January 2001
Start of CARIF
laboratories at
SJMC with
6
scientists. |
August 2002
CARIF moved into
state-of-the-art custom
built laboratory facilities
in SJMC, sponsored by
PETRONAS. |
October 2002
Official Launch of CARIF by former
Prime Minister,
Tun Mahathir
Mohamed. |
January 2003
CARIF commissioned the first Affymetrix
microarray platform in Malaysia for Gene
Expression studies. With the generous
sponsorship from PETRONAS, CARIF and
other Malaysian researchers have access to this
latest whole genome expression study facility. |
February 2003
CARIF commissioned the first PALM laser-microdissection
platform in Malaysia. This system was also
sponsored by PETRONAS and is currently used by
not just CARIF researchers but by many
other Malaysian researchers. |
March 2004
CARIF established Malaysia’s first oral
cancer cell line derived from a Malaysian
patient. |
March 2004
CARIF’s first PhD Scholar completed her
PhD programme and returned to CARIF as a
Post-Doctoral Research Scientist. |
June 2004
CARIF screened its 100th plant extract
for photosensitisers in the Photodynamic Therapy
project. |
November 2004
MOU was signed between CARIF and
University College London (UCL). |
April 2005
CARIF’s Group Leader for the Oral Cancer
Project was awarded the Norman-Rowe Education
Trust for most outstanding poster presentation
during the 10th International Congress on Oral
Cancer, Crete. |
July 2005
CARIF is the first private research
facility to be awarded IRPA funding from the
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI).
Value of the research grant was RM3.82 million
for 5 years.
|
August 2005
500th blood sample collected from breast cancer
patient at the Breast Cancer Clinic in UMMC. At
the moment, this is the largest breast cancer
patient cohort in a single study in Malaysia.
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