Welcome to Taylor's University Biosciences Club page!

Read about our trips, findings, programmes and adventures!

Games Day for the March Intake 2012!

We laughed, learned, and got to know each other!

Treasure Hunt!

We love the thrill of finding, hunting, and winning!

HPV Awareness Campaign

We provided a chance for people take the HPV vaccine at a lower price!

An Evening Trip to Kuala Selangor!

We love the fireflies there and how they glow!

Sunday, December 09, 2012

Self help: Forget positive thinking, try positive action!

The self-help industry is mired in ideas about positive thinking that are at best ineffective and at worst destructive. If you want to be more confident or successful, says Richard Wiseman, the best thing to do is act the part. How to changeAction speaks loudest Here are 10 quick and effective exercises that use the As If principle to transform how you think and behave. HAPPINESS: Smile This is the granddaddy of them all. As...

Friday, December 07, 2012

Erika Ebbel | Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers | PBS

Erika Ebbel | Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers | PBS There're a few videos about this not-so-ordinary lady, but if you click around the other videos it gets more interesting! A beauty queen AND (almost!) a mad scientist ;) How about th...

Friday, October 26, 2012

Dance Video for Taylor's Lantern Festival Night!

They were awesome and so are our lecturers! ;)  **Note: If you can't watch the full size video you may click on the link at the top of the video to watch it on Youtube! :) UPDATE on the spectacular Lantern Festival night soon! ...

Sunday, September 30, 2012

We love Microbio! ;D

Obtained from Science Cartoon Plu...

Monday, September 17, 2012

Lantern Festival on 5th October!

YOU THERE! Away from home?  Miss the good old time you had with your loved ones? Missing the silly, fun-filled childhood you had? Just want to have some fun relaxing time amidst all your work? Join us at the Taylor's Lantern Festival @ 5th October 2012(Friday) from 12-9pm!  A series of fun and exciting activities will be going on that day! 12-2pm: Candle making Learn how to make a lovely candle for yourself! 2.30-4.30pm: Break  Free...

Monday, August 13, 2012

August's Feature Article!

Written by: Heng Qian Wen Diagram 1. Fresh ABM mushroom Cancer, as terrifying as it sounds, is a very common disease nowadays which affects humans as well as animals. Well, look on the bright side, we have Agaricus Blazel Murill (ABM) mushroom! It is one of the most highly regarded cancer fighters among plant foods. This mushroom has been scientifically proven to be effective in boosting immune system and acts as a complement to cancer treatment....

Thursday, August 02, 2012

Arakane Refugee Centre - Outreach Programme

Refugee children are among some who suffer innocently as a bleak future awaits them. This, is essentially what motivated us to pursue this outreach programme. So far, we have visited the centre once on the 1st of August 2012, but we are making this a monthly effort to effectively make a difference to these children!  There were a total of 11 people who participated in the visit. One of our students, Annie Cheng participated as the...

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Tree Planting Event! More trees more trees!

On the 24th of June 2012, Taylor’s University was once again invited to participate in the tree planting event organized by Shah Alam Tree For Life, and this time it was held at the river banks of Sungai Damansara, Shah Alam!  *YAY we love trees!* Early in the morning at the bus station in Taylor’s University, many students arrived early and gathered, awaiting for departure to the tree planting venue. *Everyone's so enthusiastic!* We...

Monday, May 28, 2012

Say "NO" To Cervical Cancer!

This health awareness campaign's focus was specifically on cervical cancer and on HPV injection that has been known worldwide as a reliable vaccine these past few years. However from the response of a questionnaire we prepared,  70% of the people out there have ONLY a slight idea on how high their risk is to have cervical cancer and that HPV injection is the step that should be taken to avoid an individual from getting cervical cancer. It...

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Firefly Conservation Trip to Kuala Selangor

On the 26th of May 2012, Taylor’s University’s Biosciences Club had planned an event focusing on the conservation of fireflies in the Kuala Selangor region! Many of us were really excited  to see some amazing fireflies! The event included a talk given by Ms. Veronica who is part of a team responsible to protect these insects!  The talk was given by Ms. Veronica regarding the nature of fireflies, mainly the species Pteroptyx tener and...

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Bond Forming Event for the March 2012 Intake!

            On the 14th April 2012, the Bioscience Club 2012/2013 committee held a ‘bond-forming’ event for the new intake of students for the School of Biosciences!  It was a treasure hunt (yay!) where students have to go from station to station with clues given out at each station after they complete a task. A total of roughly 30 students attended and are separated into 5 groups....

Clubs & Society Day! What where when ;)

On 4th April, Taylors University Lakeside Campus organized a Clubs and Society Day! The event was held at the Grand Hall. There were more than 30 booths set up to recruit members that day. The Biosciences Club also participated in this event. Posters were set up on the board to give students a brief idea on what the club is planning to do for the year, besides the missions and visions of the club! Many, many people could be seen...

Orientation 30 March 2012: Games Day! ;)

The Biosciences Club welcomed the new juniors of 2012! We prepared for the games day for the new students of March 2012 and it was a short 2-hour games session but that made it all the more exciting as we had to come up with up to four exciting mini games.  After the introduction, we promptly led them to the games station and started off almost immediately after dividing the students to groups. The fun then begins!  We started...

Monday, April 23, 2012

Location of Taylor's University Lakeside Campus

Here is the map to Taylor's University Lakeside! For other campuses, please refer to this link!&nbs...

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Contact Us!

Interested to join our club? Want to know more about the upcoming events? Interested in a collaboration with us? We are always interested in upcoming events and we want to know what's happening to possibly contribute to the event! There are a few ways to contact us as below: E-mail us at biosclub.tu@gmail.com  Use the Contact Us form below!  Contact us via Facebook (send us a private message or write on our timeline)! Meet up with...

Sunday, April 01, 2012

Upcoming Activities

September 2012 -Ice breaking session with the new batch of juniors! October 2012 -Lantern Festival Event 2013 -Charity Dinner - Intervarsity Biochemistry Seminar ...