Long Banga Scientific Expedition to the Heart of Borneo
Researchers from Environmental and Life Sciences Programme at FOS took part in a 14-day international exploration exhibition to the Sarawak-Kalimantan border near Long Banga, sponsored by the Sarawak Forestry Department under the Heart of Borneo (HoB) Initiative in August 2016.
Full storyClimate Change Biology Research
FOS Associate Professor David J. Marshall (Environmental and Life Sciences) and his team have been exploring research questions on climate change biology. The team are currently assessing the value of shell dissolution properties to monitor the strength and distribution of acidification in the marine environments of Brunei.
Full storyFOS student wins third place in BICTA 2016
                       
Recent FOS graduate Siti Nurul Athirah binti Haji Mohamad was this year’s second runner up in the higher education category of the Brunei ICT Awards (BICTA) 2016, with her mobile app V-Décor.
Full storyBorneo’s Exploding ants
                       
FOS researchers identified pH-indicating chemical products filling the hypertrophied mandibular gland reservoirs of Brunei’s mysterious “exploding ants”. Common in the rainforest canopy at the Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre, these ants graze microbial biofilms on leaves and other plant surfaces. These ants alter microbial abundances on plant surfaces, this would represent a novel type of ant-plant interaction.
Full storyFOS postgraduate students visit Japan
Several postgraduate students from FOS took part in the Japanese Factory Visit Tour hosted in Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo, in September 2016. Participants of the programme had the opportunity to learn about the high technology food value chains in Japan through tours and visit of Japanese factories and companies
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