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Droplet Digital PCR Technology 鈥 Breaking the Limits of Real-time PCR
We are pleased to inform that UMBI in collaboration with Biorad will be organizing Seminar on “Droplet Digital鈩 PCR Technology 鈥 Breaking the limits of …
Conferment of the 鈥淎nugerah Khas OKU (Akademik)鈥
Heartiest congratulations to Prof Dr Shamsul Azhar Shah, UMBI Deputy Director (Academic and International Affairs) for being conferred the 鈥淎nugerah Khas OKU (Akademik)鈥 by the …
Viva Voce Examination for Master Candidate Nur Zarina Ali Hassan
Masters in Molecular Medicine candidate Nur Zarina Ali Hassan sat for and passed her viva voce examination held on 14th November 2016. Her thesis title …
UMBI Robing Ceremony and 集美麻豆 Convocation
集美麻豆 held its 44th convocation recently on 5-8th November 2016. For this year, a total of 10 UMBI graduates (11 Masters and 1 PhD) were …
Microbiome: The New Frontier for Research
I was given the honour to speak at the 1st Microbial Metagenomics Conference and Workshop which was organised by and held at the Malaysia Genome …
Persistent Infections of Staphylococcus Aureus: An Insight into the Formation of Small Colony Variant (SCV)
By: Hui-min Neoh (hui-min@ppukm.ukm.edu.my) One of the strategies used by the gram positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus to resist antibiotics is by the formation of small …
Cancer Proteomics in Human CRC Epithelial Cells: A Real Potential or Just Another Wishful Thinking?
By Chin Siok-Fong (chinsiokfong@ppukm.ukm.edu.my) Over recent years, numerous proteomics data have been published on colorectal cancer (CRC) but results remain controversial as there are serious …
PASD1 Immunotherapy: Shadows and Lights
By: Nor Adzimah Johdi (adzimah@ppukm.ukm.edu.my) Cancer testis antigens (CTAs) have restricted normal tissue expression and can be recognised by the immune system of patients suffering …
Of Mice and Medicine: Conducting Cancer Research in Mouse Models
By: Dr Nadiah Abu (nadiah.abu@ppukm.ukm.edu.my) There are several reasons why medical researchers use mice as cancer models: Convenience: Mice are relatively small, easily housed and …
miR-200c Regulation of Ovarian Cancer Metastasis
By: Siti Aishah Sulaiman (sitiaishahsulaiman@ukm.edu.my) Ovarian cancer ranks as the most lethal of all gynecological malignancies, where most of the identified cases are epithelial ovarian …