RNA-Bio Research Group

MAY 11, 2018 – IPPT proudly welcomed researchers from the University of Leicester- Prof. Martha Clokie and Dr. Andrew Millard, Prof. Thomas Sicheritz-Ponten from the University of Copenhagen and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bent Petersen from the Technical University of Denmark. The seminar was attended by IPPT researchers and postgraduate students. Prof. Tang Thean Hock – on behalf of IPPT Director – presented a brief introduction on research conducted in IPPT. During the visit, Martha shared her knowledge and research experience on ecology evolution and phage therapy. While Thomas presented his research on “How Bioinformaticians can save the world”. In continuation, Bent gave a brief talk on rainforest genomics and biodiscovery. With the visit, it is hoped that collaborations can be made in the future and connections be forged. We thanked the IPPT director for supporting this event. 

BERTAM, July 28, 2017  –   RN A-Bio Research group of Infectomic Cluster, IPPT, attended 25th Congress of the Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society of Malaysia, held in Kuala Lumpur recently. IPPT PhD candidate, Ang Kai Cheen, presented her PhD finding in oral presentation entitled “Evaluation of M2/ANXA5 Haplotype as Repeated Spontaneous Abortions Risk Factor in the Malaysian Malay Population”, while their collaborator, Dr Anna Liza Roslani, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, now at Kuantan Medical Centre, presented a case study entitled “Intervention of Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin in M2/ANXA5 Haplotype Carriers: A Case Report in Pregnancy”. Repeated Spontaneous Abortions (RSA) is a major topic in reproductive medicine, affecting 1/20 pregnant woman worldwide. It has an adverse psychosocial impact in women and their families. The incidence of RSA is relatively high among the Malay population of Malaysia. Conventional hereditary thrombophilia factors have been generall...

July 25-26, 2017 - RNA-Bio Research Group members have attended and delivered their presentations at the 3rd AMDI Postgraduate Colloqium . Our group leaders, Dr. Citartan Marimuthu and Dr. Ng Siew Kit , presented as invited speaker to showcase their research on aptamer and hydrogen water, respectively. Students who participated the presentation include Rogini Sivalingam , Prabu Siva Sankar, Presela Ravinderan, Chew Yik Wei, Tey Lee Hung, Alvin Paul and Tan Lee-Lee . C ongratulations to Alvin Paul ( IRF9 Phosphorylation in Type 1 Interferon Response) and Tey Lee Hung ( Functional Evaluation of Flag-STAT1 in U3A Cells ) for winning the Best Presenter and Second Best Presenter, respectively.

May 24, 2017 - We're very glad to share the news that one of our students, Ms. Nur Nadia Che Aziz, has recently received the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Scholarship 2017/2018. Conferment of the scholarship was officiated by His Royal Highness Yang Di-Pertuan Agong XV, Sultan Muhammad V at Istana Negara, Kuala Lumpur.  After that, she was live interviewed on Selamat Pagi Malaysia, TV1 on June 3, on her research regarding background and its contribution to Malaysia. Live interview on Selamat Pagi Malaysia, TV1 with the programme hosts, Datuk Dr Rosslina, Director of Human Capital Development Division, Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia, and James Tan You Sian.

July 6, 2017 – In conjunction with Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations, we had a potluck gathering in our meeting room after the weekly talk. All lecturers and students gathered to celebrate the festive season, as well as birthday  for those born in May and June. We had abundant food to eat such as keropok, kuih raya, snacks, nasi lemak, ayam masak merah, and drinks. Raya mood instantly kicked-in with the Raya songs We would like to take this opportunity to sincerely wish to all our Muslim fellows, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!

March 15-19, 2017 – Two of our lab members, Siti Aminah & Alvin Paul recently attended the LIMSC conference held in the city of Leiden, Netherlands.  Ms. Siti presented her project titled “Transcriptome profiling of L. interrogans serovar Lai” in the poster format. Meanwhile, Alvin gave an oral presentation on the “Analysis of IRF9 phosphorylation state during type I interferon response”. The biennial five-day conference was attended by more than 300 participants from 55 countries spanning from the Americas to Asia. Prominent speakers from the UK and around the country shared their research experience with attendees and gave talks on medical issues.

December 21 to 27, 2016 - Our members, Prof. Tang , Dr. Citartan , Dr. Ch'ng , Pn. Siti Aminah and Mr. Prabu has begun an invitation visit to National Taiwan University and Tzu Chi University for research exchange and collaboration.  They gave talks to a research group led by Prof. Huang Min-Chuan at Graduate Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University. After that, they continued their journey to Tzu Chi University in Hualien to present and discuss on the research collaboration with Prof. Woon Peng Yeong and his group. They returned to Malaysia after the Taiwan trip while Mr. Prabu will stay at Tzu Chi University as an attached student for the next 6 months.