UMBI Robing Ceremony and UKM Convocation

UKM held its 44th convocation recently on 5-8th November 2016. For this year, a total of 10 UMBI graduates (11 Masters and 1 PhD) were …

Microbiome: The New Frontier for Research

I was given the honour to speak at the 1st Microbial Metagenomics Conference and Workshop which was organised by and held at the Malaysia Genome …

Persistent Infections of Staphylococcus Aureus: An Insight into the Formation of Small Colony Variant (SCV)

By: Hui-min Neoh (hui-min@ppukm.ukm.edu.my) One of the strategies used by the gram positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus to resist antibiotics is by the formation of small …

Cancer Proteomics in Human CRC Epithelial Cells: A Real Potential or Just Another Wishful Thinking?

By Chin Siok-Fong (chinsiokfong@ppukm.ukm.edu.my) Over recent years, numerous proteomics data have been published on colorectal cancer (CRC) but results remain controversial as there are serious …

PASD1 Immunotherapy: Shadows and Lights

By: Nor Adzimah Johdi (adzimah@ppukm.ukm.edu.my) Cancer testis antigens (CTAs) have restricted normal tissue expression and can be recognised by the immune system of patients suffering …

Of Mice and Medicine: Conducting Cancer Research in Mouse Models

By: Dr Nadiah Abu (nadiah.abu@ppukm.ukm.edu.my) There are several reasons why medical researchers use mice as cancer models: Convenience: Mice are relatively small, easily housed and …

miR-200c Regulation of Ovarian Cancer Metastasis

By: Siti Aishah Sulaiman (sitiaishahsulaiman@ukm.edu.my) Ovarian cancer ranks as the most lethal of all gynecological malignancies, where most of the identified cases are epithelial ovarian …

Tips and Tricks in Writing/Publishing: From an Early Career Researcher’s Perspective

By: Dr. Nurul Syakima Ab Mutalib (syakima@ppukm.ukm.edu.my) Early career researchers are individuals within five to eight years of receiving their PhDs or equivalent professional training, …

Harnessing Cell Lines as a Molecular Model for Therapeutic Biomarker Discovery in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

By Yock-Ping Chow (yockping@ppukm.ukm.edu.my) Cancer genomics is a rapidly growing research area and has accelerated the discovery of a long list of putative druggable mutations …

Immune Response to the PASD1 Protein in Malaysian Patients with Haematological Malignancies

By: Hanif Zulkhairi Mohamad Said (h.zulkh@gmail.com) Tumor-associated antigens recognized by the immune system of cancer patients may represent not only biomarkers for improved diagnosis and/or …