Lifecycle lecture postponed

Newest announcement.

Mon 11/1/10 SSMP meeting, all lectures with SSMP lecturers cancelled.
4th year HS04 students – my lecture for Special Topics on Monday will be brought forward to Mon 18/1/10, meaning on that day, we have a four hour lecture from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Tue 12/1/10 SSMP meeting, same as above.

wed 13/1/10 UMS event, SSMP lectures involved (morning only), all other existing arrangement with lecturers should not be affected, please confirm with the respective lecturers.

Thu 14/1/10 Meeting in KL.
2nd year HS04 students, Lifecycle lecture brought forward to the following week.  Two presentations brought forward to Fri 15/1/10 during Food Habits lecture.

Fri 15/1/10 Food habits lecture as scheduled.

Best wishes,

Yasmin

This notice was posted on Sat 9/1/10 at 9:00 a.m.

Lecture begins again

It’s almost like saying, “Back to school.”  I hope you’re well and rested.

Some information on when lectures begin.

Mon, 28 Dec 2009: Stats lecture, please confirm with Dr Rosni as he’s giving the lectures this semester.  I will conduct the SPSS tutorials.

Thu, 31 Dec 2009: Nutrition in lifecycle lecture, 8 – 10 a.m. as published in the schedule.  Note: I am on holiday on that day, but the two hour lecture will go on as scheduled.

Fri, 1 Jan 2010: Food habits lecture, no lectures as this is a public holiday.

Best wishes and Happy New Year.

Yasmin

It’s almost like saying, “Back to school.”  I hope you’re well and rested.

Some information on when lectures begin.

Mon, 28 Dec 2009: Stats lecture, please confirm with Dr Rosni as he’s giving the lectures this semester.  I will conduct the SPSS tutorials.

Thu, 31 Dec 2009: Nutrition in lifecycle lecture, 8 – 10 a.m. as published in the schedule.  Note: I am on holiday on that day, but the two hour lecture will go on as scheduled.

Fri, 1 Jan 2010: Food habits lecture, no lectures as this is a public holiday.

Best wishes,

Yasmin

Molecular nutrition assignment

LATEST UPDATE:

To help you with the marks for this assignment, lets do it this way.

The write-up: 40%

The 6 – 8 slides powerpoint: 10%

This is good training for you.  Through the slides I can tell whether you are able to identify the main points in your writing.

These are designed to help you learn better.

Updated 22.10.2009, 9:45 p.m.

Based on first comment entered, these are the groups with their question numbers.  Alphabets denote grouping.  Arabic numbers denote group members.  Et al means that student and people in her/his group.  Question 1 is full.  If your names are not here, it means you put the comment later than the people whose names are listed here.  Please choose another question.  One more group may choose Question 3.  Three more groups may choose Question 2.

Question 1

First group for Question 1 (Group A)

1. Mohammad Affendy Mhd. Akhir
2. Anisa bt. Ahmad Rafa’ee
3. Shalina Ramli
4. Najihah Sophia Ahmad
5. Herna Herang
6. Noranisah Amat
7. Nadiah Ismail
8. Nurul Syahida bt. Mohd. Amin
9. Sitti Normarlina Abnel
10. Farhanah Ramawi

Second group for Question 1 (Group B)

Evelyan Raphael et al

Third group for Question 1 (Group C)

1. Christine Denise Stewart
2. Julynn
3. Linda
4. Ai Chin
5. Xin Yi
6. Anjeeta
7. Zhi Xian

    

Fourth group for Question 1 (Group D)

1. Kok Li Ting
2. Kim Bao Shunn
3. Tan Siok Kien
4. Tan Xiang Yee
5. Ong Choi Lian
6. Ee Min Lee
7. Chew Chia Ling
8. Seah Jia Ling
9. Chua Pei Chin
10. Chennie Sheila Wong

Question 2

First group for Question 2 (Group E)

1.Candice Woo Xin Ci
2.Chang Chui Yee
3.Chong Wan Yue
4.Chua Shin Wei
5.Law Pey Wei
6.Lim Yee Ling
7.Lim Mei Mei
8.Kee Meau Eong
9.Khor Phor Xiang
10.Kiew Yieng Ching

Question 3

First group for Question 3 (Group F)

1. Aiwen Tsen Oi Wen
2. Alisa Stephanie Rasion
3. Annastasia binti Kian
4. Arianne Charles
5. Christyjane Mait
6. Emielia binti Junim
7. Emmae Thaleen Arinjamal
8. Evelyn Raphael
9. Floveah binti Masalop
10. Siti Nurdayana Suharin

Second group for Question 3 (Group G)

1. Melissa Chong Hui Min
2. Foo Kae Wen
3. Eunice Lai Wern Yean
4. Mah Liyun
5. Khor Piak Shze
6. Heh Li Min
7. Teoh Theng Theng
8. Wong Ching Ying
9. Chan Nan Chee
10. Hoe Yee Jinn

Third group for Question 3 (Group H)

1. Christine Loo Tshui Wei
2. Ng Kwei Chin
3. Choong Kar Kei
4. Lim Tee Ping
5. Wong Siew Fei
6. Quik Ling Wei
7. Liew Sook Yee
8. Sim Tze Ying
9. Yvonne Chwee Li Yan
10. Leong Foong Chang

NP20103 Molecular nutrition assignments.

Please avoid wasting paper.  Start your assignment with a list of students’ names.  State the question you are answering.  Please type in 1.5 spacing, using font 11, and default MS word margins for each page.  Number your pages.  Please submit your assignments as soft copies to my email address.

Please write succinctly with appropriate in-text citations.  Use the Author-Year method in your citation and reference list.  You should begin to read journal articles, summarising from text books is not adequate.  The maximum number of pages, including illustrations which can be submitted is five.  The five page limit does not include the reference list.  There is no minimum number of pages.  There is no need to submit appendices, if any materials are considered important, please include them in your write-up.  All submissions must be typed, you may use computer word processing or typewriter.

Each group should consist of 8 to 10 people.  There should be 8 to 10 groups in this class.  The first three groups to put their names as a comment, indicating which assignment you wish to attemp, would get that assignment.   For subsequent groups, please choose a different assignment.  Please discuss with me if there are group members who are not contributing towards this assignment.  Assignments can be submitted either in English or Bahasa Melayu.

The due date is Monday, 23^rd November 2009.

1. Discuss the aetiology and pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus type II.  (Note: aetiology = causes of disease; pathophysiology – please pay attention to the changes in the biochemical functions caused by or resulting from the disease).
2. Healthy individuals have a remarkable capacity to maintain homeostasis.  This can be achieved through one of several means: direct metabolic regulation, metabolic compensation of altered diets, and effective defence and repair mechanisms in oxidative an inflammatory stress (van Ommen et al., 2008).  Discuss how the above poses challenges to molecular nutrition research.
3. Phenylketonuria is an example of an inborn error of metabolism.  Discuss the genotype-to-phenotype associations of PKU.  Show how developments in diagnosis and dietary management as part of long term health care has affected the prognosis of individuals with PKU.  (Prognosis is the likely outcome of an illness).

Note:  This assignment was published online on 21 Oct, but the date has been ‘tweaked’ to 9 Nov, so that it displays at the top of the page.

NT30503 assignments

CORRECTION:

Please ignore the instructions in red and cancelled.  It was for another 2nd year assignment in Molecular Nutrition.  You (the 3rd year students) need only to hand in the write-up, NO SLIDES required.  Apologies for alarm caused.

UPDATE:

To help you with the marks for this assignment, lets do it this way.

The write-up: 40%

The 6 – 8 slides powerpoint: 10%

This is good training for you.  Through the slides I can tell whether you are able to identify the main points in your writing.

These are designed to help you learn better.

UPDATE on who’s doing what.

Question 6:
Joanne Rennie Joitol
Nur Nadzirah Abdul Rahim
Novianne Jeoffery
Siti Norulain Rani
Nicholas Alvin

Question 1
Wong Kar Yee
Chuah Wan Yin
Tses Mun Ngah
Tan Min Yen

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NT30503 Research methods and scientific writing

1. Glycaemic index of Malaysian lunches.
2. Minimum cost of food procurement for optimum health in Kota Kinabalu.
3. Validation of food atlas.
4. Breakfast and cognitive abilities in primary school children.
5. Nutritional status of children living in an institution (you are free to name the institution of interest).
6. Dietary assessment methods in low income populations.
7. Nutritional value of food served in an orphanage.
8. Energy intake and expenditure of police personnel.
9. Protien intake and expenditure of adolescent athletes in Sabah.
10. Validation of nutrition knowledge questionnaire.

Due date: 23 Nov 2009

Method of submission:  e-mail softcopy as MSWord 2003 document.

Number of pages: 5 – 10 pages (excluding relevant questionnaires, references, and Gantt chart).

Format: use the format that had been taught in class by Dr Chye.

Please indicate the topic you wish to choose.  The first comment to appear, that individual’s group will get it.  No duplicates of chosen topics.

Job opportunities

A snack food manufacturing company located in KKIP has vacancies for UMS GRADUATES for the following:

Production Trainee

Asst QC Supervisor

They would prefer a Food Science / Food Tech to apply for the jobs.

Please leave your name and contact details here if you are interested.  I will submit the list to the company and they will  contact you.

Current SSMP students: please past this message to your seniors who have graduated.  Thanks.

Final year projects

Dear final year students who are doing your projects with me:

I have started receiving your proposals and Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of your thesis beginning Saturday / Sunday just past.  A fast glance through would require one hour per submission.  A detailed comment, as it should be requires 2 to 3 hours per submission.

I ask of you to get my feedback beginning next week.  The time is now 3 a.m.  It is humanly impossible to finish reading all 17 submissions given the time between your submission and one or two days you imagined I would take.  I would need between 17 hours to 51 hours of working non-stop, which is a feat beyond me.  It would be unjust to your three months of work if you expect me to read it in one hour in order for you to receive feedback in a day or two from submission.

When you make appointments, would you like to list out the questions that you’d like to ask?

Course outline for Molecular Nutrition

Learning outcomes:
After completing this course, students should be able to explain the interaction between diet and genes.

Synopsis:
This is an introductory course to nutrition at the molecular level, which is an emerging field in nutrition research. Students will be exposed to nutrigenomics, proteomics, polymorphisms, and their effects on gene-gene and gene-nutrient relationships. In each discussion topic, emphasis will be given to the latest findings.

The assessment for this course will be based on the following:
Component Weight
Assignments 20%
Mid semester examination 40%
Final examination 40%
Total 100%

Lecture topics
Weeks Topics
1 Definition: -omics
2 Cell anatomy and physiology
3 Protein / Proteomics
4 RNA
5 DNA
6 Tools in molecular nutrition research
7 Mid-semester exam
8 Nutrigenomics – definition, examples, issues, opportunities
9 Nutrigenetics – problems, ethics
10 Role of health care system
11 Role of food industry
12 Examples of research
13 Proposal preparation (group assignment)

Main references supporting the course:

Emery P, Sanders T. (2002). Molecular basis of human nutrition (lifelines).
Lucock M. 2007. Molecular nutrition and genomics: nutrition and the ascent of humankind.
Zempleni J, Daniel H. 2003. Molecular nutrition. London: Cabi Publishing.

Lecture timetable

This is the lecture timetable that has been distributed. The information posted here is for your convenience.

Mon, 8 – 10 a.m., Bilik Seminar SSMP
NP20303 Human Nutrition
Dr Yasmin Ooi

Mon, 8 – 10 a.m., Bilik Kuliah Utama SSMP
NB20303 Biopemprosesan makanan
Ms Ho Ai Ling

Mon, 8 – 10 a.m., Bilik Tutorial 7
NP30103 Community nutrition
Datin Rugayah Issa

Tue, 8 – 10 a.m., BKU SSMP
NB30103 Pembungkusan makanan
Dr Lee Jau Shya

Tue, 8 – 10 a.m., DKP7
NT10102 Asas sains makanan dan pemakanan
Datin Rugayah Issa, En. Mohd. Rosni bin Sulaiman, Dr Muhammad Iqbal Hashmi

Tue, 8 – 10 a.m., BS SSMP
NB40503 Fermentasi makanan
Assoc Prof. Dr Chye Fook Yee

Tue, 8 – 10 a.m., DKP A2
NT20703 Analisis makanan dan instrumentasi
Puan Fan Hui Yin, Dr Patricia Matanjun

Wed, 8 – 10 a.m., DKP A2
NT20903 Kimia dan biokimia makanan
Puan Nor Qhairul Izzreen

Wed, 8 – 10 a.m., BS SSMP
NB40303 Perkembangan hasil makanan
Cik Adilah Mohd. Ramli, Dr Patricia Matanjun

Wed, 8 – 10 a.m., BKU SSMP
NP40103 Toksikologi makanan
En Mohd Rosni bin Sulaiman

Wed, 8 – 10 a.m., DKP 7
NT10703 Matematik
Pn Noraini Abdullah

Wed, 8 – 10 a.m., DKP 8
NT30703 Keselamatan dan kawalan kualiti makanan
Assoc Prof. Dr Chye Fook Yee, Assoc Prof. Dr Sharifudin Md Shaarani

Thu, 8 – 10 a.m., DKP 7
NT10903 Kimia organik
Pn Fan Hui Yin, Dr Muhammad Iqbal Hashmi

Thu, 8 – 10 a.m., DKP A2
NT30303 Teknologi pengendalian lepas tuai
Assoc Prof. Dr Mohd Ismail Abdullah

Thu, 8 – 10 a.m. BS SSMP
NP20103 Pemakanan molekular
Dr Yasmin Ooi

Thu, 8 – 10 a.m., BKU SSMP
NB20103 Teknologi Bakeri dan konfeksi
Cik Adilah Mohd Ramli, Dr Patricia Matanjun, Pn Salwa Ibrahim

Thu, 10 – 12 p.m., BS SSMP
NP40303 Dietetik
Datin Rugayah Issa

Thu, 10 – 12 p.m., BKU SSMP
NB40103 Enzim dalam pemprosesan makanan
Pn Fan Hui Yin, Cik Ho Ai Ling

Fri, 8 – 10 a.m., DKP A2
NT11103 Penilaian deria makanan
Pn Salwa Ibrahim, Assoc Prof. Dr Sharifudin Md Shaarani

Fri, 8 – 10 a.m., DKP B2
NT30503 Kaedah penyelidikan dan penulisan saintifik
Cik Adilah Mohd Ramli, Assoc Prof Dr Chye Fook Yee, Dr Lee Jau Shya, Dr Yasmin Ooi

Fri, 8 – 10 a.m., BKU SSMP
NP40503 Ingredien makanan dan kegunaan
Dr Muhammad Iqbal Hashmi, Pn Nor Qhairul Izzreen

The above information is provided on an “as is” basis. Please see the respective academics if there are any querries or changes.

Academic calander is out

Dear students,

Please plan your life accordingly.

27 and 28 June 2009
Registration of new undergraduates for academic session 2009/2010

6 July to 14 August 2009
First semester lectures (6 weeks)

15 to 23 August 2009
Mid-sem break

24 August to 18 September 2009
First semester lectures (4 weeks)
Note: National Day: 31 August 2009

19 to 27 September 2009
Special break (1 week)
Note: Eid: 20 and 21 September 2009

28 September to 23 October 2009
First semester lectures (4 weeks)
Note: Diwali: 17 October 2009

24 October to 1 November 2009
Study week

2 to 22 November 2009
First semester final exams (3 weeks)

23 November to 27 December 2009
First semester break (5 weeks)
Note:
Eid: 27 November 2009
1 Muharam (Maal Hijrah): 18 December 2009
Christmas: 25 December 2009

28 December 2009 to 12 February 2010
Second semester lectures (7 weeks)
Note: New Year: 1 January 2010 (Friday)

13 to 21 February 2010
Mid-sem break (1 week)
Note: Chinese New Year: 14 and 15 February 2010

22 February to 9 April 2010
Second semester lectures (7 weeks)

10 to 18 April 2010
Study week (1 week)

19 April to 8 May 2010
Second semester final exams (3 weeks)
Note:
Labour Day: 1 May 2010
Wesak Day: 28 April 2010

9 May to 4 July 2010
Second semester break (8 weeks) / Industrial training / Practical attachment
Note: Agong’s Birthday: 6 June 2010 (Sunday)

Disclaimer:  This information is for your information.  It is not an official announcement and I cannot guarantee that there would not be any changes, all of which are beyond my control.

Marks for mid-sem exam for NP20003

The marks for Mid-sem exam.

Student No.	SECTION A/30	SECTION B/50	SECTION C/20	TOTAL/100
BN07110004	19	32	4	55	Please arrange to see me regarding your essay
BN07110005	20	42	13	75
BN07110007	17	42	13	72
BN07110008	21	37	11	69
BN07110009	17	32	2	51	Please arrange to see me regarding your essay
BN07110011	14	38	7	59
BN07110012	18	40	14	72
BN07110013	21	42	11	74
BN07110016	19	43	7	69
BN07110020	20	46	18	84
BN07110021	17	40	17	74	Please arrange to see me regarding your essay
BN07110022	19	45	9	73
BN07110024	22	45	13	80
BN07110025	21	42	14	77
BN07110026	17	39	10	66
BN07110031	18	40	9	67
BN07110050	15	39	4	58
BN07110053	15	45	9	69
BN07110057	17	37	14	68
BN07110059	18	39	5	62
BN07110060	23	43	20	86	Please arrange to see me regarding your essay
BN07110061	20	41	16	77
BN07110062	21	44	12	77
BN07110065	22	42	15	79
BN07110067	19	38	9	66
BN07110068	19	40	14	73
BN07110069	16	42	10	68
BN07110070	21	39	14	74
BN07110071	14	41	10	65
BN07110072	23	40	12	75
BN07110075	19	40	12	71
BN07110076	27	43	15	85
BN07110078	19	37	8	64
BN07110080	19	38	12	69
BN07110085	20	39	13	72
BN07110086	20	42	20	82	Please arrange to see me regarding your essay
BN07110091	18	40	10	68
BN07110093	13	40	11	64
BN07110094	19	37	6	62
BN07110096	21	37	11	69
BN07110098	15	37	6	58	Please arrange to see me regarding your essay
BN07110099	20	39	6	65	Please arrange to see me regarding your essay
BN07110100	19	36	12	67
BN07110102	19	34	9	62
BN07110103	17	39	7	63
BN07110106	16	35	15	66
BN07110107	19	38	9	66
BN07110108	12	33	9	54	Please arrange to see me regarding your essay
BN07110109	18	35	6	59
BN07110112	14	30	5	49
BN07110113	21	40	10	71
BN07110119	16	40	4	60	Please arrange to see me regarding your essay
BN07110120	17	36	7	60	Please arrange to see me regarding your essay
BN07110124	20	41	8	69
BN07110127	17	34	8	59
BN07110128	15	41	5	61
BN07110129	17	33	8	58
BN07110132	16	41	6	63
BN07110135	18	38	11	67
BN07110137	18	36	8	62
BN07110139	19	37	14	70
BN07110141	13	32	6	51
BN07110145	15	35	10	60
BN07110146	16	35	6	57	Please arrange to see me regarding your essay
BN07110151	14	42	6	62
BN07110152	13	39	7	59
BN07110157	18	29	7	54
BN07110163	23	42	14	79
BN07110164	20	41	11	72
BN07160158	19	36	7	62
BN07160159	20	44	16	80
BN07160167	21	44	8	73
BN07160168	19	44	6	69
BN07160169	16	38	3	57
BN07210001	14	27	6	47
BN07210002	15	43	10	68