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Professor Dr Nor Hadiani Ismail is a Professor of Chemistry attached to Atta-ur-Rahman Institute for Natural Product Discovery at Universiti Teknologi Mara, an institute of which she is also a leader. Under her leadership, the institute has evolved to become a major centre for multi-disciplinary research on biologically active molecules extracted from natural resources.

Professor Ts Dr Lim Yang Mooi is a Professor of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. Currently, she is the President of the Malaysian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the delegate to the Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists. Professor Lim’s research interests are cancer chemoprevention, phytochemistry, herbal medicine and syndrome differentiation study in Chinese Medicine and medicinal properties of edible bird’s nest.

Upon returning from pursuing his PhD at the University of Surrey, Dr Manraj Singh Cheema continued working in the field of biomedical sciences, looking at the toxicity of natural products through genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics approaches. Recently, the Vice-chair of the Young Scientists Network-ASM has embarked on the journey to redesign medical and health sciences education through global learning, gamification, and physical/virtual game-based approaches. These approaches encourage students to feel ownership over their learning and be able to create their own knowledge, translate and share it with the communities.

Professor Dr Vikineswary Subaratnam FASc is an avid fan of mushrooms and has spent her research studying these macrofungi. The oldest documentation of mushrooms goes all the way back to 3,500 B.C as it can be found in a rock painting in southern Algeria. Professor Dr Vikineswary expands on the role of mushrooms in nature and shares about the three life strategies of a mushroom. Check out what the life strategies are by listening to her session.