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Biodiversity Centre’s public talks on 26 and 27 May

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KUCHING: The Sarawak Biodiversity Centre will hold two public awareness talks on 26 and 27 May at Chinahouse, Old Courthouse here.

The first talk on 26 May is entitled “Marine Biodiversity as a Starting Point for Drug Discovery and Development”, and will be presented by Dr Hendrik Luesch.  The talk will begin at 7.30pm.

Dr Luesch is the Director of the Center of Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development at the University of Florida, and co-founder and CSO of Oceanyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

During his talk Dr Luesch will present an overview of natural products from marine biodiversity, and interesting experiences he has encountered through his pursuit from discoveries from marine biodiversity.  He will also provide an insight into his team’s research findings.

The second talk on 27 May will start at 3.00pm and will be delivered by Dr Russell Barrow.

Dr Barrow is an Associate Professor with the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University.

Titled “Everything is Chemistry”, Dr Barrow’s talk will demonstrate how chemistry plays a large role in our daily lives – from the recipes that we cook to the shampoo that we use to wash our hair.

Both talks are open to members of the public, and are free of charge.

Those interested in attending these talks can register by providing their names and contact details via email to biosar@sbc.org.my  or by calling Mr Ha-Mim or Ms Nurulliza at 082-610610. 

Encl: photos of Dr Hendrik Luesch and Dr Russell Barrow

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