Dear students,
Universiti Putra Malaysia, through its School of Graduate Studies, in collaboration with the Biosafety Unit, Research Management Centre (RMC) is organising a talk event on Biosafety and Biosecurity for postgraduate students which will be held as follows:
Speaker: Dr Nor Yasmin Abd Rahaman (Senior Lecturer, Department of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosis, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UPM)
Title: Biosafety and Biosecurity
Date: 12 December 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 9.00 am - 12.00 pm
Venue: Putra Sarjana Room, Ground Floor, School of Graduate Studies, UPM
Who should attend?
Postgraduate students who plan to and working on biological agents either unmodified (wild-type) microorganisms and/or genetically modified microorganisms of importance to humans, plants, animals and environments.
Talk 1: Biosafety and Biosecurity in Academic Research
Synopsis of the talk:
• Awareness of Biosafety and Biosecurity
• Biohazard and Risk Group Classification
• Classification of Biosafety Laboratory (BSL) Level 1, 2 and 3
• Biological Waste Management
• Best practises and Code of Conduct in Biosafety and Biosecurity
Talk 2: Biological Risk Assessment
Synopsis of the talk:
• Biorisk Management Standard
• Process of Biological Risk Assessment
• Biological Risk Mitigation
• Law, regulation, guidelines related to Biosafety (Biosafety Act 2007)
• UPM Institutional biosafety committee (IBC)
Kindly access the following URL for the bionotes of the above-mentioned speaker:
https://sgs.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/20191114143105Bionotes_-_Dr._Nor_Yasmin_binti_Abd_Rahaman.pdf
Certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the seminar.
To register, kindly click the following URL:
https://forms.gle/GrvkXcMMUhyzzDKt8
ONLY 90 PLACES ARE AVAILABLE!
Thank you.
"WITH KNOWLEDGE WE SERVE"
Best wishes,
MOHAMAD HAFIZ MOHAMAD
Assistant Registrar
Student Affairs, Learning Support and Publication
School of Graduate Studies
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Tel: 603-9769 4245 / 4143
Email: mhafizm@upm.edu.my
