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Japanese Researchers Win Prestigious Lasker Awards
AsianScientist (Sept. 15, 2026) – Four Japanese researchers have won the Laskar Awards in two categories—the 2026 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award and the 2026 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award. The awards are conferred by the Lasker Foundation to individuals who have made significant contributions across the fields of basic medical research, clinical medical research and public service.
Making Precision Medicine Equitable
AsianScientist (May. 14, 2025) – In June 2009, a clinic was set up at the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Singapore to recruit for the nation’s largest and most comprehensive cohort study to date. Titled Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO), the study aimed to evaluate how genetics and environmental factors influence the development of a child from as early as 10 weeks of pregnancy.
Amputees Get A Leg Up With New Tech
AsianScientist (Oct.28, 2024) – Every day, before heading out of her house, Singaporean Tan Ter Cheah puts on her shoes, one at a time—just like most other 53-year-old women. Except, the right one goes on her prosthetic foot. When Tan was seven years old, her leg had to be amputated at mid-calf due to synovial sarcoma, a rare soft-tissue cancer that usually develops in arms, legs and feet.
Caring for caregivers - Asian Scientist Magazine
Asian Scientific Journal (April 6, 2023) By Jill Arul and Denise Gonsalves One morning just after sunrise in August 2021, Wong walked back to his rental apartment after working all night. The moment Wong entered her house, she burst into tears. Wong, who prefers not to reveal his last name to protect his identity, took some time to recover before preparing a meal and getting some rest. Her next shift at 7 pm that night was watching her. Wong is a nurse at one of the largest hospitals in Singapore.
Caring For The Caregivers
Asian Scientist Magazine (Apr. 06, 2023) By Jill Arul and Denise Gonsalves One morning, just after sunrise in August 2021, Wong walked back to her rental apartment after working throughout the night. The moment Wong stepped inside her home, she burst into tears.Wong, who prefers to not reveal her last name to protect her identity, took some time to gather herself before preparing a meal and catching some rest. Her next shift at 7pm that evening was staring at her.
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How NFTs Are Changing The Art World Original
Asian Scientist Magazine (Oct. 25, 2022)—Over the past four years, Singapore-based artist Brenda Tan has spent her time building the brand of PiguBao—an illustrated character based on traditional peach-shaped longevity buns. In Tan’s work, PiguBao represents exploration and self-discovery.
Keeping Time On Asia’s Race To Exascale Original
Asian Scientist Magazine (Oct. 12, 2022) —By Jill Arul and Hannan Azmir — As a general rule of the trade, researchers are constantly working towards achieving bigger, better and faster tools. This is especially true when it comes to high performance computing (HPC)—a field that underpins a variety of modern research endeavors from climate studies to biomedical sciences.
The Women Changing The Face Of HPC
The Women Changing The Face Of HPC Against all odds, women are taking the world of high performance computing by storm. Find out how two stellar researchers are advancing commercial computing and driving collaboration in the region. AsianScientist (Mar. 21, 2022) – Augusta Ada Byron, more commonly known as Ada, Countess of Lovelace, was a mathematician widely lauded as the first computer programmer.
Asia’s Rising Scientists: Champika Ellawala Kankanamge As invasive species threaten to take over aquatic ecosystems, Dr. Champika Ellawala Kankanamge works to restore the biodiversity of native plants and animals. We are revisiting this interview with her today on International Women’s Day 2022. Champika Ellawala Kankanamge Senior Lecturer University of Ruhuna Sri Lanka AsianScientist (Aug.
Think like a reviewer: The formula for great research grant proposals
By Jill Arul SMU Office of Research & Tech Transfer– From biomedical breakthroughs to social science successes – great research has the power to impact whole communities and lay the foundation for further advancement in its own field and others. However, before research can make a change, funding agencies and their reviewers must be convinced of the project’s potential.
Asia's Rising Scientists: Tatsuya Honda
Tatsuya Honda User Interface Designer Fujitsu Limited Japan AsianScientist (Feb. 4, 2022) – Whether it is the call of birds, the rustle of leaves, the beats of a song or the lilt of laughter—we experience sound in more ways than we realize and often take it for granted. While sign language is an effective and functional form of communication the Deaf, an accessible solution to experience the characteristics of sound without surgery is not yet widely available.
Asia's Scientific Trailblazers: Gabriel Lau
Gabriel Lau Emeritus Professor The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR AsianScientist (Jan. 21, 2022) – With increasing intensity of heat, forest fires, storms, rainfall, droughts and their negative impact on health, food and livelihoods, the threat of global warming has been hitting home hard. Still, we don’t fully understand these phenomena and their interactions with each other. That has made climate science one of the most exciting and urgent fields of study of our time.
Asia's Rising Scientists: Erika Legara
Erika Fille T. Legara Senior Scientist and Associate Professor Asian Institute of Management Philippines AsianScientist (Jan. 7, 2022) – As we make our daily commutes from one place to another, we don’t typically think about the specific placement of each bus stop, train station or streetlamp—let alone the complex behaviors of crowds that inform the decisions behind each installation. Fortunately, data science maven Professor Erika Legara is far from typical.
Singapore Media Festival Opens Made-With-Singapore Content to Global Possibilities
Even through the tumultuous times marked by interrupted shoot schedules and travel restrictions, the tenacity and drive to create authentic stories continues to propel Asian media far beyond any barriers. Now, after not convening in-person for a year — in some cases, two years — media conferences and festivals are springing back to life, including the Asia TV Forum & Market and ScreenSingapore (ATF|SS), Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF), VidCon Asia Summit and the Singapore Comic Con.
#ExtremeWeather Updates: How Trending Posts Save Lives
AsianScientist (Nov. 18, 2021) – Among the throngs of celebrity gossip and recipe inspiration, social media platforms have been a surprising source of real-time information surrounding both natural and man-made disasters. In fact, in the Philippines, relief operations for typhoons are conducted through social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
Asia’s Rising Scientists: Ian Vega
Ian Vega Professor University of the Philippines Diliman Philippines AsianScientist (Oct. 22, 2021) – Over three centuries ago, legend has it that a young Isaac Newton was sitting idly underneath an apple tree when a piece of fruit fell down and hit him on the head. This seemingly unremarkable incident prompted Newton to theorize that the force behind the apple’s fall was one and the same with the force that kept the moon and planets in their orbits.
Asia’s Scientific Trailblazers: Ashok Venkitaraman
Asia’s Scientific Trailblazers: Ashok Venkitaraman Having discovered BRCA2’s crucial role in genome stability, Professor Ashok Venkitaraman continues to drive research into cancer detection and treatment at the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore and A*STAR. Ashok Venkitaraman Director Cancer Science Institute of Singapore Singapore AsianScientist (Oct. 8, 2021) – Eight years ago, actress Angelina Jolie shook the world by publicly announcing her decision to undergo a double mastectomy.
Tracking The Trackers - Asian Scientist Magazine
Tracking The Trackers Given the diversity of Asia, it’s no surprise that COVID-19 tracking apps across the continent are also powered by an assortment of frontier technologies. AsianScientist (Oct. 4, 2021) – While contact tracing is key to stopping a pandemic, manually tracking down individuals based on imperfect recollections is not only slow and laborious, but also often incomplete.
Keeping An Eye On IoT
Keeping An Eye On IoT Our devices may be able to track our every move, but behind the scenes, experts are working hard to ensure that cyber criminals do not gain access to this information. AsianScientist (Oct. 1, 2021) – It was an episode of Black Mirror five years ago that highlighted the problem of privacy.
Setting A Course For Supercomputing
AsianScientist (Sep. 23, 2021) – In 2020, as part of an international COVID-19 high performance computing (HPC) consortium, researchers in Korea analyzed 19,168 small molecules to identify eight potential drug candidates that could have therapeutic potential against COVID-19. On the humanities front, as art is digitalized and online data collected, researchers scale new heights with access to more data and computing tools than ever before.
Asia Ramps Up Research In 2021 UNESCO Science Report
Asia Ramps Up Research In 2021 UNESCO Science Report To support sustainability and advance digital transformation, governments and researchers in Asia are coming together to focus research direction and increase output. AsianScientist (Aug. 23, 2021) – As humanity continues to face relentless challenges like climate change and emerging diseases, countries worldwide are turning to research for solutions.
Asia’s Rising Scientist: Champika Ellawala Kankanamge
Asia’s Rising Scientist: Champika Ellawala Kankanamge As invasive species threaten to take over aquatic ecosystems, Dr. Champika Ellawala Kankanamge works to restore the biodiversity of native plants and animals. Champika Ellawala Kankanamge Senior Lecturer University of Ruhuna Sri Lanka AsianScientist (Aug.
Meet The Women Changing The Face Of Engineering
Meet The Women Changing The Face Of Engineering In celebration of International Women in Engineering Day, we take a look at the work of three exceptional and award-winning women engineers from Asia. AsianScientist (Jun. 23, 2021) – What do naval flares, Kevlar and windscreen wipers have in common? They were all invented and patented by trailblazing female engineers. Today, the number of women pursuing careers in engineering and science, while still low, is generally on the rise.
Asia’s Scientific Trailblazers: Kim Se-Kwon
Asia’s Scientific Trailblazers: Kim Se-Kwon To turn the tide on disease and aging, Professor Kim Se-Kwon transforms marine biomaterials into novel cosmetics, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals. Kim Se-Kwon Distinguished Professor Hanyang University South Korea AsianScientist (Jun. 8, 2021) – Despite covering over 70 percent of our planet, a vast majority of the ocean remains unexplored. But even with so little access, the ocean continues to provide nourishment and resources for mankind.
Asia’s Rising Scientists: Jyotirmayee Dash
Asia’s Rising Scientists: Jyotirmayee Dash By flipping the switch on rogue genes, Dr. Jyotirmayee Dash hopes to add more tools in the ongoing crusade against cancer. Dr. Jyotirmayee Dash Professor Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science India AsianScientist (May. 4, 2021) – Almost every cell in our body holds the same DNA that details everything from the color of our hair to the size of our feet.
No Sugar-coating Here: How Asian Food Affects Blood Sugar
Singapore In Singapore, roughly 19,000 people are diagnosed with diabetes every year. To reduce diabetes incidence, local manufacturers have cut down the sugar content in food products. Despite these efforts, carbohydrates still dominate in local favorites. For example, nasi lemak (pictured above)—a rich rice dish steeped in coconut milk—has one of the highest GI values at 100, equivalent to that of pure glucose.
Standing On The Verge Of Accessible Healthcare
Standing On The Verge Of Accessible Healthcare (VIDEO) By investing in health tech innovations through Verge HealthTech Fund, Dr. Joseph Mocanu is making accessible healthcare in Asia a reality. AsianScientist (Jan. 29, 2021) – At the third meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, health and healthcare were declared a basic human right along with the right to dignity, freedom and religion.
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