Category Archives: SCIENCE

LAUNCH OF THE NTU-PSL JOINT LAB FOR ADVANCED ELECTRONICS

On 6 June 2022, His Excellency Mr Marc Abensour, witnessed the exchange of the Research Collaboration Agreements between the President of Université PSL, Prof Alain Fuchs, and the President of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU), Prof Subra Suresh.   The research partnership will see the creation of the NTU-PSL Joint Lab for Advanced Electronics, located […]

2023 MERLION CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The 2023 Merlion call for applications is open from 1 June to 2 September 2022.   The programme aims to develop and strengthen scientific cooperation between France and Singapore. Researchers working or intending to work on French-Singaporean collaborations in science and innovation are invited to submit their proposals by the deadline.   The programme was […]

AFTERLAB WITH RICHARD LE BOUCHER: AQUACULTURE, HOW TO INNOVATE WITH IMPACT?

On Thursday 9 June at 5pm, The French Lab Singapore will be holding its monthly casual meeting referred to as the ‘AfterLab’ with Dr Richard Le Boucher, Research Director of Precision Aquaculture Department in Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory. As a major source of food production, the aquaculture industry requires innovations that can rapidly be used […]

PROF TAN CHORH CHUAN AND PROF LEO YEE SIN, CHEVALIERS DE L’ORDRE DE LA LÉGION D’HONNEUR, AND PROF LAURENT RÉNIA, CHEVALIER DE L’ORDRE NATIONAL DU MÉRITE

On 26 April 2022, His Excellency Mr Marc Abensour, Ambassador of France to Singapore, conferred the titles of « Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur » on Professor Tan Chorh Chuan and on Professor Leo Yee-Sin as well as the title of « Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite » on Professor Laurent Rénia.   In his speech […]

Groundbreaking of Sanofi’s first-of-its-kind Evolutive Vaccine Facility

HE Mr Marc Abensour, Ambassador of France to Singapore, participated on 20 April 2022 to the groundbreaking of Sanofi’s first-of-its-kind Evolutive Vaccine Facility in Singapore attended by Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Mr Heng Swee Keat and Sanofi Executive Vice President Vaccines Mr Thomas Triomphe. In April 2021, Sanofi had announced a $638 million investment over five […]

« COMPETING GEOGRAPHIES: DE-CENTERING CHINA » BY PROF ANNE CHENG

Prof Anne Cheng, Chair of Chinese Intellectual History, Collège de France, will deliver the hybrid lecture titled “Competing Geographies: De-centering China” on 13 April 2022 (Wed), 6pm – 7.30pm, on Zoom and The POD, Level 16, National Library Building.   This event is part of the France-Singapore Science and Innovation Lecture Series presented by the […]

AFTERLAB WITH CLAUDE GUET: FUSION FOR CLEAN ENERGY

On 14 April 2022, at 5.00pm, the French Lab Singapore will be holding its monthly casual meeting referred to as the “AfterLab” featuring Prof Claude Guet, Visiting Professor at the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences of the Nanyang Technological University Singapore and Programme Director for Research & Students at the Energy Research Institute @ […]

FRANCOPHONIE – COMPLEMENTARITY AND GRID INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES

A part of the Francophonie Festival 2022, Science Centre Singapore will be collaborating with the Embassy of France in Singapore to host hybrid panel discussions. Join the hybrid panel discussion #2 “Complementarity and Grid Integration of Renewable Energies” on 17 March 2022 from 4:30pm – 6:00pm. Renewable energy has been at the centre of energy […]