"Molecular and morphological investigation on two polytypic (Musci) mosses: Dicranoloma braunii and D. brevisetum at Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah."

Dear all,

Tomorrow 13 May 2009, 3.30pm - 4 pm, ITBC meeting room,

Tseu Siau Chin will be presenting her findings on:

"Molecular and morphological investigation on two polytypic (Musci) mosses: Dicranoloma braunii and D. brevisetum at Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah."

Host: Dr. Monica.

see you there!!!

3Ts admin

Etlingera balalongensis and Etlingera velutina: antioxidant and anticanser potential from Borneo;s biodiversity

Today, 8 May 2009 Friday, there will be a talk by Farahwati Sabli on:

Etlingera balalongensis and Etlingera velutina: antioxidant and anticanser potential from Borneo;s biodiversity.

Time: 2.30 - 3pm. Meeting room at Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, UMS.

After that 3 - 4 pm, we will continue with our journal club. This week we will discuss issues regarding to:

(1) how to find a good paper?
(2) How to differentiate between good paper(or journal) and no so good paper(or journal)?
(3) How to track the reputation/publication record of a person?
etc.. .

Journal Club

Dear all,

As suggested by Haslinda and with the supports from postgrad. students during the statistic course, we are going to have a journal club every Friday (2.30 - 4.30 pm) from 8th May onwards. In fact, we had this kind of journal club long time ago in ITBC, but journal club rarely been active since Menno Schilthuizen left ITBC.

Dr. Mon and Dr. Hamid had raised the issue regarding to the woefully usage of UMS journal database (in particular web of science). Also, our discussion in journal club will be based on the journal/papers. Thus, it is essential for all member in the club to know:

(1) how to find a good paper?
(2) How to differentiate between good paper(or journal) and no so good paper(or journal)?
(3) How to track the reputation/publication record of a person etc.. .

In view of that, we are going to start with some introductory exercise on the above listed questions on 8 May 2009

Lau Foo Chwang and Haslinda voluntary to present this two papers on 15 May.

If you have suggestion or need more information, please do send me an email.

best

Liew/ on behalf of 3Ts admin

Talk by Dr. Charles SV and Dr. Takahiro Ishii

Dear all,

Please to announce that two talks by

1) A/P Dr. Charles S. Vairappan - Eco-chemical relationship between red algae genus Laurencia and seahare.

2) Dr. Takahiro Ishii - Secondary metabolites from Bornean soft corals, Nephthea spp. (Nephtheidae)

on 29 April 2009, Wednesday, 3 - 4 pm,

Venue: meeting room at Institute for Tropical BIology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah

see you there!!!

best,

3Ts admin

small mammals, proboscis monkey and wild cats

Dear all,

Dr. Henry and his group members are going to give a several presentations about their projects in Sabah, which included small mammals, proboscis monkey and wild cats

Monday (16/02/2009)
afternoon (2.30pm - 5.00pm)

Tentative schedule
2.30 - 3.00pm Henry Bernard " Klias proboscis monkey project"

3.00 - 3.30pm Azlan Bin Mohamed "Effect of different forest management strategies of felid and viverrid populations in Sabah"

3.30 - 4.00pm Daniel Pamin "Distribution, population Status and conservation of threatened and endangered Bornean wild cats in Sabah, Malaysia"

4.00 - 4.30pm Donna Christine Simon "The value of primary, secondary and oil palm plantation for biodiversity conservation in and around Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Lahad Datu, Sabah.

4.30 - 5.00pm Esther Lonnie Baking "The effect of oil palm plantation development on small to medium sized mammals in North Borneo"

See you there!!!

3Ts admin

3Ts LEWS part 2

Dear all,

Dr Bakhtiar, Fiffy and Dr Homa will be presenting their LEWS results tomorrow, 4th Feb (Wednesday) at 3 pm, ITBC Meeting Room.

All are welcome. Teas and Coffees will be provided!

See you all.....

Monica
o/b 3Ts admin

Lanjak-Entimau Expedition Seminar (part 1)

Dear all,

Tomorrow, 21 Jan 2009, there will a few presentations about the output of Lanjak-Entimau Expedition (part 1).

10 am, Seminar Room ITBC

Monica and her team will be talking about mosses, snails, among others from Lanjak-Entimau

Books of 2008 (liew's choice)

Liew suggested a few books that you might also find interested.

he has learned a lot from reading these 4 books last year, and would like to share with you all...

1) Guns, Germs and Steel.

It is a very good book about human history. The author opened topics with some very interesting questions:

e.g. "how to make an almond?", "how china became chinese" , "how africa became black"

Do you know the answer?

Look for the answers in this book!

This is a good book for those who want to know not only about human history, but also how the distribution of life on earth (Biogeography) determined what and where we are today.

Few chapters in the book illustrated some interesting cases of 'biogeography' and thus might be useful as teaching materials for conserv. biol. students.





2) the last lecture

all lecturers and students must read this book:
or watch the lecture at here:
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

An inspirational lecture that was given by Randy Paush.

He reminded us how we should lead our life as a lecturer, student and...... as a human being.....











3) How to do ecology

the contents in the book are more complex than what the title suggests.

there are a few chapters in this book that discuss about the experimental design and provide some tips on ecological research setups.

In addition, the remaining chapters provide vital information and guidance regarding the communication of research in terms of powerpoint presentations, posters, manuscripts, etc.

This book will be very useful for both undergraduate and postgraduate students for improving their knowledge on "HOW TO DO RESEARCH"







4) The loom of life, unravelling ecosystems

Menno always makes things easy for other people.

This time, he summarized some classical and pretty complicated ecological theories/stories in a simple and readable manner.

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.