Postgraduate students (Master and PhD students), Post Doctorate, Academicians, Researchers (Government and non-government institution) and Life Science Service Providers (Company, agency).

• Dr. Ahmad Bazli Ramzi received his Bachelor and PhD degrees from University of Malaya (Malaysia) and Korea University (South Korea), respectively, with major in Biotechnology. He assumed post-doctoral fellow position and currently, works as a research fellow at the Institute of Systems Biology (INBIOSIS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia. He is actively working with national and international institutions for promoting microbial synthetic biology research through various R&D platforms including as plenary and invited speaker at 12th Malaysia International Genetics Congress 2017 (MiGC12), Symposium on Promoting Institutional Oversight to Address Biosecurity Threats from Emerging Technologies 2019 and AFOB-MC International Symposium (AFOBMCIS) 2021.

• He is the principal investigator for several research projects awarded by UKM and national agencies including Yayasan Penyelidikan Antartika Sultan Mizan (YPASM) Fellowship and Ministry of Education (MOE) FRGS Scheme. Dr. Bazli has established international partnership with United Kingdom (UK) synthetic biology centres at University of Manchester (SYNBIOCHEM, UoM) and University of Nottingham (SBRC Nottingham, UoN) where his collaborative projects have received funding from UoN International Collaboration Fund and Global Doctoral Research Network (GOLDEN) Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) - PhD Studentship 2020 programmes.

• His research group pursued towards integrating the multidisciplinary fields of Biological Engineering, Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology as biotechnological tools for translational research in Malaysia. With the aim of promoting industrial and CRISPR biotechnology, Dr. Bazli group specialize in chassis optimization, bioproduction (Specialty and fine chemicals), biotherapeutics (Engineered live biotherapeutics) and CRISPR technology (CRISPR-Cas9 and Cas13) using in-house Bioengineering and iCRISPR modules. Using omics-guided approaches, his group seeks to develop innovative solutions for addressing environmental and industrial problems including plastic waste pollution (Plastic bioconversion and biomonomer production) and oil palm basal stem rot disease (Ganoderma functional and biopesticide studies). Dr. Ahmad Bazli can be contacted via email; bazliramzi@ukm.edu.my. 

• Dr. Hamidun Bunawan obtained his PhD and received intensive synthetic biology training at Bristol University, United Kingdom. His research activities have been centred around the investigating range of interconnecting themes that include bioengineering, biotechnology, systems and synthetic biology.

• His signature project comprises constructing the synthetic virus of Rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV) and Rice tungro spherical virus (RTSV) as a powerful platform to delve deeper into the function of viruses. His research interest also extends to the microbial host’s metabolic engineering, mainly using yeast to produce plant anthocyanin and genetic manipulation of antibiotics produced by Lactobacillus and Trichoderma.

• Please feel free to contact Dr. Hamidun Bunawan (hamidun.bunawan@ukm.edu.my) for research and industrial projects collaboration.