澳大紮實的研究訓練 Shaikh表示能獲得牛津實習機會，全靠其導師、 科技學院助理教授蕭詠然。「因為蕭教授，我才 能去牛津實習。她給了我很多寶貴的意見，對我 的學習和生活都很有幫助。無論我身在何處，她 都給予悉心指導。」此外，蕭教授的計算生物學 的背景也令他受益匪淺。蕭教授在德國薩爾蘭大 學獲得博士學位後加入澳大，帶領一個生物資訊 學的研究團隊。「她工作和上課的方式都讓我深 受啟發。每一天和研究團隊一起工作，讓我離自 己的目標越來越近。」 Shaikh承認任何教授送學生去其他地方學習超過半 年的時間都是一件挺冒險的事情。「因這會導致她 原先計劃和我一起進行的研究項目無法如期完成。 但是，蕭教授很樂觀，對我在牛津的研究工作也一 直很支持。」或許，正是這樣充滿啟發和人性化的 學術氛圍令Shaikh能夠保持熱情，不斷超越自我。 「蕭教授經常鼓勵我多接受挑戰，她在算法和分子 對接領域的專業知識讓我在澳大的第一年獲得很紮 實的訓練。這些都對我在牛津的研究工作有很大影 響。沒有蕭教授，這一切都不可能發生。」 與澳大一起成長 之前當Shaikh思考是否要修讀博士學位的時候， 他正處於人生的十字路口。他面臨的選擇很多。 最終，他決定留在澳大學習，因為他覺得澳大是 一所發展很快的大學。他喜歡和一個新團隊從頭 做起，「我不想半路加入一個成熟的團隊。我喜 歡和團隊其他成員共同成長。我將把在牛津學到 的東西應用到我在澳大的工作中。」 「澳大對每個學生的能力做了全面分析，我們有 很多機會將自己的想法付諸實施。而且，只要項 目運作順利，就會獲得大學的大力支持和豐富資 源。這些都令澳大成為一個發展迅速的大學。在 短短一年半時間內，我親眼目睹了大學的進步。 如果將來有機會，我希望可以在澳大從事結構生 物資訊學的研究。” who bridged me there. She has given me a lot of constructive advice that has bene# ted both my life and my studies. She has been guiding me no matter where I am,’ says Shaikh. Also, Prof Siu’s strong background in computational biology o% en bene# ts him. A% er obtaining her PhD degree from Saarland University in Germany, Prof Siu joined UM and has since led a research group in bioinformatics. ‘! e way she works and instructs inspires me. Each new day working with the group takes me one step closer to my goal – improvise something that matters.’ Shaikh admits that it is quite risky for professors to send their students abroad for more than half a year. ‘! at might delay the research project she has planned with me. And yet, Prof Siu is optimistic, supportive and contented with whatever I work on in the lab there.’ Probably, thanks to such an inspirational and friendly ambience at UM, Shaikh has been able to maintain his enthusiasm and exceed his own expectations. ‘Prof Siu o% en encourages me to take more challenges and her expertise in algorithm and molecular docking o" ers me a very solid training in the # rst year at UM. And that has had a great impact on my research visit to Oxford. Without my professor, it would not have happened,’ he says. Grow with UM Shaikh was at a crossroads in his life when he considered studying for a doctoral degree. Choices were many. In the end, Shaikh decided to study at UM as he sees UM as a growing university. He prefers to be with the team where he needs to do a lot of setup tasks. ‘I don’t want to work for a well-established group. I want to progress with the team. I’ll apply what I have learned from Oxford to my work here.’ ‘UM has made a comprehensive analysis of the capability of each student. We are always given the opportunity to execute whatever projects we have in mind. Also, we’d gain a lot of support and resources from UM as long as the project runs well. ! at actually makes UM a fast-growing university,’ says Shaikh. ‘In just one and a half years, I’ve seen a lot of progress achieved here. Should the opportunity arise, I hope to be part of UM in the future for any projects on structural bioinformatics.’ 短片：澳大學生到牛津參與伊波拉病毒研究 Video: UM Student Joins Drug Design Project Against Ebola at Oxford 41 umagazine issue 16
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