NEWS Malaysia

On May 3^rd, 2024, the NCKU Overseas Hub in Malaysia had an opportunity to co-organize an online webinar with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Institute of Systems Biology (UKM INBIOSIS). The event featured insightful presentations from 5 esteemed speakers representing both UKM and NCKU, with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Goh Hoe Han (UKM) as the moderator. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Goh Hoe Han was also one of the participants in the NCKU Overseas Hub in Malaysia’s 2023 Researcher and Mobility Networking Programme.

The event commenced with a brief speech by Prof. Dr. Syarul Nataqain Baharum, Director of INBIOSIS, expressing support for the collaboration between UKM INBIOSIS and NCKU. Then, the series of presentations unfolded as follows:

Speaker 1        : Prof. Dr. Syarul Nataqain Baharum

Affiliation       : Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Presentation title: Fatty Acid as Metabolic Modulator to Enhance Innate Immunity of Hybrid Grouper against Vibriosis

Speaker 2        : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ng Chyan Leong

Affiliation       : Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Presentation title: Structural and Functional Analyses of Burkholderia Pseudomallei BPSL1038 Reveal A Cas-2/VapD Nuclease Sub-family

Speaker 3        : Dr. Wen-Yih Jeng

Affiliation       : National Cheng Kung University

Presentation title: Unraveling Conformational Changes and Alternative Catalytic Pathways in the Crystal Structures of Lactobacillus Plantarum Tannase

Speaker 4        : Dr. Nor Azlan Nor Muhammad

Affiliation       : Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Presentation title: HPC and Bioinformatics Accelerate Insect Pest Research

Speaker 5        : Prof. Dr. Tsunglin Liu

Affiliation       : National Cheng Kung University

Presentation title: Microbiome and Immune Repertoire Analysis

Event attendees were from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Universiti Malaya (Malaysia) and Kafrelsheikh University (Egypt). The webinar was broadcasted live on the NCKU Overseas Hub in Malaysia Facebook page. For those who have missed the webinar, the recording is available at https://fb.watch/rP-GlND8cY/.