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Celebrate Earth Day at the launch of “The Diversity of Life on Earth”

Join author Sylvain Richer de Forges and guest speaker Professor Peter Ng for this timely book launch of “The Diversity of Life on Earth: from Heritage to Extinction”, as we celebrate International Mother Earth Day. Overall this book aims to address the dramatic issue … Continue reading

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Seminar: Natural Selection and Evolution: Lessons from butterfly mimicry (Friday 1 February, 4 PM, LT 20)

All are welcome!  “Natural Selection and Evolution: Lessons from butterfly mimicry”, a seminar by Dr Krushnamegh Kunte Date:  1 February 2013; Time: 4 PM; Venue: LT 20, Faculty of Science (map) Abstract: Natural selection is the central tenet of evolutionary biology. A … Continue reading

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Seminar: Evolution of the human pygmy phenotype by Nathaniel J. Dominy (Friday 25 January, 4 PM, LT 20)

All are welcome!  “Evolution of the human pygmy phenotypes”, a seminar by Assoc. Professor Nathaniel J. Dominy Date:  25 January 2013; Time: 4 PM; Venue: LT 20, Faculty of Science (map) Abstract: Small human body size, or the ‘pygmy’ phenotype, is characteristic … Continue reading

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Investigating food web and trophic interactions in Singapore’s reservoirs, a seminar by Liew Jia Huan (Friday 30 Nov 2012, 10 AM, DBS Conference Room)

All are welcome to this Department of Biological Sciences PhD Qualifying Exam seminar! “Investigating food web and trophic interactions in Singapore’s reservoirs”, a seminar by graduate student Liew Jia Huan (supervisor: Asst Prof. Darren Yeo & Dr. Tan Heok Hui) from … Continue reading

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Habitat Enrichment for Tropical Butterflies, a seminar by Anuj Jain (Monday, 12 Nov 2012, 10 AM, DBS Conference Room)

All are welcome to this Department of Biological Sciences PhD Qualifying Exam seminar! “Habitat Enrichment for Tropical Butterflies”, a seminar by graduate student Anuj Jain (supervisor: Professor Edward Webb) from the Applied Plant Ecology Lab.  Date:  12 November 2012; Time: 10 … Continue reading

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News from the Comprehensive Marine Biodiversity Survey of Singapore, Johore Straits

Update (30 October): Drs Daphne Fautin and Peter Ng are interviewed by Steven Chia on Channel NewsAsia’s AM Live!  The second phase of the Comprehensive Marine Biodiversity Survey kicked off on the 15th of October with a 3 week workshop … Continue reading

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Workshop on Marine Ecosystems and Biodiversity of the South China Sea (31st July – 4th August 2012)

In a series of workshops on Managing Potential Conflicts in the South China Sea (SCS) starting from 1990, several Technical Working Groups (TWG) were formed, each dealing with specific topics that needed to be addressed to promote the spirit of … Continue reading

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The Wallace Lectures: 19th July 2012, 7 PM at Botany Centre, Singapore Botanic Gardens. Dr Peter Davie on “Marine Biodiversity in Australia: Exploration, Documentation, Conservation and Public Engagement”

After an absence of more than 50 years, RMBR and Nparks are bringing back the Wallace Lectures! Back in the 1960s, the Wallace Lectures was delivered by well-known biologists and scientists in the then University of Malaya. These lectures served … Continue reading

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As It Happened: Launching the “Private Lives: An Exposé of Singapore’s Rainforests” book and the Digital Nature Archive (DNA) of Singapore

UPDATE: Missed the event? Here it is on YouTube, thanks to NUS’ CIT team!  ________________________________________________________________ On Wednesday the 4th of July 2012, while the Americans celebrated their Independence Day and the Europeans celebrated the discovery of the Higgs Boson, us … Continue reading

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Children’s Season 2012: Open House at the Raffles Museum

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In collaboration with the National Heritage Board’s Children Season and to commemorate International Museum day, the Raffles Museum held an Open House last Saturday. It is to be our last public event at the museum until the completion of the … Continue reading

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