Message from the Director

Dear valued subscribers,

The past few weeks have been exciting with so much of news on biotechnology. The National Biotechnology Policy has been made public and there is so much of anticipation among the biotech community on the implementation of the policy.

We believe with such strong commitment and involvement from the Government, the biotech industry will fair better, though, it will not be a rosy path. There is a lot of catch-up work to do, as Malaysia is a late entrée to this field. As usual, MABIC will do its part to support the Government’s efforts.

In this issue of BiCalert, we highlight to you some of the latest news on biotech locally and around the world. You can also have your say on GM food.

We hope you enjoy this issue and thank you for your support.

Sincerely,
Mahaletchumy Arujanan
Program Director

28 September - 1 October 2005

Monash University Malaysia, with the support of the Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture & Agro-based Industry and in collaboration with MARDI & MABIC are organizing this international conference which will be held at Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre, Bandar Sunway.

This conference is planned as a major event to:-

1) Highlight the latest developments in agricultural and medical biotechnology

2) Exchange knowledge & technology among scientists, fellow researchers & captains of agricultural and medical industries

3) Facilitate networking & collaboration opportunities among scientists and bio-entrepreneurs

Two pre-conference and one post-conference workshop will be held at Monash University Malaysia. The workshop consist of hands-on training in specific techniques in Biotechnology.

For details, please visit the conference website:

www.artsci.monash.edu.my/conference

For more information, contact :

Ms Maggie Yap

603-56360600 ext 3503