Lab-Ind Resource – On a mission to democratise science
Reading Time: 3 minutesLAB-IND RESOURCE SDN BHD (LIR) was established at the turn of the new millennium with the aim of being a premier provider of biotechnological solutions on the international stage. In a span of eighteen years, we provided biotechnological services to companies and institutions, both domestic and abroad. Through state-of-the-art molecular and protein technologies, we are […]
Fund set up in memory of Randy
Reading Time: < 1 minuteINTERNATIONAL Services for the Acquisition of Agribiotechnology Applications (ISAAA) SEAsiaCenter Global Coordinator, Dr Randy Hautea devoted over two decades of his life to fulfill ISAAA’s mission to contribute towards the alleviation of poverty and hunger through sharing and disseminating scientific knowledge to the global community, and by facilitating the transfer of technologies to developing countries. […]
Four journalists awarded for consistent reporting
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE Kenya Chapter of Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB) has recognised journalists for their consistent reporting on agricultural biotechnology. The event, held in Nairobi on August 9, 2018, brought together more than 150 biotechnology stakeholders, including journalists, scientists, policy makers, regulators, and producers. Presiding over the event, Principal Secretary (PS) in the […]
Tongue Strike
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen attacked, bluetongued skinks (lizards) open their mouth suddenly and as wide as possible to reveal their conspicuously coloured tongues. This surprise action serves as their last line of defence to save themselves from becoming prey, says Martin Whiting, of Macquarie University in Australia, who conceived the study recently published in Springer’s journal Behavioral Ecology […]
Perish not publish? New study quantifies the lack of female authors in scientific journals
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY IONE FINE & ALICIA SHEN PUBLISH or perish” is tattooed on the mind of every academic. Like it or loathe it, publishing in high-profile journals is the fast track to positions in prestigious universities with illustrious colleagues and lavish resources, celebrated awards and plentiful grant funding. Yet somehow, in the search to understand why […]
Exploiting the novelty grace period
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY JAGANNATHAN ARUMUGAM IN general, patents are territorial, as a patent is a set of exclusive rights by a Government body granted to an inventor over an invention for a limited time period in return for disclosing the invention to public. Even though each country follows a different procedure for granting a patent, all of […]
A sterling crop in New Malaysia’s cabinet
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhile history-making cabinet members create anecdotal realities, nation re-engineering must be tops in the agenda. CONGRATULATIONS, to the newly appointed Cabinet members of New Malaysia. The line-up is made up of highly qualified lawmakers from various fields of expertise. And there are those with illustrious political careers and all of them have a clean track record […]
New study finds that e-cigarettes increase cardiovascular risk as much as cigarettes
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE usage of e-cigarettes containing nicotine has a significant impact on vascular functions claims new study. Research published in the SAGE journal, Vascular Medicine, has brought new research to light on the significant health risks of e-cigarettes with nicotine. The study revealed that smokers of e-cigarettes experienced the same, if not higher level of cardiovascular […]
Educators encounter molecular biology upfront
Reading Time: 2 minutesRAWANG: It is not always easy to introduce school students to the concepts of DNA in class as it could be hard for them to visualise how the minute and complex structure appears. The Lab-Ind Resources (LIR) Sdn Bhd has on the 20th and 27th June 2018 conducted a workshop for trainers and educators to […]
Fall Armyworm keeps spreading and becomes more destructive
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