Established | 2003 |
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Research type | Basic (non-clinical) |
Field of research | Cancer, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Biomedicine |
Director | Nor Azian Abdul Murad |
Location | Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur |
Campus | UKM Medical Centre |
Affiliations | National University of Malaysia |
Website | www.ukm.my/umbi |
The UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute, usually referred to as UMBI, is a biomedicine and cancer research institute located in Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The institute is one of research institute in National University of Malaysia (UKM). UMBI was established in 2003. [1] The institute has been recognized as a Center for Excellence in Higher Education (HICoE) in 2009 by the Prime Minister of Malaysia. [2]
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