BY NADIA SAPUAN
KUALA LUMPUR: UKM’s Medical Molecular Biology Institute (UMBI) recently organised a DNA Day in conjunction with World DNA Day with an aim to foster interest in science, especially about the importance of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
UKM Pro Vice-Chancellor of Strategy and Corporate Development, Prof Dato’ Ir Dr Mohd
Marzuki Mustafa said the programme plans to show that science is fun and interesting.
“This is also a way for UKM to be close to the communities around us,” he said in his opening speech at DNA Day, which took place recently.
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He added, the DNA day is held every year and this is the sixth time UMBI has organised the programme. A total of four schools participated in the programme including SMK Bandar Tun Razak, SM Sains Selangor, SMK Seri Bintang Utara and SM Sains Alam Shah.
A Biology Teacher of SMK Bandar Tun Razak, Suzilawani Hussain said through the programme, she hopes her students can try, see and understand more clearly about DNA.
“Through this programme, there is a lot of knowledge that students can acquire, especially
with the opportunity to utilise the state-of-the-art laboratory in UKM,” she said.
Muhammad Firdaus Abed Rahman a form four student at Sekolah Menengah Sains Alam
Shah, said the programme was good because it encouraged him to continue his studies in science and become a doctor in the future.
Also present at the programme were UMBI Director, Prof Datuk Dr A Rahman A Jamal
and DNA DAY Chairperson, Dr Nadiah Abu. ―UKM News Portal
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