{"id":8,"date":"2017-11-15T05:35:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T05:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2017-11-20T23:51:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T23:51:31","slug":"about-cis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/about-cis\/","title":{"rendered":"About CIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/banner01-1-300x89.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"755\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/banner01-1-300x89.png 300w, http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/banner01-1-768x228.png 768w, http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/banner01-1-1024x303.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/banner01-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"bodyBgPattern\"><\/div>\n<div>Centre for Insect Systematics (CIS) of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) is one of its kind in Southeast Asia. CIS is also one of the UKM&#8217;s centres of excellence. CIS was established in 1993 following the Agenda 21 of the Rio Declaration. Since its inception, the centre has collection of over 100,000 specimens, of which &gt;120 are type specimens. CIS has its own world-circulated journal\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/208-2\/\"><strong>SERANGGA<\/strong><\/a>, which is dedicated to publication of research findings in insect systematics and diversity, particularly of Southeast Asia as well as other parts of the world.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Roles and Objectives:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"content clearfix\">\n<ul>\n<li>To provide infrastructure necessary for keeping arthropod collection<\/li>\n<li>To make CIS the reference centre for all taxonomic and systematic works related to Malaysian entomological heritage<\/li>\n<li>To conduct surveys and inventory works of insect fauna of Malaysia<\/li>\n<li>To be known as the leading centre for insect systematics in the region and the world<\/li>\n<li>To document and distribute information on insect diversity of Malaysia and the surrounding regions for the benefit of all<\/li>\n<li>To become the National Centre for insect biodiversity data<\/li>\n<li>To train biologists and\/or entomologists interested in insect systematics<\/li>\n<li>To conduct collaborative research with local and overseas entomologists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>Contact Us:<\/strong><br \/>\nPenyelaras Pusat Sistematik Serangga<br \/>\nAras Dua, Bangunan Sains Biologi,<br \/>\nFakulti Sains dan Teknologi,<br \/>\nUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,<br \/>\n43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor,<br \/>\nMalaysia<br \/>\nFax: +603-89253357<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centre for Insect Systematics (CIS) of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) is one of its kind in Southeast Asia. CIS is also one of the UKM&#8217;s<a class=\"ut-readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/about-cis\/\"> &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukm.my\/cis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}