Research & Development
Annual Report 2018

FSc researcher awarded with KSMCB Travel Grant Award

D. Sinouvassane, an academic from the Department of Biomedical Science of UTAR’s Faculty of Science (FSc) won the KSMCB Travel Grant Award in the International Conference: Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology 2018 (KSMCB) held at COEX Centre, Seoul in Korea from 17 to 19 September 2018.

His paper titled “Biochemical Responses of Nutrient Microalga Spirulina platensis to Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Toxicity” won the Travel Grant Award and he walked away with a cash prize of USD520.

Sinouvassane is also a doctoral candidate at UTAR FSc under the guidance of Prof Dr Lim Yang Mooi from UTAR’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and Dr Lee Poh Foong from UTAR’s Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, both in Sungai Long Campus.

From left: Prof Lim, Sinouvassane and Dr Lee with the Travel Grant Award