Date/Day	Time	Programme
Day 1 (29/03/16)	08.00 – 08.15 am	Registration of participants
	08.15 – 08.30 am	Welcoming speech by the Dean of School of Food science and Technology
	08.30 – 09.30 am	1st SPEAKER: Dr. Avice M. Hall (University of Hertfordshire, UK) – Microbiology (Fundamental)
	09.30 – 09.45 am	Morning Refreshments
	09.45 – 10.45 am	2nd SPEAKER: Prof. Dr. Latiffah Zakaria (Universiti Sains Malaysia)  –  Application of PCR, Identification of fungi and bacteria using PCR, phylogenetic and taxonomy
	10.45 – 01.00 pm	HANDS-ON by 1st BASE: Molecular Biology (DNA extraction kits)
	01.00 – 02.00 pm	Lunch
	02.00 – 02.15 pm	Company Introduction by Focus Biotech
	02.15 – 02.45 pm	Presentation 1: Biolog GEN III Microbial Identification System
	02.45 – 03.15 pm	Pipetting technique: Ovation pipette
	03.15 – 04.30 pm	HANDS-ON:  Practical – Participants to perform, detection using CHRO Magar Vibrio and identification using Biolog System
	04.30 – 05.00 pm	Tea Break and End of session
Day 2 (30/03/16)	09.00 – 09.30 am	Morning Refreshments
	09.30 – 10.30 am	Presentation 2: Introduction to Biolog Phenotype Microarray (PM) technology
	10.30 – 11.30 pm	Presentation 3: Introduction to the latest Microbial Quantification Technology (Bacterioscan)
	11.30 – 01.00 pm	Biolog System demo: Reading and interpretation of ID results
	01.00 – 02.00 pm	Lunch
	02.00 – 03.00 pm	3rd SPEAKER by 1st BASE: How to read sequencing results using sequence scanner, primer design using IDT SciTool
	03.00 – 04.30 pm	PRESENTATION AND HANDS-ON:  Dr. Nik Mohd Izham (Universiti Sains Malaysia) – MEGA software and other related software for DNA sequencing and phylogenetic
	04.30 – 05.00 pm	Tea break, closing ceremony and certificate
Day 3 (31/03/16)	08.00 – 05.00 pm	Excursion to Tasik Kenyir (kelah Sactuary): Meeting point at parking lot, School of Food Science and Technology (PPSTM)