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Last update : 26th October 2010

CONFERENCE PROGRAM 1st Day - SATURDAY, 30th OCTOBER 2010 TIME EVENT VENUE 08.00 - 09.00 Arrival and Registration of Participants Manhattan II Ballroom Foyer 09.00 - 09.15 Welcome Speech by Organising Chairperson & President, MSMBB, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Noor Hasima Nagoor Manhattan II Ballroom 09.15 - 09.30 Speech by Y. Bhg. Prof. Dr. Rofina Yasmin Othman, Under-Secretary of National Biotechnology Division, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia 09.30 - 10.00 Speech by Guest of Honour and Official Opening 10.00 - 10.30 Coffee/Tea Break/Poster Viewing/Scientific Exhibition Concourse 10.30 - 11.30 Keynote Lecture 1 -  Cecil Czerkinsky Title: Enteric vaccines for the developing world: a challenge for immunology Manhattan II Ballroom 11.30 - 12.15 Plenary 1 – Gurdev Singh Khush Title: Role of biotechnology in  world food security 12.15 - 13.00 Plenary 2 –  Kim Byung Hong Title: Recent developments in microbial electrochemical cells 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch Manhattan III 14.00 - 15.00 Poster Viewing Session/ Scientific Exhibition Concourse   Manhattan II Ballroom Vaccines and Biodiversity Bronx V Room Bioinformatics and Genomics Bronx VI Room Molecular Biology 15.00 - 15.20 Invited Speaker 1.1 – Man Ki Song Title: Sublingual vaccination against respiratory pathogens and development of a novel mucosal adjuvant Invited Speaker 2.1 – Guo Jie Zhang Title: Genomic comparison of the ant species Camponotus floridanus and Harpegnathos saltator Invited Speaker 3.1 – Bing Lim Title: Toward Regenerative Medicine with different Stem Cells 15.20 - 15.40 Invited Speaker 1.2 – Mary Beth Bacano Maningas Title: Application of RNA-interference technology in shrimp immunity Invited Speaker 2.2 – Tan Tin Wee Title: TBC* Invited Speaker 3.2 – Takashi Hashimoto Title: Molecular regulation of alkaloid biosynthesis in tobacco 15.40 - 16.00 Invited Speaker 1.3 – Mohamed Ismail Abdul Karim Title: The potential of producing cellulase enzyme from oil palm wastes using the fermentation process Invited Speaker 2.3 – Wan Kiew Lian Title: Insights into the genome structure of the protozoan parasite Eimeria tenella Invited Speaker 3.3 – Chien-Yi Chang Title: Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus: the alien in microbe’s world 16.00 - 16.20 Invited Speaker 1.4 – Mohd. Ali Hassan Title: Sustainable bioplastic industry from renewable resources in Malaysia Invited Speaker 2.4 – Mohd Ariff Syed Title: TBC* Invited Speaker 3.4 – Norzulaani Khalid Title: TBC* 16.20 - 16.50 Coffee/Tea Break/Poster Viewing/Scientific Exhibition 16.50 - 17.05 Invited Speaker 1.5 – Ravichandran Title: Advances and Current progress in cholera vaccine development Oral 2.1 – Chan Kok Gan Title: TBC* Oral 3.1 – Farah Diba Abu Bakar Title: Modifications of the Pichia pastoris expression system towards introducing alternative recombinant cutinase purification methods 17.05 - 17.20 Oral 1.1 – Neelam Shahab Title: Actinobacteria diversity of forest soils from Peninsular Malaysia Oral 2.2 – Subha Bassu Title: TBC* Oral 3.2 – Naziah Abdul Majid Title: Investigating the functions of the NIPBL protein 17.20 - 17.35 Oral 1.3 - Norazrina Pakiman Title: High-throughput optimization of protein-A affinity chromatography binding conditions using 96-well plate chromatography and design of experiments Oral 2.3 – Loh Pek Chin Title: The GTPase YqeH participates in biogenesis of the 30S ribosome subunit in Bacillus subtilis Oral 3.3 - Wong Hann Ling Title: Monitoring Of RacGTPase-mediated innate immunity using a fluorescence resonance transfer biosensor in rice 20.00 - 22.00 My1Bio Conference Banquet 2nd Day - SUNDAY, 31st OCTOBER 2010 TIME EVENT VENUE 09.00 - 10.00 Keynote Lecture 2 – Ken-ichi Arai Title: Personalized Medicine in Health and Disease -Building Asian Platform for Therapy of Cancer, Infection and Autoimmune Diseases Manhattan II Ballroom 10.00 - 10.45 Plenary 3 – Paul Engel Title: Novel engineered biocatalysts: putting the amino acid dehydrogenases to work 10.45 - 11.00 Coffee/Tea Break/Poster Viewing/Scientific Exhibition Manhattan II Ballroom Foyer 11.00 - 11.45 Plenary 4 - David Rice Title: TBC* Manhattan II Ballroom 11.45 - 12.30 Plenary 5- John Mattick Title: Challenging the dogma: the central role of RNA in the genomic programming of complex organisms 12.30 - 14.00 Lunch Manhattan II 14.00 - 15.00 Poster Viewing Session/ Scientific Exhibition Concourse   Manhattan II Ballroom Mechanisms of Cancer Bronx V Room Agricultural and Microbial Biotechnology Bronx VI Room Pathogens and disease 15.00 - 15.20 Invited Speaker 4.1 – Elena Dudich Title: Alpha-fetoprotein sensitize cancers to chemotherapy by blocking intracellular inhibitors of apoptosis Invited Speaker 5.1 – Wen-Jun Li Title: Diversity of Actinobacteria in unusual environments based on three levels: species, functional genes and secondary metabolites Invited Speaker 6.1 – Sazaly Abu Bakar Title: Understanding Acinetobacter sp. antibiotic resistance - From soil to space 15.20 - 15.40 Invited Speaker 4.2 – Veer Bhavanandan Title: Development of an assay for O-glycans in serum for the diagnosis of cancer Invited Speaker 5.2 – Ann Anton Title: Molecular approaches to managing harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Sabah Invited Speaker 6.2 – Seshadri Vasan Title: Life-saving, non-biting ‘hero’ mosquitoes 15.40 - 16.00 Invited Speaker 4.3 – Natini Jinawath Title: Single nucleotide polymorphism arrays for clinical diagnosis of copy number variation Invited Speaker 5.3 – Vikineswari Sabaratnam Title: Medicinal properties of the temperate mushroom Hericium erinaceus: Our experience Invited Speaker 6.3 – Maude Phipps (Monash) Title: Bigger, faster, sexier biosciences sans ethics 16.00 - 16.20 Oral 4.1 – Cheong Sok Ching Title: Identification of targetable cancer proteins and the development of novel therapeutics in oral squamous cell carcinoma Invited Speaker 5.4 – Kopli Bujang Title: Development of sago as a food and fuel alternative Invited Speaker 6.4 – Thong Kwai Lin Title: Development of a multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis for molecular characterisation of Vibrio cholerae 16.20 - 16.50 Coffee/Tea Break/Poster Viewing/Scientific Exhibition 16.50 - 17.05 Oral 4.2 – Lionel In Lian Aun Title: The anti-cancer effects of natural phenylpropanoids from Alpinia conchigera (Zingiberaceae), and its relationship with the nuclear factor-kB pathway Oral 5.1 – Vilasini Pillai Title: Biosafety at home and in the international arena Oral 6.1 – Kalaivani Nadarajah Title: The isolation of glucanolytic fungi from Merapoh, Taman Negara 17.05 - 17.20 Oral 4.3 – Teo Soo Hwang Title: Genetic predisposition to breast cancer in Malaysia’s multi-ethnic population Oral 5.2 – Tan Geok Hun Title: Utilization of bacteriophage for the controlling of bacterial wilt disease in tomato Oral 6.2 – Rosemary Susan Lees Title: Female-specific RIDL® technology to control target mosquito species 17.20 - 17.35 Oral 4.4 – Lee Hong Boon Title: Naturally-derived photosensitisers for photodynamic therapy Oral 5.3 – Kamariah Long Title: Enhanced virgin coconut oil (EVCO) with broad antimicrobial spectrum Oral 6.3 – Syarifah Aisyafaznim Sayed Abdul Rahman Title: Development of a sensitive molecular diagnostic tool for the detection of economically important plant-parasitic nematode species infesting Musa 17.35 - 18.00 Presentation of Poster Awards; Closing by the Presidents of the 3 Organising Societies TBC* : to be confirmed