KUALA LUMPUR – Nutrigenomics Research and Training (N2RTU) has brought together nearly 25 global experts and more than 500 participants at various events from almost 20 countries, aimed to create a nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics research ecosystem in Malaysia.
The N2RTU project dissemination meeting held today at National Institutes for Health (NIH) Setia Alam, Selangor showcased ongoing research, issues, and challenges in implementing the precision nutrition approach in Malaysia and its future foresight in creating a Fat-to-Fit Malaysia.
N2RTU project organising chairperson and the Malaysian lead Dr Anto Cordelia Tanislaus Antony Dhanapal said that the project was successful and is expected to expand its activities at the regional level in the coming years.
“Addressing and solving the world’s diet-related problems will require a shared and partnership effort on a global scale.
“Hence, this meeting aims to disseminate the findings and outcomes of the N2RTU activities in its first year of implementation to the stakeholders and collaborative partners,” he said in a statement today.
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) President and chief executive officer (CEO) Prof Ir Datuk Dr Ewe Hong Tat, Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) president and CEO Datuk Dr Mohd Yusoff Sulaiman, British Council Malaysia Head of Education Dr Prabha Sundram were among those who attended the meeting, along with UTAR Vice President (R&D and Commercialisation) Prof Dr Faidz Abd Rahman, N2RTU principal investigator and University of Reading, United Kingdom Professor in Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics, Prof Vimal Karani S.
N2RTU was launched by the British Council and Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) last year to promote research and capacity building in the emerging field of nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics and to accelerate nutrigenetics research in Malaysia.
Part of Going Global Partnerships, the Research Environment Link (REL) grant is funded by the British Council and MIGHT, established to kick-start precision nutrition in Malaysia to tackle the obesity epidemic through a precision nutrition approach.
The Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH) and the Centre for Biomedical and Nutrition Research, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) and the University of Reading, United Kingdom are among the collaborators of N2RTU.- Bernama
