Chang Tse Wen – Asian Scientist Magazine

Thriving In An Uncertain World

A culture of innovation is needed for Singapore to shine, says SMU President Professor Arnoud De Meyer, speaking at the SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute's recent conference on 'Unintended Consequences in Singapore'.

In the Lab

The Ancient Origins Of East Asian Ancestry

Modern day East Asian populations living in the Amur Basin can trace their ancestry to Stone Age hunter-gatherers who lived in the same area nearly 8,000 years ago.

In the Lab

Malaria’s Best Defense Is Also Its Achilles’ Heel

Mutations to a protein that enables the malaria parasite to evade several anti-malarial drugs can make it vulnerable to other drugs, a study has found.

Meet China’s First Biotech Unicorn

Why did Wang Jun, CEO of one of the world’s largest DNA sequencing companies, leave to join an artificial intelligence startup? Simple: to start something even more ambitious.

Features

Antibiotics: A Remedy In Decay?

The Golden Age of Antimicrobials is over. Our fight against the deadly, multi-drug resistant bacteria that threatens our lives will thus have to resume.

Pharma

China Leads The World In Pharma Innovation: Report

Thanks to a strong emphasis on public-private partnerships and scientific research, China is now the world's leading region in pharmaceutical innovation.

Columns

Zika, The Suddenly Famous Disease

When epidemics spread, so will misinformation. How do you cut through all of the noise? One way is to be more critical of what you read online.

Features

Stay Eternally Optimistic, Says Nobel Laureate Ei-ichi Negishi at GYSS@one-north 2016

Believe it or not, before Ei-ichi Negishi became a Nobel Prize-winning organic chemist, he was a farmer.

In the Lab

Enough Oxygen 800 Million Years Before Animals

The first animals appeared on Earth only 800 million years after there was enough oxygen to support them, researchers say.

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