EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Professor Andrew Walker, President and Pro Vice-Chancellor of Monash University Malaysia, and Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah,
Director General of Health, exchange the signed agreement
SEACO partners with the Ministry of Health
The Southeast Asia Community Observatory (SEACO) signed a
Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Health, sealing a
partnership that has produced invaluable insights into population health
and well-being in Malaysia since 2011. This agreement will allow
leading public health professionals to be appointed as SEACO Scientific
Advisory Group members and support future collaborations at district,
state and national levels.
Advancing work, health and well-being
in Malaysia
The Newton Researcher Links Workshop on ‘Advancing work, health
and well-being in rural and urban Malaysia’ brought together around 40
academics from the UK and Malaysia. The gathering served as a
platform to generate new ideas that will support policymakers,
healthcare providers and non-governmental organisations in bettering
the current situation and closing the gap between urban and rural
communities in both social welfare and economic development. This
initiative was funded by the Newton-Ungku Omar Fund, a collaboration
program between the UK and Malaysian governments.
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BRIMS Technical Workshop
Series: Molecular Histology and
Imaging
Histology and bioimaging relates to methods that
non-invasively visualise biological processes in real
time, and that interfere as little as possible with life
processes. In this workshop, Brain Research Institute
Monash Sunway (BRIMS) used lectures and hands-on
sessions to introduce several basic techniques and
skills in molecular histology and advanced bioimaging,
in particular fluorescence, confocal and multiphoton
imaging. Participants were trained at the bioimaging
facilities at BRIMS in microscopy techniques.