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10 August 2009 : Multifunctional Nanoparticles in Nanomedicine

Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology (CoEN) is organizing a Special Seminar on the topic "Multifunctional Nanoparticles in Nanomedicine". Prof Mamoun Muhammed of Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden will delve on major breakthroughs with smart drug delivery  systems, bio‐diagnostics and early discovery  of  diseases,  treatment  of  functional  disorder,  improved  implants,  visualization  of  cells,  tissues,  or  organs,  and targeting tissues and organ for regeneration and repairs Venue: Room 106, Chalerm Prakiat Building, ISE, Asian Institute of Technology Date : August 10, 2009Time:  13:30‐14:30 hrsAbstract  The merger of Nanotechnology and medical science offers truly novel solutions and unprecedented approaches for treating diseases and biological disorders.

AIT report highlighted by Yale Center for the Study of Globalization

The report by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and the by the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on the Mekong river dam in
China has been highlighted by the Yale Center for the Study on
Globalization. In an article “Dams in China Turn the Mekong Into a
River of Discord”, Michael Richardson, a visiting senior research
fellow at the Institute of South East Asian Studies in Singapore states
that “Rivers know no borders, but dams do”.

While reporting in YaleGlobal, the article says, “A report in May by
the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Asian Institute
of Technology (AIT) warned that China’s plan for a cascade of eight
dams on the Mekong, which it calls the Lancang Jiang, might pose ‘a
considerable threat’ to the river and its natural riches”.
The article has been reprinted in several publications around the
globe including the “The Nation” on July 28 on its prestigious Opinion
page.

AIT President interviewed on TV Talk show “Thai-OZ Talk with Jaye Walton”

European Commission and International NGO Telecoms Sans Frontières (TSF) reinforced emergency responders’ capacities in telecommunications and information technologies at a six day training session organized at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) at Bangkok. The initial course on training emergency organizations in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) concluded at AIT last week.