Dean: Attitude triumphs over aptitude in producing ‘global’ students
Reading Time: 5 minutesPROF DR ABHI VEERAKUMARASIVAM who was the first Asian to win the FameLab International Award in 2015, a Cambridge graduate and an active cancer researcher plays multiple national and international leadership and strategic roles related to life sciences. He shares his thoughts with The Petri Dish Editor-in-chief, DR MAHALETCHUMY ARUJANAN, on producing globally competent students […]
Tasik Harapan – ideal site for modelling of biological behaviour
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY MAZLAN HANAFI BASHARUDIN USM PENANG: A mind filled with creativity and imagination can produce countless ‘wonders’ which can be appreciated or pondered upon. Take, for instance, the site where Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is located now. Though not a nuclear test site, it used to belong to the British Army during mankind’s last global war. It has since become a ‘battlefield’ in […]
Chart the right path of action against global warming: WWF
Reading Time: 3 minutes‘Protecting the environment and planet is everyone’s responsibility’ PETALING JAYA: The National Environment Day passed by silently on Oct 21 without much fanfare. Yet it is an important “Day” as matters pertaining to the impact of global warming need urgent attention and action. The “Day” also presents Malaysians the golden opportunity to commit themselves to chart […]