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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Grants / Awards Obtained
i) DSTN Dengue (RM40,000 for 2017).
ii) uBiome Award for Microbiomes of Indigenous Hunter Gatherers (2017/2018).
Support for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students
Student Engagement
MEP: i) Research Ethics and Methods sessions and assessments for PGDip Biomedical Science and HDR JCSMHS.
ii) Research Ethics for B.Med.Sc., JCSHMS.
FA : i) Biolinux and Next Generation Sequencing Workshop, 20-21st November 2017.
Conferences and Invitations
1. Phipps M.E., D. Tagore, F. Aghkhanian, R. Naidu, P. Majumder, A. Basu. 2017. Rewriting the genetic history of Austro-
Asiatic communities in South and Southeast Asia. American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG 2017), Orlando, United
States.
2. Tagore, D., F. Aghakhanian, R. Naidu, P. Majumder, M. E. Phipps, A. Basu. A genomic insight into the origin and
dispersal of Austroasiatic speakers in South and Southeast Asia. NextGen Genomics, Biology, Bioinformatics and
Technologies (NGBT 2017 Conference, India).
3. Yeo Li-Fang, Farhang F. Aghakhanian, Maude E. Phipps. Anthropometrics, cardio-metabolic health and oral microbiome
of an indigenous tribe in Peninsular Malaysia. The 5th research week, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health
Sciences.
4. Phipps ME and LF Yeo. Prebiotics and Probiotics Research Seminar, Malaysian Nutrition Society, 22 Nov 2017.
Collaborations
Ongoing collaborations
Local
1. Orang Asli Genomics and Biomedical Studies, Professors BP Hoh (UCSI), Yvonne Lin (UM) and V Kumar (UMS).
International
1. Asian Pygmy/Negrito sequencing project with Professors J. Betranpetit (UPF, Barcelona), E. Willerslev (Uni of
Copenhagen), Andrea Manica (Uni of Cambridge, UK).
2. Oceanian Genome Variation Project (OGVP) with S. Oppenheimer and A. Mentzer (Uni of Oxford, UK), C. Bustamante
(Stanford Uni, USA), M. Seielstad (UCSF, USA), M. Stokeking (Max Plank IEA, Germany), C Gignoux (Uni of Colorado,
USA).
3. Negritos of Asia with Professor N Saitou and Dr T Jinam, National Institute of Genetics, Japan.
4. New collaboration with Professor Dr Chris Tyler-Smith, The Sanger Centre, Hinxton, United Kingdom (UK)
to study the oral and intestinal microbiome biodiversity in indigenous Malaysians.
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