Achievements

WINNING THIRD PLACE IN THE FIRST N2RTU WORKSHOP ON NUTRIGENETICS, NUTRIGENOMICS AND DATA ANALYSIS FOR PRECISION NUTRITION

Congratulations Assistant Professor Dr Baskaran Gunasekaran for winning Third Place in the assessment on "Statistical Genetics" in the First N2RTU Workshop on Nutrigenetics, Nutrigenomics and Data Analysis for Precision Nutrition. This event was organised by the University of Reading, UK and Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia.

ASSOCIATION OF MALAYSIAN OPTOMETRISTS

Congratulations to Mr Sathiya Prakash for being elected as the Honorary Secretary and to Ms Prema Muthiah for being elected as the Honorary Treasurer, of the Association of Malaysian Optometrists (AMO) for the term 2022-2024. This appointment is effective upon the election of the Executive Committee Member (EXCO) during the 38th AMO Annual General Meeting, which was held on 24 May 2022 at Avante Hotel, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya.

MALAYSIAKU: A COLLECTION OF ALWYN LAU'S MALAY MAIL ARTICLES (2015-2022) PUBLISHED BY UCSI PRESS JULY 2022

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dr Alwyn Lau Wing Wang Faculty of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts For the publication of his co-edited book titled: MALAYSIAKU: A Collection of Alwyn Lau's Malay Mail Articles (2015-2022) Published by UCSI Press July 2022

Dr Alwyn Lau has co-edited the book with UCSI University lecturers, Dr Jill Lee Sze Seau, Assistant Professor Dr Kususanto Ditto Prihadi and Dr Mohamad Ikhram Bin Mohamad Ridzuan. Alwyn began writing for the Malay Mail in 2015. Since that time, he has written more than four hundred articles on topics ranging from schooling to government to culture and, of course durians. The editors hope that this collection of some of his most popular and controversial pieces in the past seven years may serve not only as a nostalgic trip to some key events in our country, but also, as a conversation starter on some critical topics we may be wise not to forget.

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THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DIABETES AND OBESITY WITH DENGUE INFECTIONS

ENDOLYSINS AGAINST STREPTOCOCCI AS AN ANTIBIOTIC ALTERNATIVE

STUDIES ON THE STORAGE STABILITY OF BETACYANINS FROM FERMENTED RED DRAGON FRUIT (HYLOCEREUS POLYRHIZUS) DRINK IMPARTED BY XANTHAN GUM AND CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE

Congratulations to Associate Professor Dr Ivan Ho Chun Wai for the recent publication entitled 'Studies on the storage stability of betacyanins from fermented red dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) drink imparted by xanthan gum and carboxymethyl cellulose' in the Food Chemistry journal (Impact Factor 2022 = 9.231, Q1 Tier 1) ranking it at 8 out of 143 in Food Science & Technology.

BEST PAPER AWARD

Received the Best Paper Award with the selected presentation entitled, "Intention to Invest in Green Stock among Malaysian Working Adults" at the 1st International Conference Symposium on Green Sustainable Technology and Management ICGSTM 2022 on 12 & 11 June 2022.

BEST PAPER AWARD

Won Best Paper Award for his paper entitled, "Mediating Effect of Goal Acquisition on the Relationship Between Personal Factor and Self-Directed Learning" at the International Academic Symposium of Social Science 2022 on 5 July 2022.

GREEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND GREEN FINANCE PRACTICES: AVENUE FOR SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS STARTUPS IN ASIA

Launched a book as an editor in collaboration with Emerald Publishing entitled, “Green Entrepreneurship and Green Finance Practices: Avenue for Sustainable Business Startups in Asia”.

EFFECT OF RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.) CERAMIDES SUPPLEMENTATION ON IMPROVING SKIN BARRIER FUNCTIONS AND DEPIGMENTATION: AN OPEN-LABEL PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Ts Dr Tan Chung Keat for his recent publication entitled, ‘Effect of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Ceramides Supplementation on Improving Skin Barrier Functions and Depigmentation: An Open-Label Prospective Study’ in Nutrients (Impact Factor 2021 = 6.706, Tier 1 Journal in Nutrition and Dietetics) in collaboration with Nexus Wise Sdn. Bhd.