Day 2 - PERMATA

Introduction
The Nobelist Mindset Workshop is a program jointly
organised by The New York Academy of Science
(NYAS) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).
The program which involves at least 10 Nobel
Laureates will be held at Pusat PERMATApintar™
Negara, UKM Bangi from 27 until 31 January 2013.
The main objective of this pilot program is to
expose and train students, teachers, and young
scientists in the mindset necessary to become a
Nobel Laureate. While Nobel Laureates are a
naturally gifted group of scientists, much of what
drives their work is a specific mindset with
characteristics in three main areas: persistence in
the face of skepticism, seeing connections
between the ideas that others don’t recognize,
and creativity. Although innate talent cannot be
learned, many of these skills that help make
Laureates successful can be taught in a way that
shifts the way scientists think about their work,
organize their research, and plan their career to
put them in a Nobelist mindset.
Photo Session
January 31, 2013
[Top] Trainers, instructors, young scientists, students and
members of secretariat of the workshop pose for a group
photo.
January 26, 2013
The day before the workshop teachers and scientists from
the New York Academy of Sciences learn how to lead a
team building activity.
“The said interest shall
be divided into five
equal parts, which shall
be
apportioned
as
follows: /- - -/ one part
to the person who shall
have made the most
important discovery or
invention within the field
of physics ...”
From the will of Alfred
Nobel
Residential College Registration Day
January 26, 2013
Participants from various schools arrive at PERMATApintar™
National Gifted Centre at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
in Bangi.
[Above] Mr. Zaim Esrati assists a participant. [Left] Two
participants from the Malay College Kuala Kangsar. 80
students participants in total attend the workshop.
Registration Day
January 27, 2013
[Above] Students wait in line to register.
Registration Day
January 27, 2013
[Below] Three instructors from PERMATApintar™ are among
those registering. In total 20 instructors from various schools
attend the workshop.
Introduction
January 27, 2013
If I could only explain it
to the average person, I
wouldn’t have been
worth the Nobel Prize.
Richard Feynman,
Physics 1965
Introduction
January 27, 2013
Scientific inquiry starts
with observation. The
more one can see, the
more
one
can
investigate.
Martin Chalfie,
Chemistry 2008
Introduction
January 27, 2013
[Above] Prof. Dato’ Dr. Rahmah Mohamed, the Deputy
Vice Chancellor of UKM, Research and Innovation Affairs is
among the participants in this session.
“We must not forget that when radium was
discovered no one knew that it would prove useful
in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And
this is a proof that scientific work must not be
considered from the point of view of the direct
usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the
beauty of science, and then there is always the
chance that a scientific discovery may become
like the radium a benefit for humanity.”
Marie Curie, 1903 (Physics) and 1911 (Chemistry)
Teachers’ Session,
Goals & Expectations
January 27, 2013
[Below] A teacher describes some of the common
attributes of Nobel Prize winners.
“Things are much more
marvelous than the
scientific method allows
us to concede.”
Barbara
McClintock,1983
Physiology or Medicine
Teachers’ Session,
Goals & Expectations
January 27, 2013
[Right]
Teachers
share their personal
experiences
with
Science;
[Below] The Vice
Chancellor of UKM,
Prof Tan Sri Dato’
Seri Dr. Sharifah
Hapsah Syed Hasan
Shahabudin reads
a teacher’s science
autobiography.
Teachers’
Session,
Science
Autobiography
January 27, 2013
Students’ Session,
Nobel in Your Pocket
January 27, 2013
Dr. Hilleary Osheroff talks about her favorite Nobelist Dr. Eric Kandel,
who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000.
Students’ Session,
Nobel in Your Pocket
January 27, 2013
The phone rang, it was
5:30,
and
it
was
Swedish-sounding
people, and I knew
they weren’t from IKEA.
Adam Riess, 2011
Physics
Students’ Session, Nobel in Your Pocket
January 27, 2013
Students engage in group discussion while Ms. Norsakina,
a teacher, looks on.
Young Scientists’ Session
Personal Branding
January 27, 2013
Dr. Randy Ribaudo discusses how using business, social,
and science identities are essential to running a successful
laboratory.
Students’ Session,
Team-Building Activity
January 27, 2013
Life without geometry is pointless.
Students’ Session, Team-Building Activity
January 27, 2013
Dr. Oscar Pineda-Catalan looks on as his group shows how
Young Scientists’ Session,
Team-Building Activity
January 28, 2013
[Opposite] Teacher Larry Petcovic helps lead the young
scientists group to think creatively and improve their
collaboration skills.
Young Scientists’ Session,
Team-Building Activity
January 28, 2013
The important thing is
not to stop questioning.
Curiosity has its own
reason for existing. One
cannot help but be in
awe
when
he
contemplates
the
mysteries of eternity, of
life, of the marvelous
structure of reality. It is
enough if one tries
merely to comprehend
a little of this mystery
every day.
Albert Einstein,
Physics
1921
Students’ Session,
Setting a Nobel-Worthy Research Agenda
January 28, 2013
Student Choo Ching Hoong asks for some “out of the box”
ideas from members of his group.
We should lose no time
in
exploring
the
possibility.
Richard Roberts, 1993
Medicine or Physiology
Teachers’ and Young Scientists’ Session,
Recognizing Gifted & Talented Student
January 28, 2013
Serious training requires serious preparation.
Opening Ceremony of the
Nobelist Mindset Workshop 2013
January 30, 2013
[Below] Some of the trainers with YABhg. Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah
Mansor at the opening ceremony of the workshop.
[Right] YABhg. Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor looks
through PERMATApintar™ Nobelist Mindset Workshop’s
Photo Book.
[Top Left] Ybhg. Datuk Ab. Rahim Bin Md. Noor, Secretary
General Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia and Prof.
Emeritus Datuk Zakri Abdul Hamid, Chairman of the
Malaysia Industry-Government Group for High Technology
(MIGHT)
[Below Left] Mark Saul is one of the Math experts from The
New York Academy of Science.
Wrap-Up Session,
January 31, 2013
[Right] Some of the student participants.
Introduction
The New York Academy of Sciences conducting study visit at New York Academy of Sciences for 5 days from 26
August through 30 August of 2013. Participants include students, teachers and young scientist. Activities include
developing scientific community-based project, lab visits at world class facilities through The New York Academy of
Sciences alliances, introduction to the scientific culture available in New York, including a visit to museums related to
STEM, networking with high school students, teachers, and young researchers in New York, a few programs where
they get to meet young scientist role models and hear from world class scientists
Registration Day
August 26, 2013
Begin the day at 7.00am with
breakfast at the Academy followed
by an all-day workshops ending at
4.30pm.
Day 1
August 26, 2013
Ice Breaking
Day 1
August 26, 2013
Meeting with experts at New York Academy of
Sciences and working in their teams and
facilitated by an expert mentor who can guide
students, teachers and young scientist through a
planning process for the scientific communitybased project.
Day 1
August 26, 2013
Walk to the 9/11 Memorial
Day 2
August 27, 2013
Cold Spring Harbor
Day 2
August 27, 2013
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Day 2
August 27, 2013
With Sir James Watson at
Cold
Spring
Harbor
Laboratory
Day 2
August 27, 2013
Dinner with Mr. Ellis
Rubinstein, President
of The New York
Academy
of
Sciences
Day 2
August 27, 2013
All participants with Mr. Ellis Rubinstein, President of The New York Academy of Sciences
Day 3
August 28, 2013
Visits to Rockefeller University –one of the world class STEM laboratory
Day 3
August 28, 2013
Visits to the Rockefeller
University - one of the
world
class
STEM
laboratory
Day 3
August 28, 2013
Offsite visit to the Black
Rock
Forest
–gather
demographic research
on turtles through a
capture-mark-recapture
process
Pusat PERMATApintar™ Negara
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
“Inspiring Futures, Nurturing Possibilities”
Appreciation to
YABhg. Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor
Patron of PERMATA Programme
Prime Minister's Department
Ministry of Higher Education
Ministry of Education
UKM Board of Directors
Vice-Chancellor
Deputies Vice-Chancellor
General Office of Chancellory
Department of Registrar
Department of Bursary
Centre for Information Technology
UKM Press
Centre for Corporate Communications
Department of Development and Maintenance
Cultural Centre
UKM Faculties
Malaysian Industry-Government Group
for High Technology (MIGHT)
New York Academy of Science (NYAS)