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Dear colleagues,
Please see forwarded email message below.

Selamat menjalani ibadah bulan Ramadhan.

Best regards, 
Effat


Dr Effat Omar @ Abdul Rahman
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Consultant Anatomic Pathologist
Faculty of Medicine, UiTM, Sg Buloh campus
47000 Sg Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.
Central Diagnostic Laboratory
Hospital Al-Sultan Abdullah UiTM, Puncak Alam

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From: WAN YONG HO <WanYo...@nottingham.edu.my>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025, 13:51
Subject: ICRS2025 Speakers and Events Highlight: Updates in the Pathology of GI Tract Workshop
To: PROF DR EFFAT OMAR @ ABDUL RAHMAN <ef...@uitm.edu.my>
Cc: Nor Hayati Othman <haya...@usm.my>, pavitra tha <pavit...@hotmail.com>

 

Dear YBhg. Dato'/ Datuk/  Datin/ Professor/ Assoc. Prof/ Dr/ Mr/ Mdm/ Ms, you’re invited to:

 

International Cancer Research Symposium 2025 

Bridging Borders: Addressing Cancer Across South-East Asia

14 - 15 May, 2025 | The Waterfront Hotel Kuching | Sarawak, Malaysia

 

Programme Highlights

This symposium features TWO dynamic tracks:

 

Engaging Symposium Talks

 Showcasing groundbreaking developments and emerging trends in cancer treatment and research.

Hands-On Workshops for Pathologists

Offering practical learning opportunities to refine skills and explore innovative methodologies.

 

 

ICRS2025 is HRD Corp (HRDC), MPS and MMC CPD points claimable:

 

 

 Pathology Speakers Highlight

 

  Prof Tan Geok Chin

 

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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Prof. Tan Geok Chin is a Professor of Pathology and Consultant Anatomical Pathologist at the Faculty of Medicine. He trained in anatomical pathology at the National University of Malaysia before earning his PhD from Imperial College London, where his research on microRNA isomers in stem cells led to the discovery of isomiRs with functional and evolutionary significance, published in Nucleic Acids Research. He completed a Paediatric Pathology Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA, and currently serves on the medical ethics committee at UKM and as Editor-in-Chief of the Malaysian Journal of Pathology. A Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Malaysia, he holds key positions in the College of Pathologists and Malaysia Medical Council, including roles in education, credentialing, and CPD committees. His research focuses on Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology, with ongoing projects on gene expression in hydatidiform mole, chorioamnionitis and neonatal outcomes, and neonatal gut microbiome.

 

 Updates in the Pathology of the Gastrointestinal tract - Workshop talk: 

Digital pathology in Southeast Asia 

 

 Dr Abhik Mukherjee 

University of Nottingham UK 

Dr. Abhik Mukherjee is a Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary Consultant and clinical team lead in GI/HPB pathology) at Nottingham University and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. He regularly reports and presents at luminal GI and hepatobiliary multi-disciplinary meetings and engages in relevant cancer pathways, regionally and nationally. He studied Medicine and trained in Radiation Oncology at Calcutta University; and completed an MSc and PhD in Oncology from the University of Nottingham. He subsequently trained in Histopathology at Leicester and Nottingham, where he was an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow and Lecturer and attained his FRCPath (Histopathology) by exam in 2015. His research interests are molecular/computational characterisation of lympho-vascular invasion in cancers, and biomarkers in inflammatory bowel disease. He holds/has held project grants from Innovate-UK/MRC, Bowel Research UK, Cancer Research UK, Academy of Medical Sciences and the Pathological Society; and has had the privilege of working on prestigious collaborative projects, [METABRIC: Molecular Taxonomy of the Breast Cancer International Consortium], clinical trials [NEOTANGO, SCOTROC /TRANSCOTROC], and industry-partnered image analyses/computational pathology initiatives [NPIC: Northern Pathology Imaging Collaborative, UK, Optimata, Israel, and Barco, Belgium]. He was co-lead on the MRes in Molecular Pathology for the Nottingham Molecular Pathology Node. Currently, he is the chair of the Education subcommittee of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland and was deputy chair of the erstwhile NCRI Clinical Trials Pathology Advisory Group.

 

Pathology Workshop:

Molecular testing for Gastric Cancer in the West 

Hands-on: Challenges in the diagnosis of Inflammatory bowel disease 

 

Other Highlights (Cancer Symposium)

 

Young Researchers Highlights:

- Rapid-Fire Poster Presentation

- Student Ambassador Programme

(Details available upon registration)

Showcase your work at Rapid-Fire Poster Presentation and compete for exciting awards!

 

Get Rewarded! Become a Student Ambassador & Save on Registration.

Abstract Proceedings Publications:

Accepted abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology (APJCO). Selected abstracts are welcome to submit full papers to be published in APJCO.

 

 

Register Now

Members of CPath AMM & IAPMD are eligible for registration fee waivers. Secure your spot now!

 

Stay tuned for more e-mail updates or visit our website for the latest updates!

 

 Co-organised by 

 

 

 Supported by 

 

 

 ICRS 2025

14 - 15 May, 2025 | The Waterfront Hotel Kuching | Sarawak, Malaysia

 

For more information, visit https://www.nottingham.edu.my/Conferences/ICRS2025/index.aspx

 

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