February 27-28, 2017
URICAS Symposium 2017 was held at Universiti Sains Malaysia(USM), Penang, Malaysia. USM-RIKEN Centre of Ageing Science (URICAS) was established at USM in February 2015 as a joint laboratory of USM and RIKEN to use the fruits of their collaborations since 1993 to solve the problems facing humanity as well as to strengthen joint research and personnel exchanges. At this symposium, 23 researchers from RIKEN and USM presented their research works, and USM students also participated by briefing and poster presentations of their projects.
One of Symposium presentations USM young researchers
For more information, please read following news releases :
>> From USM News Portal post (Link to USM website)
February 27,2017 “URICAS SYMPOSIUM 2017 STRENGTHENS BILATERAL COOPERATION”
>> More news about RIKEN & USM collaborations in the past (Link to RIKEN HQ website)
June 24, 2016 Where do rubber trees get their rubber? Decoding the rubber tree genome
February 25, 2016 Delegation from USM visits RIKEN
February 20, 2015 Collaborative agreement between RIKEN and Universiti Sains Malaysia
January 15, 2014 RIKEN and Universti Sains Malaysia: a fruitful partnership
September 26, 2011 Opening of USM-RIKEN Joint Laboratory for Bioprobe Discovery
