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PROGRAMME

Wednesday,  16th August

0800    Registration/Morning Coffee

0900    Welcome Address

0910    Session 1

1015    Coffee break/Poster viewing

1045    S 2

1215    Poster judging/Exhibition

1300    Lunch

1400    S 3        

1535    Coffee Break/Poster viewing

1600    S 4

1730    MSBMB AGM

1845    MSBMB High Tea 2017 

Thursday, 17th August

0800    Morning Coffee/Meet the experts session

0900    S 5 - ISACT 2017

1035    Coffee break/Poster viewing

1055    ISACT 2017 continued

1235    Poster judging/Exhibition

1305    Lunch

1405    S 7 - YSN-ASM & MSBMB Young Investigators                Session (Rapid Orals)

1535    Coffee break/Poster viewing

1600    S 8

1715    Awards/Closing ceremony

Plenary & Invited Speakers

Unlocking the Wonders of Edible Bird Nest

 

Prof. Datin Paduka Dr. Aini Ideris

University Putra Malaysia.

Drug discovery for neglected tropical diseases caused by trypanosomatids; development of selective phosphofructokinase inhibitors with anti-parasite activity

 

Prof. Dr. Paul Michels

University of Edinburgh.

A structure-guided approach to the design of trypanosomatid tRNA synthetase inhibitors

 

Prof. Dr. Wim G.J. Hol

University of Washington

Production of AVIAN INFLUENZA H5N1 vaccine candidate using a modified plant virus-based transient expression strategy

 

Prof. Dr. Sandy Loh

Nottingham University Malaysia 

Enterovirus A71 Uses Cell Surface Heparan Sulfate Glycosaminoglycan as an Attachment Receptor

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chan Yoke Fun

University of Malaya 

Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Sweet-Potato in Response to Abiotic Stress

 

Dr. Jae Cheol Jeong

Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)

Towards increasing the value of the rice crop

 

Prof. Dr. Sadequr Rahman

Monash University Malaysia 

Health Benefits of Probiotics

 

Prof. Dr. Liong Min Tze

University Sains Malaysia 

The upregulation of thiamine (vitamin B1) biosynthesis in ELAIES GUINEENSIS seedlings under BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC stress conditions

 

Dr. Zetty Norhana Balia Yusof

 

Universiti Putra Malaysia 

International Symposium on Animal Cell Technology (ISACT) 2017
In collaboration with the Japanese Association for Animal Cell Technology 

Integrated Next-Generation Cell and Cell Culture Engineering for Production of Biologics

 

Prof. Dr. Takeshi Omasa

Osaka University 

Silk Protein Sericin as Bio-Active Supplement for Mammalian Culture

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Satoshi Terada

 

Fukui University 

A single amino acid substitution in the envelope protein of dengue virus suppressed induction of infection-enhancing antibody in a mouse-DNA vaccine model

 

Asst. Prof. Dr. Atsushi Yamanaka

Osaka University 

The role of Rab37-mediated exocytosis in tumorigenesis

 

Prof. Dr. Yi-Ching Wang

National Cheng Kung University 

Optimization of recombinant protein production using mammalian cell culture

Dr. Ng Say Kong

Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Singapore 

Cancer Immunotherapy: Advancements and Pitfalls

 

Dr. Lim Kue Peng

Cancer Research Malaysia 

WNT Signaling Induces Galectin-3 Dependent STAT3 Activation and Accelerates Gastric Tumorigenesis

 

Assoc Prof. Dr. Kyung-Hee Chun

Yonsei University  

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