August 2005
CARIF won 1 Gold Award (Innovative
Research Category) and 1 Silver Award
(Fundamental Research Category) at the 2005 UM
Expo on Research, Inventions and Innovations. |
September 2005
CARIF won the Young Investigator’s award,
the First and Second Prize for Best Poster in
Applied Science Category at the 1st Regional
Conference on Molecular Medicine. |
October 2005
CARIF’s first PDT paper, demonstrating
that PDT can kill cancer cells regardless of p53
status, is published in Cancer Chemotherapy and
Pharmacology. |
October 2005
MOU was signed between CARIF and the
Sarawak Biodiversity Centre to access extracts
of plants from Sarawak. |
November 2005
MOU was signed between CARIF and the
Forest Research Institute Malaysia to access
extracts from the forest reserves in Malaysia. |
November 2005
CARIF’s Group Leader for the Oral Cancer
Project was awarded the UICC International
Cancer Fellowship for an attachment at the
National Institute of Health (NIH), Bethesda,
USA. |
December 2005
CARIF’s PDT paper on the isolation and
characterization of novel photosensitisers
from Malaysian plants is published in Chemistry
and Biodiversity. |
March 2006
CARIF’s Project Manager graduates as the
first Associate Genetic Counsellor for familial
cancers in Malaysia registered with the Human
Genetic Society Australasia. |
June 2006
CARIF screened its 800th plant extract
for photosensitisers in the Photodynamic Therapy
project. |
August 2006
CARIF won 2 Bronze awards at the 2006 UM
Expo on Research, Inventions and Innovation. |
September 2006
CARIF was the beneficiary of the Terry
Fox Run Kuala Lumpur 2006, which attracted an
unprecedented 9,500 participants at the Lake
Gardens. From this event, RM280,000 was donated
to CARIF in support of cancer research in
Malaysia. |
October 2006
MOU was signed between CARIF and Sime
Darby Technology Centre to access extracts of
plants from West Malaysia.
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December 2006
CARIF was awarded two e-Science grants
from Ministry of Science, Technology and
Innovation (MOSTI) for two cancer projects. |
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