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NUS Biodiversity Crew- Job: 2-year Research Assistant for PAR 10 May 2012
- Job: Full-time Teaching Assistant (FTTA) for Life Sciences (Environmental Biology), deadline: 23 May 2012 8 May 2012
- Danwei’s work on the Big-Mess-idae published as “Threatened Reef Corals of the World” in PLoS ONE 30 April 2012
- Job: Full-time Research Assistant for Mangrove Propagule Dispersal project at NUS SDWA / Geography / Biological Sciences 17 April 2012
- Richard Corlett leaves NUS for Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, July 2012 13 April 2012
- Job: Student field assistants wanted for plant traits in regenerating forests project 5 April 2012
- Ong Say Lin to be appointed Director of ACRES Laos PDR 30 March 2012
- Is bigger, better in European dung flies? Nalini and colleagues think so, in Evolution 27 March 2012
- Closure of Lab 7 from Reading Week to Sem 1 AY2012/3 (mid Apr – early Aug 2012) 26 March 2012
- Temporary closure of Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research collections May/Aug 2012 – Feb 2014 22 March 2012
- Raffles Museum Toddycats
- Come join us at the Festival of Biodiversity (26 & 27 May 2012) 15 May 2012
- Raffles Museum Toddycats at Festival of Biodiversity (26 & 27 May 2012) 2 May 2012
- Application for DENSO Youth for Earth Action is now open till 15 May 2012! 23 April 2012
- More than 500 learn about local biodiversity at World Water Day @ Lorong Halus Wetland (24 Mar 2012) 1 April 2012
- Find your passion with the rejuvenated Raffles Museum Toddycats! 29 March 2012
- Join Raffles Museum Toddycats at Lor Halus Wetland this Sat 24 Mar 2012! 23 March 2012
- Raffles Museum Toddycats’ preparation for Singapore World Water Day Exhibition (Sat 24 Mar 2012) 23 March 2012
- Raffles Museum Toddycats at Singapore World Water Day @ Lor Halus Wetland (Sat 24 Mar 2012) 7 March 2012
- The Battle of Pasir Panjang Commemorative Walk, Sun 12 Feb 2012: 7.00am 15 January 2012
- Local biodiversity and dinosaurs go to Geylang East Public Library! 15 December 2011
Category Archives: Article
Purple crab mania!
The recently published revision of Insulamon from Palawan by Dr Hendrik Freitag in the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology has been garnering quite a fair bit of attention in popular media and the news! Insulamon is endemic to Greater Palawan and the … Continue reading
What Dinosaurs and kiam chye-looking Reefs have in Common
What Dinosaurs and kiam chye-looking Reefs have in Common Bridgette See Professor Peter Ng leans in and, in a hushed conspiratorial tone, goes: “To be a successful museum, other than having a good endowment, it must have… dinosaurs.”He pauses dramatically, … Continue reading
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Crabs, Cliffs and Chicken Rice (Bemuse, July-September 2011)
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Raffles Museum in NUS’ Giving Report, 2010/2011
Undergraduate Lee Bee Yan and Graduate student Marcus Chua were the poster girl and boy for Raffles Museum in the latest issue of NUS Giving Report, 2010/2011. To help us in our endeavour to build the new natural museum , … Continue reading
The SAFE index – a novel approach to measure relative species threat
DBS alumnus Reuben Clements Gopalasamy is currently pursuing his PhD at James Cook University. He has just published a paper proposing a new approach to determining which endangered species have a higher likelihood of bouncing back from the brink of extinction. Congratulations, … Continue reading
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“Castrated” Spiders Are Better Fighters, Study Says – National Geographic
Photograph courtesy Matjaž Kuntner Two publications have been published from the project in 2009 supported by RMBR fellowship to Dr Matjaz Kuntner from Slovenia. One of the paper published in Animal Behaviour is featured in National Geographic Daily News. Click … Continue reading
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Singaporean spiders spit venomous glue, work together, eat each other (Discover Magazine Blogs/Not Exactly Rocket Science)
Discover Magazine is an American science magazine that publishes articles about science, technology and the future for a general audience. Discover Magazine also features different scientific blogs on its website, one of which is “Not Exactly Rocket Science” managed by … Continue reading
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INNOVATION featuring RMBR
INNOVATION is a world class publication highlighting the recent work of Singapore-based researchers, their collaborations with external organisations, as well as the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine from around the world. The magazine’s readers include researchers from national … Continue reading
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ONE: The Raffles Institution Alumni Magazine Featuring Prof Peter Ng
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A Bag of Bones – A National Heritage and a Lesson for Humanity?
“A former colleague was the inspiration for the title “A Bag of Bones”. We met for dinner and as soon as our greetings were exchanged, she exclaimed” 46 million dollars for a bag of bones? I am impressed you can … Continue reading
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