Achievements

BRONZE PRIZE AT THE 2021 SEOUL INTERNATIONAL INVENTION FAIR (SIIF 2021)

Congratulations to the team for winning Bronze Prize at the 2021 Seoul International Invention Fair (SIIF 2021), Seoul, Korea. 1 – 4 December 2021

For their invention TL7, A New Natural Bioactive Loaded Microsphere Anti-Pigment Cream.

YSN-ASM CHRYSALIS AWARD 2021

For winning Second Place Winner, Best Presenter Award and Best Team Award & Special Chrysalis Poster Award at the YSN-ASM Chrysalis Award 2021 organised by Young Scientist Network – Academy of Sciences Malaysia

WINNER OF THE BEST POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD

Congratulations for winning the Best Poster Presentation Award for his research work on “Ligand Based Pharmacophore Modelling and Virtual Screening Studies for the Discovery of Natural Product Based PDE3/4 Dual Inhibitors” at the 5^th International Symposium on Bioinformatics (InSyB2021). 

MALAYSIA BOOK OF RECORD - THE BIGGEST WALL MURAL PAINTING

Congratulations to Edna Lee for being listed in the Malaysia Book of Record for completing the biggest wall mural painting at UCSI Hospital. She painted the mural all by herself from April 2021 to June 2021.

WINNER OF THE CARING FOR SIGHT DESIGN COMPETITION

Winner of the Caring For Sight Design Competition, bagged RM1,000. Her winning digital sketch design featured a boy appreciating the beautiful view of a night sky with his eyes to convey the message, that simple things in life can only be enjoyed when we do not take our eye sight for granted. Her design was printed on a charity pouch that available in L’OCCITANE stores nationwide from October 2021.

IUNS INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CAPACITY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN NUTRITION SCIENCES.

Nurulsyahirah was selected as one of the participants for the IUNS International Workshop on Capacity and Leadership Development in Nutrition Sciences.

She is one of the 20 young researchers selected from Asian countries to participate in this workshop.

CONGRATULATIONS TAN ZHI XIN

Achiever of Academic Excellence and Scholarship Award by UCSI University Trust. She has been appointed as the head of human resources department of MindFlu, a youth initiative from UCSI University in advocating mental well-being and social inclusion.

MindFlu was selected as one of the best three in the Project for Happiness by the Khind Starfish Foundation for the second year in a row. She works hand in hand with the refractive surgeon and plays a role in refractive surgery co-management.

BEST POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD AT THE 45TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE MALAYSIAN SOCIETY FOR BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021

Chan Chong Joo, a PhD student from the Faculty of Applied Sciences was awarded the Best Poster Presentation Award out of 69 posters presented, at the 45^th Annual Conference of The Malaysian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in conjunction with the 2^nd International Health and Medical Science Conference, on 18 to 19 August 2021. This event was in collaboration with the Young Scientist Network Malaysia (YSN).

The title of his poster presentation was "Downregulation of Specific Immunoglobulins Responses in Mice Fed with Recombinant Lactococcus Lactis Harbouring Ara H 2.02b Peanut Allergen". His supervisor was Associate Professor Dr Renee Lim Lay Hong from the Faculty of Applied Sciences.

CONGRATULATIONS CHAI CHANG SHIA

- Currently practising clinical optometry and attaching with one of the glaucoma specialists at a well-known eye specialist centre in Johor Bahru.

CONGRATULATIONS PRISCILLA CHUNG CHAI HSIA

- Employed by Eyesight Optic Sdn Bhd as an optometrist since 2021.
- Participated in the Refugees Volunteering Teaching Session under Hands of Hope (HOH).