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    Associate Professor George Dimopoulos (left) and Associate Professor Liou Yih Cherng.
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    Assoc Prof Liou, Prof Yu, NUSS Chairperson (Cultural) Ms Chen Teck Shing (Arts and Social Sciences '72), Prfo Dimopoulos, NUSS CEO Mr Roy Higgs (Science '73), Prof Shen and Mr Sardar Aslam, NUSS Intellectual Pursuit Sub-Committee Member and emcee for the lecture.

NUSS Professorship Lecture with Professor George Dimopoulos

24 January

Over 60 members and guests attended the first NUSS (National University of Singapore Society) Professorship Lecture of the year on 24 January at Kent Ridge Guild House. Associate Professor George Dimopoulos, from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Molecular Microbiology and Immunology department, shared his insights on curing mosquito vectors of human diseases. Prof Dimopoulos explained that the mosquito innate immune system and microbiome play important roles in regulating vector competence, and can thereby be utilised for the development of genetic and ecologically sound disease control strategies.

The Lecture, which was open to NUSS members and public, was attended by Professor Shen Zuowei, Dean of NUS Faculty of Science (FoS); Professor Yu Hao (Science '01), Head of Department of Biological Sciences, FoS; Associate Professor Liou Yih Cherng, Deputy Head of Department of Biological Sciences, FoS; and many NUS undergraduates and postgraduates.

The NUSS Professorship Lecture was established in 1995 with an endowment of $1.5 million to fund eminent professors from different disciplines to share their knowledge. The professorship is part of NUSS’ efforts to contribute to the development of meaningful interactions with its alma mater through academic pursuits.

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