It's always nice to read about a young person's start in life, filled with passion and career goals, especially in the area of stem cell research and application (my favorite topic!).
Featured in the local paper the Star recently, was 28 year-old Tan Guak Kim from Kota Tinggi, Johor, who recently qualified with a Masters of Medical Science from University Malaya. She has proudly announced winning a full PhD scholarship from the Australian government to pursue her studies on cartilage regeneration in the University of Queensland.
Her work will be centered on (guess what!) scaffolding and biomaterial influence on stem cell differentiation to form cartilage cells. She says that she would like to perhaps start an institute in future which would teach others about stem cell work and provide arthritic applications.
Guak Kim, you're always welcome to give us a call when you're ready with an application. Or maybe just even when you're back in Malaysia for a vacation.
Well done also to all the other winners of the Endeavour award!
I have friends who studied with me in the UK and pursued their PhD programmes there. Scientific pursuit is a lot about having the community of friendly researchers who support each other and a strong funding program as research equipments and reagent are expensive. My friends have gone on to receive support, encouragement and generous funding from the UK governments to pursue their areas of interest, and I suspect sadly, won't be coming home anytime soon.
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