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BIONITE 2010 Bionite 2010 is coming soon!!. Bionite is a platform for UTM biology students to show their hidden talent, to get know each other, to get along with lecturers and the most important thing is to say f arewell to our beloved third year students.Visit the FacebookFor our previous 
Bionite’09 in Pulai Spring Resort. READ MORE Most Recent
- TAKLIMAT PROJEK SARJANA MUDA II
| Majlis Anugerah Dekan
Majlis Anugerah Kepujian Dekan telah diadakan pada 27 Januari 2010 di Bilik Jamuan Sultan Iskandar. Bionite 2010 Marathon FBB organized the 2010 Bionite Marathon with the slogan “Together We Reach for the Stars” on the 3rd Feb 2010 
Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar
Pemilihan Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar telah berlangsung pada 28 Januari 2010.  | The potential of oxidoreductase enzymes as targets for cancer treatment.- Dr. Majed AbuKhader
- Assistant Professor
- School of Pharmacy
- Philadelphia University
- 5th August 2009, 2.30 PM, Venue C08 408 & 409
Abstract: The presentation will discuss the potential of oxidoreductase enzymes as targets for cancer treatment. The overexpression of these enzymes, NQO1 and NQO2 in particular, in certain cancer tissues made them attractive target ed cancer therapies. The prodrug CB1954 is an anti-cancer agent possesses a potent anti-cancer effect against cancer cells when catalysed by NQO2. Protein
crystallography was used to explore the biochemical interactions between NQO2 enzyme and CB1954 and hence underline the molecular recognition properties of NQO2 towards CB1954. This informatio n could prove useful for future drug design studies with these enzymes. This will also help to develop new enzyme-prodrug systems for targeted cancer therapies which are used clinically for cancer treatment. |
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A delegation from FBB visited SEAFDEC last October 19-21 to our the different facilities nd explore possible fields for research collaboration. The group was composed of 2 academics and 9 students led by A.Prof. Dr Fahrul Zaman Huyop. GIS Application in Biodiversity Workshop in Durrel Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) UK 
Muhammad Al-Hadi, a graduate student of the Bioinformatics Research Group (BIRG) visited DICE UK to initiate research collaboration between DICE and FBB. He conducted a 3 day workshop on the application of GIS in biodiversity. | Best Student Presentation Award In Taiwan
Norhayati Abdullah who is currently studying her Ph.D in Environmental Biosciences at FBB won Best Student Presentation Award at International Water Association (IWA) ASPIRE International Conference and Exhibition 2009 in Taiwan recently. READ MORE Gold Medal Prize Won in Seoul International Invention Fair 2009 (SIIF09) KOREA
 FBB has proved itself a faculty full of innovation and creativity with Dr. Nor Azimah Mohd Zain winning a Gold Medal prize at the Seoul International Invention Fair 2009 through her Ph.D research project. READ MORE
Attachment at University of Wolverhampton, UK
| We are evolving for a brighter and better future. To achieve this goal, we are currently contructing our new faculty building to cater to our rapid expansion. The new building will be able to offer a comprehensive and condusive environment for research and education. It is expected to cater for 1200 people and should be completed by 2011. 
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COLLABORATION
Faculty of Bioscience and Bioengineering UTM and the School of Bioscience, University of Kent have signed a Memorandum of Undertanding (MOU) to undertake joint research and education collaboration in 2008. University of Kent has successfully acquire a grant to send postgraduate students for a research stint from the Prime Ministers Initiative from the British Council. This historic event was reported in the STAR newpaper .    | FEATURED RESEARCH ARTICLEA Comparison of Leaf and Petal Senescence in Wallflower Reveals Common and Distinct Patterns of Gene Expression and PhysiologyPlant Physiology 147:1898-1912 (2008)  Abstract Petals and leaves share common evolutionary origins but perform very different functions. However, few studies have compared leaf and petal senescence within the same species. Wallflower (Erysimum linifolium), an ornamental species closely related to Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), provide a good species in which to study these processes. Physiological parameters were used to define stages of development and senescence in leaves and petals and to align these stages in the two organs. Treatment with silver thiosulfate confirmed that petal senescence in wallflower is ethylene dependent, and treatment with exogenous cytokinin and 6-methyl purine, an inhibitor of cytokinin oxidase, suggests a role for cytokinins in this process. Subtractive libraries were created, enriched for wallflower genes whose expression is up-regulated during leaf or petal senescence, and used to create a microarray, together with 91 senescence-relatedArabidopsis probes. Several microarray hybridization classes were observed demonstrating similarities and differences in gene expression profiles of these two organs. Putative functions were ascribed to 170 sequenced DNA fragments from the libraries. Notable similarities between leaf and petal senescence include a large proportion of remobilization-related genes, such as the cysteine protease gene SENESCENCE-ASSOCIATED GENE12 that was up-regulated in both tissues with age. Interesting differences included the up-regulation of chitinase and glutathione S-transferase genes in senescing peta ls while their expression remained constant or fell with age in leaves. Semiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction of selected genes from the suppression subtractive hybridization libraries revealed more complex patterns of expression compared with the array data. |
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