Have a look at:
Editorial, 2010.
Singapore's salad days are over.
Nature 468: 731-731.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21150947
When Neal Copeland and Nancy Jenkins, a renowned husband-and-wife team of cancer geneticists, left the US National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, for the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Singapore in 2006, they joined a string of star names in the city-state that suggested its remarkable investment in research was paying off. Generous funds have flowed to science in Singapore for the best part of a decade, and researchers from around the world have followed. Drawn by hefty salaries and enviable working conditions, they have rapidly given Singapore an international presence. The Genome Institute of Singapore, for example, has asserted itself as one of the most important basic genomics research organizations in the world.
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Researchers also worry that the government has not made clear how it will review the sudden influx of research applications. Singapore has used external review committees to audit its institutes in the past. But reviewing individual grants is a different and much more labour-intensive procedure if done properly. Will Singapore be forced to rely on a small number of bureaucrats and selected scientists for reviews? Frustrated by the changes, Copeland and Jenkins have decided to leave Singapore. Many other scientists there are also looking for new posts.
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> Have a look at A* (http://www.a-star.edu.sg/).
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> Selon Jacob Wong <[log in to unmask]>:
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>> Thanks to those who has responded to me and asked for more specifics. I am
>> interested in some most up-to-date (and published) facts/comments about the
>> Biopolis, something that may follow up the article below that was published
>> back in 2003.
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>> Singapore: filling biopolis.
>> http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v425/n6959/full/nj6959-746a.html
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>> Thank you, Jacob Wong
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>> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 12:47 AM, Jacob Wong <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Dear All, sorry for this off-topic inquiry. I am interested in knowing
>>> about the current scientific research in Singapore but have had hard time
>>> finding the most up-to-date articles/comments on this. All I could find are
>>> the articles a few years back in Science and Nature.
>>>
>>> Would appreciate a pointer. Happy Chinese New Year!
>>>
>>> Thanks, Jacob Wong
>>>
>>
