Dear student,
Universiti Putra Malaysia, through its School of Graduate Studies, in collaboration with the Biosafety Unit, Research Management Centre (RMC) is organizing a talk event on Biosafety and Biosecurity for postgraduate students which will be held as follows:
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Zunita Zakaria (Director, Institute of Bioscience, UPM)
Title: Seminar of Biosafety and Biosecurity Series 1/2021
Date: 30 April 2021 (Friday)
Time: 9.00 am - 12.00 pm
Event Application: ZOOM
Request to click on the following link to join the meeting (kindly sign in using your real name):
https://zoom.us/j/97199422085?pwd=N2YyQnJnR2Z5THBxMGQ0RGhPNmFoQT09
Meeting ID: 971 9942 2085
Passcode: M1zbGe
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 practices 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)
Certificate of attendance will be awarded.
To register, kindly click
here
ONLY 95 PLACES ARE AVAILABLE!
Thank you.
