2009: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
DavosLife senior biologist, Yap Wei Ney (center) is flanked by Dr. Malafa Mokenge (right) and Dr. Kazim Husain (left) from Moffitt Cancer Institute (USA).
2009: Annual Conference for Society of Free Radical Research Asia (SFRR)
Tan Sri Dr Augustine Ong Soon Hock flanked by DavosLife R&D team, Dr Daniel Yap (left), Norazean Zaiden (2nd from right) and Yap Wei Ney (right). Tan Sri Dr Augustine Ong was the former Director-General of the Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM) and former Director in Science and Technology, Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council (MPOPC).
2009: Palm Oil International Palm Oil Congress (PIPOC) 2009
DavosLife marketing and R&D heads, Dr TK Koh and Daniel Yap (4th and 3rd from left respectively) posed with Tun Lim Keng Yaik (3rd from right, former Minister of Energy, Water and Communications in the Malaysian cabinet) and Dr. Kalanithi Nesaretnam (2nd from right, MPOB director of Product Development and Advisory Services).
2009: BIT’s 3rd World Congress of Gene (WCG)
DavosLife scientist, Dr Daniel Yap (left), shared a moment with Prof Aaron Ciechanover (right) during the conference. Prof Aaron Ciechanover is an Israeli biologist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry. In 2004, he was awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery with Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose, of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation. Interestingly, tocotrienol targets HMG-CoA reductase, a rate limiting enzyme for cholesterol biosynthesis, for ubiquitin-mediated degradation. The mechanism is an inportant step mediating the cholesterol lowering effect of tocotrienol.
2010: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
(Right to left) Paul Sylvester, Pfizer-B.J. Robinson Endowed Professor of University of Louisiana (USA); Yap Wei Ney, Senior Biologist of Davos Life Science Ptd Ltd (Singapore); Kazim Husain, Research Scientist of Moffitt Cancer Center (USA); Dr. Barrie Tan, President of American River Nutrition Inc. (USA).
2010: American Oils Chemists’ Society (AOCS)
(Right to left) Mr. Nik Aznizan Nik Ibrahim (MPOB), Mr. Mohd Salleh Kassim (Executive Director, MPOC), Rosidah Radzian (MPOB Regional Manager, USA), Prof Xu (MPOB PAC member), Dr. Daniel Yap, Deputy R&D head for Davos Life Science Ptd Ltd (SG); Dr. Forest Xu, Senior Chemist for Davos Life Science Ptd Ltd (SG). Scientists from Davos Life Science presented their research findings in the world largest oils and fats conference.
2010: Keystone Symposia; Bioactive Lipids: Biochemistry & Diseases (Kyoto, Japan)
Professor Alan Brash (left photo) & Research Associate Professor Huiyong Yin (right photo) from Vanderbilt University, Tenesee (USA) & Davos Life Science Pte Ltd (SG) Biologist, Norazean Zaiden (right).
2010: 1st Conference on Tocotrienol & Chronic Diseases (Las Vegas, USA)
Dato’ Seri Dr. Jamaluddin Jarjis, Malaysian ambassador to the United States and former Malaysia Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (4th from left), and Dr. Kalanithi Nesaretnam, MPOB director for product development & advisory service (2nd from left), Prof. Bharat B. Aggarwal, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, shared a moment with Brian Stagg, Drs. Vanessa Lacuesta and Dr. Daniel Yap from DavosLife (5th, 3rd and 6th from left)
2010: 1st Conference on Tocotrienol & Chronic Diseases (Las Vegas, USA)
World Renowned Vitamin E Expert, Dr. Andreas Papas (2nd from right) flanked by Brian Staggs (DavosLife Sales and Marketing Director, North America), Dr. Daniel Yap (DavosLife R&D head) and Vanessa Lacuesta (DavosLife Scientific Officer).
2010: 1st Conference on Tocotrienol & Chronic Diseases (Las Vegas, USA)
(Left to right) Pfizer Endowed Professor of Pharmacology in the College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Prof. Paul W Sylvester & Dr. Mokenge P. Malafa, MD from Moffitt Cancer Center & Davos Life Science Pte Ltd R&D head, Dr. Daniel Yap.
7th Japanese Tocotrienol Research Meeting, Sendai, Japan: Dr. Daniel Yap was invited to present his research findings in prostate cancer stem cells. The meeting was organized by Eisai Co., Ltd (Japan), the world No. 1 vitamin E company.
7th Japanese Tocotrienol Research Meeting, Sendai, Japan: Dr. Daniel Yap shared a moment with Prof Etsuo Niki from University of Tokyo. Prof Etsuo Niki is one of the best known vitamin E researcher invited by Eisai Co., Ltd (Japan).
Mr. Brian Stagg (Left, Sales and Marketing Director) and Dr. Daniel Yap (Right, R&D) visited Dr. David Heber at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. David Heber, MD, PhD, FACP, FACN is the Director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition at UCLA. He is also Professor of Medicine and Public Health and Chief of the Division of Clinical Nutrition in the Department of Medicine.
November 3, 2010: In-Cosmetic Asia Dr. Daniel Yap (DavosLife Head of R&D) presented “Tocotrienol, a gem in the Vitamin E Family, inhibits skin hyperpigmentation”
November 18, 2010: Dr. Daniel Yap (DavosLife Head of R&D) visited oncologist Dato’ Dr. Sushela Gleagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur with Professor Dr. Ammu Radhakrishnan and pathologist Dr. Annie Tay
2010: 8th European Lipid Federation Congress Nov 21-24 (Munich, Germany) Ms Yap Wei Ney (DavosLife Bio Research Manager) presented her research finding in Metabolic Syndrome using gamma and delta Tocotrienols
2010: 8th European Lipid Federation Congress Nov 21-24 (Munich, Germany) Ms Shary Ong (Left) presented finding of quantitative palm vitamin E using High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Ms Yap Wei Ney (Right) presented findings of prostate cancer stem cell
2010: 19th Malaysian Urology Conference Nov 25-28 (Kuching, Malaysia) Ms Lee Suat Hoay (DavosLife Biologist) won best poster award for her poster of prostate cancer stem cell
2010: The 35th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Investigate Dermatology Dec 3-5 (Wakayama, Japan) Ms Abelina Chen (DavosLife Assistant Biologist) with DavosLife research findings presented in poster
