Water4Life 2: Clean water for Long Kahoo Penan community in Baram Sarawak

A small team of engineers, pharmacists and biomedical scientist, staff and alumni, from the University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM) and Engineers Without Borders Malaysia (EWBM) successfully complete a clean water piping project that channels spring water from a nearby tributary (Long Jilen) for a Penan community in Long Kahoo, in mid-August 2024. Traditionally nomadic hunter-gatherers, …

Water4Life 2: A clean water project for a Penan community in Sarawak

In mid-August 2024, a team of six professionals—including engineers, a biomedical scientist, and pharmacists—from the University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM) and Engineers Without Borders Malaysia (EWBM) will be travelling to Long Kahoo, Baram, Sarawak. Their goal is to complete a water system that channels spring water into the village, sustainably improving the living conditions of …

Experience Sharing: Summer Internship at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

By Chong Ka Sheng (James), who is currently a Year 2 Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) student at UNM.    Where did you do your summer internship? How long was it?  I did my summer internship at GSK, Quill 9 PJ. It was a 3-months journey.   What did it involve? As an External Expert Engagement …

Plastic World and Plastic Education Workshop

One summer holiday, I went to a beautiful island in Borneo with my family. I was looking forward to enjoying the white sandy beach and the clear blue sea. To my dismay, the beach on the island was littered with plastic rubbish. Looking at my kids cleaning up the beach (Figure 1), it left a …

Vice-Chancellor’s Medal 2020 Group Winners

The warmest congratulations to Vice-Chancellor’s Medal 2020 Group Winners i.e. Vanitha Singaram, Siti Nor Asma and Chong Zhi Xiong from the School of Pharmacy and Division of Biomedical Sciences! They were nominated by Prof Ting Kang Nee. Read the details of their achievements below: “We received a Cascade Award in May 2017 for three years to run a project entitled “Promoting science …

Participation in Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) as A Final Year Project Student

Featured group photo with Dr New (middle), Yee Wei, Jessica, Zheng Wei, and Jing Luen (left to right). Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) is an annual event aimed to provide inventors and innovators with a platform to promote their inventions and establish their identity to industries and investors. MTE 2020 was held at World Trade Centre …

UNM-Biomed/AAPS-NUS PharmSci@Asia Symposium in UNM

The UNM-Biomed/AAPS-NYS PharmSci@Asia Symposium is the first co-organised event by the School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) – National University Singapore (NUS) Student Chapter. The theme for this year is ‘Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Science in an Evolving Healthcare Landscape’ which aims to share and present …