Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), through its School of Graduate Studies (SGS), in collaboration with the Biosafety Unit, Research Management Centre (RMC) is organising a seminar on Biosafety and Biosecurity for postgraduate students. Details of the following event are as follows:
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Abdul Rahman Omar (Director of Institute of Bioscience & Chairman of Institutional Biosafety Committee in UPM)
Seminar: Biosafety and Biosecurity
Date: 14 March 2018 (Wednesday)
Time: 10.00 am - 12.00 pm
Venue: Putra Sarjana Room 1, School of Graduate studies, UPM
Who should attend?
Postgraduate students that plan to work on unmodified (wild-type) microorganisms and genetically modified microorganisms of importance to human, plant, animal and environments.
Talk 1 : Biosafety and Biosecurity in Academic Research
Synopsis of the talk :
• Biohazard and Risk Group Classification
• Legal framework
• Biosafety & Biosecurity and how it relate to your work
• Best practises in Biosafety and Biosecurity
Talk 2 : Institutionalising Biosafety in UPM
Synopsis of the talk :
• UPM Institutional biosafety committee (IBC)
• Ethics in Research
• Scope of the Biosafety Act 2007
• Application Procedures
ONLY 90 PLACES ARE AVAILABLE!
To register, kindly click the following URL:
https://goo.gl/forms/BamoKZ1WfPC0IXA53
