Looking for gravid females

A bunch of students from Ecolab accompanied honours student Joanne Khew (in blue) on her field trip to catch a female gravid tree-climbing crab, Episesarma sp. It was a pleasant morning’s field trip to get a glimpse of the crab’s behaviour.
They used the typically “high-tech” equipment to get the job done and [...]

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New Book: Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics

A new book, Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics includes two chapters co-written by Peter Ng with contributions by many familiar friends of the Systematics & Ecology Lab.

The book blurb reads,
“Decapod crustaceans are of tremendous interest and importance evolutionarily, ecologically, and economically. There is no shortage of publications reflecting the wide variety of ideas and hypotheses concerning decapod [...]

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Fri 18 Sep 2009: 7pm @ NUS DBS Conference Room – Reuben Clements asks “Is there hope for rhinos, elephants and tigers in Malaysia?”

“Trio under threat: Is there hope for Rhinos, Elephants and Tigers in Malaysia?”
By Reuben Clements
Species Conservation Manager
WWF-Malaysia
Friday, 18 Sep 2009: 7.00pmThis will be a talk, Q&A and discussion session.
Venue: Conference RoomBlock S3, Level 5 (next to the general office),Department of Biological Sciences,National University of Singapore.
Please let me know you are coming:Register at http://tinyurl.com/bejc-19sep2009
Host: N. Sivasothi

Abstract [...]

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DBS Public Lectures, 18 Aug 2009: Paul Matusudaira and Leo Tan

Register at the DBS 60th Anniversary Public Lectures webpage.
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DBS 60th anniversary lecture series

All lectures @ LT 31: 6.30pm – 8.00pm
Abstracts and registration at the DBS 60th Anniversary Webpage – link.
Tues, 18 August 2009

Prof. Paul Matsudaira – ‘Movement is Life’
Prof. Leo Tan – ‘Confessions of a Nature Addict’

Tues, 1 September 2009

Assoc. Prof. Hugh Tan – ‘Cultivating the Native Plants of Singapore’
Dr. Chew Fook Tim – ‘Your Sweat: Wound [...]

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