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KECEMERLANGAN SAINSSCIENCE EXCELLENCELawatan ke Pusat-pusatKecemerlangan UKBerikutan Mesyuarat Lindau, satu lawatan sambilbelajar ke Pusat-pusat kecemerlangan di UK (7–13Julai) telah diurus untuk mendedahkan saintis mudasatu pengalaman yang sungguh memperkayakan.Hasrat ini dicapai menerusi kunjungan ke pusat-pusatkecemerlangan /institusi/pertubuhan tersohor di duniadan bertemu dengan saintis di sana untuk mewujudkanjaringan demi kerjasama penyelidikan dan penempatanpost doctoral fellowship. Lawatan ini yang diketuaioleh Prof Asma Ismail, FASc juga telah dihadiri oleh tigaorang Profesor Kanan dari Institusi Pengajian Tinggi danInstitut Penyelidikan.Tempat-tempat yang dilawati termasuklah CambridgeScience Park; Institute of Biotechnology, CambridgeUniversity; Department of Haematological Medicine,King’s College London; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute;EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute; Imperial College,London dan Institute of Biomedical Engineering.Kumpulan itu diberitahu akan penekanan terhadappenyelidikan pelbagai disiplin, menghubungkan P&Pdengan pengkomersilan dan pembentukan kelompok/kluster berdasarkan tema penyelidikan merupakansebahagian daripada tren yang diamalkan berkaitanP&P di sana. Kesemua ini mungkin boleh ditinjau dandieksploitasi oleh saintis muda untuk terus maju sertaberjaya dalam kerjaya sebagai seorang saintis. Semasalawatan, perbincangan antara saintis muda dengansaintis kanan telah melahirkan pemikiran kritikal, bermindaterbuka ketika mengeketengahkan pendapat danidea, saling bertukar-tukar pengetahuan yang secaratidak langsung membawa kepada penjalinan mentoroleh saintis muda.Visit to the UK Centres ofExcellenceFollowing the 2007 Lindau meeting, a study visit (7–13July) to centres of excellence in UK was organized toprovide young scientists an enriching learning experienceby visiting world renowned centres of excellence/institutions/organizations and meet the scientists thereto establish linkages for research collaboration andattachments for post-doctoral fellowships. This visit wasled by Prof Asma Ismail FASc. and she was joined bythree other Senior Professors from <strong>Malaysia</strong>n Institutionsof Higher Learning and Research Institutes.Places visited were Cambridge Science Park; Instituteof Biotechnology, Cambridge University; Departmentof Haematological Medicine, King’s College London;Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; EMBL-EuropeanBioinformatics Institute; Imperial College, London andthe Institute of Biomedical Engineering.The group learnt that emphasis on multi-disciplinaryresearch, linking R&D with commercialisation and theformation of cluster groups on research themes weresome of the trends in existence in the R&D environmentthere. These trends could be explored and exploitedby <strong>Malaysia</strong>n young scientists to excel as a scientist.During the visit, discourse among the young scientistsand senior scientists enabled critical thinking, openmindedexpression of thoughts and ideas, exchangeof knowledge that led to an indirect mentoring of theyoung scientists.This visit facilitated two PhD attachments at SangerInstitute and King’s College, respectively as well as acollaborative research linkage with Imperial Collegefor the young scientists.Lawatan ini telah menghasilkan dua penempatan PhDdi Sanger Institute dan King’s College dan juga jaringanpenyelidikan kerjasama dengan Imperial College untuksaintis muda.62In Pursuit of Excellence in Science