SRDC SYMPOSIUM 2022

2 - 3 NOVEMBER 2022

SRDC SYMPOSIUM 2022
Research that Matters

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Talks
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Poster Presentations
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Industrial TED Talks
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Networking Dinner

+ Industrial exhibits and IP
commercialisation talks from MyIPO and SRDC

Welcome to

SRDC SYMPOSIUM 2022

We are delighted to welcome you to our inaugural SRDC Symposium 2022, for 2 days of stimulating sessions designed to spark collaborative research across different academic institutions, research agencies, department, and industrial partners in Sarawak. The conference will be composed of plenary and sessions reflecting the diverse research topics funded by SRDC, from basic to translational level.

This annual symposium seeks to inform the different research niches, expertise, and skills within the Sarawak research community.

The key objectives

  • To foster strong research collaboration within and across different academic, non-academic institutions and local industrial players,
  • To work towards the achievement of research that is impactful to the Sarawak community.
  • To disseminate the latest technology, innovation and services offered by our local industry partners.
  • In conjunction with MyIPO, we will be introducing our commercialisation policy and the support available to our research community.

Conference scope

Biological Science, with the focus on basic and translational agricultural science and biotechnology research.

Engineering and Technology, with the focus on sustainable environment, medical and industrial science.

discover & Connect

keynote speakers

IR Chin Hon Sin
Assistant Director
(Investigation), JKR
Ir. Chin Hon Sin obtained his Bachelor of Engineering with Honours (Civil) from University of Malaya in 1997. He began his career in a local engineering consulting firm as a designer. Later he was offered a post in civil service and since then has spent the last 24 years with JKR Sarawak. He has been assigned to various positions such as construction resident engineer, building structure designer and manager of Central Materials Laboratory, an MS ISO 17025 accredited testing laboratory. Currently, apart from Material Testing, Subsurface Investigation and Forensic Investigation, he is also being entrusted with spearheading the research agenda of JKR Sarawak under Research & Investigation Branch since 2014.

For the last 8 years, Ir Chin has established wide and far network connecting to the engineering research domain in local universities such as UNIMAS, Swinburne University of Technology, Curtin University Sarawak, UiTM Sarawak and University of Malaya. Subsequently, many research collaborations are initiated and in progress, while few were completed successfully with tangible contribution to the engineering community. At the same time, he is presently involved personally in a research on quality control in the construction industry.

He is a Professional Engineer (With Practicing Certificate) registered with Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), Corporate Member of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (MIEM), Member of Institute Of Quality Malaysia (MIQM), Senior Auditor under Malaysia Registry of Certified Auditor (MRCA) and ISO/IEC 17025 Senior Technical Assessor With Department Of Standard Malaysia.

Dr. John Tang
CEO and Founder,
Twin Catalyst

Dr John Tang Ing Ching is a consultant Obstetrician & Gynecologist with 30 years of clinical experience. He graduated from The University of Queensland in Australia in 1990, completed his MRCOG at the Royal College of Obstetrician and Gynecologists in London in 1996, and was awarded a fellow (FRCOG) by the same college in 2008.

As well as the CEO of Rejang Medical Centre, the largest private hospital in Sibu, Dr Tang is the co- founder of Rejang Healthcare Centre Sdn Bhd, which is the largest private hospital group in Sarawak that runs Borneo Medical Centre in Kuching, Bintulu Medical Center and Borneo Medical Centre in Miri.

During his practice, he invented 3 dimension waterproof dressings for wounds and medical devices , Wondaleaf® unisex condoms, tension adjustable rubber band Slit-Tie®, Hammock Wheelchair and Menstrual tube, among others. Dr. Tang’s inventions have drawn worldwide attention and have won multiple international awards. In 2013 he co-founded a startup Twin Catalyst Sdn Bhd to spearhead his innovative ideas- from concept, manufacture, testing, clinical trials and commercialization. To-date the company has been awarded multimillion ringgit grants from both local and federal innovation agencies for research and development of these inventions.

For his contribution to innovation, he is currently employed by the University of Technology Sarawak (UTS) to serve as an adjunct professor. He considers himself an inquisitive Sarawakian who endeavours to make sense of God’s creations from the most basic societal and biological constructs.

Abdul Razak Mohd Isa
CEO and Co-Founder,
Medika Natura

CEO and Co-Founder of Medika Natura Sdn Bhd, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development and commercialization of botanical drugs and high-value natural products of Malaysian and Southeast Asian origin.

Notable Achievements of Medika Natura

First to receive 2 New Dietary Ingredient authorization from the US FDA on its patent pending SKF7® Standardized Extract of Kacip Fatimah) i.e.

  1. NDI-001143, 2020

  2. NDI-001250, 2022

First to file with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for a Novel Food (NF 2019/1337) approval on SKF7® (Standardized Extract of Kacip Fatimah)

First to simultaneously complete P1 and P2 human clinical studies on SKF7® in Malaysia, Republik Indonesia, and India

First to receive approval to conduct P2/3 COVID-19 human clinical study on SKF7® in Malaysia

First for Malaysia, an IB on SKF7® to be submitted to the US FDA for a botanical drug study in humans in collaboration with IMR, NIH et al

Professional Affiliation

  • Ahli Jawantankuasa Induk Kebangsaan Penyelidikan dan Pembangunan Perubatan Herba (JKPPH) bagi tempoh 2022 – 2023, Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia

  • Member of Akademi Sains Malaysia Task Force on National Biotechnology Policy (NBP) 2.0 and Chairperson of Key Strategic Area (Healthcare & Wellness)

  • Adjunct Professor, Institute of Systems Biology (INBIOSIS), UKM

  • Herbal Product Development Advisor, Centre for Natural Products Research and

    Drug Discovery (CENAR), University Malaya

  • Panel Pakar DANA R&D MOSTI (2021 – 2023), MOSTI

Charlie Yeo
CEO
Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (SBC),

Charlie Yeo is the Chief Executive Officer of the Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (SBC), an R&D agency in Sarawak focusing on utilization of biodiversity.

SBC was established in 1998. Its functions include the documentation of traditional
knowledge of the indigenous communities of Sarawak and R&D of natural products to commercialize its applications.

Charlie and his team systematically collect genetic resources from the rainforest and set up one of the most diverse natural product libraries in Malaysia for research. It consists of extracts from plants and microbes including essential oils, genomic and transcriptomics sequence information, marine sources and natural scents. Charlie received his Bachelors of Science in Biochemistry at the California State University, Los Angeles in 1991, before he went on to work at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California working on plantibodies: transgenic plants producing mammalian antibodies. In 2000, he graduated from University of Washington, Seattle and obtained a PhD in Immunology where he worked on cancer immunology.

Dr John Tang Ing Ching is a consultant Obstetrician & Gynecologist with 30 years of clinical experience. He graduated from The University of Queensland in Australia in 1990, completed his MRCOG at the Royal College of Obstetrician and Gynecologists in London in 1996, and was awarded a fellow (FRCOG) by the same college in 2008.

As well as the CEO of Rejang Medical Centre, the largest private hospital in Sibu, Dr Tang is the co- founder of Rejang Healthcare Centre Sdn Bhd, which is the largest private hospital group in Sarawak that runs Borneo Medical Centre in Kuching, Bintulu Medical Center and Borneo Medical Centre in Miri.

During his practice, he invented 3 dimension waterproof dressings for wounds and medical devices , Wondaleaf® unisex condoms, tension adjustable rubber band Slit-Tie®, Hammock Wheelchair and Menstrual tube, among others. Dr. Tang’s inventions have drawn worldwide attention and have won multiple international awards. In 2013 he co-founded a startup Twin Catalyst Sdn Bhd to spearhead his innovative ideas- from concept, manufacture, testing, clinical trials and commercialization. To-date the company has been awarded multimillion ringgit grants from both local and federal innovation agencies for research and development of these inventions.

For his contribution to innovation, he is currently employed by the University of Technology Sarawak (UTS) to serve as an adjunct professor. He considers himself an inquisitive Sarawakian who endeavours to make sense of God’s creations from the most basic societal and biological constructs.

calling for abstracts now!

The organising committee therefore invites abstract submissions from our 2019 grant recipients, research agencies and government department for poster presentations and talks. From the abstracts, 10 will be selected for talks, while others will be presenting their work as posters. Spaces are limited to 180 pax to observe COVID-19 restrictions.

closing date 7 SEPTEMBER 2022

VENUE
UCSI Hotel Kuching
Level 4 The Grand Ballroom 

DATE
2 – 3 November 2022

For further enquiries please contact

Ms Siti Qhadeejah Isha
ishaismail@sarawakrdc.org.my
Dr. Ivy Chiang
ivychiang@sarawakrdc.org.my

Guidelines for Poster and talk

Talk will be a 20-minute presentation, 5 minutes for Question and Answer.

Poster should be presented as portrait, at 0.75m x 0.9m. Posters are to be printed by the presenting delegates.

There will be one best Poster and best Talk prize, respectively. 

Guidelines for COVID-19

All participants shall adhere to all prevailing COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) set by the Government of Sarawak. We will update you on the latest SOPs closer the date.

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