The story of Brown Rice: The Science, The Business and Survival during Pandemic

Dear all,

 

You are cordially invited to the webinar session featuring Prof. Dr. Wickneswari Ratnam, an honorary professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), UKM, and MSAB fellow, on research product commercialization. This webinar is organized by MSAB in collaboration with the Faculty of Science and Technology, UKM.

 

Details of the seminar is as follows:
Title: The story of Brown Rice: The Science, The Business and Survival during Pandemic
Date: 27 January 2022 (Thursday)
Time: 9.30- 11.00 am
Meeting ID: 950 0955 7763
Passcode: fst2022

 

Please register your interest to attend by completing the google form at the following link: https://forms.gle/PsRFSdL2Fm3VcbBs9
Brief background of Prof Wickneswari Ratnam
Prof. Wickneswari Ratnam is an Honorary Professor at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), with 35 years of experience in plant genetics and biotechnology. She is a fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia since 2012 and a fellow of the Malaysian Society for Applied Biology since 2018. She is the founder and Managing Director of Nomatech Sdn. Bhd., a start-up company on agricultural innovations since 2016. Her research interests are on genetic diversity and the inheritance of traits and genes, especially in rice. She has led national and international research projects on QTL mapping in rice and the genetic improvement of biotic and abiotic stress in rice. She has 6 IPs on New Plant Varieties of rice and commercialized 3 New Plant Varieties of rice. She is the Chief Editor of Malaysia Applied Biology and an Associate Editor of Tree Genetics and Genomes. Her publications (Google Scholar: Total citation index = 3464; H-index = 30, Scopus: Total Citation Index = 1754, H-index = 24) include book and book chapters (16), journal papers (132), proceedings (>100) and seminar abstracts (>150).