Dec. 21 SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN) Research into the human genome has grown over the past decade but Asian populations remain under-studied.
Professor Liu Jianjun, 57, is trying to change that and gaining recognition for it. Last Friday, he received the President’s Science Award.
“My research on the genetics of Asian populations has revealed new insights into the biological mechanisms of diseases that are prominent in Asian populations,” said Prof Liu, deputy executive director at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s Genome Institute of Singapore.
SINGAPORE - Research into the human genome has grown over the past decade but Asian populations remain under-studied.
Professor Liu Jianjun, 57, is trying to change that - and gaining recognition for it. Last Friday, he received the President s Science Award. My research on the genetics of Asian populations has revealed new insights into the biological mechanisms of diseases that are prominent in Asian populations, said Prof Liu, deputy executive director at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research s Genome Institute of Singapore.
This will help in the development of clinical tests to look for such Asian biomarkers , which will allow doctors to diagnose patients early, and help prevent adverse reactions to drugs, he added.
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Professor Ranga Krishnan speaking from the United States in a video screened last Friday at the awards. He received the President s Science and Technology Medal for his role in advancing health and biomedical sciences research in Singapore.ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
A professor who helped lay the groundwork for research into infectious diseases in Singapore was yesterday honoured for his efforts.
Professor Ranga Krishnan, 64, received a medal under the President s Science and Technology Awards - the highest recognition for exceptional research scientists and engineers here - from President Halimah Yacob at the Istana.
Prof Ranga, who is now chairman of the Health Ministry s National Medical Research Council, had helped establish the emerging infectious diseases programme at Duke-NUS Medical School when he was dean from 2008 to 2015.
One of the school s five signature programmes, it has since yielded many breakthroughs during various outbreaks of infectious diseases, including the current Covid-19 pandemic.