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Should We Retain Our Senior Professors?
Lately in ¼¯ÃÀÂ鶹, many if not all of the senior professors who have applied for a contract position after retirement have only been offered the …
UMBI Celebrates The World DNA Day
On the 25th of April 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the DNA double helix structure. Regarded as one of the most important discoveries …
UMBI’s New Building is Now Fully Operational
After 10 years operating in a borrowed space (thanks to the management of the ¼¯ÃÀÂ鶹 Medical Centre) at the 7th floor of the ¼¯ÃÀÂ鶹 Medical …
HICOE Status – Asset or Liability?
UMBI was given a total of RM5.6 million under the HICOE programme in 2010. This amount was actually smaller than many of the LRGS projects …
2003-2013: 10 Years of Achievements for UMBI
July 2013 marked the 10th anniversary of UMBI and truly it has been a remarkable journey from an institute which was given RM25,000 of operating …
My View: Planning to Buy the Next Generation Sequencing System? Think Hard!
As the genomics fraternity is busy moving into the next phase of personalised medicine, for those thinking of investing in a next generation sequencing (NGS) …
The Oldest Human Ice Mummy Had His Stomach Contents Analysed by a Systems Biology Approach
On the 21st March 2013, UMBI was fortunate to host Dr. Rudolf Grimm, who is a consultant to Agilent Technologies and has honorary appointments with …
The Project Management Office (PMO) for the Permata Specialist Children’s Hospital is Now Located in UMBI
The ¼¯ÃÀÂ鶹 Board of Directors has appointed UMBI’s Director, Professor Datuk Dr. A Rahman A Jamal as the chairman for the project management committee for …
New Research Fellows in UMBI
In an effort to enhance UMBI’s collaboration with key partners in research and to consolidate its capacity in terms of research fellows, UMBI has appointed …
Gamma-Tocotrienol and Hydroxy-Chavicol Synergistically Inhibits Growth of Human Glioma cells.
Ever wonder what would be the effect of combining Vitamin E and Piper Betle (daun sireh in Malay) in terms of their medicinal properties? Well, …