Students get valuable insight on career opportunities in bioindustry
Reading Time: 3 minutesNewly minted BioTalent kicks off its first event to groom and prepare undergraduates for the working world BY FARAH NADZRI & FATIN ANAHAR BIOTALENT MALAYSIA (BTM) hosted its first event – a talk on biobusiness for students of the Monash University Malaysia. The newly minted social enterprise aims to connect graduating students with potential employers […]
The tragic story of Soviet genetics shows the folly of political meddling in science
Reading Time: 4 minutesA FEW years ago, one of us (Ian) was lucky enough to be invited to visit the N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry in St Petersburg, Russia. Every plant breeder or geneticist knows of Nikolai Vavilov and his ceaseless energy in collecting important food crop varieties from all over the globe, and his application of […]
UKM expert bags ‘Young Scientist Award’
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCHERAS: UKM Medical Expert, Prof Dr Srijit Das was bestowed with the ‘International Young Scientist Award’ in France recently.He did his study on diabetes along with co-researcher Dr Teoh Seong Lin. “An injection called streptozotocin was given to the animals to cause diabetes. Then I inflicted wounds on the rats using a biopsy needle and […]
Peninsular Malaysia hosts 110 bat species
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE lack of information on the number and distribution of bat species in Peninsular Malaysia has prompted researchers from University of Malaya and the China Agricultural University to compile a list of bat species specifically for Peninsular Malaysia. A painstaking search of records was carried out, which dated from mid 1800s to present, and revealed […]
Doc in the driver’s seat
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Bioeconomy Development Corporation (Bioeconomy Corporation), the economic development agency dedicated to driving the growth of the bio-based industry in Malaysia announced the appointment of Dr Mohd Shuhaizam Mohd Zain as Chief Executive Officer, effective Aug 1, 2017. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] Shuhaizam’s vast experience and knowledge in government’s policies and directions, […]
Coconut: A promising new strategic crop in Malaysia
Reading Time: 6 minutesBY DR THEN KEK HOE COCONUT (Cocos nucifera) or commonly known as ‘tree of life’ with multifarious uses is an important oil and food crop that grows over 90 countries. Coconut is mainly planted in Asia, Pacific Islands and South America. The world coconut planted area in 2014 was about 12.20 million ha with total […]
The newsroom, what’s the inside story?
Reading Time: 4 minutesParticipants at journalism workshop get first hand account of the goings-on in the newsroom and how news is gathered and reported. The workshop was hosted by Mabic and The Petri Dish. BANDAR SUNWAY: A workshop on journalism, to a group of science graduates, aspiring to be science communicators, came as an eye-opener to the […]
Monash Malaysia bags 2 golds, 4 silvers at ITEX 17
Reading Time: 5 minutesMONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA (Monash Malaysia) research teams were awarded two gold medals and four silver medals at the International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (ITEX) 2017. Monash Malaysia was also awarded the Best Booth Design Silver Award. Organised by the Malaysian Invention and Design Society (MINDS), the event was held at the Kuala Lumpur […]
Astana expo hosts global dialogue on energy
Reading Time: 2 minutesASTANA, Khazakhstan: Expo 2017 with the theme “Energy for the Future” has brought together over 115 countries and organisations to generate a global dialogue on the need to make a transition to green energy, tackle climate change and conserve natural resources while promoting societal progress. Malaysia for the first time participated in the Expo with […]
Celebrating Raya, the Malaysian way in the land of the Kazakhs
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe call of duty superseded Hari Raya celebration with the families for Malaysians who participated at the Expo 2017 during Week 3 in Astana. They had to sacrifice their Hari Raya to showcase Malaysia’s companies and innovation at the world stage. Many even had to endure longer fasting hours under the scorching heat, all […]