100 Scientists of Malaysia

Featuring profiles of Malaysians in STEM. New scientist curator (refer pinned tweet) with each feature!

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APPLICATIONS OPEN!

Want a taster week of your chosen science subject before Uni? Join our 1-week online program which includes original crafted modules & online interactive sessions.

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It's back! If you're a Pre-U/Post-SPM or Form 5 student and is interested in exploring a #STEM subject of your choosing (learning from experts in the field), then this week-long program will be for you! 🧪⚗

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ScienceBites article #2
To PhD or not to PhD? by @sarawongwt

At some point, most of us may start considering the option of pursuing a graduate degree.

Here are some questions and considerations to ask yourself before you potentially step into a new adventure!

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#Parkinsons Disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative condition. One cell model that has been developed is to use viruses to reprogram skin cells from a patient into a neuron!

ScienceBites article #8 by Tom Leah

Read more about cell reprogramming here: https://t.co/BbumrcTeWg

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🧠 Multilingualism affects the structure of the brain

🗣 Aphasia is a condition that can text the ability to speak, ✍️ and/or understand language.

✊🏻 Sign language varies from country to country.

#psycholinguistics #multilingualism #language

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Ice ice baby ❄️

Here are some Antarctic facts for you to chill with 🥶

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💻 Bioinformatics rests on molecular biology, statistics, and computer science.

🔬#bioinformatics can be used for drug discovery, diagnostics and disease management💊

💰The cost to #sequence the first human genome🧬 in 2003 was around $3 billion. Now, the cost is around $1000!

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108. Ryan Law @rmc_law is a language researcher in @MPI_NL. His interests centre around studying the mental operations and underlying #neurobiology that supports the ability of humans to take words and combine their meanings to form more complex meanings in novel ways!

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Here's a collection of threads from our scientists:

1. @aini1905 , a Primatologist. Read about her introduction to her research here!
https://t.co/oYScvQadNd
https://t.co/2YeYv0Q3m6

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‘I study the conservation management of orangutans. Do you know they build nests on trees? It’s an interesting job. Sometimes I have to chase them in the field & sometimes they chase me back!’

Read @aini1905’s full story at https://t.co/4UCiGfk7eB!

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107. Melissa Wong is a senior bioinformatician in
@SOPHiAGENETICS specialising in developing tools to analyse human DNA sequences for cancer diagnostic.