14:00-17:00
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
DAY 1, MONDAY, 11TH MAY 2015
Workshops
1. Looi Chung Yeng, Senior
Researcher, University of Malaya
Quantitative measurement of
oxidative stress in cancer cells
using Cellomics High Content
Screening (HCS) reader
Drug
Discovery
Lab, Dept.
of Pharmacology
Dept. of
Pharmacy
Centre Point
Time
Theme/Presenter
Venue
08:30-09:00
Arrival of delegates and registration
TJ Danaraj
09:00-09:30
Opening and welcome speech
TJ Danaraj
2. Shaik Nyamathulla, Riyanto Teguh
Widodo, Senior Lecturers, University
of Malaya
Hands-on pilot scale tablet
manufacturing process: Powder to
Pill – Session 1
09:30-10:30
Plenary Lecture
TJ Danaraj
Poster Viewing & Judging
Gautam Sethi, Associate Professor,
National University of Singapore
Targeting STAT3 signaling pathway in
cancer: Pharmacological inhibitors
and clinical implications
Booth Exhibition
Cover Art Competition
10:30-11:00
Tea Break
The Cube &
Synapse
11:00-12:30
Symposium: Drug Discovery
TJ Danaraj
DAY 2, TUESDAY, 12TH MAY 2015
Time
Theme/Presenter
Venue
09:00-10:00
Plenary Lecture
TJ Danaraj
Ivy Chung, Associate Professor,
University of Malaya
Harnessing tumor-stromal cell
interaction for cancer drug discovery
Kozo Takayama, Professor, Hoshi
University, Japan
Visualization of tableting process
based on self-organizing map and
finite element analyses
Looi Chung Yeng, Senior Researcher,
University of Malaya
Can we rely on natural products for
cancer prevention and therapy?
10:00-10:30
Tea Break
The Cube
10:30-12:30
Symposium: Drug Formulation and
Delivery
TJ Danaraj
Rozana Othman, Senior Lecturer,
University of Malaya
Models posing for drug discovery
12:30-14:00
Sponsored Lunch Talk
Fong Chee Wai, Director of
Lifescience Technology, Applications
& Lab Services
Advanced Genomic Technologies for
Integrative DNA/RNA Cancer Analysis
Kiew Lik Voon, Senior Lecturer,
University of Malaya
Polymer conjugate as nanosized
medicine in anticancer therapy
The Cube &
TJ Danaraj
James Kah Chen Yong, Assisstant
Professor, National University of
Singapore
The nano-biointerface to probe and
modulate biological processes
Amrahi Buang, Chief Pharmacist,
University Malaya Medical Centre
Halal pharmaceutical
Alex Luan, APAC Marketing and
Application Manager, Seahorse
Bioscience
Current research progress in
metabolism switch: a new hallmark
of cancer
Tan Choo Hock, Senior Lecturer,
University of Malaya
Snake venom: The bite that kills and
heals
12:30-14:00
Sponsored Lunch Talk
Pharmaniaga
TJ Danaraj
& The Cube
14:00-17:00
Workshops
1. Shaik Nyamathulla, Riyanto Teguh
Widodo, Senior Lecturers, University
of Malaya
Hands-on pilot scale tablet
manufacturing process: powder to
pill – Session 2
Dept. Of
Pharmacy
2. Zamri Chik, Senior
Lecturer,University of Malaya
Bioequivalence study
Pharmacology lecture
hall, Suxces
Lab
Poster Viewing & Judging
Booth Exhibition
14:00-17:00
Workshop
14:00-14:30
Pre-workshop Talk
Vijayapandi Pandy, Associate
Professor, University of Malaya
Do’s and don’ts in animal behavioural
studies
Biotechnology
Lab
Vijayapandi Pandy, Associate
Professor, University of Malaya
Hands-on: Basic behavioural
techniques in preclinical
neuropsychopharmacology
MultiDisplinary
Labs 1
Poster Viewing & Judging
Centre Point
14:30-17:00
Centre Point
Cover Art Competition
DAY 3, WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
12:30-14:00
Theme/Presenter
Venue
09:00-10:00
Plenary Lecture
TJ Danaraj
Paul Vanhoutte, Professor, University of
Hong Kong
Biased activity of soluble guanylyl
cyclase and vasospasm
10:00-10:30
Tea Break
10:30-12:30
Symposium: Metabolic Syndrome
Mohammed AbdullahMahdi
Alshawsh, Associate Professor,
University of Malaya
Potential anti-obesity assessment of
selected medicinal plants in animal
model of obesity
DAY 5, 15TH MAY, 2015
Cover Art Contest
Time
Theme/Presenter
Venue
09:00-10.00
Plenary Lecture
TJ Danaraj
12:30-14:00
Sponsored Lunch Talk
Novartis
Time
Theme/Presenter
Venue
09:00-10:00
Plenary lecture
TJ Danaraj
Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman,
Professor, Malaysian Institute for
Graduates and Training
Interrupting the renin angiotensin
aldosterone system; the good, not so
good and the dicey
10:00-10:30
Tea Break
10:30-12:30
Symposium: Pharmacy Practice
Weiya Zhang, Associate Professor &
Reader, University of Nottingham,
United Kingdom
Contextual effect of treatment
10:00-10.30
Tea Break
The Cube
10:30-11.30
Forum
TJ Danaraj
Steps and bumps on the road to
becoming a researcher
The Cube
Dato’ Christopher Boey Chiong Meng,
Professor & Deputy Dean, Faculty of
Medicine, University of Malaya
TJ Danaraj
Panel members
Fariz Abdul Rani, Head of Scientific
Affairs, Sanofi-aventis (Malaysia)
Pharmaceuticals
Nur Akmarina Mohd Said, Senior
Lecturer, University of Malaya
Shamsul Mohd Zain, Postdoctoral
Researcher, University of Malaya
Nur Lisa Zaharan, Senior Lecturer,
University of Malaya
A statin a day to keep the cardiologist
away. Lessons from clinical trials and
observational studies
Aditya Arya, Senior Lecturer, University
of Malaya
Synergistic effects of flavonoids in
experimental diabetes
TJ Danaraj
& The Cube
Dept. of
Pharmacy
Basics of Scientific Writing
Fatiha Hana Shabaruddin, Senior
Lecturer, University of Malaya
When economic evaluations meet
health care decision-makers: where
do patient outcomes stand?
Dharmani Devi Murugan, Senior
Lecturer, University of Malaya
Endoplasmic reticulum stress: Its
importance in metabolic related
diseases
TJ Danaraj
& The Cube
Booth Exhibition
Yvonne Khoo, National
Pharmaceutical Control Bureau,
Ministry of Health
Research activities in biological
product development
Batoul Sadat Haerian, Associate
Professor, University of Malaya
Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms
linking diabetes and Alzheimer’s
disease
Workshop
Zoriah Aziz, Associate Professor,
University of Malaya
Weiya Zhang, Associate Professor &
Reader, University of Nottingham,
United Kingdom
DAY 4, THURSDAY, 14TH May, 2015
The Cube
TJ Danaraj
Mohamad Ibrahim Mohamad Nordin,
Associate Professor & CEO, iPharm
Taking research to commercialisation
14:00-17:00
TH
Time
Sponsored Lunch Talk A/P Ibrahim
Ms. Sameerah Shaik Abdul Rahman,
the Deputy Director, Centre for PostRegistration of Products, National
Pharmaceutical Control Bureau.
Why pharmacovigilance?
Nayiar Shahid, PhD Student, University
of Malaya
Putri Narrima Mohd Fauzi, Master
Student, University Malaya
11:30-12:00
Awards and Closing Ceremony
12:00-12:30
Lunch
TJ Danaraj