7 Must-Read Stories In July 2016

A list of India’s top scientists and features on Singapore’s scientific pioneers made for popular reads in July 2016.

AsianScientist (Aug. 3, 2016) – Just in case you missed any of them, here are seven must-read stories published on Asian Scientist Magazine in July 2016.

  1. 8 Scientists From India To Watch
    From the mysteries of deep space to the molecular mechanisms of our very cells, India’s scientists are breaking new ground everyday.

  2. 20 Reasons Your PhD Journey Is Really A Pokémon Go Game
    Think about it—your PhD supervisor is basically Professor Oak; you chart your experiments in a lab notebook, a.k.a. a Pokédex; and the Nobel laureates you admire are just as elusive as rare Pokémon.

  3. Beach-Comber, Wave-Watcher
    A self-described “professional beach bum,” Wong Poh Poh was one of the first geographers to carve out a niche in coastal tourism.

  4. Asia’s Rising Scientists: Gene Yeo
    Gene Yeo uses genetics to explore how defects in RNA processing contribute to diseases such as neurodegeneration.

  5. What’s Different About Asia?
    Upon learning firsthand that Asian and Caucasian patients responded differently to cancer drugs, John Wong founded the Cancer Therapeutics Research Group to study these differences.

  6. Distinguished Scientists Say These Are The Grand Challenges For Science
    From harnessing artificial intelligence to understanding our origins, a panel of distinguished scientists outlined the grand challenges for science in the 21st century.

  7. Takeda, Altos Therapeutics To Develop Gastroparesis Treatment
    The partnership will develop Altos’s proprietary compound ATC-1906 to address the symptoms of nausea and vomiting in gastroparesis patients.

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