IN VITRO SAFETY EVALUATION OF SUNSCREEN FORMULATION FROM NANOSTRUCTURED LIPID CARRIERS USING HUMAN CELLS AND SKIN MODEL
Professor Dr Nyam Kar Lin |  Faculty of Applied SciencesCongratulations to Professor Dr Nyam Kar Lin for her recent publication entitled, "In vitro safety evaluation of sunscreen formulation from nanostructured lipid carriers using human cells and skin model" in the Toxicology in Vitro journal (Impact Factor = 3.685, Tier 2).
SUCCESSFULLY PUBLISHED A RESEARCH ARTICLE ENTITLED “DOES COVID-19 PANDEMIC MOTIVATE PRIVACY SELF DISCLOSURE IN MOBILE FINTECH TRANSACTIONS? A PRIVACY-CALCULUS-BASED DUAL-STAGE SEM-ANN ANALYSIS”
Yuan Yunpeng |  Doctor of Philosophy (Business and Management)Congratulations Yuan Yunpeng for successfully publishing a research article entitled “Does COVID-19 Pandemic Motivate Privacy Self Disclosure in Mobile Fintech Transactions? A Privacy-Calculus-Based Dual-Stage SEM-ANN Analysis”.
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (IEEE) is the ranked ’A’ journal by the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List and ‘Level 3’ journal in the Association of Business Schools Academic Journal Quality Guide( ABS) and has an Impact Factor of 8.702 according to the Journal Citation Reports 2021 (JCR) by Clarivate Analytics.
Co-authored by his supervisors: Distinguished Professor Ts Dr Ooi Keng Boon, FASc (Dean), and Professor Dr Garry Tan Wei Han (Professor)
BEST PAPER AWARD AT THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEM (ICETIS)
Yuan Yunpeng |  Doctor of Philosophy (Business and Management)Congratulations to Yuan Yunpeng for receiving the Best Paper Award for his research titled “How Does User-Generated Content Affect Users’ Obsessive Use of Lifestyle-Sharing Mobile Social Networking Site?” presented at the 2nd International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Intelligent System (ICETIS). The conference was held on 2-3 September 2022.
Co-authored by his supervisors and Graduate Business School staff: Distinguished Professor Ts Dr Ooi Keng Boon (Dean), Associate Professor Dr Cham Tat Huei (Deputy Dean), Professor Dr Garry Tan Wei Han (Professor), and Assistant Professor Dr Eugene Aw Cheng Xi (Head of Research and Postgraduate Studies)
DEEP EUTECTIC SOLVENTS AS GREEN AND EFFICIENT MEDIA FOR BIOCATALYTIC PROCESSES
Lim Win Yee & Ng Ying Ki |  Doctor of Philosophy (Science)Congratulations to Lim Win Yee and Ng Ying Ki for their recent publication entitled, "Deep eutectic solvents as green and efficient media for biocatalytic processes" in the Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering book.
DEEP EUTECTIC SOLVENTS AS GREEN AND EFFICIENT MEDIA FOR BIOCATALYTIC PROCESSES
Associate Professor Dr Eric Chan Wei Chiang & Associate Professor Dr Wong Chen Wai |  Faculty of Applied SciencesLink: https://www.elsevier.com/books/current-developments-in-biotechnology-and-bioengineering/pandey/978-0-323-99905-2
SILVER RIBBON & BRONZE RIBBON
Darren Darien Naen, Clarence Voon Kai Le, Kenny Lai Chee Chiang & Eunice Teo Ee |  Diploma in Culinary Arts | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Hospitality ManagementCongratulations to Darren Darien Naen, Clarence Voon Kai Le, Kenny Lai Chee Chiang and Eunice Teo Ee for being the 1st and 2nd runner up in the recent “Pesta Lada 2022” cooking competition. The competition was organised by the Malaysian Pepper Board (MPB) in conjunction with the Pepper Festival 2022 at Plaza Merdeka, Kuching.
COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF PALMATINE WITH METFORMIN AND GLIMEPIRIDE ON THE MODULATION OF INSULIN DEPENDENT SIGNALING PATHWAY IN VITRO, IN VIVO & EX VIVO
Associate Professor Dr Patrick Nwabueze Okechukwu & Abbirami Balachandran |  Faculty of Applied SciencesUsing computational molecular docking and pharmacokinetics along with an experimental approach with three different models (in vitro, in vivo and ex vivo), the team discovered the antidiabetic effect of Palmatine in modulating the key proteins of the insulin signalling pathway, making it a potential therapeutic agent in the treatment and management of diabetes.
Link to article: https://doi.org/10.3390/ph15111317
INNOVATIVE INSECT MEAL FOR TROPICAL MARINE AQUACULTURE
Assistant Professor Ts Dr Loh Jiun Yan |  Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied SciencesCongratulations to Assistant Professor Ts Dr Loh Jiun Yan for receiving RM400,000 Research Grant from WWF-Malaysia to conduct research on the feed formulation of "Innovative Insect Meal for Tropical Marine Aquaculture". This project will be developing a new and sustainable insect-meal aquafeed for marine finfish aquaculture.
MICROBES AND FISH DISEASES
Assistant Professor Ts Dr Loh Jiun Yan |  Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied SciencesWINNING THE GOLD MEDAL
Kenny Lai Chee Chiang |  Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Hospitality ManagementCongratulations to Kenny Lai Chee Chiang for winning the Gold Medal in the Sarawak International Culinaire Challenge (SICC 2.0) concurrent with E.A.T: Taste of Borneo Conference at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK).