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FYP Briefing (28-08-2009)

2009-08-27T01:14:00.001-07:00

First of all, thank you to Min Zhin from biotech for giving the heads up while we’re still on quarantine period. Remember to thank him. :D

Next, here are the FYP Briefing details…

SD001 (Microbiology Lab)
Dr Hii Siew Ling, Dr Adeline Ting, Dr Haresh Kumar, Dr Wong Ching Lee

SD101 (Research Lab)
Dr Lim Soo Thye, Dr Wong Kam Huei, Dr Woo Kwan Kit, Dr Loo Joo Ling

SD102 (Research Lab)
Dr Alan Ong, Dr Gideon Khoo, Dr Tang Pek Yee

SD023A (PTC lab) - unknown time slot

Dr Ramani, Dr Anna Ling, Dr Tee Chong Siang/Prof. Faridah

SD023B (ATC lab) - unknown time slot
Dr Anthony Ho, Dr Lim Yang Mooi

SD107 (Mol. Bio. Lab)
Dr Say Yee How, Dr Kim Lian Hua

SD106 (Biochem Lab)
Dr Soon Siew Choo, Dr Mohamed Abdel Rahman Ahmed

SD021 (Incubation room for plant culture) - unknown time slot
Dr Ramani, Dr Anna Ling, Dr Tee Chong Siang

*Supervisor's name in blue denotes the lecturer in-charge of the lab session.

For the time slots… If you forgot, here it is…

For those who would be using Lab SD 021, SD 023A, SD 023B, please remember to check the time slot for your briefing.

Information can also be found on the notices pasted on the lab doors. Thank you.

H1N1 Update – Final

2009-08-21T17:01:00.000-07:00

Okay… all the news are in, and the change of slots are as follow…

Tuesday class:

Dr. Haresh’s slot of MMP test 2 would be postponed to Week 14 as well. Test would be at 8am to 9 am (1st Sept).

Dr. Tioh’s lecture on Tuesday also postponed to Week 14 Tuesday, 11 am to 1 pm (extended 1 extra hour) (1st Sept).

Dr. Kim’s Haematology Test 3 discussion postponed to Week 14 Tuesday, 2-4pm, usual slot. (1st Sept).

Wednesday class:

Dr. Tioh postponed this as well to Week 14 Wednesday. He would do tutorials and revision on this slot, from 10 am to 12pm. (2nd Sept)

Dr. Ramani confirmed the postpone of Biomedical Instrumentation lab test to Week 14, Wednesday, 4-6pm, DK2A. Please bring your own writing paper and graph paper. (2nd Sept)

Friday class:

Dr. Adeline’s MMP Lab test would be on as usual – 2-3pm, SD201-SD203. (28 Aug)

Please attend your FYP lab briefing for each respective venues. (28 Aug)

In short, all classes on week 13 has been cancelled for everyone… except for Dr. Adeline’s lab test. Anyone who’s interested in heading back hometown may do so. Thank you.

H1N1 Updates at 6.35 pm

2009-08-19T23:01:00.002-07:00

Here are the quick details:

1) Replacements: Instrument Lab test would be postponed to week 14, 2nd September (Wednesday), 4pm to 6 pm, DK 2A.

2) No news regarding quarantine of other groups.

Till then, more news to come.

H1N1 Updates at 2.00 pm

2009-08-19T23:01:00.001-07:00

Here are the quick details:

1) UTAR decided to quarantine only group 1 students. Group 2 and 3 has to attend lectures / tests as usual until further notice.

2) The quarantine would be from 20 Aug to 27 Aug. Avoid crowds, stay home. Class resumes on Friday 28th Aug. Got MMP lab test on that day.

3) Replacements: MMP test 2 would be postponed to week 14, 1st September (Tuesday), 8am.

4) Dr. Haresh is still trying to talk to Dr. Tan regarding this matter of ‘close-contact should be quarantined instead’.

Till then, more news to come.

P/S: please pump yourself with 2000mg Vit C with Zinc everyday… don’t fall sick this time…

Kinda empty here…

2009-08-19T04:08:00.000-07:00

Yea… that’s right!

Anyone can post things here once you registered yourself here.

We need contributors for the blog. Don’t make this blog just for official business. Make it interesting… make it special… make it a place where we share information, news and jokes…

STOP hesitating… contact me immediately to register.

Cheers!

Richard

Your forever-thankful-to-have-you-along-with-Biomeds friend.

Final's Timetable

2009-08-06T10:19:00.000-07:00

it's out....IT'S OUT!!!!!

Pandemic H1N1 Background and Update

2009-08-04T07:36:00.001-07:00

Dr. Kim informed us that there is a talk by Dr. John McCauley regarding the Pandemic H1N1 Background and Update.

Here are the details:

Keynote Speaker: Dr. John McCauley, Global Influenza Expert, National Institute of Medical Research, UK.

Date: 13 August 2009 ( Wednesday, Week 12)

Time: 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm

Venue: Conference Hall 3, Level 3, KL Convention Centre

If you are interested in going, please reserve your seats via:

1. online: http://www.mgrc.com.my/ESS_register.shtml

2. email: ess@mgrc.com.my

In the mean time, please leave a comment here stating that you are going. This will help me inform Dr. Kim about the attendance.

Thanks.

FYP Briefing…

2009-08-03T03:13:00.000-07:00

I received an E-mail from Dr. Wong today. Please read.

Dear Course Rep. of BE, BM & BT,

Attached please find the announcement for your
(1) Laboratory Management Guidelines
(2) Lab Briefing / Orientation

Kindly note the change of date from 13 August (Thursday) to 21 August (Friday) for lab management guidelines.

Please inform all the students.

Kindly email me if you have any enquiry.

Thank you.

Regards,
Wong Ching Lee, PhD
Department of Science,
Faculty of Engineering & Science, Setapak Campus,
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman,
Jalan Genting Klang, Setapak,
53300 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 603-4107 9802 ext 176
Fax: 603-4107 9803

Please inform others ya! Thanks a lot.

September 2009 Main University Examination/ Finals

2009-07-28T14:39:00.000-07:00

Good morning people^^

I was just scrolling about in the UTAR website and found this out. Apparently they had set the finals period for us...at one point it is good as we can plan for our studies. Besides that, we can plan on when to start our FYP as well as holidays...LOL...

This is the link
http://www.utar.edu.my/contentPage1.jsp?catid=10&contentid=1311
You guys can also check it out when you login into your UTAR portal.

Cheers
Nathaniel

Toxic o...

2009-07-27T03:45:00.001-07:00

Aiyoo.. to those who didn't come for toxicology today.. (including me...) we just lost 2%... *sobz* Feel like having more quizes so that the marks would spread out.. then its less taxing on our marks.

MMP Lab Test!

2009-07-18T22:40:00.000-07:00

To all Biomed Y3S1 and Biotech Y3S2, please be informed that MMP lab test is on Aug 28 (Fri) 2-3pm, SD201, SD 202 and SD 203. Note this down in your calendar... SMS by Dr. Adeline

Please do not confuse this with the lab QUIZ this coming MONDAY! TAKE NOTE lo!!!!

Haiz guys....

This week we got MMP lab test on exp 5b, we have patho test, which has an essay question summore... sweat then for some groups there are some who involved in toxicology presentation summore....
I guess it's not a busy week, but then everyone must add oil oh!!! Dunno whether the presentation will be like NMiss Catherine's one or not... LOL!!

cheers~ ^_^

Selection list is now OUT!!!

2009-07-14T18:03:00.000-07:00

Everyone, the list of selected students for FYP titles are now out… please check it at SA 3rd floor. Photos of them would be uploaded soon….

Thanks.

Isoelectric Focusing Electrophoresis

2009-07-14T13:59:00.000-07:00

So here’s a quick post on how the IEF Electrophoresis is done…

We’ve hydrated our gels right? And the gels are placed on ceramic tray…

Then, the gels are placed and coated with mineral oil again (Cover fluid). The electrode rack is placed over the paper, NOT the gel. The reason is to avoid direct contact to the gel.

The placement of electrodes as follows…

Control Panel to run the gel electrophoresis…

Watch the videos for more information…

Part 1 shows the setting of gel into the ceramic wells

Part 2 shows the setting of voltage and time for the electrophoresis run

Hope this tutorials could benefit everyone… Sorry about the soft audio because Ms Tan’s voice is very soft… so… next time have to ask her to speak louder… haha

Toxicology Presentation Schedule

2009-07-06T05:42:00.000-07:00

Here attached is the toxicology assignment presentation schedule. (Click to Enlarge)

By the way, please note that we have to submit the hard copy (slides) to Dr. Wong next week, preferably on Monday morning.

Please E-mail your slides to shinodahunter@yahoo.com in this format…

eg.

01 – Introduction to Food Toxicology – Ednalyn Elaine Ooh-Jasmine

Please follow this format. Thanks.

Course T-Shirt part 2

2009-07-05T15:54:00.000-07:00

People...There are still many of you who did not reconfirm with me on the course T-shirt, and it has cause a major delay on the printing process... Please do do it ASAP or i just have to treat your silence as a Go... Thx...

Delayed Biomedical Instrumentation Notes

2009-07-02T21:07:00.000-07:00

To all fellow friends,

I would like to apologize for the delayed notes for Biomedical Instrumentation. The delay was due to the different methods of Dr. Tioh passing the notes to me. Sometimes, he passed the notes to me in hard copy, and some other times, I’m required to download them from WBLE.

For this round of Spectrometry notes, the softcopy on the WBLE is in PDF format and if you guys noticed, it’s in full colour and a black background.

This creates some problem to the printer (the person who photocopies the notes), as the printing would be mainly in black. It’s a waste of printer toner and also resources as you guys would not be able to read the notes clearly.

I have addressed this issue to Dr. Tioh and he’ll be uploading new notes with CLEAN WHITE background for us. So please be patient.

In the mean time, download the softcopies and read it in your computer instead.

Thanks for your time and patience.

Richard.

P/S: To those who wish to contribute posts to this blog, please e-mail me your E-mail address to shinodahunter@yahoo.com. I will add you into our ‘Author’s List’. You do not have to be a blogger to blog and contribute items to this blog. Thanks.

Great IT Gadget Deals

2009-06-26T22:23:00.000-07:00

Hey there, these are some of the great deals offered by Dr. Kim's husband - Mr. Chong
So if you are interested with the items stated below, kindly contact Mr. Chong at this number 019 636 8133

DEAL NO. 1

Sony Notebook at RM3200 only (Brand New)

Sony Vaio VGN-CS23G

OS : genuine Windows Vista Home Premium

CPU : Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor T4200 (2GHz)

Display : 14.1'' Wide (WXGA 1280 X 800), Clear Bright LCD Lite

Graphics : Mobile Intel Graphics Media Media Accelerator 4500MHD

RAM : 2GB DDR2 SDRAM

HDD : 250GB

Optical Drive : DVD±RW/±R DL/RAM

Wireless : WiFi IEEE 802.11b/g Draft & Bluetooth

Weight : 2.6kg

Colour : Premium Black

FREE!!!

1. Notebook Backpack

2. Genuine Norton Antivirus 2008

DEAL NO. 2

Sony MP3 player NWZ S610F, 8GB, 1.8'' screen for RM200 only (Brand New)

DEAL NO. 3

iPOD Nano 8GB Black, 4th Generation.

RM500 Only!! (Brand New)

Stores up to 2000 songs, 8 hours of video

Toxicology Pop Quiz!!

2009-06-21T08:32:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, from the resources i have collected, Dr. Wong might give another Pop Quiz this week (Week 4)!!!
So guys, please be noticed about this and study whatever that she hast taught. Good luck ya!!

Counseling and Wellness Week

2009-06-20T10:23:00.000-07:00

Counseling and Wellness Week

Date : 24-26 June 2009(Wed - Fri)

Time : 10am-4pm

Theme : Love, Sex and Relationship

There will be lots of Door Gifts, Games, Phycological Check List, Video Screening, etc......

Please feel free to drop by and join us......

Regards,

CWW Committees

Recruit for Recycling Campaign

2009-06-18T09:49:00.000-07:00

The recruitment for the upcoming event - 28 degree Celsius, is on going and if you are interested in contributing your time, please do so.

Details as follow:
Event Name : 28 degree Celsius - Recycling Campaign
Date: 1 and 2 July, 2009 (Wednesday and Thursday)
Time: 10 am to 3 pm
Aim: To promote change and how you can apply different forms of recycling in your daily lives. Start first. Start now.

*Note: Helpers who are willing to spend some time to work on the recycling project is highly appreciated. The committee is looking out for those who are passionate in doing something for mother nature.

If you are interested, contact Richard (richeong125@yahoo.co.uk) or talk to Jing Si directly.

Thank you.

For BM Group 2 Members

2009-06-18T09:44:00.000-07:00

I am the 'Dai E Long' from your group

I know whoever from G2, you will know

I am the You-Know-Who

Please pay me RM30

as soon as possible

better within these few week

B'coz I am broke......

Final Year Project Titles…

2009-06-17T02:30:00.000-07:00

You can download the 20-page FYP titles from the link below…

Microsoft SkyDrive – Final Year Project Titles – Part 1

Microsoft SkyDrive – Final Year Project Titles – Part 2

Or view them directly…

*P/S: Please click on the photos to enlarge.

Sorry for the delay. You should be getting a copy tomorrow morning… hopefully.

Richard.

BioMed T-Shirts

2009-06-16T06:07:00.000-07:00

Say yo!!! hey there,

Before i start off with anything that has gotta do with my title, i wanna say that its cool to see that our course finally has its own blog though it seems kinda late 'coz its like the final year, but that's the whole point about. This blog ain't gonna just function for all of us for just that small amount of time till the day we graduate, it's gonna be where we can get all of us together no matter where you are in the future ahead.^^ Peace!!

Okay, back to the topic. BioMed T-Shirts....i've been handling the forms for the T-shirts, and apparently i'm gonna need some re-confirmation from you guys for the number of T-Shirts....do comment or see me in person, or you may contact me at 016-9000475.

Ps: i'll be gladly accept more orders though as we are in short of a few amounts till production....Peace ya!

Nathaniel Tong.

Release of Final Year Project Titles

2009-06-16T04:40:00.000-07:00

Guys, Dr. Wong announced that the titles for Final Year Project would be released tomorrow. I would be photocopying a set for each and everyone of you…

If you couldn’t wait, I’ll be uploading the photographs of the titles in the blog. So please be patient ya!

Cheers…!!!

Cute Microbes…

2009-06-14T03:23:00.000-07:00

I know that I’ve posted this in my personal blog, I still think it is worth sharing with our other coursemates… so here goes…

This sem, we’re all studying Medical Microbiology and Parasitology. A friend of mine sent me an E-mail of microbes…

These microbes are dangerous and some are highly infectious… but some genius make these microbes into cute cuddly toys!

Bacteria - Bookworm

Bacteria - Gonorrhoea

Bacteria – Cold

Bacteria – E. Coli

This one is dangerous… see the fork and knife? It’s flesh-eating bacteria…

This one is headlice

Kissing Disease… Epstein Barr Virus (EPV)

Rabies…

Bacteria that cause bad breath. Oh ya, bacteria = plural. Bacterium = singular.

Microbe that causes your pimples…

Syphilis…

Sleeping sickness disease

Bacteria that cause sore throat (Tonsillitis)

This one causes dysentery / stomach-ache.

This one causes ulcers…

This one is cute… like the cow… haha… it’s the brewer’s yeast… if not mistaken, it is Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

The deadly one… HIV

Another EXTREMELY deadly one… faster than HIV… the Ebola Virus…

This one causes flu… note that flu and cold have almost similar symptoms but they are not caused by the same bacteria/virus.

I’m not sure about this… this one is black death… hmm…

This one causes you to cough.

Heartworm… wah!

This one causes malaria… it’s a plasmodium.

Mange…. hmm

this is the neuron in your brain…

This one looked like chicken… therefore, it is called chickenpox.

This is your body’s fat cells…

Herpes virus

Red blood cell…

Fungi… toxic mold

White blood cells…

This one has eyes that looked like going to explode… causes rabies.

Last one… salmonella… can cause you to ‘lau sai’ a few days and go into the hospital… haha

Hello from wonderland..

2009-06-14T00:27:00.000-07:00

YO ho!
Alice here, wanna say HI!! No frust hor.. Kar Yao for the Bloody, Toxic, Cheung Hei, Diseased and Laughable subjects of the sem..

Welcome, Everyone!!!

2009-06-13T23:20:00.000-07:00

Hi there everyone,
First of all, welcome to our very own UTAR Biomedical Science May 2007 blog. Here are some of the things everyone can share around this space:
- Jokes, laughters for everyone
- Hopes and wishes to our classmates etc.
- Tips and hints for everyone... *especially final exams... muhahahhaha
- Lab reports (if you guys want to) and experiment results...
- Suggestions on projects and other stuffs...
- Annual class dinner, trips etc...
- Anything that makes sure the whole course knows about it!

So, I'm gonna stop here and let everyone post something here yo!!!

Till then.
Regards,
Richard Cheong.
BioMed Course rep, May 2007.