2018年11月12日至13日，国家新药筛选中心主任兼国家化合物样品库主任、87978797威尼斯老品牌院长王明伟研究员应邀出席了在新加坡Biopolis举行的 “2018年新加坡代谢性疾病研讨会”。会议由新加坡生物成像研究中心、南洋理工大学李光前医学院和新加坡分子与细胞生物学研究所共同主办。13日下午，王明伟研究员以“Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor: small molecule agonists, 3-dimentional structures and beyond”为题做研讨会专题演讲（Singapore Symposium on Metabolic Diseases Special Lecture），回顾其过去17余年的研究成果，展望未来的发展方向，受到听众们的热烈反响。报告结束后，新加坡生物成像研究中心执行主任Patrick J. Cozzone教授向王明伟研究员赠送纪念品致谢。
会议期间，王明伟研究员与新加坡科技研究局（A*STAR）主席林泉宝退役中将、新加坡国立大学杨潞龄医学院生理学系主任林嘉隆教授和新加坡国立癌症中心周嘉豪教授等多名官员和学者进行了交流互动。13日下午，在分子与细胞生物学研究所执行所长洪万金教授的陪同下，王明伟研究员专程前往新加坡国立大学医院探望正在那里接受治疗的恩师、2002年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖获得者Sydney Brenner教授，捎上他喜爱的东京甜点，共同回忆早年在剑桥和南加州的难忘岁月，衷心祝愿他早日康复。
Dr. M.-W. Wang attends 2018 Singapore Symposium on Metabolic Diseases
Professor Ming-Wei Wang (Director, the National Center for Drug Screening/Chinese National Compound Library and Dean, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University) was invited to attend 2018 Singapore Symposium on Metabolic Diseases (SSMD) held in the Biopolis of Singapore between November 12 and 13, 2018. The event was jointly organized by the Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (A*STAR), Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (A*STAR). In the afternoon of November 13, Dr. Wang delivered the SSMD Special Lecture entitled “Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor: small molecule agonists, 3-dimentional structures and beyond”, reviewing his research achievements in the past 17 plus years and looking ahead of future directions. The lecture was enthusiastically received by the audience and a souvenir was presented by Professor Patrick J. Cozzone, Executive Director of the Singapore Bioimaging Consortium, to Dr. Wang as a token of appreciation.
During the two-day meeting, Dr. Wang interacted with several government officials and scientists such as Retired Lieutenant-General Chuan Poh Lim (Chairman of Agency for Science, Technology and Research, A*STAR), Professor Kah Leong Lim (Head, Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore), Professor Pierce K.H. Chow (Senior Consultant, National Cancer Centre Singapore), among others. In the afternoon of November 13, accompanied by Professor Wanjin Hong, Executive Director of Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Dr. Wang made a special trip to National University Hospital to visit his mentor and a 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate, Professor Sydney Brenner, who is presently receiving medical treatment. He brought the dessert made in Tokyo for Dr. Brenner wishing him a speedy recovery. Both of them recalled a lot of fond memories in their Cambridge and Southern California years.
