7 Key Points On Stem Cells and Cell Therapy: No Short Cuts Please

By : Professor Datuk Dr. A Rahman A Jamal For the last few weeks I have been engrossed in a few issues relating to the …

Stem cells: Potential, Promises, Practices and Pitfalls

Stem cell is the current buzzword in medicine. Many are inspired and excited by this powerful and pluripotent cell which is able to self-renew and …

Dato’ Professor Dr. Asma Ismail Officiates Hari DNA UMBI

UMBI had the honour of playing host to the Yang Berbahagia Dato’ Professor Dr. Asma Ismail, the Director General of Higher Education, on the Hari …

3 Things That Puzzled Me Last Week

By: Professor Datuk Dr. A Rahman A Jamal 1. When some of our academicians are referred to internationally but not by our local fraternity. During …

5 Immediate Impacts If Our 5 Research Universities Were to Collaborate Under One BIG Research Consortium

By : Professor Datuk Dr. A Rahman A Jamal I have always wondered what would happen if all the 5 research universities (UM, UKM, USM, …

UMBI Celebrates the DNA Day This Week

The International DNA Day is celebrated on the 25th of April every year to commemorate the day in 1953 when James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice …

UMBI Genome Sequencing Centre: Promoting Research in Genomics Medicine

Last week two new sequencing systems arrived at UMBI’s doorstep, the HiSeq 3000 and the MiSeq systems. The arrival of the two systems means UMBI …

Remembering the late Tan Sri Dr. Jamaluddin Jarjis

By : Professor Datuk Dr. A Rahman A Jamal As an academician I had little chance to rub shoulders with the late Tan Sri Dr. …

Course on Clinical Management of Thalassaemia & 7th National Thalassaemia Seminar 2015

Welcome Message It gives me great pleasure to announce and to invite you to participate in the 7th National Thalassaemia Seminar (NTS), jointly organised by …

Goodbye Professor Roslan

On the 30th of March 2015, UMBI bade farewell to Associate Professor Dr. Roslan Harun who is the longest-serving senior research fellow. Prof. Roslan has …