Minister for Education Mr Ong Ye Kung visited the WIL@NUS Corporate Laboratory, where he sampled healthy but tasty treats and observed advances in the bio-production of industrial enzymes and biochemicals.

Closely related to stony or reef building coral, corallimorpharians occur in a wide range of tropical habitats. As such, NUS researchers conducted a study to establish the diversity and distribution of corallimorpharians in Singapore

NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye was invited to the 2019 Times Higher Education World Academic Summit, hosted in partnership with ETH Zurich. The sixth annual summit delivered a range of thought-provoking keynote sessions and panel debates from the world’s most innovative thinkers.

A study led by NUS Psychological Medicine Assistant Professor Feng Lei found that drinking tea at least four times a week has a protective effect against age-related decline in brain organisation.

Together with Sport Singapore and the Singapore Health Promotion Board, the University launched the NUS SG Bicentennial Challenge which aims to encourage the NUS community to adopt healthier habits through a mix of games and incentives.

Singapore-based undergraduates keen on research in the biomedical sciences will now have a chance to be mentored by leading scientists all over the world, thanks to the Brenner Fellowship, a new mentorship programme established by NUS in honour of the late Dr Sydney Brenner — Nobel laureate and trailblazer in the field of molecular biology.