The Ending of a Journey Together

After 2 years, BIDP Batch 1 comes to a close in September 2014. With the final Performance Evaluation being filled by supervisors or managers of each participant, we conclude our tracking on them. We would like to thank all the participating companies; Agilent Technologies, CCM, JKM, ABI, and last but not least IPharm, for their support throughout this span of two-years, from supporting every team building and CSR event, to sending in Performance Evaluation (PE) reports on time, to providing a conducive and comfortable training space. Without your support and cooperation this training wouldn’t have been a success.

It has been a joy and a learning process along the ups and downs throughout the training program. We are glad to say that the learnings have been brought forward to be used in the BIDP II batches 1 and 2 to make things better than the last.

The PEs which have been followed up every quarterly showed steady progress for the better for majority of the participants and that has been very encouraging to see, that the training has served its purpose of enhancing technical and skills and knowledge of the participants to be more effective and efficient in their workplaces. We sincerely hope that it will only get better for the participants in their career paths wherever it may be.

As friendships and connections have been made in the time spent together here in Penang for the training, we hope that these friendships and networks will continue strongly in the academic and industry to help each other grow in our respective fields, tapping on each other’s expertise and fields of knowledge. May this spur us on to be enthusiastic for our work in the pharmaceutical, chemical and life science industries respectively.

We at HAT would like to wish all the participants of BIDP I, all the very best in your future endeavours in the company and industry. Do keep in touch with us and for anything that we can be a help to you, do feel free to come to us, as we will be more than happy to share and help you in whatever ways we can.

Special thanks goes out to TalentCorp Malaysia for being a big part of the BIDP training, for being the main sponsor and for the support in coming all the way to meet up with the participants and host company representatives. May we continue in close partnership for programs to come! 

Lab sessions in Progress

So in March, we had our Phase II students from BIDP II batch 2 in ABI (MARDI, Serdang) and Phase III students from BIDP II batch 1 in Ipharm (Penang) keeping us busy in the lab with practical sessions as the main course, and the sides were of course assignments and lab reports.

All the way from Wellington, New Zealand came our trainer for these two sessions: Mr Chor Ee Tan; whom we welcome fondly as one of the most loved trainer of the BIDP modules. Him, and the chocolates he brings along of course!

Chor Ee in class teaching and watching presentations in progress

Lab practical sessions are always fun to tutor, especially if your trainees are an interesting bunch of people! Many antics and sharing were exchanged during the times in the lab, but all the while having a tutor watching them closely as to not go beyond their allocated time slots. 

This qPCR practical sessions saw two groups of students; in Penang and Serdang, having their Advance DNA Detection Technology knowledge tested as they planed carried out experiments with minimal supervision.

Lab practical sessions in ABI for Advanced qPCR

Lab sessions in IPharm Bio-Analysis Lab

What more effective way for students to get the learning experience that they all need and want than hands- on practical sessions where they can experience the labs in a special way, whether or not they will use all the instruments they learn of or not. Questions can always be directed to the trainer or tutors during the practical sessions which enhance the learning of students and trainers/tutors alike.

In these qPCR lab practical sessions, we thank our ever enthusiastic trainer, Chor Ee for a brief, yet great time together with us, here in Malaysia.

May there be many more happy and satisfied trainees as they experience the labs we have the practical sessions at!

                                                                                                                           Written by: Melanie Ann

A New Beginning!

The day we started yet another batch of BIDP training.. September 3rd, 2013.

This time, BIDP was held in Agrobiotechnology Institute (ABI), Serdang, Selangor. Named BIDP II Track II, this batch was aimed for the agriculture field and its players, but we had a mixed blend of participants from the pharmaceutical industry as well. That of course, was a warm welcome.

The day started with a simple welcoming by the organizers (HAT) and a few words by En Azhar Amin, the CEO of HAT.

After that, there was a break and some tea, coffee and snacks were served. 

We got right down to business after the simple refreshment time. The first trainer, Dr Leong Chuei Wuei started off Phase I of the training with an Introduction to Life Science and Chemistry.

The class during the first lecture by Dr Leong

The day went smoothly and classes will carry on until the modules are completed. It was a proud moment indeed, to see another BIDP class starting up!