Freshwater Fish Diversity and Composition in Batang Kerang Floodplain, Balai Ringin, Sarawak

The diversity and composition of fish communities in brown and black water habitats at Batang Kerang in Balai Ringin, Sarawak, were evaluated during high and low water seasons. A total of 234 individual fish representing 36 species belonging to 13 families were captured. The fish communities in both the habitats were apparently from 32 species belonging to 12 families in brown water, and only 12 species from 7 families in the black water habitats. The fish fauna in the brown water was dominated by the Cyprinidae (63.8%) family, while the Helostomatidae (59.8%) family dominated the black water habitat. Various water parameters, such as dissolved oxygen, pH values, conductivity and water transparency, total suspended solid (TSS) and ammonium-nitrogen concentrations were significantly different (p<0.05) between the black and brown water habitats. The brown water habitat supports more diverse and abundant populations of freshwater fishes than the black water habitat. However, introduced species such as H. temmincki and the increase of commercial fishing may also have affected the population of native fish

Awards of Best Poster Presentation entitled Lack of association of single nucleotie polymorphisms IL-6-174G> and PPARyPro12Ala with sporadic colorectal cancer predisposition risk in Malaysian population , June 2011

16th National Conference on Medical and Health Sciences. 22-23rd June 2011. 3rd Place for Best Poster Presentation in Basic Science

Genetic Polymorphism of Inflammation Response Genes TNF-α -308G > A and IL-8 -251 T>A and their Influence on Colorectal Cancer Predisposition Risk in Malaysian Population.

Introduction Genes encoding xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes especially CYP1A2 play an important role in determining the out come of carcinogen exposure and Colorectal Cancer susceptibility risk. Functional polymorphisms of G3860A, T739G and C729T of CYP1A2 gene have been identified