20th November 2013 Singapore
Guest post from Ching Heong-Lee, Science and Innovation Officer at the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur. A great deal of the fish we consume in Europe comes from Southeast Asia, meaning that aquaculture – the farming of aquatic organisms – is big business. This presents a lot of research questions, in terms of how […]
30th October 2013 Singapore
The tropical island of Langkawi was an incongruously idyllic setting for a conference dedicated to the debilitating infectious disease Chikungunya. The conference was organized by the European project ICRES, and supported by our own SEA-EU-NET project, which seeks to expand and deepen research collaboration between Europe and Southeast Asia. Meaning ‘that which bends up’ in […]
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26th September 2013 Singapore
Eating tempeh, a fermented soybean cake, could reduce the risk of developing dementia. I learnt this and other interesting facts at the UK-Indonesia Science and Innovation Conference in Jakarta last week. In addition to changing my own diet, this event provided a valuable guide to future directions for UK-Indonesia research collaboration, served to clarify the […]
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11th September 2013 Singapore
Colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon or bowel) is the most common form of cancer in men in Singapore, and the second most common in women. A hereditary genetic condition called Lynch Syndrome significantly increases the risk of developing colorectal cancer. Research carried out by British clinical geneticist Sir John Burn at the University of Newcastle […]
15th August 2013 Singapore
One of the things which make this job so enjoyable is getting to bring really inspiring people to the region to talk about great UK innovation. This week we’ve hosted Mike Gascoyne, long-time Formula One technical director, and current CTO of the Caterham Group, who generously agreed to visit Singapore and Malaysia to talk about […]