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Looking for the Moonshot at ASEAN-Emerging Researchers Conference 2018

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December 3, 2018 - ASEAN Emerging Researchers Conference was held at Sunway University on 3rd -4th December 2018. This conference was a collaboration between Cambridge University Malaysian Society, Sunway University and Wolfson College, aiming as a platform to enhance interdisciplinary knowledge sharing, collaboration and networking between scientists from ASEAN region and its diaspora. Keynote speakers included Professor Jane Clarke, Master of Wolfson College Cambridge, as well as Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Jeffrey Cheah, founder and chairman of Sunway Group.

Dr Ng Siew Kit led a group of 5 students from RNA-Bio Research Group that attended the conference. Alvin Paul, Chew Yik Wei and Presela Ravichandran presented their research by poster. Meanwhile, the new students, Michelle and Shan Xiang also joined to gain exposure. Dr Ng gave an oral presentation titled “Z-DNA Binding Domain homed in to Stress Granules”.

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