The Petri Dish in dire straits, please support us to keep it going!
Reading Time: 3 minutesNEWSPAPERS around the world have been going through a common dilemma – going online or shutting down. Does shutting down the print format drive readers to digital devices? When I first founded The Petri Dish in Feb 2011, we only offered print copies. My first marketing strategy was the low hanging fruits or the easy […]
International plant biotech Experts weigh in on new breeding technology regulations
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA POLL involving international plant biotechnology experts was conducted to determine what approach different countries should agree on in order to maximize the full potential of current and future new breeding technologies and its products. A key finding states that product-based models or dual-product/process systems are viewed as potential appropriate frameworks to regulate genome editing products. Based […]
Researchers get grant offered to develop rapid non-invasive paper-based serological, diagnostic tests for Covid-19
Reading Time: 4 minutesSINGAPORE: Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, has received a grant from the National Medical Research Council (NMRC) COVID-19 Research fund for the acceleration of research and development of rapid paper-based serological and diagnostic tests for COVID-19. The 1-year grant is part of NMRC’s support for COVID-19 related research, […]
Climate change, COVID-19 and future pandemics
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY TAN SU LIN Like COVID-19, around 75% of new infectious diseases are zoonotic. Some experts believe climate change may be putting humans in closer contact with animals. While COVID-19 and climate change are real but different health emergencies, both are of environmental origin and they point to a common denominator – destructive environmental practices ultimately […]