Activities
Past Events - Year 2019
Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Congress Asia 2019
SSMB social dinner on 2 Sept 2019 at The Line @ Shangri-la
Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Congress Asia 2019
About the Event :
The event will discuss the maintopics as below:
Specific focus areas include:
- Regional and global perspectives, trends and implication
- Regulatory compliances and considerations
- Personalised nutrition and emerging technologies
- Gut wellness/Probiotics/Phytochemicals
- Case studies / Academic-Commercial partnerships
The Scientific Advisory Committee, who provide expert advice to the Congress content, are:
- Michael Conlon, Senior Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
- Lee Yuan Kun, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Congress Asia 2019
About the Event :
The event will discuss the maintopics as below:
Specific focus areas include:
- Regional and global perspectives, trends and implication
- Regulatory compliances and considerations
- Personalised nutrition and emerging technologies
- Gut wellness/Probiotics/Phytochemicals
- Case studies / Academic-Commercial partnerships
The Scientific Advisory Committee, who provide expert advice to the Congress content, are:
- Michael Conlon, Senior Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
- Lee Yuan Kun, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
Workshop Announcement on Isolation and Culture of Anaerobic and Microaerobic Bacteria
The SSMB is organising a workshop on Isolation and Culture Of Anaerobic & Microaerobic Bacteria. Please note these details.
Date: 6 September 2019
Venue: NUS MD4, level 2 conference room.
Program:
Time | Duration | Event/Topic |
1:30 PM | 0:30 | Registration |
2:00 PM | 0:10 | DWS Company Introduction |
2:10 PM | 0:45 | Isolation and culture of anaerobic and microaerobic bacteria |
2:55 PM | 0:20 | Tea Break |
3:15 PM | 0:45 | A25 Demo & Hands On |
4:00 PM | – | Group Photo / Networking End of Seminar |
Post Event Photos:
Taken during demonstration on “Isolation and culture of anaerobic and microaerobic bacteria” by Lars Nordbrunch from Don Whitley Scientific, UK on 6 September in MD4, Conference room, NUS.
ICC-GCCMID 2019
Industry 4.0: Network and Sharing Session
Jointly organised by Singapore Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology (SSMB), American Society for Quality (ASQ) and Chokim Scientific (S) Pte Ltd
Date: 19 Aug 2019
Time: 2pm – 5:30pm
Venue: NUS, CRC Auditorium
Clinical Research Centre MD 11, 01-01
10 Medical Drive
Singapore 117597
To attend, please register with Serena at serenachan /@/ chokimscientific.com by 12 August 2019.
Updated program:
| Time | Duration | Event/Topic | Speaker |
| 1:30 PM | 0:30 | Registration | N US/Chokim |
| 2:00 PM | 0:05 | Opening Speech | Dr Dave Ow (SSMB) |
| 2:05 PM | 0:30 | Sharing on the Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) and the conformity assessment landscape | Singlas |
| 2:35 PM | 0:30 | Food Microbial Analysis and what it means | Dr Li Dan (NUS) |
| 3:05 PM | 0:10 | Introduction to Rapid Testing Methods | Serena (Chokim) |
| 3:15 PM | 0:45 | Validation of testing methods | Tiffany (Schlumberger) |
| 4:00 PM | 0:30 | Break & networking | |
| 4:30 PM | 0:15 | Evolution of Industry innovation & examples in SLB | Ritesh (Schlumberger) |
| 4:45 PM | 0:30 | Microscopic 4.0 applications | ASQ |
| 5:15 PM | 0:05 | Event closure & Group Photo Session | |
| 5:30 PM | Networking | ALL | |
Click here to download the poster of this workshop.
Please direct post event enquiry to chokim /@/ singnet.com.sg for more information.
ICIC & ISAAR 2019
We are pleased to informed that SSMB is a collaborating society of the ICIC & ISAAR 2019 symposium.
The ICIC (International Interscience Conference on Infection and Chemotherapy) was founded by the Korean Society for Infectious Diseases (KSID) in 2013.
The ISAAR (International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance) has been organized by the Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID) biennially since 1997.
The ICIC & ISAAR 2019 will provide a variety of programs with a strong emphasis on epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of emerging infectious diseases. They also will cover various issues on AMR and the development of new antimicrobial agents and vaccines. Special lectures and presentations by world-leading scientists and physicians can foster global solutions to the problems of infectious diseases and AMR.
Title: Joint Meeting of ICIC & ISAAR (ICIC & ISAAR 2019) 4th International Interscience Conference of Infection and Chemotherapy 12th International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance
Date: September 26-28, 2019
Theme: “Toward Ending Global Epidemic of Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance”
Venue: HICO, Gyeongju, Korea (www.crowncity.kr)
Website: www.icic-isaar2019.org / www.facebook.com/icicisaar2019
Secretariat: Suite 1712, Rosedale Officetel, 280,
Gwangpyeong-ro, Gangnam-gu Seoul, Korea
Tel: +82-70-8745-0327 / Fax: +82-2-6258-0327
11th Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB) Regional Symposium 2019
The 11th Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB) Regional Symposium 2019 was organised by Singapore Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology (SSMB) and Bioprocessing Technology Institute, A*STAR from 23 to 25 Jan 2019 in Biopolis. The theme for AFOB Regional Symposium 2019 was “Biotechnology for the Asian Century”. The aims of the symposium were to bring together Asian scientists working on emerging platform technologies and their biotechnology applications, to network, share ideas and knowledge, as well as to drive biotechnological advancements in Asia for the 21st Century. The symposium attracted almost 500 participants from more than 20 countries. SSMB members were invited to attend the free talks and the 46th Annual General Meeting of SSMB was held concurrently with the symposium be on 25 January 2019.
Practical Approach To Allergen Management
