EMAN OFFICIAL WEBSITE IS CURRENTLY DOWN

Sad to say, our official website is currently down due to some problems with our server. For those who are interested to know about  EMAN services, the brochure and form can be downloaded from the links below:

•  Sample Submission Form  CLICK HERE
• EMAN Brochure CLICK HERE

You can also contact us at this address:

EMAN Testing and Research Laboratory

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Department of Pharmacology

University Science Malaysia

11800 Penang

Malaysia

+6 046 532 880/+6 046 532 182

+6 046 570 017

 inquiries.eman@usm.my

 inquiries.eman@gmail.com

EMAN'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Please visit http://eman.usm.my for more information.

Bon Voyage, Muath.

On the 28 th of February, we had Muath's farewell party at Dr. Amin's house. Muath's research was on the DNA binding studies. He will be going back to Palestine on the 1st of March. Hope everything goes well . He will further his studies soon, InsyaAllah in the land of Hubert de Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, and Christian Louboutin. Hopefully insyaAllah. May Allah bless you in whatever you do, in your studies, in your career, and in your life.

We will miss you and all the best from all of us, EMAN laboratories.

PECIPTA 2009 : SILVER MEDAL

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Amin Malik Shah Abdul Majid, Hayder B. Sahib, Prof. Zahri Ismail, Dr. Salizawati M. Salhimi, Dr. Zaini Asmawi, M. Jamshed Siddiqui, and Khalid Hussin. Of course, not forgetting, Abdalrahim F.A. Aisha, Saleh Mustafa Al-Omari, and Norshirin Idris. 

The team won silver for product , Canssufive which is an inhibitor of angiogenesis and enhancer of Tamoxifen activity.

PECIPTA 2009 was held at KLCC on 8-10 October 2009 and was organized by Universiti Malaya. It was an annual  high profile Malaysia research exhibition where participants come from institutions of higher learning inside and outside of Malaysia.

AbdalRahim F. A. Aisha

A Lil Bit About Me:

Abdalrahim was born and grew up in small village near Nablus city of Palestine. His Bachelor’s degree was in Medical Laboratory Analysis in 1997 and his Master’s degree was in Biological Sciences in 2002 and both were obtained from An Najah National University of Palestine. He was working six years from 2002 to 2008 as a teacher in governmental section in Palestine. Since June 2008 he is enrolled in PhD programme at Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USM. His research area is cancer therapeutics from natural products and especially from medicinal plants. His principal goal is to find a potent and coast effective anticancer drug from medicinal plants. He realized that a researcher life is his life and so he devoted most of his time for his research. He likes cooking especially Barbeque. Here he enjoys the beautiful nature of Malaysia with his beloved wife and his daughters Marah and Jana.

Research interests:

I'm interested in studying the anti-angiogenic activity of low molecular weight natural products for the treatment of different kinds of cancer. Besides that, I’m also want to explore the potential of natural products that I selected as anti-androgens and anti-estrogens for the treatment of both prostrate and breast cancers respectively.

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PRESS CONFERENCE : CANSSUFIVE

The press conference was held on  21 October 2009, Wednesday at 11 am at Level 6 Canselory Building at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang Campus.

 

EMAN group of researchers  has succeeded in producing standardised “Misai Kucing” (Orthosiphon Stamineus) herbal extract for the treatment of cancer.This novel  herbal extract is presented in the form of a pill is called CANSSUFIVE. Our group, headed by Dr. Amin Malik Shah has found out that Misai Kucing (literally meaning, Cat”s Whiskers), has high anti-oxidant content that could prevent and control the growth of cancer cells. 

“CANSSUFIVE shows very promising results in breast cancer treatment when given together with chemotherapy,”- Dr. Amin Malik Shah bin Abdul Majid

Dr. Amin said, the Misai Kucing extract named “CANSSUFIVE” was tested on animals and found to retard blood vessel development, thus preventing the cancel cells from spreading to tissues and other organs. He also planned to do clinical study on the effectiveness of Canssufive on humans as soon as possible so that cancer patients and others can get it on the market.

Nahdzatul Syima Binti Muslim

 A Lil Bit About Me:

Syima was born in Alor Star, Kedah in 8th of May 1985; where her family was living back then, before they moved to Kulim due to her mother and father’s work. She happily enjoyed her small town life in Kulim until she completed her high school days in Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Badlishah, Kulim in 2002. Then she continued to study Industrial Chemistry (Diploma) in Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perlis (a small state, yet a great place for cheap but yummy delicacies, lots of places to tour in with unique culture blending in and not to mention the chance to cross the border to Thailand!) until she graduated in September 2006. She went to study for bachelor degree in Applied Chemistry in Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam (the capital of Selangor with attracting shopping malls, near to KL, Klang, pricey food though) until she graduated in November 2008. Currently she’s a M.Sc student under the supervision of Dr. Amin Malik Shah Abdul Majid and her work involves bacterial work in which she is keen to study the expression of IFN – α in E. coli strains. The production of interferons shall be upscaled using our own 3-L biofermentor. The medium to be used will also be replaced with non – animal based medium. Previously during her undergraduates’ days, Syima had experiences of working with HPLC for her final year thesis. Apart from that, she also had experiences of working with AAS, UV-Vis and GC. Syima enjoys gardening around her family house, playing with her cats, playing games, watching movies and listening to music to fill in her free time. Syima is now residing in Seberang Jaya, Pulau Pinang with her family.


Research Interest:

I’m interested in expressing interferon – α using E. coli as the host and cloning the protein so that greater amount of the protein can be produced using a biofermentor. In order to do so, we need to setup the most suitable operating conditions, so that to ensure highest yield and purity of protein can be achieved. The media that will be used in the study will also be replaced with non – animal based media. In this study, interferons is the proteins of interest because interferons generally have the potential of anti – viral, anti – tumor and immunomodulatory activities, which in turn will enables them to be used as therapeutic agents (Nagamine et al, 2009). For these reasons, we are interested in expressing the stated protein, so that if we are capable to produce the product in greater amount, it might have potential to be combined with other kind of drugs to serve as therapeutic agents. We are also interested in optimizing the operating conditions of the biofermentor since it affect cell cultivation performance, and also gene expression. The knowledge of the biofermentor can then be applied in cultivating other types of cells in future.

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