ck 的点点滴滴: Scotland

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Saturday, August 3, 2013

英國遊

回到英國出席畢業典禮以及和家人到處走走。

更詳細的點滴會在未來的blogpost分享。

Thursday, July 29, 2010

推介格拉斯哥前室友部落格-DONAH'S BLOG

Donah来自非洲Botswana，是我在格拉斯哥大学宿舍的室友。他获得格拉斯哥教育系硕士学位

http://nudohn.wordpress.com/

他在部落格分享关于本身国家教育课题的看法。尤其其国家跟大马局势相似，而且其文章也具有前瞻性的观点。所以我认为值得推介。

我跟格拉斯哥室友们相处愉快，每当生日庆典，我们都有生日聚餐。当时的相关文章可游览以下部落格：

http://limchoonkiat-ck.blogspot.com/2008/12/cks-birthday-and-my-flatmates.html

http://limchoonkiat-ck.blogspot.com/2009/06/donahs-birthday.html

http://limchoonkiat-ck.blogspot.com/2009/03/eddie-birthday.html

http://limchoonkiat-ck.blogspot.com/2009/07/good-bye-gathering.html

我们经常都一起讨论政经文教课题。

Monday, February 22, 2010

UTAR’s Feb Newsletter稿件

详情可游览以下网址http://www.utar.edu.my/alumniMain.jsp?catid=8

article entitled “Passion, Commitment, and Prolonged Interest: Keys to achieve your goal”

Monday, February 1, 2010

朋友

不久前，朋友面子书的文章有提到小弟。如下：

谢谢，我也不过是分享过去经验。很欣慰如果我的愚见能帮到大家。

大家加油吧。

“

Lim: 你是我的良朋，也是我的楷模。從你身上學到的太多了… …最感謝你讓我學會了堅持。研究之路漫又長，這一年來沒有你的鼓勵和分享，我深信我的研究早就中斷了。願你好好保重身體，理想成真。加油!

”

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

留学英国体验

母校数个月前向我征稿。此外，以前跟大家讲会分享留学体验，为何来英国深造等。因此，一次过把整篇原文发布在部落格。

Information about Master degree at Glasgow

Glasgow and the UK:

Why did you choose to study in the UK?

I have decided to study in a UK-based university mainly due to the strong research culture, quality of education and standard of education offered. Also, it only spent one year for me to complete a master degree here.

Why you choose to study at Glasgow/ Scotland?

Glasgow University is one of the few institutions that offer various/ diverse research areas in plant science. This university is recognised as one of the leading universities in the research and academic performances (founded in 14^th century, 4^th oldest institution in the English spoken country, top 100 universities in the world).

Also, Scotland is a lovely place that has a lot of natural sceneries, historical sites and also mixtures of modern and classical buildings. The design and architecture of these buildings are impressive. Besides, life here is relaxing, enjoyable. Glasgow is one of the big cities in the UK, and I have many opportunities to mix/ interact with people throughout the world. People here are nice, helpful.

Your course:

Why did you choose your course—plant science?

My principal research interest lies in the field of plant stress (abiotic and biotic) and the tolerance mechanisms involved. The availability of research experts in this field and also the reputation of plant science group of Glasgow University have prompted me to purse plant science master degree here. My postgraduate study at Glasgow University has provided excellent skills needed to pursue a research career in Plant Science in the future.

What’s the best thing about your course?

This course has introduced me to state-of-the-art experimental approaches and techniques that were required in my research. Further training gained through close supervision from post-docs include forward planning skills as well as design proper experiment and analysis on data obtained from the project. Also, taught modules have given details about recent advances in Plant Science. While weekly research seminars from both divisional and external speakers as well as workshops attended (literature research skills, bibliographic software trainings, etc) have developed my intellectual skills.

Meanwhile, participation in the journal club discussion, taught me presentation skills and to critically discuss findings from the journal. Similarly, research presentation allowed me to discuss project works, trigger new ideas, and improve communication skills. I also have the opportunity to discuss my research works with academic/research staffs here, which are highly regarded as expert in their field of study.

Other than carry out my own research, I also have opportunity to involve in other research projects and publish some interesting results in journals.

Recently one of the research works I involved has been accepted to be published on Plant Journal (impact factor = 6.5), journal which ranked top 10 in Plant Science category. A co-authorship in a high impact peer-review paper will be an excellent kick-start in research career.

Besides, another project I involved at Glasgow is currently being assessed; hopefully I manage to publish second paper as well.

What’s your non-academic commitment in Glasgow?

By involving myself as a volunteer in International Advisory Group, Career Service of Glasgow University, I have various opportunities to work several projects with other international students, improve communication and leadership skills. Also, I have gain various information about the study/ career opportunities in the UK, Europe and even the world.

In addition, I am a volunteer in the e-mentor programme of Glasgow’s student network. I joined e-mentor programme due to the opportunity to interact with new/ prospective students, and share my experiences as an international student here.

What would you change?

Improve English speaking skills, dare to face challenges, confident. Life as a postgraduate is challenging, my master degree at Glasgow trained me to plan and manage time effectively

What advantages will your education give you?

I am aiming to pursue a career in research and academia with special reference to evaluate the impacts of environmental stress on plant growth and tolerance mechanisms involved. I wish to focus on this aspect as environmental stress is a contributing factor to low productivity in crops and subsequently causes famine and low income among poor farmers in the developing world. An excellent master training will serve as a stepping stone for me to purse doctorate degree in the future.

About PhD at Exeter University, England, UK.

What reason prompted me to pursue research in Plant Stress Tolerance?

Global famine/ potential food insecurities in the future. The impact of environmental constraints, e.g. abiotic stress (global warming, i.e. high temperature, drought, ) and biotic stress (pathogen infections on crops) further exacerbate this problem.

Some facts:

• In developing countries

>800 million individuals short of food supply

1.3 billion people living less than USD 1 a day

• Poor farmers: expensive price of herbicide, pesticide

• Projected World human population (2050)

rise from 6.1 billion to 9.3 billion

therefore additional 50% of food production is required

* the sufficient production of crops to accommodate needs of world population in the future is under threat!!!

Therefore, understanding the mechanism of stress tolerance in plants and strategy to develop stress tolerant crop are essential to overcome a potential food crisis.

Research summary at Exeter University

Investigating protein and metabolite profiles of model plant, Arabidospsi thaliana in response to biotic and abiotic stresses.

Employ systems biology approach to integrate the resulting protein and metabolite profiles.

Systems Biology is a cutting edge study that using model and / or network to integrate interaction among biological components such as genes, metabolites, and proteins. This study involved experts from various fields such as mathematicians, engineers, bio scientists, etc.

Background of Exeter University:

· The Times Good University Guide ranks Exeter in 9th position.

· Top 5 in the UK for student satisfaction

· Times Higher Education University of the Year 2007/08 · £25 million investment in new laboratories is underway, due for completion by 2010

· The School of Biosciences received substantial funding from the University Science Strategy and now has a next-generation DNA Sequencer and instruments for metabolomics and proteomics research

Your experience & advice:

Any advice for students who wish to pursue postgraduate studies/ study abroad?

Always plan ahead, do more research and seek advice from seniors, families, friends and academician. Also, self-discipline/ motivation, and also proper ways to reduce stress/ challenges are essential.

As researcher, you can’t expect movie every time, some time you have extra academic commitment, therefore self-disciple, great motivation when encountered failure is essential.

I was an average student last time (only fulfil minimum entry requirement to my first degree). However, with the positive attitude and interest on scientific research, I managed to build strong foundation which essential for my research career now.

Remember no matter what you do: PASSION, COMMITMENT, and PROLONGED INTEREST will drive you to achieve goal.

I also shared my life in the UK in the following blogs:-

Chinese: http://limchoonkiat.blogspot.com/

English: http://limchoonkiat-ck.blogspot.com/

What are the things that you have enjoyed most about your time here?

Opportunity to meet people across the world (Africa, America, Europe, Asia, etc) knows their culture and life styles.

Strong academic culture

First time I learn how to cook myself, become independent. Opportunity to meet new friend from different courtiers, and try cuisine from their country.

Exciting opportunity travel to many great tourist sports in the UK/ Europe.

Opportunity to visit museums, art galleries which are free-of-charge

Figures:

Graduation @ UTAR, August 2008

Graduation @ Glasgow University, December 2009

References:

http://www.gla.ac.uk/about/

http://www.exeter.ac.uk/about/

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

格拉斯哥大学毕业典礼

终于从英国一所知名学府-格拉斯哥大学毕业了。

将会在圣诞节过后分享更多点滴

我在这儿待了两晚。珍惜跟朋友、同事相处的机会。

回到埃斯特，是时候整理进展报告和会议了。

Friday, December 4, 2009

ck's convo now!

for more info, feel free visit the following site:

www.gla.ac.uk/it/graduations

cheers
many thanks

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格拉斯哥大学毕业典礼邀请

点击以上图片将进入网上直播

p/s: click on the image above will lead you to the online broadcast

Thursday, December 3, 2009

邀请出席 CK毕业典礼

大家好，

小弟诚意邀请大家观赏我在格拉斯哥大学的毕业典礼。时间如下：

4 December 09 (星期五) @ 11am (大马时间: 7pm).

当天大学会安排网上直播，大家可点击以下网址观赏：

www.gla.ac.uk/it/graduations

以前的毕业典礼盛况也可从该网站观赏

此外，我也将准备通过facebook 和twitter 现场更新

网址如下：

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/choonkiatlim

Twitter: http://twitter.com/limchoonkiat

谢谢

Regards,

出行

近期将会离开埃斯特然后回去格拉斯哥。会在那儿待上3天2夜，一个匆忙和紧凑的行程。因为几天后来我回来要跟博士导师进行研究项目讨论和正式研究进展会议

行程如下：

跟以前的室友聚会--gathering with former flatmates

毕业典礼和拍照--graduation and photo session

与格拉斯哥好友进餐--dinner with friends at Glasgow

跟同事进餐--dinner with colleagues

跟格拉斯哥硕士导师开会，讨论过去研究所得，期望这些数据尽快刊登。那么，我在格拉斯哥便有两份文章了。

出席植物学讲座。那么巧，我在埃斯特的另一个博士导师被邀请来格拉斯哥讲座。既然我还在格拉斯哥，当然我会回去听他的讲座。--attending a plant science talk. surprisingly my Exeter’s co-supervisor will be giving a talk at Glasgow while i still at Glasgow too, so certainly i am going to his talk too.

尝试挤一段时间看电影2012--squeeze a time slot to watch 2012. :-p