Fakhrul Rodhi's

Assalam and hi. So, this week is our last week for this semester. We learned about Microbial Growth, Microbial Metabolism and the Nutritional Requirement of the microbes. This week also, we had our 3 Minute Talk (3MT) session for our Adopt A Microbe programme. Basically, everyone need to talk about what they know or they learn or they understand on their chosen microorganisms, For me, I chose Paenibacillus vortex. P. vortex  is actually a very useful bacteria especially for plants. They are a part of rhizosphere community that live with the plant and help fighting the plant pathogens. They have wide range of antimicrobial properties that can use to make antibiotics in order to kill other species of bacteria. So, here is my poster/slide of the talk.   At the end of our class, we had a small feast as Dr Wan bought us cakes and beverages. The chocolate cake was so goooooood! We took pictures together with Dr Wan. It was a good ending for this semester. Thank you all!

Hello all! This week is such a hectic week to begin with. It was really tiring but it really worth and I'm so thankful to be a part of this week. For this week, we learned about Disinfectant and Sanitation, we also learn on Microbial Growth. But the highlight of this week is the Microbes Invention, Innovation and Ideation Challenge where the courses that took part in this program are Microbiology students, Biotechnology students and the Biocellular students. We teamed up to came up various products that use microorganisms for the production. For my team, we chose Chitosan Soluble Pills where we extract chitosan from chitin of the fungus, Rhizopus oryzae. This product is actually used to lengthen the shelf life of agricultural products especially fruits that undergoes ripening in short period of time. The chitosan form a coating for the fruits that lengthen their ripening period and actually consumable. It is also biodegradable and nature-friendly. Here is some photos from our MI

Hi peeps! This week, Dr Wan taught us more about Viruses, Viriods and Prions. Basically, a virus is an infectious particle that reproduces by commandeering a host cell and using its machinery to make more viruses. A virus is made up of a DNA or RNA genome inside a protein shell called a capsid. Some viruses have an internal or external membrane envelope. Viroid is a piece of RNA without a protein coat responsible for several plant disease. Prions is consist of single type of protein with no nucleic acid component.  We also were given a group task to find information on a single virus of our choice. My group chose the Rabies virus.  Rabies virus is a rod- or bullet-shaped, single-stranded, negative-sense, unsegmented, enveloped RNA virus. The virus genome encodes five proteins.  Placement within the family is based on the distinctive morphology of the virus particle. Cross- reactive nucleoprotein antigens or comparative genomic sequences determine inclusion in the genus  Lyssavir

This week instead of having class in the lecture room, we had our first road trip!!  We went to Institut Biosains (IBS), a place where the post graduate students done their researches and what not. Basically, the main reason we went to IBS is to learn more on Electron microscopy. Mr. Nazmi, a master degree student was the one who leads and guide us during the trip.  There, we met Kak Farah who is one of the staffs at IBS. She explained to us one the Scanning Electron Microscope, the Transmission Electron Microscope, the Ultramicrotome process and also the processes needed to be done for the sample to be observe under the microscope. She is such a friendly and nice person.  Here are some picture I want to share with you guys.  During our lab session this week, we had done the experiments on oxygen requirement for microbial growth and anaerobic system.  Basically, there are aerobic and anaerobic microbes that can be classified into:  Aerobic: Aerob