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PRO F.EM ERITU S D A TO D R.A BD U L LA TIF IBRA H IM RECEIVES PRESTIG IO U S A CH IEVEM EN TS O F U N ISEL
"A N U G ERA H TO KO H A KA D EM IK N EG A RA "
Abseiling tarikan utama UNISEL Open Day 2016
UNISEL is proud to announce that our very own Prof. Emeritus Dato Dr Abdul Latif
Pemain Kelab Ragbi MARLINS perturun ilmu
Ibrahim, a senior professor at UNISEL since June 2003 cum Director of the Bio-IT
FESKONISEL dapat sambutan meriah
Centre here at the Shah Alam campus has been awarded the 2012 Anugerah Tokoh
Kita Satu Keluarga
Akademik Negara by the Ministry of Education. The award acceptance ceremony took
place at the Marriott Hotel in Putrajaya last Tuesday on August 20, 2013. UNISEL hantar pelajar ke negara matahari terbit

The Bio-IT centre is responsible for implementing the Selangor Biotechnology Strategy Pasar Siswa UNISEL medan untuk cungkil bakat pelajar
dalam bidang keusahawanan
(SBS) initiated by Prof. (E) Dato Dr Abdul Latif in 2003, which is fundamental to the
Love and Care Bukti Mahasiswa Prihatin
development of biotechnology at UNISEL and Selangor.
Program Mengupayakan Orang Kelainan Upaya 3.0
Prof. (E) Dato Dr Abdul Latifwas born in Kampung Sungai Kantan, Kajang, Selangor on UNISEL 2016
September 1, 1938. His father, Ibrahim Sheikh Ahmad was a farmer. He started his
UNISEL, FABA Jalin Kerjasama Dalam Memperkasa Bidang
career as a Veterinary Assistant at the Veterinary Office in Selangor. Later on, he was Bioteknologi
offered a scholarship by the Selangor state government in 1950 to pursue a Bachelors UNISEL Pacu Industri Sains Hayat melalui ICLRS 2016
degree in Veterinary Medicine at the East Pakistan Agricultural University in Pakistan for
six years. In 1969, he was offered a Fulbright Hays/East West Centre fellowship to
further his studies at the University of Hawaii for an MSc in microbiology.

Prof. (E) Dato Dr Abdul Latiff continued his studies in microbiology and went on to successfully graduate with a PhD
from the University of California, USA in 1976. Already having started a career with Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
during his studies abroad, he continued to serve as an academic at the university until 2002 before joining UNISEL in
2003. At UNISEL, he is also responsible for setting up the network for collaborative research and training with the
University of Cambridge, University of Manchester, Imperial College London, Bandung Institute of Technology and
Universitas Andalas, Indonesia.

During his service at UPM, he conducted research to develop a vaccine for Newcastle disease or also commonly
known as tetelo in Malay/Indonesian that affects many avian species. The findings from this research has informed and
advanced veterinary medicine and agriculture science in Malaysia tremendously. Prof. (E) Dato Dr Abdul Latif has also
served the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOSTI) where he established three biotechnology institutions and
collaborative programmes with the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) in human resources development and
joint research.

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