Launching of Algae Biotechnology Consortium (ABC)

Launching of Algae Biotechnology Consortium (ABC)

29th April 2022 

Professor Ir Ts Dr Show Pau-Loke and ChM. Dr.Khoo Kuan Shiong initiated an algae biotechnology research initiative in January 2022 by outreaching all algae researchers around Asian to partivipate and exchange of algae strains to preserve and prevent these authentic algae strains to be extinct. Toward this direction of algae research initiative, the establishment of the Algae Biotechnology Consortium (ABC) was proposed to gather local/international institutions and industrial partners around the world to share the mutual benefits of these four major elements including: 

1. Algae Cultivation 
2. Algae Biotechnology
3. Algae Storage and Identification using Artificial Intelligence
4. Commercialization of Algae-based Products in Asian

 

 

Professor Ir Ts Dr Show Pau-Loke on the left

                                                                                              

 

Significant impact of Algae Biotechnology Consortium (ABC):

ABC aims to embrace algae biomass as an essential solution toward a sustainable planet over exhausted fossil fuel products. This would create an initiative toward a greener future through research-based education, public outreach and engagement as well as to promote the renewable energy of algae biomass to transform human society and the environment upon which it depends.
ABC also facilitate a future in which algae are the fundamental source of future food, energy,
nutrition,bioproducts, cosmatic, and ecological services for sustainable practices among societies
globally. Towards this algae research initiative, ABC is confident in creating an impact among
Malaysian and International communities in finding sustainable solutions for a greener future.

Official launching of Algae Biotechnology Consortium(ABC)

 
The establishment of the Algae Biotechnology Consortium(ABC) will be officiated at the opening
ceremony during the 6th International Conference and Postgraduate Colloquium for Environmental
Research 2022(POCER 2022) that will take place from 10th June 2022 at 8:00 am in Resort World Langkawi, Malaysia. More than 300 scientists, academicians, researchers, policy players, industry
partners, from 100 different universities and 30 countries will be present to inaugurate the
establishment of the Algae Biotechnology Consortium (ABC).

Institutions and Industrial Partners involved in the signing of Letter of Intent (LOI)
towards cstablishing an Algae Biotechnology Consortium (ABC):

 
Malaysia Local and Private Universities:

1. Unversiti Malaysa (UM),
2. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM),
3. Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM),
4. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT),
5. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM),
6. Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM),
7. Xiamen University Malaysia (XMU),
8. Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP),
9. University of Technology Sarawak (UTS),
10. Curtin University Malaysia (CUM)
11. UCSI University, Malaysia (UCSI
12. Monash University, Malaysia (MUM)
    

International University:

1.  National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan),
2. Wenzhou University (China),
3. Chongqing University (China),
4. Pennsylvania State University (USA),
5. Kobe University (Japan),
6. University of Seoul (Korea)
7. Saveetha University (India)
8. King Mongkut's University Of Technology North Bangkok (Thailand)
9. Tunghai University (Taiwan)
10. Kobe University (Japan). 
11. De La Salle University (Philippine)
12. Scotland's Rural College (UK)
13. Cape Breton University (Canada)
14. Universiy of Stavanger (UiS), Stavanger, (Norway)

 

Industry Partners:

1.  Biolina Corporation Sdn Bhd (Malaysia),
2. Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Malaysia),
3. AlgaeCytes Limited (UK)
4. Nutriomics Limited (NZ)