11th Malaysia Genetics Congress is the biggest biennial congress of its kind in Malaysia and over the years, the congress has become a “must-attend” event in the field of genetics for attendees and exhibitors alike. The 2015 theme, “Focus on Genes, Maximise the Impact”, seeks to explore the myriad ways in which we pursue the goals of our research in genetics. To this end, the congress presented once again a wide range of invited speakers, all outstanding in their fields. This include researchers who were involved in the human, animal, microbiology and plant-related research.
Students of GRMRC were awarded various prizes for their excellent presentation in both human and animal research track. The list:
MGC’11 Travel Award
Tan Kai Leng (PhD Candidate under Dr. Cheah Pike See)
Best Oral Presenter (Human Track)
1. Rusheni Munisvaradass (MSc Candidate under Dr. Rachel Mok)
“Establishment of anti ErbB2 Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) transduced human T-cells”
2. Shirley Ding (MSc Candidate under Dr. Rachel Mok)
“ (Patent pending) “
Best Poster Presenter (Human Track)
1. Omar Habib (MSc Candidate under Assoc. Prof. Dr. Syahril Abdullah)
“Complete depletion of CpG motifs impacts plasmid expression in vitro”
2.Chin Fee Wai (MSc Graduate under Prof. Dr. Rozita Rosli )
“Genetic Polymorphisms and phenotypes of CYP2D6 in different ethnicities of Malaysian breast cancer patients”
Best Poster Presenter (Animal Track)
1. Nurul Afiqah Hisham (MSc Candidate under Dr. Norshariza Nordin)
“Generation and characterisation of conditional Wnt5a transgenic cell line”
