Genetic variation and Ecology of Begonia in Crocker Range Park

Dear All,

Next Wednesday, 22 Oct 2008, 2.00 pm. ITBC meeting room

Lau Foo Chwang is going to talk about his research proposal of MSc project:

Genetic variation and Ecology of Begonia in Crocker Range Park,

Host: Monica Suleiman

See you there!

3Ts

Genetic Analysis Workshop

Dear all,

1. Maximus
2. Lau Foo Chwang
3. fadzilah binti awang kanak
4. Haslinda Malekal - confirm
5. Siau Chin
6. Sook Cheng
7. Fairus
8. Saidah Mat Salleh
9. Azniza
10. Liew Thor Seng
11. Lam Nyee Fan
12. Hiew Lee Fong
13. Vanessa Jipiu
14. Nurul Safitri Bte Tambring
15. Tan Jee Cheng
16. Cornelius
17. Jacqueline Joseph
18. Khai Chung

Thank you for your interest in this workshop.

The venue for 17th Oct will be in meeting room ITBC.

Please bring your own laptop/Computer (with wireless connection). Also, please download and install the following software to your computer before workshop.

• TreeView
• http://taxonomy.zoology.gla.ac.uk/rod/treeview/1.6.6/treev32.zip

• TCS: Phylogenetic network estimation using statistical parsimony
• http://darwin.uvigo.es/
  
  
• BioEdit v7.0.9
• http://www.mbio.ncsu.edu/BioEdit/page2.html
  
  
• MrBayes: Bayesian Inference of Phylogeny
• http://mrbayes.csit.fsu.edu/download.php
  
  
• MEGA 4: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis
• http://www.megasoftware.net/mega.html

The Spatial Distribution of Termites in Primary Forest and Oil Palm Plantation in Tabin, Sabah.

This Wednesday, 15 Oct 2008, 2.00 pm. ITBC meeting room

Wong Mum Keng is going to talk about the progress of his MSc project:

The Spatial Distribution of Termites in Primary Forest and Oil Palm Plantation in Tabin, Sabah.

Host: Homathevi Rahman


See you there!

3Ts

"Revision Study of cicada genera Pomponia and Puranoides (Homoptera:Cicadidae)"

Next Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 2.00 pm. ITBC meeting room

Azman Sulaiman will be presenting his PhD project progress on

"Revision Study of cicada genera Pomponia and Puranoides (Homoptera:Cicadidae)"

Host: Prof. Datin Maryati Mohamed

P.S.:
1) Times slots of 24 September, 22 and 29 Oct are still available, please let me know if you like to reserve the date for your presentation.
2) Please forward this email to anyone that you think they are interested (and c.c. to me, so I can get their email)

See you there!

Tea Time Talk (3Ts)

"Counting (on) snails and tigers for conservation"

Next Wednesday, 10 September 2008, 2.00 pm. ITBC meeting room

Reuben Clements (Species Manager, WWF Malaysia) will talk about

http://www.dbs.nus.edu.sg/lab/cons-lab/clements.html

"Counting (on) snails and tigers for conservation"

Host: Liew Thor-Seng

P.S.:
1) Times slots of 24 September and onwards are still available, please let me know if you like to reserve the date for your presentation.
2) Please forward this email to anyone that you think they are interested (and c.c. to me, so I can get their email)

See you there!

Tea Time Talk (3Ts)

Systematic Study on the Genus Trichotosia (Orchidaceae) Blume. in the Borneo.

This Wednesday, 3September 2008, 3.00 pm. ITBC meeting room

Norhaslinda bt Malekal will be presenting her MSc. proposal on:

Systematic Study on the Genus Trichotosia (Orchidaceae) Blume. in the Borneo.

Host: Monica Suleiman

P.S.:
1) Times slots of 17 September and onwards are still available, please let me know if you like to reserve the date for your presentation.
2) Please forward this email to anyone that you think they are interested (and c.c. to me, so I can get their email)

See you there!

Tea Time Talk (3Ts)

"Systematic studies of Bornean torrent frogs, Meristogenys"

On Friday, 29 August 2008, 10.00 am. ITBC meeting room

Tomohiko Shimada talked about:

"Systematic studies of Bornean torrent frogs, Meristogenys"

Host: Ahmad Sudin

P.S.:
1) Times slots of 17 September and onwards are still available, please let me know if you like to reserve the date for your presentation.
2) Please forward this email to anyone that you think they are interested (and c.c. to me, so I can get their email)

Tea Time Talk (3Ts)

Diversity of Tropical Macrofungi in Crockers Range, Sabah.

Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 3.00 pm. ITBC meeting room

Jaya Seelan talked about:

Diversity of Tropical Macrofungi in Crocker Range, Sabah.

Host: Lam Nyee Fan

P.S.:
1) Times slots of 17 September and onwards are still available, please let me know if you like to reserve the data for your presentation.
2) Please forward this email to anyone that you think they are interested (and c.c. to me, so I can get their email)

Tea Time Talk (3Ts)

Dear All,

I am very pleased to announce that there will be a talk by a guest researcher from the City University of New York, USA. Further details about the talk are as follows:


Date/Time/Venue: 21/08/2008 (Thursday); 10:00 - 11:00am; ITBC Seminar Room 1

Speaker: Dr. Jason Munshi-South, Assistant Professor of Environment, Department of Natural Sciences.

Title of talk: "Conservation Physiology and Genetics of Forest Elephants in Central Africa"

All are cordially invited.

Sincerely,
Henry

“Systematic Revision of the Genus Everettia Godwin-Austen, 1891 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Dyakiidae) in Sabah, Northern Borneo.”

This Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 3.00 pm. ITBC meeting room

Liew Thor Seng will present some findings from the snail's taxonomic studies:

“Systematic Revision of the Genus Everettia Godwin-Austen, 1891 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Dyakiidae) in Sabah, Northern Borneo.”

P.S.:
1) Slots of 13 and 20 August are still available, please let me know if you like to reserve the data for your presentation.
2) Please forward this email to anyone that you think they are interested (and c.c. to me, so I can get their email)

See you there!

Tea Time Talk (3Ts)

Enhancement and Cryostorage of Leonurus sibiricus L. seeds.

Dear All,

This Wednesday, 6 August 2008, 3.00 pm. ITBC meeting room

Jovinia Jowims will present the progress of her MSc. project:

Enhancement and Cryostorage of Leonurus sibiricus L. seeds. Guest/speaker: Jovinia Jowims (ITBC's MSc. candidate); Host: Dr. Monica Suleiman

P.S.:

1) Slots of 13 and 20 August are still available, please let me know if you like to reserve the data for your presentation.
2) Please forward this email to anyone that you think they are interested (and c.c. to me, so I can get their email)

See you there!

Tea Time Talk (3Ts)

"TOPICS FOR WEEKLY DISCUSSION"

Please feel free to suggest any topics (basic statistics, genetic analysis, chemical problems etc) that needed to discuss in our coming "research discussion group" meeting.

The proposed topics/questions (in research) will be compiled , and subsequently scheduled to be the "Weekly topics"

Thanks.

Mini-workshop for GIS and mapping

The GIS training for lecturer and students had been given by Conelius and Liew. Yesterday, a total of 13 participants was learning how to produce a digital map by using ArcGIS 9.2. They are:

Agos, Alona, Dunstan, Hamilda, Haslinda, Khairul, Lau Foo Chwang, Maximus, Monica, Nur Liyana Abd. Aziz, Ong Kay Work, Wong Mum Keng, Zahidah

As you can see from the picture, the lab was a little bit crowded. Thus, PLEASE register/tell the organizer prior to the next discussion session, so we can organize it better by finding a spacy place or prepare enough FOOD for all participant. Hopefully, all participants can make use of the mapping skill that learnt from this mini-workshop.

Mapping and Analysis using GIS software

Dear All,

As we had heard the talks by Lee Shan Kee and Lin Kai Ling, of which an important aspect in their research is to map the distribution and diversity of the organism. Elora Poukin will be showing us (the mapping of) the firefly distribution during the different sampling seasons.

We decided "Mapping and Analysis using GIS software" to be the topic in our first session of discussion group, as requested by Wong Mum Keng (the only request that we received so far).

Cornelius and Liew will show you how to do a map by using a state-of-the-art software ArcGIS v. 9.2. This software is just a little bit easier than Photoshop and a little bit harder than powerpoint. Thus everyone can DIY (do it yourself!)

This kind of training course can cost you several thousand RM and consultancy fee that need be paid to professional mapper can cost around RM 100-200 per hour. This is an opportunity $free$ for those who want to learn how to do a digital map.













This is a "cooking program" intended as a training course to aid beginners in creating digital map from hard-copy map or GPS. It assumes basic familiarity with personal computer.

Please register yourself ASAP (by posting your comment after this post), so we can confirm with Mr. Zulhazman when we will need the GIS lab. This exercise is tentatively scheduled on 25 JULY, FRIDAY, 2-5pm, GIS Lab. ITBC.

Kajian Taburan dan Kelimpahan Kelip-kelip (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) di Sg. Klias, Beaufort, Sabah

Dear All,

This Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 3.00 pm. ITBC meeting room

Elora binti Poukin will present the progress of her MSc. project:

Kajian Taburan dan Kelimpahan Kelip-kelip (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) di Sg. Klias, Beaufort, Sabah. Guest/speaker: Elora (ITBC's MSc candidate); Host:


P.S.:
1) Next week, Alessandra Markow will talk about her butterfly
2) For the coming talks (all the slots until 6 Aug have been filled), and research discussion group, please see google calendar.
3) Slots of 13, 20 and 27 August are still available, please let me know if you like to reserve the data for your presentation.
4) Please forward this email to anyone that you think they are interested (and c.c. to me, so I can get their email)

See you there!

Tea Time Talk (3Ts)

Diversity of Mantis in Sabah by Ling Kai Lin

Dear All,

This Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 2.30 pm. meeting room

Ling Kai Lin will be discussing her plans for MSc. project:

Diversity of Mantis in Sabah

Host: Nazirah Mustaffa

P.S.:
1) For the coming talks (all the slots until 6 Aug have been filled), and research discussion group, please see google calendar.
2) Please forward this email to anyone that you think they are interested (and c.c. to me, so I can get their email)

See you there!

3Ts

"TOPICS FOR WEEKLY DISCUSSION"

please feel free to suggest any topics (basic statistics, genetic analysis, chemical problems etc) that needed to discuss in our coming "research discussion group" meeting.

The proposed topics/questions (in research) will be compiled , and subsequently scheduled to be the "Weekly topics"

Thanks.

ITBC's RESEARCH DISCUSSION GROUP

• For postgraduate student: please be informed there will be no more 'personal' statistical consultancy (by Henry or Liew).
• For those who need help (in your research, anything), please present your questions/problems/proposal during 3Ts or research discussion group
• Supervisor please make yourself available, statement like "I don't know what/how to do, please ask so and so" will only dishearten the student. For most the the research problems, we can work it out together.
• All the postgraduate students who want to learn things - PLEASE ATTEND - Learning things together and sharing knowledge would be more fun!
• Lecturer, who think they can provide help, please - attend.
• Please check the Google Calendar for the 'discussion topic' of the week.

ITBC's TEA TIME TALK

The Tea Time Talk (3Ts) has been scheduled to every Wednesday (3 pm - 4pm) in ITBC meeting room. Every week, there will be a guest/presenter, who will give a talk regarding his/her research proposal, ongoing research or completed research etc. Also, we welcome those who want to share their oversea experience (in research), newly learnt technique/knowledge (for research and teaching), or problems (in research) etc.

Please be aware that:
1) presenter can be students (both postgraduate and undergraduate), lecturers, or anyone
2) each session, host will be the - student's supervisor/ host of the invited guest
3) be initiative, let the coordinator know whenever you are ready to give a talk
4) 3Ts is not NATO (Not Action, Talk Only), whenever issues/question (e.g., statistics, experimental design, construct phylogenetic tree etc) raised during 3Ts, a separate discussion group will be held weekly (see next).