| 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
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| 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
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| 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) |
