Kuala Lumpur, 10 June 2016 \u2013 The title of best science communicator for FameLab International 2016 has gone to Dr. Abhimanyu Veerakumarasivam of Universiti Putra Malaysia.<\/p>\n

Dr. Abhi sailed past over 2000 scientists from 27 countries on Wednesday 9 June by presenting “Cancer genetics” at the EDF Arena at The Times Cheltenham Science Festival. Aida Rafat from Qatar and Alba Aguion from Spain shared the runner up prize.<\/p>\n

\u201cScience communication is essential to ensure that the advancements in science translates to actual improvement of lives. There is a need to communicate effectively especially to the non-scientific audience\u201d said Dr.Abhi who was ecstatic with his win. Abhi\u2019s winning talk was on cancer cells. He explains why cancer incidents increase in age.\u00a0 He pointed out how genetics is going to change the way cancer is going to be diagnose and treated in the age of precision medicine.<\/p>\n

Watch Abhi competing at the FameLab Final 2016:<\/p>\n