TAHNIAH PROFESOR MADYA DR. DEREK CHAN JUINN CHIEH TAJAAN UCSI EDUCATION SDN. BHD.

This project is to establish a living culture collection of indigenous microalgae for the purpose of providing a diversity of algae for investigation and selection of suitable strains for use as feedstocks for biofuel and renewable energy. This is aligned to tow of the Petronas ‘Three-Pronged Growth strategy’; namely Expanding Core Business by monetizing Unconventional Resources (Algae) and ‘Stepping Out’ by transitioning to green energy resource like algae biomass for biofuel. This National Algae Culture Collection will serve as an important living resource for development of a new source of sustainable Green Energy and serve as an important repository of algal diversity for taxonomic reference, and for long term availability of authentic strains and their genes for other biotechnological research and applications.