Marine Biotechnology: Applications in Food, Drugs and Energy

1. Marine Biotechnology: A Frontier for the Discovery of Nutraceuticals, Energy, and Its Role in Meeting 21st Century Food Demands.- 2. Biotechnological Utilization of the Marine Environment for Food, Drugs and Energy.- 3. Grouper Hybridization: An Effective Biotechnological Tool for Food Security.- 4. The Application of Molecular Markers to Fish Breeding and Aquaculture.- 5. Aquaculture and Applications of Green Seaweeds of the Genus Caulerpa J.V. Lamouroux, 1809.- 6. Potential and Challenges of Sea Cucumber Holothuria Scabra Mariculture in Sabah, Malaysia.- 7. Sea Cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) Species Diversity on the West Coast of Sabah, Malaysia.- 8. Sea Cucumbers: Source of Nutritional, Medicinal, and Cosmeceutical Products.- 9. Marine Biotechnology and its Applications in Drug Discovery.- 10. Bacteriophage as Therapeutic Strategy Against Pathogenic Vibrio.- 11. Bacterial Diversity in the Marine Environment and the Cutting-edge Tools for Isolation, Identification, and Characterization of the Marine Microbiome.- 12. Biotechnological Applications of Jellyfish-Derived Products.- 13. Application of Biotechnology in White Syndrome Coral Disease Identification.- 14. The Synergy of Remote Sensing in Marine Invasion Science.- 15. The Utilization of Agro-based Wastes by Marine Phototrophic Microbes.- 16. Artificial Intelligence Methods in Marine Biotechnology.

Muhammad Dawood Shah is a senior lecturer at the Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Malaysia. Dr. Dawood earned his MSc and PhD in Biotechnology from the Biotechnology Research Institute, UMS in 2011 and 2016. In 2011, he received the excellence award for his MSc outstanding research work and best postgraduate student. From 2014 to 2022, he received 4 Gold and 3 Silver medals for his research work. In 2021, he was the winner of the Malaysian-Croatia Technology Exchange and Malaysia Technology Expo 2021 awards for his innovation. He has more than 40 peer-reviewed international publications and has delivered oral and poster presentations at numerous international conferences and symposia. Dr. Dawood has filed 2 patent applications and established a research group network both nationally and internationally. Besides, his research work has also been published in the printing media.


Julian Ransangan is an Associate Professor at theBorneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Malaysia. He obtained his MSc and PhD degrees in Marine Biology and Aquaculture from the Borneo Marine Research Institute, UMS in 1999 and 2009, respectively. He has authored more than 55 peer-reviewed articles in international Scopus-indexed journals. He was the Silver Medallist  in the De Geneva Salon International Des Inventions in 2009 and the Soul International Invention Fair in 2010. In recognition of his excellence in research and publication, he was awarded the Top 5 Prolific Author by the Universiti Malaysia Sabah in 2018. Currently, Dr. Ransangan is actively conducting research and publishing high-impact articles in the area of mollusc aquaculture.


Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran Ph.D., Associate Professor at Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. He currently works in the field of Aquaculture and Marine Science. He received his Ph.D. in