Enzyme & Microbial Technology Research Center - EMTech

We are proud to celebrate EMTech’s postgraduate students at Malaysian Society for Microbiology Postgraduate Symposium (MSMPS) 2025.

👏 Puan Sheau Ling won the Young Scientist Award (Emerging Scientist) for her oral presentation on optimizing and scaling up antimicrobial compounds from Bacillus velezensis PD9, paving the way for alternatives to antibiotics.

👏 Yogaletchumy Seevanathan impressed with her poster on identifying trehalulose-producing microbes from stingless bees, opening opportunities for large-scale production of this health-promoting sugar.

Kudos to both for representing EMTech with excellence and contributing to science, health, and sustainability!

Congratulations from EMTech!
We are proud to announce that the following postgraduate students have successfully completed their presentations at the 43rd Biotech Colloquium (Semester 2, 2024/2025) held on 22 July 2025 at the Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UPM.

PhD Final Seminar Presentations:

🎓 Afifah Husna Binti Mat Saad
Project: Solvent-Free Biodiesel Synthesis Using Immobilized Reconstructed Ancestral Lipase LUCA
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mohd Shukuri Mohamad Ali

🎓 Hu Jintao
Project: Enzymatic Conversion of Waste Cooking Oil into Biofuel: Structure Identification and Process Optimization
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mohd Shukuri Mohamad Ali

🎓 Ibrahim Ahmad
Project: Structural and Functional Analysis of Recombinant Oil Palm Defensin (RegK) as α-Amylase Inhibitor
Supervisor: Dr. Fairolniza Mohd Shariff

PhD Proposal Seminar Presentation:

🧬 Tan Chun Keat
Project: Evaluating the Impact of Trichanthera gigantea and ASR-Engineered Phytase Supplementation on Broiler Chicken
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adam Leow Thean Chor

We congratulate our students and their supervisors on this milestone and look forward to more impactful research from EMTech!

Academic Visit from Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta (UAJY), Indonesia

On 5th June 2025, the Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UPM, welcomed a delegation from the Faculty of Biotechnology, Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta (UAJY), Indonesia, for an academic visit.

As part of the visit, the delegation toured the Enzyme and Microbial Technology Research Centre (EMTech), where they were introduced to our ongoing research initiatives and facilities.

We extend our sincere appreciation to the UAJY delegation for the engaging discussions and keen interest in future collaborations. We look forward to fostering meaningful partnerships and advancing biotechnology research together.

Congratulations to EMTech Members on Their Achievements at the 2024 Faculty of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences (FBSB) Staff Excellence Awards

Heartiest congratulations to all EMTech members for their outstanding success at the 2024 FBSB Staff Excellence Awards Ceremony, held on 27 May 2025 at The Olive8, Pusat Perniagaan Olive Hill, Bukit Serdang. The awards received span across research excellence, as well as impactful contributions in community engagement and industry collaboration.
We proudly celebrate the achievements of:

Prof. Dr. Mohd Shukuri Mohamad Ali
Awards:
• First Place – Impactful Publication Award (Professor Category)
• First Place – Best Innovation Award
• Industry and Community Networking Project Award (International)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siti Nurbaya Oslan
Awards:
• First Place – Impactful Publication Award (Associate Professor Category)
• Second Place – Best Innovation Award

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Leow Adam Leow Thean Chor
Awards:
• Second Place – Impactful Publication Award (Associate Professor Category)
• High Impact Industrial Project Award (National)

Dr. Noor Dina Muhd Noor
Awards:
• Highest Impact Value Community Project Award
• High Impact Community Project Award (National)

May this recognition serve as a continued source of motivation and inspiration to strive for greater excellence and impact in the future.

We’re thrilled to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our EMTech Award Winners 2024 🎉

Congratulations to the recipients of the Researcher of the Year, Miss Congeniality (Dual winners), and Al-Biruni Academic Award. Your hard work, passion, and dedication continue to inspire us all.

Well done and keep shining!

On March 12 (11 Ramadhan), we came together for a beautiful evening of reflection, gratitude, and togetherness at the EMTech Annual Iftar.

It was heartwarming to see P*s, students, and their families gathered, starting with a Tahlil ceremony, followed by Iftar—a beautiful moment of unity and togetherness.

The night was also an opportunity to celebrate the incredible contributions within our research group. A big shoutout to this year’s well-deserved award recipients:

🏆 Researcher of the Year – Ameera Aisyah
📖 Al-Biruni Academic Award – Adamu
💐 Mrs. Congeniality – Afifah Husna & Sahar

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined and made the evening special. Looking forward to more moments like this in the future. Ramadhan Mubarak to all! 🌙💖