Zebrafish is gaining prominence as an important vertebrate model for investigating various human diseases such as neurodegenerative disease, cancer and chronic inflammatory diseases. Zebrafish provides unique advantages, for example optical clarity of embryos, high fecundity rate, and low cost of maintenance, making it a perfect complement to the murine model in biomedical research. Recent advances, which includes the generation of novel transgenic lines that enable real time imaging of neuronal activities, the use of cancer cell line or tissue xenotransplantation techniques, and the development of efficient knock-out/knock-in technologies, now allow the detailed investigation of human disease in zebrafish. The objective of this meeting is to provide a platform for Malaysian investigators, postdocs and students working or planning to work in the zebrafish field to learn the latest developments in zebrafish as a model for human disease, to present data and share their techniques, and to have the opportunity to interact with international and local experts in the field of biomedical research using zebrafish
Scheduled talks:
Drug discovery in Zebrafish
Models of inflammation and lymphatic development in zebrafish
Professor Dr. Philip Stanley Crosier, The University of Auckland
Earning your stripes. Zebrafish research in Malaysia
Professor Dr. Alexander Chong Shu Chien, Universiti Sains Malaysia
The use of zebrafish models in anxiety and related mood disorders
Dr. Satoshi Ogawa, Monash University Malaysia Campus
Targeted natural product drug discovery by zebrafish phenotypic assay
Dr. Pei Jean Tan, Cancer Research Malaysia
Human cancer models in zebrafish
Dr. Vyomesh Patel, Cancer Research Malaysia
Zebrafish cancer xenotransplantation models
Dr. Kazuhide Shaun Okuda, Cancer Research Malaysia
Husbandry and management of zebrafish for biomedical research
Dr. Suzita Binti Mohd Noor, University of Malaya
Neurodegenerative disease in zebrafish
Dr. Anwar Bin Norazit, University of Malaya
Institutional Ethics – Fishy Business
Dr. Syahar Amir A. Gani, University of Malaya
Drug Discovery in Zebrafish
Professor Dr. Philip Stanley Crosier, The University of Aucklan