UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute

UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute
Established 2003 (2003)
Research type Basic (non-clinical)
Field of research
 Cancer, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Biomedicine
Director Shamsul Azhar Shah
Location Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur
Campus UKM Medical Centre
Affiliations National University of Malaysia
Website www.ukm.my/umbi

The UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute, usually referred to as UMBI, is a biomedicine and cancer research institute located in Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The institute is one of research institute in National University of Malaysia. UMBI was established in 2003[1]. The institute has been recognized as a Center for Excellence in Higher Education (HICoE) in 2009 by the Prime Minister of Malaysia[2].

History

The UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute (UMBI) was founded as one of the Centre of Excellent in UKM after the apporal from the National University of Malaysia senate meeting. UMBI was officially established in July 2003 with the operating budget allocated to this new institute of RM 25 thousand.[3]. Professor Datuk Dr. A Rahman A Jamal has been appointed as a founding director of UMBI since 2003 until his tenure end in 2017[4].

References

  1. ↑ "History of UMBI UKM".
  2. ↑ "UMBI recognised as a Centre for Excellence in Higher Education (HICoE) in 2009".
  3. ↑ "UMBI establishment in 2003".
  4. ↑ "A Rahman A Jamal as a founding director from 2003 until 2017".
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