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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS ONLY A REGISTRATION OF INTEREST FOR THE EVENT. WE WILL CONFIRM PLACES NEARER TO THE DATE OF THE EVENT. PLEASE ONLY REGISTER IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MARINE SCIENCE, OCEAN CHEMISTRY AND/OR INTERESTED IN THE WORK OF THE FACULTY OF NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON. British High Commission and British Council present:Exploring the Deep Oceans: Marine Science at SouthamptonBritish Council 'Knowledge is GREAT' Lecture in partnership with University of Southampton Professor Rachel A Mills Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences University of Southampton, UKSpecial Guest Introduction byProfessor Wong Sek Man, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore.Director, Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore.Abstract: Southampton has a distinctive marine pedigree with world leading expertise and research facilities in oceanography, past and future climate change, seafloor energy and resources, geohazards, ship science and maritime engineering, and maritime law, archaeology and history. Southampton hosts one of the world’s premier oceanographic institutes (the National Oceanography Centre Southampton), the Wolfson Unit for Marine Technology and Industrial Aerodynamics and the Institute for Maritime Law. Ocean, atmospheric, and polar sciences have traditionally relied on an “expedition” mode of operation, where small regions of the Earth are observed at scales and frequencies far greater than those at which they change. Southampton is leading a technological revolution where robust miniaturised chemical, biological and physical sensors, mounted on intelligent autonomous platforms are able to undertake complex missions and continuously measure critical parameters in often hostile remote regions, at the temporal and spatial scales at which the environment is changing. Professor Mills will discuss the development of new approaches to exploration of the deep ocean and the opportunities for closer partnership working between the UK and Singapore. Professor Mills will also showcase the research, education and enterprise activity in our world leading University and the National Oceanography Centre Southampton and provide an overview of our ambition for the future.Timings and Location:The lecture will take place on Tuesday 18 October at Eden Hall, 28 Nassim Road, 2584036.00pm - Welcome and registration6.30pm - Introductions including Professor Wong Sek Man6.45pm - Lecture by Professor Rachel Mills7.30pm - Networking Reception8.30pm - Event closeFor security reasons please bring along a copy of your ticket confirmation with photo ID . No parking is allowed on the premises but limited parking will be available along Nassim Road. If guests need any special assistance please inform the event organiser in advance. Please note that bags, with the exception of handbags, are not permitted on the premises. If you require any further details please email: education@britishcouncil.org.sgShort Biography, Professor Rachel Mills Professor Rachel Mills became Dean of Natural and Environmental Sciences on 01 March 2016. Rachel is also currently Head of Ocean and Earth Science, based at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton. Prior to this Rachel was Associate Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences. She was Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics from 2009-2010 and Deputy Head of School (Education Development), School of Ocean and Earth Science from 2005-2009. Rachel’s research into the earth-ocean system has focused on deep sea hydrothermal vents and improving the understanding of how material is transported into the oceans and its impact on life processes. Rachel is an alumna of the University, graduating with the first cohort of 12 oceanography students in 1988. She gained a PhD in marine geochemistry from the University of Cambridge before returning to the University in 1993 as a lecturer in oceanography. Over the course of her career at Southampton she has led research expeditions to remote and deep, unexplored parts of the ocean, graduated more than 20 PhD students, developed undergraduate and postgraduate education programmes including a massive open online course ‘exploring our oceans’, and provided advice and direction for a range of international and UK funding bodies and high profile projects.Brief profile Professor Wong Sek Man BSc (Biology), Nanyang University, Singapore. 1980. MSc (Plant Pathology), West Virginia University, USA. 1983. PhD (Plant Pathology) from Cornell University, USA. 1987. Joined NUS in 1987 as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor and Professor. Currently teach in Department of Biological Sciences, NUS. Website: Plant Molecular Virology Lab (http://www.dbs.nus.edu.sg/staff/wongsekman.htm) Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore. Director, Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore. Recent Research interest: QTL mapping of NNV resistance in seabass, aquaculture. Research Interests: Molecular biology of plant and fish viruses. Virus replication and translation mechanisms. Virus-virus and virus-host interactions. Virus novel gene functions.