Delivering Excellence in Research and Innovations: A USM experience

www.usm.my

“Business Unusual…..the Time for Change”

Transforming Higher Education For a Sustainable

Tomorrow

Outline of talk • Introduction to USM

• Blue Ocean Approach to Research at USM

• Areas of strengths

• Methods of collaboration

• USM – 2nd oldest university in Malaysia

• Main emphasis is in the sciences

• Established in 1969 (43 years)

• Also known as University in a garden

About USM

USM Campuses • Penang Island (239 ha. Main Campus)

• Engineering campus (Trans kerian)

• Kubang Kerian

(Health Campus)

• Belgaum, India (USM-KLE International Medical

College)

• Kuala Lumpur City Venture: Masters

(Mass-Communication)-New

Undergraduate students 18,842

No. of Undergrad Programs 76 Programs

% of Graduating on Time 89.3%

Postgraduate students 11,857 (Enrolment)

( >3669 pursuing PhDs)

No. of Post-grad Programs 276 Programs

No. of Research Programs 1875 Programs (Fields)

International Students 3,437

(from over 50 countries; 3016

are Postgraduates)

Faculty 1,715

(66% with PhD; 212 Profs; 121

foreign academics)

Staff 7,899

(Language Teachers: 129; Non-

Academics: 7,770)

Post Doctoral 149

Schools 26

CoE 16 (2 HiCoE)

USM in Numbers

The APEX University

• APEX is a part of National Higher Education Strategic Plan [PSPTN])

• APEX is a fast track development programme for institutions of higher education to achieve and to be recognized as world class institutions.

• The APEX university must be a research university

• USM is the only APEX University in the country

Vision Transforming Higher Education for a

Sustainable Tomorrow

Mission USM is a pioneering, trans-disciplinary

research intensive university that

empowers future talents and enables the

bottom billions to transform their socio-

economic well-being

Values Quality, Equity, Availability, Accessibility,

Affordability, Appropriateness

Thrusts Future-oriented, Unique, Sustainability,

Humanity, Universality, Change, Sacrifice

APEX Vision & Mission

RUs are the engine of growth

for the nation

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Research Universities in Malaysia (starting in 2007)

MAJOR RESEARCH PROGRAMMES • Biotechnology – Medical, Pharmaceutical, • Food Processing/Tech, Life science • Environmental & Ecological Sciences • Aquaculture & Marine Sciences • Nanotechnology • Membrane technology • Rapid Diagnostics • Mobile Teleradiology • Waste management • Public policy and sustainability science

• Information & Communication Technology • Women and Gender studies • Archaeological Research • Brain Science • Vaccinology • Alternative Energy Solar Energy • Sustainable Tourism • Local Knowledge • Hajj Management

CenPRIS

Peace & Conflict Resolution

Research Unit

CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE

Moving forward

• Tomorrow is about the future

• What is the future?

• Where are we heading?

• What can we do today to make a difference?

World/Global Agenda : The Future

New Era Demands New Education and Research Paradigm

Local /National

Global

Hunter-Gathering Agricultural Age <Manual>

Knowledge-based Economy Age < Knowledge >

Bio-Green Economy Age < Synthetic Capability :eg IT

Ubiquitous – Humanization Economy Age < Wisdom, Moral, Spiritual >

19C 20C 21C Time

Industrial Age < Mechanical >

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Future concentrates on outcome on humanity

rather than just impact of knowledge

We cannot make a difference to those in need if we are not a leader (academic or research) We cannot transform their socio-economic wellbeing without our research outputs that are sustainable and can result in change

Rana Foroohar. Newsweek March 30, 2009

http://www.newsweek.com/id/190387

The need to be relevant: The future market?

REALITY

Determining directions of R&I

Kim,W.C. and Mauborgne,R. (2005).

If Asia is the future market How can we ensure that we are in the lead and ahead of our competitors? How do we make our competitors irrelevant? How can we create an impact to the nation and to society?

Photograph by Zulfigar Yasin

Ensuring Malaysia’s Future: Blue Ocean Strategy

The reality The gap between rich and poor is becoming wider and more visible. Almost 60% of humanity lives on

less than $2 a day. Nearly 30% of the world's population suffers some form of malnutrition.

The world's richest 50 million people consume as much as the

2.7 billion poorest people on the

planet

There is a need to reduce the

inequity divide

Stop playing catching up and turn around

the way we do research

• Address the needs of the 5 billion people on the planet living below poverty line including those below poverty line in Malaysia

• Concentrate on research outcomes and technology development that will reduce inequity and enhance sustainability that includes availability, affordability, accessibility, appropriateness and quality of our innovations to those who need it most

• Undergo real world experiences via community engagement to transfer solutions and know-how that ensure sustainability of change

Balance Impact with

Impact factor

Blue Ocean Strategy for our

Research and Postgraduate Training@USM

Rich 2.6 billion

Bottom

Billions

5 billion

Universiti Sains Malaysia

R&I

Achievements

R&I Achievements • Training of human resource

– Graduated 880 PhDs – Trained 432 Post Docs (since 2007)

• Active Grants (2012)

– 3700 active grants – Over USD 24 million

• Publications

– Published over 2800 papers/year in citation-indexed journals

– 18% of Malaysia’s ISI – 14% of Malaysia’s Scopus

• QS Asian ranking 2011

– Top 40 in Natural sciences – Top 20 in Life science and Medicine

• IP and innovations

– Filed 248 patents with 42 granted – Commercialised 83 products

Essential Science Indicators- Top 1% papers Updated as of September 1, 2011 to cover a 10-year + 6-month period, January 1, 2001 - June 30, 2011.

Institution Field

USM Chemistry, Material Science, Engineering, Clinical Medicine, Agricultural Sciences

UM Chemistry, Clinical Medicine, Engineering

UKM Clinical Medicine, Engineering

UPM Agricultural Sciences

* To be included as a top institution, the total number of citations to the published works (articles, reviews, research notes, and proceedings papers indexed by ISI) of researchers crediting particular institutional affiliations must be in the top one percent when compared to the 10 year output of all institutions publishing in that same discipline over the last 10 years. All institutions listed with a work are credited equally.

Uniquely USM’s strength

USM Publication in ISI Web of Science (up to 2010)

Total Times Cited : 51,639 Average Citation : 5.61 h-index : 63

USM Publications in Web of Science (1973 – 2010) Source: Web of Science (Thomson Reuters), as of Oct 9, 2011

Citations (in 5-year intervals) for MRU Source: Essential Science Indicators (Thomson Reuters), as of Sept 1, 2011

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APEX/RU)

SciVal Spotlight 2010 Universiti Sains Malaysia

SCOPUS JOURNALS

USM Scival Spotlight Matrix (2008 – 2010)

2008 2009 2010

QUESTION MARK

HIGH GROWTH AREA LOW MARKET SHARE

STAR

HIGH GROWTH AREA HIGH MARKET SHARE

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Top Disciplines Year

2008 2009 2010

Macromolecules & Polymers √ √ √

Phytochemistry √ √ √

Safety Management √ √ √

Crystallography √ √ √

Enzyme Microbiological Techniques √ √ √

Composites √ √ √

Chemical Engineering √ √ √

Food Chemistry √ √

USM Distinctive Competencies (2008 – 2010)

Top Disciplines Year

2008 2009 2010

Data Mining √ √

Catalysis √ √

Organic Chemistry √ √

Semiconducting Materials √ √

Filtration Membrane √ √

Thermal Analysis √ √

Energy Fuel √ √

Ethnopharmacology √ √

USM Distinctive Competencies (2008 – 2010)

Strategy: Creating landmarks in the international arena

• Knowledge acquisition – Collaborate strength to strength with

strategic partners so that there is mutual respect among partners

– Ability to attract international grants

– Attract world renowned universities and research institutes to have joint research collaborations, joint-degrees and joint-labs

– Attract multinationals to relocate in USM or establish corporate space in USM due to our technology platforms

• Knowledge transfer – Enhance concept of global classroom

or mirror labs so that we can reach out to bottom billion countries

To be the best we have to

work with the best

Grant Value (RM) No of PIs %

15,000,001.00 to 20,000,000.00 1 0.06

10,000,001.00 to 15,000,000.00 5 0.29

5,000,001.00 to 10,000,000.00 18 1.03

4,000,001.00 to 5,000,000.00 5 0.29

3,000,001.00 to 4,000,000.00 16 0.92

2,000,001.00 to 3,000,000.00 36 2.06

1,000,001.00 to 2,000,000.00 99 5.68

500,001.00 to 1,000,000.00 136 7.80

<500,001.00 1428 81.88

Total PIs** 1744 100.00

** Inclusive ASHES, Sabbatical Leave, Non Academic Staffs as PI

Research excellence in USM: Cummulative grant acquired

Leaders : 180

No World Class Research Discipline Area Charles Darwin Flinders Griffith James

Cook La Trobe Murdoch Newcastle

USM

Research Experts Competencies Patent

Filed/Granted

1 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences 6 2 -

2 Biological Sciences 25 5 54

3 Built Environment and Design 3 - 2

4 Chemical Sciences 15 27 34

5 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services 4 12 -

6 Earth Sciences 3 1 2

7 Education 2 1 -

8 Engineering 44 28 99

9 Environment Sciences 5 - 2

10 History and Archaeology 4 - -

11 Information and Computing Sciences 11 7 18

12 Language, Communication and Culture - - -

13 Law and Legal Studies - - -

14 Mathematical Sciences - 2 -

15 Medical and Health Sciences 49 29 133

16 Philosophy and Religious Studies 1 - -

17 Physical Sciences 6 8 4

18 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences - - -

19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing - - -

20 Studies in Human Society 2 - -

TOTAL 180 122 348

USM vs IRU Research Discipline Area

Global Health • Focus on providing diagnostics in low resource

settings • Cancer research • Accessible drug delivery mechanisms • Tissue banking and Biomaterials • Making affordable vaccines eg cholera,

Tuberculosis and malaria • Halal meninggococcal vaccine • Finding of new drugs from natural biodiversity • Vector control for malaria and dengue • Brain science (Neuroscience@USM) • Pharmacogenomics towards personal medicine • Drug discovery : Marine drug discovery with

Griffiths Univ

Rapid protein or DNA - based diagnostics for the following diseases

• Typhoid

• Cholera

• Campylobacteriosis

• Filariasis

• Tuberculosis

• Dysentery

• Paratyphoid

• Nosocomial infections

• Drug response to TB

Focus on diseases

relevant to S.E Asia

Molecular Diagnostics for low resource settings

ORIGINAL DISCOVERIES 6 kits commercialised

1994 TyphiDot

1996 TyphiDot M

2002 TYPHIrapid

1994 BrugiaRapid

2005 Bancroftian Filariasis

2006 Pan Filariasis

Commercialization Track record: Antibody-based Biotech kits

Commercialization Track record: DNA-based Biotech kits

EZCholera Amp ITEX 2003 Silver Medal

EZDNA Amp Expo S&T 2003 Silver medal Commercialized by MBDr M’sian Patent: PI 20051471

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

EZEBV Amp ITEX 2004 Gold medal WIPO Gold Medal KASS Award 2004 Geneva 2005 Gold Medal

EZAmp Octaplex Cholera ITEX 2004 Gold medal WIPO Gold Medal Geneva 2005 Gold Medal

EZTB Amp ITEX 2004 Silver medal

Commercialized by MBDr

EZVRE Amp ITEX 2005 Gold medal Geneva 2006 Gold Medal

EZTyphi Carrier DNA ITEX 2005 Gold medal

ITEX 2005 Best Invention in Biotechnology Geneva 2006 Silver Medal

EZDysentry DNA ITEX 2005 Silver Medal Cholera Genosensor

EZCampy DNA Expo S&T 2005 Silver Medal Geneva 2006 Silver Medal

A total solution

Courtesy: M Ravichandran, USM

2 kits commercialised

ORIGINAL DISCOVERIES

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DIPSTICK – DNA or immuno PCR

Need to create our own NC and gold nanoparticles

Creating Malaysia’s indigenous reagents to compete in the market

Creating non-PCR based diagnostics

Preliminary design of sains@usm architectural brief Fusion of Arts and Science

Hotel and convention

centre

Residences

International School

Sciences and arts

Incubators (7 blocks)

Business Incubators

and offices

Green area for recreational and

business activities

New Blocks in Planning I2U RM 51 mil

USM moving to the global market (25 countries)

Commercialised product

Books & Journal Subscription,

Pakistan India Philippines South Africa Guam Papua New Guinea Thailand Vietnam Egypt Turkey United Arab Republic Indonesia Bangladesh China Sudan Cameroon Nigeria USA South Korea Japan Canada Singapore

Total

Income Generation

RM 45.2 million in 2009

Endowment, Gift, Consultancy

Total

Income Generation

RM 41.2 million in 2008

Total

Income Generation

RM 36.8 million in 2007

USM : RIKEN Initiated by Nobel Laureate Prof. Ryoji Noyori

Source: RIKEN Chemical Biology Department

Germany Max-Planck Institute

Canada University of Toronto

New Zealand University of Wellington

Taiwan Academia Sinica

South Korea KRIBB Seoul National University

RIKEN Chemical Biology Department’s Research Networks

Europe EMBL

USM-RIKEN JOINT LABORATORY for BIOPROBE DISCOVERY

USM-Riken Research Center

Strength: Life Sciences

Water, Energy and Food Security • To make clean water accessible to all • Develop membrane technology • Develop system for water drainage and

management • Made delivery of water accessible to all • To create renewable energy • Develop devices using solar power • Developing affordable and healthy food

products and processes

Others • Indigenous knowledge cluster

• Heritage (Unearth discovery of early inhabitants of Asia 1.4 million years ago) earlier than “out of Africa”

• Hajj cluster

• Bio-plastics

• Composites

• Catalyst

• Membrane technology

• Semiconductor

• Peace and conflict negotiation

• Sustainable tourism • Disaster nexus (Floods, tsunamis, landslides etc)

(with James Cook) • Nanobiotechnology (with Griffiths)

• Polar@USM

• Sustainable business

• Mathematics

Engineering sciences: La Trobe

Disaster research : James Cook

Nanobiotechnology and Marine Drug Discovery:

Griffiths

Challenging Out-of-Africa Theory

Elevating local site onto World Heritage Sungai Batu

Bukit Bunuh

MDP Summit – Dhaka 2012

Center for Global Sustainability studies (CGSS) and Graduate School of Business to develop The Masters in Development Practice with the help of Earth Institute

Masters in Development Practice

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Knowledge transfer

Reaching Out Towards The ‘Bottom Billions’

• Orang Asli Programmes

• Programmes with Orphans

• Programmes with Disabled, Elderly

Citizens

• • International Mission with Aid

Agencies (eg. MERCY, Yayasan Salam)

•Turkey, Aceh, Iran, Bangladesh

•Community projects involving cleft lips

and palate surgery in rural Malaysia,

Riau Indonesia, and Bangladesh

Community engagement

• Universiti Sains Malaysia • Universiti Putra Malaysia • Universiti Malaysia Pahang • Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin • Universiti Malaysia Kelantan • Universiti Pendidian Sultan Idris • Universiti Malaysia Terengganu • Universiti Teknologi Malaysia • Universiti Malaysia Perlis • Universiti Utara Malaysia • Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia • Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia • Universiti Malaysia Sabah • Universiti Malaysia Sarawak • Universiti Teknologi MARA • Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka • Universiti Tenaga Nasional • Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia

• Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences, Lahore- Pakistan • University of The Punjab, Pakistan

• Royal University of Law and Economics, Cambodia

• Hong Kong Institute

of Education, China

• Ateneo De manila University, Philippines • San Pedro College, Philippines

• Thammasat University, Thailand •Suratthani Rajabhat University, Thailand • Walailak University, Thailand • Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand • Chiang Mai University, Thailand • Mahidol University, Thailand

• St. Ann’s College of Education(Autonomous), Mangalore South India • Salesian College Sonada/Siliguri, Bengal India

• The University of The South

Pacific, Fiji Island

AUSTRALIA FIJI ISLAND

PHILIPPINES

MALAYSIA

CAMBODIA

PAKISTAN

THAILAND

INDONESIA

INDIA

CHINA

• Australian College of Applied Psychology, Australia • The University of Queensland, Australia

• Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia • Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia • State University of Malang, Indonesia • Lambung Mangkurat University, Indonesia • Universitas Negeri Medan, Indonesia • Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia (UNESA) • Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau, Indonesia • Universitas Islam Negeri Riau, Indonesia

APUCEN was launched on 13th July, 2011.

TWAS Newsletter 2011

Community engagement

ISTIC-TWAS Entrepreneurship Awards

Reduction of Typhoid cases in Kelantan, Malaysia

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Based on investigative study results of suspected typhoid carriers via Typhidot C , improved culture method and EZ Typhi PCR, Kelantan State Health Department took several actions as follows:

•Provided treatment to those individuals who have shown stool culture and PCR positives •Provided treatment to those individuals whom their sera have shown IgA and IgG positives; only IgA positives and only IgG positives.

As a result of the actions taken by the Kelantan State Health Department led by Dr. Lila P. Mohd Meeran and Dr. Hani Mat Hussin, the number of typhoid cases are decreasing tremendously from 2006- July 2009.

Community engagement

Methods of Research collaboration

1) Research & Academic collaboration with outcomes such as co-supervision, joint publications, joint application of international grants or development of Joint degrees

2) Joint Facility/Lab Program

3) Joint seminar/workshop/conference

4) Joint Industry/International grant applications

5) Student/Staff exchange Program

6) Joint clinical trial/field trial/evaluation studies

Terima kasih (Thank you)