Teaching Basic Microbiology Laboratory Techniques Through e-Learning (STERILIZATX)

Growing bacteria and fungus in pure culture is still one of the best and most widely used methods in learning basic microbiology. However, during the pandemic where the learning has to be conducted online, the gap in conducting the teaching has become realm. In addition, an appropriate physical environment must be created, where important factors such as hands on and observation are controlled and maintained. Therefore, the development of STERILIZATX as do it yourself (DIY) kit is timely in order to facilitate the distanced-learning requirement. The objectives of the innovation are to explain basic principle of microbial cell culture, to observe basic microbial characteristic on agar culture, and to apply basic good microbiological laboratory practice and cultivation of microbial cell culture, dedicated for distanced and e-learning. The learners are able to perform basic microbial culture aseptic technique using improvised DIY kit called STERILIZATX, observe the microbial growing pattern, distinguish and characterise the selected microbial colony, and describe the basic principles of applied microbiology in daily life during the discussion

Brief Documentation of Basidiomycota and Ascomycota Diversity in Gunung Gading National Park, Sarawak

To facilitate the learning objectives of ecology, biodiversity and environment course, in situ activities remain the finest key to complement by conducting real fieldwork and hands on study. The specific objectives of the study are to promote sustainable learning, adopting effective practice in academic and scientific documentation, and implementing holistic and blended learning approach in the course by introducing a comprehensive learning experience in biodiversity-related discipline. Therefore, Basidiomycota and Ascomycota study based on diversity, host association and community structure in Gunung Gading National Park was chosen and resulted with the following attributes, where, four different species of macrofungi were identified and classified including Ganoderma, Coprinellus and Cookeina. Information on Basidiomycota and Ascomycota diversity species present in the parks is useful for educational and research purposes such as in Malaysian fungal diversity, climate change marker and Malaysian fungal monograph, developing a conservation education and attitude towards scientific reporting and also helps in promoting ecotourism