A*STAR Cross Council Office (CCO)

 

Announcement

 

 

The Cross Council Office 2nd Call for Workshop proposals is now open!

CCO invites all A*STAR researchers to submit proposals for funds to organise cross-council workshops. Workshops are good platforms for scientists with a common research interest to interact and present ideas in an informal and focused way.
 
The closing date is 10 October 2008 (Friday).

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Results of the 1st CCO Call for Workshops

CCO is pleased to announce that 2 proposals (see list below) have been awarded the CCO Call for Workshop grants that was launched in April 2008.  

Organiser
 
Title of Workshop
 
Research Institution
 
Dr Andrew Wan
BIOMATERIALS : Materials in Biology and Medicine
 
IBN
 
Dr Jonathan Hobley
Workshop on optical and emission imaging microscopy for cell biology and biochemistry.
 
IMRE
 

 
Results of the 1st CCO Grant Call

CCO is pleased to announce that out of a total of 13 proposals submitted for the 1st CCO Grant Call launched in November 2007, 5 proposals (see list below) have been awarded the CCO Research Grants. 

Project
Director
 
Project Title
 
Host
Institution
 
Participating Institutions
 
Professor Edison Liu
Development of a Parallelizable 3Gb Pyrosequencer with Integrated DNA Preparation to meet $1,000 per Genome Challenge (Archon X Prize)
GIS
 
GIS, IME, SimTECH
 
Dr Horst Flotow
Laser Microfabrication of Chips for Imaging-based Clinical Molecular Diagnostics
ETC
 
DSI, ETC
 
Dr Jonathan Hobley
A Novel Means of Axonal Guidance Imaged Using Optical Microscopy and SPM
IMRE
 
IMCB
 
Dr Yu Qiang
 
Development of small molecular compounds that target oncogenic EZH2 and histone modifications for cancer therapy.
GIS
 
ICES
 
Professor Edison Liu
Nanosensors for hormone receptor biology
GIS
 
GIS, IMRE, IME

 

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