Thursday 8 February 2018
Professor Dr Sheila Nathan



Professor Dr Sheila Nathan from the School of Biosciences and Biotechnology of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) is truly a molecular biologist. 

She was awarded Anugerah Akademik Negara in 2014. 


Her research is about developing therapeutics against melioidosis, a fatal disease caused by bacteria, Burkholderia pseudomallei, a soil and water pathogen that is endemic in Thailand and Northern Australia. She collaborated with Prof Dr Mah Wah Tan and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Denise Monack of Stanford University on the melioidosis project. 


Prof. Nathan is also the Director of the Comparative Genomics and Genetics Research Centre at the Malaysia Genome Institute (GENOM Malaysia).#indianmalaysian #inspiringmsianindianwomen 
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