BICalert

Current edition

A monthly newsletter by the Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre

Released on 15th October 2006

In this issue:

- Message from the Director
- News at home
- News around the world
- Bringing Neurobiology to the Forefront
- The verdict on The Return of Agriculture
- BICviews
- Events calendar

Message from the Director

Dear Valued Subscribers,

October seems to be a very short month with a long break in conjunction with two major festivals. Yet, nothing is stopping us at MABIC from planning and organizing events for the rest of the remaining months in this year. In fact, this has been the most active quarter for us. With just two and a half months left this year, we have a number activities planned out.

MABIC is proud to organize two communication workshops; one in Kuala Lumpur and the other in Penang in collaboration with the Academy of Sciences Malaysia and the Penang Chief Minister’s Office respectively. Check out details of these events on our event calendar. We are currently working out the details of our other events and these will be posted on our website as soon as they are confirmed.

In each issue of BiCalert we highlight some of the excellent work being carried out by local biotechnology players either from the research or the industry fraternity. This month we are glad to feature Prof. Ishwar Parhar, a well known neuroscientist from Monash University Malaysia.

As usual we hope this issue of BiCalert will be an enjoyable read.

Happy Deepavali and Selamat Hari Raya Puasa to everyone!

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

Announcement

UMS Biotechnology Symposium III "Modernizing Agriculture through Molecular Biology"

29 November-1 December 2006

Biotechnology Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, is organizing a symposium on agrobiotechnology. This activity is inline with the 9th Malaysian Plan and the National Biotechnology Policy to promote agrobiotechnology as an important tool to propel the agriculture sector into the frontline of Malaysia’s economy.

This symposium is supported by Science & Technology Unit of Sabah State Government.

For further details, please click here

8th National Symposium on Biology

5 – 6 December 2006

Palm Garden Hotel, IOI Resort, Putrajaya, Malaysia

The 8th National Symposium on Biology is organized by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in collaboration with MABIC. The symposium will focus on recent developments in biological research related to conservation, utilization and management of our rich biological resources and habitats.

The scope of this symposium will cover agrobiology, forest biology, marine biology, biomedicine, biotechniques and bioinformatics.

For more information on this symposium, visit the symposium website.

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