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Delivering Excellence in Research and Innovations: A USM experience
www.usm.my
“Business Unusual…..the Time for Change”
Transforming Higher Education For a Sustainable
Tomorrow
Outline of talk • Introduction to USM
• Blue Ocean Approach to Research at USM
• Areas of strengths
• Methods of collaboration
• USM – 2nd oldest university in Malaysia
• Main emphasis is in the sciences
• Established in 1969 (43 years)
• Also known as University in a garden
About USM
USM Campuses • Penang Island (239 ha. Main Campus)
• Engineering campus (Trans kerian)
• Kubang Kerian
(Health Campus)
• Belgaum, India (USM-KLE International Medical
College)
• Kuala Lumpur City Venture: Masters
(Mass-Communication)-New
Undergraduate students 18,842
No. of Undergrad Programs 76 Programs
% of Graduating on Time 89.3%
Postgraduate students 11,857 (Enrolment)
( >3669 pursuing PhDs)
No. of Post-grad Programs 276 Programs
No. of Research Programs 1875 Programs (Fields)
International Students 3,437
(from over 50 countries; 3016
are Postgraduates)
Faculty 1,715
(66% with PhD; 212 Profs; 121
foreign academics)
Staff 7,899
(Language Teachers: 129; Non-
Academics: 7,770)
Post Doctoral 149
Schools 26
CoE 16 (2 HiCoE)
USM in Numbers
The APEX University
• APEX is a part of National Higher Education Strategic Plan [PSPTN])
• APEX is a fast track development programme for institutions of higher education to achieve and to be recognized as world class institutions.
• The APEX university must be a research university
• USM is the only APEX University in the country
Vision Transforming Higher Education for a
Sustainable Tomorrow
Mission USM is a pioneering, trans-disciplinary
research intensive university that
empowers future talents and enables the
bottom billions to transform their socio-
economic well-being
Values Quality, Equity, Availability, Accessibility,
Affordability, Appropriateness
Thrusts Future-oriented, Unique, Sustainability,
Humanity, Universality, Change, Sacrifice
APEX Vision & Mission
RUs are the engine of growth
for the nation
8
Research Universities in Malaysia (starting in 2007)
MAJOR RESEARCH PROGRAMMES • Biotechnology – Medical, Pharmaceutical, • Food Processing/Tech, Life science • Environmental & Ecological Sciences • Aquaculture & Marine Sciences • Nanotechnology • Membrane technology • Rapid Diagnostics • Mobile Teleradiology • Waste management • Public policy and sustainability science
• Information & Communication Technology • Women and Gender studies • Archaeological Research • Brain Science • Vaccinology • Alternative Energy Solar Energy • Sustainable Tourism • Local Knowledge • Hajj Management
CenPRIS
Peace & Conflict Resolution
Research Unit
CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE
Moving forward
• Tomorrow is about the future
• What is the future?
• Where are we heading?
• What can we do today to make a difference?
World/Global Agenda : The Future
New Era Demands New Education and Research Paradigm
Local /National
Global
Hunter-Gathering Agricultural Age <Manual>
Knowledge-based Economy Age < Knowledge >
Bio-Green Economy Age < Synthetic Capability :eg IT
Ubiquitous – Humanization Economy Age < Wisdom, Moral, Spiritual >
19C 20C 21C Time
Industrial Age < Mechanical >
Dev
elop
men
t
Future concentrates on outcome on humanity
rather than just impact of knowledge
We cannot make a difference to those in need if we are not a leader (academic or research) We cannot transform their socio-economic wellbeing without our research outputs that are sustainable and can result in change
Rana Foroohar. Newsweek March 30, 2009
http://www.newsweek.com/id/190387
The need to be relevant: The future market?
REALITY
Determining directions of R&I
Kim,W.C. and Mauborgne,R. (2005).
If Asia is the future market How can we ensure that we are in the lead and ahead of our competitors? How do we make our competitors irrelevant? How can we create an impact to the nation and to society?
Photograph by Zulfigar Yasin
Ensuring Malaysia’s Future: Blue Ocean Strategy
The reality The gap between rich and poor is becoming wider and more visible. Almost 60% of humanity lives on
less than $2 a day. Nearly 30% of the world's population suffers some form of malnutrition.
The world's richest 50 million people consume as much as the
2.7 billion poorest people on the
planet
There is a need to reduce the
inequity divide
Stop playing catching up and turn around
the way we do research
• Address the needs of the 5 billion people on the planet living below poverty line including those below poverty line in Malaysia
• Concentrate on research outcomes and technology development that will reduce inequity and enhance sustainability that includes availability, affordability, accessibility, appropriateness and quality of our innovations to those who need it most
• Undergo real world experiences via community engagement to transfer solutions and know-how that ensure sustainability of change
Balance Impact with
Impact factor
Blue Ocean Strategy for our
Research and Postgraduate Training@USM
Rich 2.6 billion
Bottom
Billions
5 billion
Universiti Sains Malaysia
R&I
Achievements
R&I Achievements • Training of human resource
– Graduated 880 PhDs – Trained 432 Post Docs (since 2007)
• Active Grants (2012)
– 3700 active grants – Over USD 24 million
• Publications
– Published over 2800 papers/year in citation-indexed journals
– 18% of Malaysia’s ISI – 14% of Malaysia’s Scopus
• QS Asian ranking 2011
– Top 40 in Natural sciences – Top 20 in Life science and Medicine
• IP and innovations
– Filed 248 patents with 42 granted – Commercialised 83 products
Essential Science Indicators- Top 1% papers Updated as of September 1, 2011 to cover a 10-year + 6-month period, January 1, 2001 - June 30, 2011.
Institution Field
USM Chemistry, Material Science, Engineering, Clinical Medicine, Agricultural Sciences
UM Chemistry, Clinical Medicine, Engineering
UKM Clinical Medicine, Engineering
UPM Agricultural Sciences
* To be included as a top institution, the total number of citations to the published works (articles, reviews, research notes, and proceedings papers indexed by ISI) of researchers crediting particular institutional affiliations must be in the top one percent when compared to the 10 year output of all institutions publishing in that same discipline over the last 10 years. All institutions listed with a work are credited equally.
Uniquely USM’s strength
USM Publication in ISI Web of Science (up to 2010)
Total Times Cited : 51,639 Average Citation : 5.61 h-index : 63
USM Publications in Web of Science (1973 – 2010) Source: Web of Science (Thomson Reuters), as of Oct 9, 2011
Citations (in 5-year intervals) for MRU Source: Essential Science Indicators (Thomson Reuters), as of Sept 1, 2011
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
2001 - 2005 2002 - 2006 2003 - 2007 2004 - 2008 2005 - 2009 2006 - 2010 2007 - 2011
UM USM UKM UPM
Note: No UTM data in Thomson ESI
APEX/RU)
SciVal Spotlight 2010 Universiti Sains Malaysia
SCOPUS JOURNALS
USM Scival Spotlight Matrix (2008 – 2010)
2008 2009 2010
QUESTION MARK
HIGH GROWTH AREA LOW MARKET SHARE
STAR
HIGH GROWTH AREA HIGH MARKET SHARE
DOG
LOW GROWTH AREA LOW MARKET SHARE
BLUE OCEAN
LOW GROWTH AREA HIGH MARKET SHARE
LOW M
AR
KET
GR
OW
TH H
IGH
LOW RELATIVE MARKET SHARE HIGH
Top Disciplines Year
2008 2009 2010
Macromolecules & Polymers √ √ √
Phytochemistry √ √ √
Safety Management √ √ √
Crystallography √ √ √
Enzyme Microbiological Techniques √ √ √
Composites √ √ √
Chemical Engineering √ √ √
Food Chemistry √ √
USM Distinctive Competencies (2008 – 2010)
Top Disciplines Year
2008 2009 2010
Data Mining √ √
Catalysis √ √
Organic Chemistry √ √
Semiconducting Materials √ √
Filtration Membrane √ √
Thermal Analysis √ √
Energy Fuel √ √
Ethnopharmacology √ √
USM Distinctive Competencies (2008 – 2010)
Strategy: Creating landmarks in the international arena
• Knowledge acquisition – Collaborate strength to strength with
strategic partners so that there is mutual respect among partners
– Ability to attract international grants
– Attract world renowned universities and research institutes to have joint research collaborations, joint-degrees and joint-labs
– Attract multinationals to relocate in USM or establish corporate space in USM due to our technology platforms
• Knowledge transfer – Enhance concept of global classroom
or mirror labs so that we can reach out to bottom billion countries
To be the best we have to
work with the best
Grant Value (RM) No of PIs %
15,000,001.00 to 20,000,000.00 1 0.06
10,000,001.00 to 15,000,000.00 5 0.29
5,000,001.00 to 10,000,000.00 18 1.03
4,000,001.00 to 5,000,000.00 5 0.29
3,000,001.00 to 4,000,000.00 16 0.92
2,000,001.00 to 3,000,000.00 36 2.06
1,000,001.00 to 2,000,000.00 99 5.68
500,001.00 to 1,000,000.00 136 7.80
<500,001.00 1428 81.88
Total PIs** 1744 100.00
** Inclusive ASHES, Sabbatical Leave, Non Academic Staffs as PI
Research excellence in USM: Cummulative grant acquired
Leaders : 180
No World Class Research Discipline Area Charles Darwin Flinders Griffith James
Cook La Trobe Murdoch Newcastle
USM
Research Experts Competencies Patent
Filed/Granted
1 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences 6 2 -
2 Biological Sciences 25 5 54
3 Built Environment and Design 3 - 2
4 Chemical Sciences 15 27 34
5 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services 4 12 -
6 Earth Sciences 3 1 2
7 Education 2 1 -
8 Engineering 44 28 99
9 Environment Sciences 5 - 2
10 History and Archaeology 4 - -
11 Information and Computing Sciences 11 7 18
12 Language, Communication and Culture - - -
13 Law and Legal Studies - - -
14 Mathematical Sciences - 2 -
15 Medical and Health Sciences 49 29 133
16 Philosophy and Religious Studies 1 - -
17 Physical Sciences 6 8 4
18 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences - - -
19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing - - -
20 Studies in Human Society 2 - -
TOTAL 180 122 348
USM vs IRU Research Discipline Area
Global Health • Focus on providing diagnostics in low resource
settings • Cancer research • Accessible drug delivery mechanisms • Tissue banking and Biomaterials • Making affordable vaccines eg cholera,
Tuberculosis and malaria • Halal meninggococcal vaccine • Finding of new drugs from natural biodiversity • Vector control for malaria and dengue • Brain science (Neuroscience@USM) • Pharmacogenomics towards personal medicine • Drug discovery : Marine drug discovery with
Griffiths Univ
Rapid protein or DNA - based diagnostics for the following diseases
• Typhoid
• Cholera
• Campylobacteriosis
• Filariasis
• Tuberculosis
• Dysentery
• Paratyphoid
• Nosocomial infections
• Drug response to TB
Focus on diseases
relevant to S.E Asia
Molecular Diagnostics for low resource settings
ORIGINAL DISCOVERIES 6 kits commercialised
1994 TyphiDot
1996 TyphiDot M
2002 TYPHIrapid
1994 BrugiaRapid
2005 Bancroftian Filariasis
2006 Pan Filariasis
Commercialization Track record: Antibody-based Biotech kits
Commercialization Track record: DNA-based Biotech kits
EZCholera Amp ITEX 2003 Silver Medal
EZDNA Amp Expo S&T 2003 Silver medal Commercialized by MBDr M’sian Patent: PI 20051471
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
EZEBV Amp ITEX 2004 Gold medal WIPO Gold Medal KASS Award 2004 Geneva 2005 Gold Medal
EZAmp Octaplex Cholera ITEX 2004 Gold medal WIPO Gold Medal Geneva 2005 Gold Medal
EZTB Amp ITEX 2004 Silver medal
Commercialized by MBDr
EZVRE Amp ITEX 2005 Gold medal Geneva 2006 Gold Medal
EZTyphi Carrier DNA ITEX 2005 Gold medal
ITEX 2005 Best Invention in Biotechnology Geneva 2006 Silver Medal
EZDysentry DNA ITEX 2005 Silver Medal Cholera Genosensor
EZCampy DNA Expo S&T 2005 Silver Medal Geneva 2006 Silver Medal
A total solution
Courtesy: M Ravichandran, USM
2 kits commercialised
ORIGINAL DISCOVERIES
33
DIPSTICK – DNA or immuno PCR
Need to create our own NC and gold nanoparticles
Creating Malaysia’s indigenous reagents to compete in the market
Creating non-PCR based diagnostics
Preliminary design of sains@usm architectural brief Fusion of Arts and Science
Hotel and convention
centre
Residences
International School
Sciences and arts
Incubators (7 blocks)
Business Incubators
and offices
Green area for recreational and
business activities
New Blocks in Planning I2U RM 51 mil
USM moving to the global market (25 countries)
Commercialised product
Books & Journal Subscription,
Pakistan India Philippines South Africa Guam Papua New Guinea Thailand Vietnam Egypt Turkey United Arab Republic Indonesia Bangladesh China Sudan Cameroon Nigeria USA South Korea Japan Canada Singapore
Total
Income Generation
RM 45.2 million in 2009
Endowment, Gift, Consultancy
Total
Income Generation
RM 41.2 million in 2008
Total
Income Generation
RM 36.8 million in 2007
USM : RIKEN Initiated by Nobel Laureate Prof. Ryoji Noyori
Source: RIKEN Chemical Biology Department
Germany Max-Planck Institute
Canada University of Toronto
New Zealand University of Wellington
Taiwan Academia Sinica
South Korea KRIBB Seoul National University
RIKEN Chemical Biology Department’s Research Networks
Europe EMBL
USM-RIKEN JOINT LABORATORY for BIOPROBE DISCOVERY
USM-Riken Research Center
Strength: Life Sciences
Water, Energy and Food Security • To make clean water accessible to all • Develop membrane technology • Develop system for water drainage and
management • Made delivery of water accessible to all • To create renewable energy • Develop devices using solar power • Developing affordable and healthy food
products and processes
Others • Indigenous knowledge cluster
• Heritage (Unearth discovery of early inhabitants of Asia 1.4 million years ago) earlier than “out of Africa”
• Hajj cluster
• Bio-plastics
• Composites
• Catalyst
• Membrane technology
• Semiconductor
• Peace and conflict negotiation
• Sustainable tourism • Disaster nexus (Floods, tsunamis, landslides etc)
(with James Cook) • Nanobiotechnology (with Griffiths)
• Polar@USM
• Sustainable business
• Mathematics
Engineering sciences: La Trobe
Disaster research : James Cook
Nanobiotechnology and Marine Drug Discovery:
Griffiths
Challenging Out-of-Africa Theory
Elevating local site onto World Heritage Sungai Batu
Bukit Bunuh
MDP Summit – Dhaka 2012
Center for Global Sustainability studies (CGSS) and Graduate School of Business to develop The Masters in Development Practice with the help of Earth Institute
Masters in Development Practice
.
Knowledge transfer
Reaching Out Towards The ‘Bottom Billions’
• Orang Asli Programmes
• Programmes with Orphans
• Programmes with Disabled, Elderly
Citizens
• • International Mission with Aid
Agencies (eg. MERCY, Yayasan Salam)
•Turkey, Aceh, Iran, Bangladesh
•Community projects involving cleft lips
and palate surgery in rural Malaysia,
Riau Indonesia, and Bangladesh
Community engagement
• Universiti Sains Malaysia • Universiti Putra Malaysia • Universiti Malaysia Pahang • Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin • Universiti Malaysia Kelantan • Universiti Pendidian Sultan Idris • Universiti Malaysia Terengganu • Universiti Teknologi Malaysia • Universiti Malaysia Perlis • Universiti Utara Malaysia • Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia • Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia • Universiti Malaysia Sabah • Universiti Malaysia Sarawak • Universiti Teknologi MARA • Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka • Universiti Tenaga Nasional • Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia
• Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences, Lahore- Pakistan • University of The Punjab, Pakistan
• Royal University of Law and Economics, Cambodia
• Hong Kong Institute
of Education, China
• Ateneo De manila University, Philippines • San Pedro College, Philippines
• Thammasat University, Thailand •Suratthani Rajabhat University, Thailand • Walailak University, Thailand • Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand • Chiang Mai University, Thailand • Mahidol University, Thailand
• St. Ann’s College of Education(Autonomous), Mangalore South India • Salesian College Sonada/Siliguri, Bengal India
• The University of The South
Pacific, Fiji Island
AUSTRALIA FIJI ISLAND
PHILIPPINES
MALAYSIA
CAMBODIA
PAKISTAN
THAILAND
INDONESIA
INDIA
CHINA
• Australian College of Applied Psychology, Australia • The University of Queensland, Australia
• Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia • Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia • State University of Malang, Indonesia • Lambung Mangkurat University, Indonesia • Universitas Negeri Medan, Indonesia • Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia (UNESA) • Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau, Indonesia • Universitas Islam Negeri Riau, Indonesia
APUCEN was launched on 13th July, 2011.
TWAS Newsletter 2011
Community engagement
ISTIC-TWAS Entrepreneurship Awards
Reduction of Typhoid cases in Kelantan, Malaysia
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1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
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Typhoid cases
Kelantan State Health Department, 2012 45
Based on investigative study results of suspected typhoid carriers via Typhidot C , improved culture method and EZ Typhi PCR, Kelantan State Health Department took several actions as follows:
•Provided treatment to those individuals who have shown stool culture and PCR positives •Provided treatment to those individuals whom their sera have shown IgA and IgG positives; only IgA positives and only IgG positives.
As a result of the actions taken by the Kelantan State Health Department led by Dr. Lila P. Mohd Meeran and Dr. Hani Mat Hussin, the number of typhoid cases are decreasing tremendously from 2006- July 2009.
Community engagement
Methods of Research collaboration
1) Research & Academic collaboration with outcomes such as co-supervision, joint publications, joint application of international grants or development of Joint degrees
2) Joint Facility/Lab Program
3) Joint seminar/workshop/conference
4) Joint Industry/International grant applications
5) Student/Staff exchange Program
6) Joint clinical trial/field trial/evaluation studies
Terima kasih (Thank you)