Prima Nexus sponsored Universiti Malaya's Molecular Medicine Research Day in May 2016
The Department of Molecular Medicine at Universiti Malaya held a day of talks, posters and sponsors' booths on 31 May 2016. Prima Nexus was a sponsor.
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From the Prima Nexus archive: a look back at May 2016.
KUALA LUMPUR, 31 May 2016: Prima Nexus was a sponsor of Molecular Medicine Research Day 2016, held by the Department of Molecular Medicine, Universiti Malaya (UM), at the Faculty of Medicine in Kuala Lumpur on 31 May 2016. From 8.00 am to 4.00 pm, the day brought together five talks, research posters and sponsors' booths.
A research day at the Faculty of Medicine
The Research Day ran from 8.00 am to 4.00 pm. Registration, the posters and the sponsors' booths were at Centrepoint, and the talks were held in the department's lecture theatre. Academics and students registered in advance with the department. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sarni Mat Junit, Head of the Department of Molecular Medicine, gave the welcome remarks, and Prof. Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, gave the opening speech.
Five talks, from microRNA to dengue
Five talks filled the morning. Prof. Dr. Fazlul H. Sarkar spoke on microRNA as a molecular bridge between diabetes and cancer, and Prof. Dr. Sekaran Muniandy on dipeptidyl peptidase-4 gene polymorphism. Prof. Dr. Tan Nget Hong covered bioactive proteins from nature, Prof. Dr. Onn Haji Hashim spoke on lectin-based proteomic studies for cancer biomarker discovery, and Prof. Datuk Dr. Rohana Yusof on the design and development of antivirals against dengue.
Between the opening and the talks, participants viewed the posters and visited the sponsors' booths over the morning tea break. Lunch was a Science Café in the department's meeting room, sponsored by the Malaysian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (MSBMB), and the afternoon went back to the posters and booths, with games and afternoon tea.
Prima Nexus as a sponsor
Prima Nexus was a sponsor of the Research Day, and after the event the Department of Molecular Medicine wrote to Prima Nexus to thank the company for its participation and contribution as a sponsor. One of the talks dealt with finding cancer biomarkers through proteomics, the large-scale study of proteins. Prima Nexus supports researchers who measure protein biomarkers today through its ELISA and Luminex services, and more photos of the day are on the event page.
About Prima Nexus
Prima Nexus Sdn Bhd is a Malaysian research coordination group founded in 2014. It connects universities, research institutes and global technology partners, and brings together eight scientific platforms: proteomics (including ELISA and Luminex multiplex immunoassays), genomics, flow cytometry, stem cell research, animal research, clinical trials, bioinformatics, and regulatory and grant support. Programmes it coordinates have supported more than 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals and research teams at more than 40 institutions across Malaysia. More about Prima Nexus.
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