Herbs webinar: Sustainable and contemporary practices
Date : 27 November 2020
Time: 9.30am to 1.00pm
Venue : Zoom & Facebook live
This webinar had attracted 206 participants (32
public, 55 UTAR staff, and 119 students) attended through zoom and facebook
live view at 2711 reached and 1K views (dated till 02.12.2020). This webinar
consisted of five talks from six speakers. Dr. Sheri-ann Tan from TARUC had
shared on the Integration of traditional knowledge of herbal practitioners with
modern scientific techniques in the discovery of novel drug molecules which
could also prevent the generational loss of ancient wisdom. Dr. Teh Lai Kuan from
DAHS, UTAR had shared on the Potential of Herbs as a means of prevention during
the COVID-19 crisis. While Dr.
Annaletchumy from DAHS, UTAR had discussed on the epidemiology, associated
factors and the predictors of use of herbs as well as the diversity of herbs
used among people with chronic diseases. Mr. Chung Kok Heung from Foods Step
Enterprise had shared how to plan & prepare a meal in 5 minutes according
to My Healthy Plate (Suku-suku Separuh) with the use of herbs & spices to
boost the immune system. Miss Leong May
Ho and Miss Yong Yii Ping were from Faculty of Health and life sciences, INTI
international university. They had discussed how to sustain herbs for our
surroundings and experiences on setting up a herbal garden in INTI
International University Nilai campus, also to highlight the medicinal function
of some natural herbs, and the impact of these herbs on our society usage.
Date : 12th September 2020
Time : 9: 00 am – 5: 00 pm
Venue : Zoom
Workshop on Advanced Scanning Electron Microscope 2019 (WASEM 2019) was a successful programme attended by staffs and UTAR students. Hence, there was a plan to conduct the WASEM 2020 in the form of workshop. However due Covid-19 pandemic, the workshop transformed to webinar. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is a new platform in UTAR, and the webinar was conducted for sharing the advanced techniques of SEM and the applications in the nano-bio sciences research. The webinar addressed both fundamental science and cutting-edge technologies of SEM. Furthermore, the webinar overall covered SEM's working principle, sample preparation techniques, qualitative and quantitative analytical tool, acquire informative electron that minimise artefacts and emphasise features of interest as well as Nano-bio sciences research applications.
Date: 25 Aug 2020
Time: 2 pm - 4 pm
Venue: Zoom
The online talks were given by Prof. Dr. Minoru Murata and Prof. Dr. Wan Galis, with the aims to:
1. Discuss on the importance of plant biology in improving food production to avoid food crisis
2. Delivery knowledge on crop protection