day 1 programme
5 October 2023 (Thursday)
8:45 a.m. — 9:00 a.m. (MYT)
Participants can start to log into IMDF 2023 Day 1 Webinar
9:00 a.m. — 9:10 a.m. (MYT)
Welcome Speech by Chairperson of IMDF 2023
Ts Dr. Vengadesh Letchumanan
Leader, Pathogen Resistome Virulome and Diagnostic Research Group (PathRiD)
9:10 am — 9:30 am (MYT)
Welcome Speech and Officiating IMDF 2023
Professor Dr. Shajahan Yasin
Head of School, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences (JCSMHS), Monash University Malaysia
Current Advancement in Molecular Technologies
Session Chairs: Dr. Tan Loh Teng Hern
9:30 a.m. — 10:15 a.m. (MYT)
Keynote Address: Can old dog learn new tricks?: Exploring bacteria cell-to-cell communication system as new anti-infective magic bullet
Professor Dr. Chan Kok Gan
University of Malaya, Malaysia
10:15 a.m. — 11:00 a.m.(MYT)
Keynote Address: Multi-Omics molecular subtyping of ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma
Associate Professor Dr. Wang Xin
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
11:00 a.m. — 11:45 a.m. (MYT)
Keynote Address: Exploring the frontier of circulating tumor cells: A journey through single-cell RNA sequencing with BDRhapsody
Associate Professor Dr. Nurul Syakima Mutalib
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia
11:45 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. (MYT)
Q&A session
Special Symposium: Advances in Mental Health
Session Chair: Ts Dr. Vengadesh Letchumanan
12:00 p.m. — 12:45 p.m. (MYT)
Special Symposium: The gut microbiome and mental health: Implications for anxiety disorders
Associate Professor Dr. Sivakumar Thurairajasingam
Clinical School Johor Bahru, Monash University, Malaysia
12:45 p.m. — 1:00 p.m. (MYT)
Q&A session
1:00 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. (MYT)
Lunch Break
Oral Presentation (Recorded) and Voting for Young Researcher Award
Human health issues and biotherapeutic
Session Chairs: Dr. Jodi Law Woan-Fei
2:00 p.m. — 2:45 p.m. (MYT)
Keynote Address: Sunway Microbiomics Centre: Empowering health and wellbeing with live biotherapeutic products
Professor Ts. Dr. Lee Learn Han
Sunway University, Malaysia
2:45 p.m. — 3:30 p.m. (MYT)
Keynote Address: Antibiotic resistance: Where are we now and where are we headed?
Associate Professor Dr. Priyia Pusparajah
Monash University, Malaysia
3:30 p.m. — 4:15 p.m. (MYT)
Keynote Address: Genomics-driven bioprospecting for antibiofilm agents from Streptomyces
Dr. Tan Loh Teng Hern
Monash University, Malaysia
4:15 p.m. — 4:30 p.m. (MYT)
Q&A Session
4:30 p.m. (MYT)
End of Day 1 Forum
Oral Presentation (Recorded) and Voting for Young Researcher Award