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#AMBC2018 Update: AnMicro Insider Highlight

| Apr 26, 2018 | , |

As you may already know, Asean Microbial Biotechnology Conference (AMBC) is a biennial conference sponsored by ASEAN Network on Microbial Utilization (AnMicro). So it traditionally coincides with the annual AnMicro members meeting. AMBC2018 is no exception. Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), the host of AMBC2018, also hosted the 5th AnMicro members meeting on 25 April 2018 at Pullman Kuching Hotel, Sarawak, Malaysia. _____________________________________ AnMicro to take the first step into business world. _____________________________________ This year AnMicro members have agreed to expand its target audiences from scientists and research institutes to wider and more downstream communities, e.g., private companies and commercial sectors. AnMicro plans to allocate its resources to a brand new workgroup, called “Biobusiness”. The immediate task of this workgroup is to create an online catalog of commercially-ready products, research innovations, or any other interesting stuffs from all AnMicro members. So anyone could visit this pooled catalog and get the idea of “what” we have to offer, “where” they can get the products, and “whom” they can contact. If you are interested in microbial solutions for your business, please like and follow our TBRCNetwork.org Facebook page or the AnMicro website http://www.anmicro.org/ for insider...

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3rd #AMBC Update: #ResearchHighlights

| Apr 25, 2018 | |

3rd #AMBC Update: #ResearchHighlights Today (25 Apr 2018) is the second day of The 3rd Asean Microbial Biotechnology Conference (AMBC) in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. We’ve got hightlights of interesting research works in biorefinery technology as follows: 1. Cell wall changes improve bioproductivity of Aspergillus oryzae by Dr. Sukanya Jeennor (BIOTEC, Thailand). A. oryzae is one of the most famous food fungi. It is used in production of soy sauce, fermented bean paste and sake. Dr. Jeennor found that genetically-engineered Ags1 gene caused crucial changes in A. oryzae’s cell walls, resulting in smaller fungal pellets. Being smaller pellet means more active in oxygen absorption, ultimately leading to higher productivity of A. oryzae. This discovery may pave the way to high-yield A. oryzae strains. Very good news ’cause everyone wants more sake. Right? 2. Producing biofuels with single-cell bioprocess by Dr. Weerawat Ranguphan (BIOTEC, Thailand). Dr. Ranguphan devised a sophisticated method to make a better biofuel cell factory. He “hijacked” the natural valine biosynthesis in Pichia pastoris using the conventional gene reconstitution and modern CRISPR-Cas9 fine-tuning. His new genetically-engineered yeast can effectively produce isobutanol without needs of another helper microorganisms or chemicals. Dr. Runguphan expects that his work will be useful in converting agricultural wastes to biofuels. 3. Making Aspergillus oryzae production system antibiotic-free by Sarocha Panchanawaporn (BIOTEC, Thailand). Currently the growth of microbes in biorefinery is controlled by antibiotics. The excessive use of...

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The 3rd Asean Microbial Biotechnology Conference (AMBC) 2018 officially starts today at the Pullman Kuching Hotel, Sarawak, Malaysia.

| Apr 24, 2018 | |

The 3rd Asean Microbial Biotechnology Conference (AMBC) 2018 officially starts today at the Pullman Kuching Hotel, Sarawak, Malaysia. There are distinguish speakers, delegates and experts around the world joining the conference.  It is the honor to have the Secretary General Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Malaysia to deliver the keynote lecture on ‘Bioeconomy from the unseen’. There will be more topics about food and heath, agriculture and biodiversity and biorefinery and emerging technology will be presented throughout the conference until 26 April. Stay...

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Report of The 4th Meeting of ASEAN Network on Microbial Utilization 14 September 2017 Institute of Biotechnology, Hanoi, Vietnam​

| Nov 30, 2017 | , , |

For the 4th Meeting of ASEAN Network on Microbial Utilization (AnMicro) at the Institute of Biotechnology (IBT), Vietnamese Academy of Science (VAST) has yet been another year marked as a great success by which nine members successfully presented their annual report and had fruitful discussion on several areas of microbial utilization such as large scale enzyme production, biocontrol, food biotechnology and environmental biotechnology. Wonderfully, many works have been successfully transferred to industries.  At the meeting, IBT and BIOTEC was hosting a joint workshop on microbial management: iCOLLECT as 28 participants from IBT, other institutes in Vietnam and AnMicro members attended the workshop.  This workshop aimed to enhance human resource development through training as specified in the objective of the network. This year, AnMicro are glad to welcome Cavite State University (CSU) of the Philippines and Airlangga University (Unair) of Indonesia to join our network.  The major research focus for CSU are on microbial utilization on agriculture where health, pharmacy and environment protection are main interest from Airlangga University.  This indicates that AnMicro network continuously expanding to strengthen the network on microbial utilization in ASEAN. The 5th AnMicro Annual Meeting will be held on April 2018 at Pullman Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia hosted by MARDI back to back with the 3rd ASEAN Microbial Biotechnology Conference 2018 “Bio-economy from the unseen” which will be held on April 24-26, 2018 also at Pullman...

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CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM ON BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH BETWEEN BIOTEC THAILAND AND IBT VIETNAM

| Sep 5, 2017 | |

Under the provision of the Asean Network on Microbial Utilization (AnMicro), a joint workshop on microbial management: iCollect will be held at the Institute of Biotechnology (IBT), Hanoi, Vietnam during 12-13 September 2017. The program of the workshop is organized with a specific focus on management of microbial data using software iCollect developed by...

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