Malaysia aspires to be a vaccine-producing nation by 2030
Reading Time: 2 minutesBANGI: A collaboration was sealed to kickstart the development of human vaccines in Malaysia to pave the way toward health security. Malaysian Vaccines and Pharmaceuticals (MPV) Healthcare, Pfizer Malaysia, and the National Institute of Biotechnology (NIBM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Jan 30 at Malaysian Genome and Vaccine Institute (MGVI). These three parties […]
2023: Way forward for climate action
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY AHMAD AFANDI THE year 2023 will be another important junction in Malaysia’s climate journey. The Minister of Natural Resources, Environment & Climate Change, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, has already stated some of his priorities, which include enacting a Climate Change Act. The newly formed ministry has also reunified the natural resources and environment portfolios, which […]
UKM launches climate database to encourage citizen science
Reading Time: 2 minutesUNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA (UKM) recently launched the MyIKLIM Database, a one-stop data curation portal for climate change research in Malaysia. The portal was launched during the Climate Action Festival hosted by UKM-Yayasan Sime Darby – for Sustainability, the institute’s chair for initiatives on sustainable development. Speaking to The Petri Dish, Dr Maggie Ooi Chel Gee, […]
Localising climate adaptation plan
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY MARYAM AL-HERWI & VIRMAN JURI PUTRAJAYA: Think City is moving the needle to implement Malaysia’s first urban climate change adaptation plan – the Penang Nature-Based Climate Adaptation Programme (PNBCAP). The multilateral collaboration was officiated during a cooperation agreement signing between Think City and UN-Habitat, witnessed by the Minister of Natural Resources, Environment & Climate […]
Zooming in on HPV with aptasensors
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY SAARANI VENGADESEN & THIVIYA DARMARAJAN BIOGENES TECHNOLOGIES (BIOGENES) is already known for its novel innovation of diagnostic kits using an aptamer-based biosensing platform to replace the use of animal-derived antibodies. After successfully innovating aptamer-based diagnostic kits to detect the Covid-19 virus and sepsis infection – the company is developing a similar diagnostic kit to […]