L’ORÉAL MALAYSIA FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE FELLOWSHIPS

RECIPIENTS IN YEAR 2008

 

SHARANIZA ABDUL RAHIM

PhD Student
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Faculty of Medicine Universiti Malaya

Winning Project:

Her research uses proteomic technologies to investigate the protein markers with possible roles in assessment of articular cartilage disease as well as improving transplant therapy. read more>>

 

DR SHARMILI VIDYADARAN

Senior Lecturer
Department of Pathology
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Universiti Putra Malaysia

Winning Project:

Her research is to determine the immunosuppressive capacity of mesenchymal stem cells on microglia cells (the inflammatory cells within the nervous system). The long-term implication of this project is to improve or limit progression of neurodegenerative diseases such as  Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease etc. read more>>

 

DR CHEONG SOK CHING

Research Group Leader
Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF)

Winning Project:

Her project involves establishing laboratory models to understand key genetic events in oral cancer development and subsequently to target these genes for cancer treatment. read more>>