PROGRAMME
Wednesday, 17th August
0800 Registration/Morning Coffee
0900 Welcome Address
0910 Session 1
1015 Coffee break/Poster viewing
1050 Session 2
1210 Poster judging/Exhibition
1300 Lunch
1400 Session 3
1430 MJBMB Launch
1515 Session 4
1810 MSBMB High Tea 2016
Thursday, 18th August
0800 Morning Coffee/Meet the experts session
0900 Session 1
1010 Coffee break/Poster viewing
1040 Session 2
1200 Poster judging/Exhibition
1200 MSBMB AGM
1300 Lunch
1400 Session 3
1535 Coffee break/Poster viewing
1555 Session 4
1650 Awards/Closing ceremony
Confirmed Speakers
Electrical Stimulation enhances Mood and Memory functions in Animal Models
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anthony Lim Lee Wei
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine,
University of Hong Kong.
Plasmodium knowlesi: From Gene Dimorphisms to Sub-speciation
Prof. Dr. Fong Mun Yik
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Malaya.
Imaging and Modelling Malaria Parasites
Prof. Dr. Leann Tilley
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
The University of Melbourne.
The promoter activity of LTR elements of endogenous retroviruses in the Olive flounder and their biological function as transposable elements
Prof. Dr. Heui-Soo Kim
Professor Biological Sciences, Pusan National University, South Korea.
Re-launch of the Malaysian Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (MJBMB)
by
Tan Sri Emeritus Prof. Datuk Dr. Augustine Ong Soon Hock
Talk: 'Unexpected Outcome of Research'
Senior Fellow, Academy of Sciences MalaysiaFellow, Third World Academy of SciencesFellow, King’s College Londonof Medicine,
Oncovirotherapy: The Hope and the Hype.
Prof. Datin Paduka Dr. Khatijah Yusoff
Faculty of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Hydra HALTs, new pore-forming toxins targeting human cell membrane
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hwang Jung Shan
Sunway Institute for Healthcare Development, Sunway University.
From traditional medicine to modern beauty care remedy
Prof. Dr. Malyn Ungsurungsie
Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University
Structural studies of an -amylase from a new subfamily of glycosyl hydrolase family GH13
Dr. Ng Chyan Leong
Institute of Systems Biology (INBIOSIS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Protease Inhibitor Genes: Isolation and characterisation from turmeric plant
Dr. Noor Azmi Shaharuddin
Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Prof. Dr. Mukram Mackeen
Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
The Bacterial Flagellum
Associate Prof. Dr. Noor Fadel Satamey
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology,Graduate University
Life Below Zero: Understanding The Structure and Dynamics of Antifreeze Peptide
Associate Prof. Dr. Bimo Ario Tejo
Faculty of Applied Sciences, UCSI University