day 2 programme


6 October 2023 (Friday)

9:00 a.m. — 9:15 a.m. (MYT) 

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Gut Microbiome and Diseases

Session Chairs: Prof. Ts Dr. Lee Learn Han

9:15 p.m. — 10:00 a.m. (MYT) 

Keynote Address: The gut microbiome: A link between obesity and cancer risk

Associate Professor Dr. Sunny Wong Hei

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

10:00 p.m. — 10:15 p.m.(MYT) 

Q&A Session

Bioprospecting of Natural Resources

10:15 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. (MYT) 

Keynote Address: Cosmeceutical: Eminence of microbes derived bioactives

Professor Ts. Dr. Goh Bey Hing

Sunwa University, Malaysia

11:00 a.m. — 11:45 p.m. (MYT) 

Keynote Address: Diversity and biosystematics of novel bioactive Streptomyces from mangrove in Sarawak, Malaysia

Dr. Jodi Law Woan-Fei

Monash University, Malaysia

11:45 p.m. — 12:00 p.m.(MYT) 

Q&A Session

12:00 p.m. — 12:30 p.m. (MYT) 

Closing Ceremony by Vice Chairpersons of IMDF 2023

Dr. Jodi Law Woan-Fei

Leader, Next-Generation Precision Medicine and Therapeutics Research Group (NMeT)

Dr. Tan Loh Teng Hern 

Leader,  Innovative Bioprospection Development Research Group (InBioD)

12:30 p.m. (MYT) 

End of IMDF 2023