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A monthly newsletter by the Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre
Released on 15th April 2006

In this issue:

- Message from the Director
- News at home
- News around the world
- CSI in Malaysia
- The verdict on Human Genome Project
- BICviews
- Events calendar

 

Message from the Director

Dear valued subscribers

 

Greetings from the Windy City! I am writing this message in the midst of BIO 2006. It is heartening to see a strong delegation from Malaysia headed by the Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation. Let’s hope that the world will see Malaysia’s seriousness in promoting biotechnology and progressing in this field. This is definitely the place to convince investors, seek partnerships and collaborations, and to keep abreast with the latest happenings in this field worldwide. Coupled with the encouraging allocation for the biotechnology sector in the Ninth Malaysia Plan, the industry is all set to put Malaysia in the global biotech map.

Back at home, MABIC successfully organized a seminar on “Commercialization of Crop Biotechnology” with MARDI as a host and co-organizer. The turnout for this seminar was simply overwhelming which shows clear interest of the local biotech players to pursue agriculture biotechnology. Get a detailed report on this event from our website.

For those who would like to sign in as fully profiled members, please click here.

Do contact us should you have any comments or suggestions. Meet you next month in another informative issue.


Yours sincerely



Mahaletchumy Arujanan
Program Director

 

Contact Information

The Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (MABIC)
c/o Monash University Malaysia, No 2, Jalan Kolej,
Bandar Sunway, 46150 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor, Malaysia

Tel / Fax: +603-5880-4384
Email: BICalerts@bic.org.my or info@bic.org.my
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Announcement

International Symposium on Molecular Farming in Plants: "Prospects for the Asia Pacific"

13th – 15th June 2006
Boulevard Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

This international symposium is organized by University Malaya, Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR), Malaysian Society for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (MSMBB) in collaboration with MABIC and International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).

The purpose of this symposium is to promote the exchange of knowledge, ideas and information on the newest developments and applied technologies in the field of molecular farming which encompasses the production of pharmaceuticals and technical proteins in plants. The symposium includes sessions on molecular and cellular technologies, novel products, production, purification and downstream processing, regulatory, safety and ethical issues, and business model for commercialization.

Researchers from universities, research institutes, industry representatives, and students will benefit from this symposium.

For more information on this symposium and to register as participants, please visit the website.

MABIC Logo Design Competition

We are glad to inform you that the deadline for the logo design competition has been extended to 30th April 2006 due to overwhelming request from our subscribers.

For those who have yet to submit your design, you may do so and for those who have already submitted, you may send in more designs to increase your chances of being the winner.

The rules and the judgment criteria of the competition are available on our website: www.bic.org.my or click here to view them.
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