Monthly Archives: June 2008

RBZ Impact Factor Improved!

Posted on 23 June 2008 by

The Journal Citation Reports, published by Thomson Reuters has just released the latest Impact Factor for journals under their Science Citation Index. We are pleased to report that the impact factor of Raffles Bulletin of Zoology has improved from 0.533 … Continue reading →

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Walailak University, Thailand

Posted on 19 June 2008 by

RMBR received a delegation of 14 from Walailak University, Thailand, consisting of 2 academic staff and 12 graduate students. They were in Singapore to visit Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, NIE and NUS facilities. Prof Peter Ng had a quick meet … Continue reading →

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Mr. Justin Havird

Posted on 19 June 2008 by

Mr Justin Havird, a MSc exchange student from University of Florida, as part of the EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC SUMMER INSTITUTES FOR U.S. GRADUATE STUDENTS (EAPSI) PROGRAMME. He is under the supervision of Prof Peter Ng, and he will be … Continue reading →

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Dr. Bella Galil

Posted on 19 June 2008 by

Dr. Bella Galil, from the National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research will be at the RMBR from 18 June to 2 July 2008. She is working on the collection of crabs of the families Leucosiidae and Calappidae … Continue reading →

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Taking Stock: Inventory of Alien Species

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Mr. Greg Byrnes

Posted on 18 June 2008 by

\ Mr. Greg Byrnes is a PhD student from University of California, Berkeley. His interests focus on ecological and biomechanical contexts of gliding in mammals. He will be at the museum from 9 June to 19 June 2008 to measure … Continue reading →

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Associations between bat species diversity and genetic diversity in a fragmented landscape

Posted on 17 June 2008 by

Speaker: Matthew Struebig Date: Friday, 4 July 2008 Time: 10am Venue: SR 4, Blk S2 Level 2 Host: Prof N Sodhi

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Ms. Renny Hadiaty

Posted on 16 June 2008 by

Ms. Renny Hadiaty (left), a fish curator at Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) is visiting the RMBR under SPRINT from 16 to 28 June 2008. She will be working with Dr. Maurice Kottelat (right), Dr. Tan Heok Hui and Dr. … Continue reading →

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Dr. Wu Wen-Lung

Posted on 13 June 2008 by

Dr. Wu Wen-Lung (far left) is a Professor of Zoology from the Research Center for Biodiversity and Information Technology Innovation, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Republic of China. He is visiting the RMBR to establish ties and collaboration on malacology. Together with … Continue reading →

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Ladies in the News

Posted on 11 June 2008 by

Three ladies from the Department of Biological Sciences, NUS was featured in March 2008 issue of Her World magazine. The trio were Joelle Lai from Ecology and Systematics lab, Karenne Tun from Marine Biology lab and Nalini Puniamoorthy from Evolutionary … Continue reading →

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