Sunday, June 15, 2008

Proceedings of the Third National Congress on Biology


The Third National Congress on Biology-Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics was held at Empire Hotel and Country Club, Bandar Seri Begawan, 4 December 2005. The Guest of Honour was YM Dato Paduka Dr Awang Hj Ismail bin Hj Duraman, Vice Chancellor of Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
The Congress was supported by Research and Development Unit of the Ministry of Development.
The book on the Proceedings of the Congress was published in June 2007. The hardcover (ISBN:99917-1-206-2) costs $18 and softcover costs $15 (ISBN: 9917-1-207-0). A copy of APBIOKNOPPIX 2/BIOSLAX CD is also included in the book
Contact Dr Zohrah at zohrah.sulaiman@gmail.com to get a copy of the proceedings.
The content of the Proceedings is as follows:
Preface
Introduction
Biodiversity, biotechnology and bioinformatics in the biology context by Zohrah Hj Sulaiman
Biotechnology protecting biodiversity and productivity by Jenny Ovenden
Bioinformatics: Education and trends in the new biology by Tan Tin Wee
Bioinformatics Workshop by Tan Tin Wee
Photographs taken during the Thrid National Congress on Biology