Bioinformatics in Malaysia: Hope, Initiative, Effort, Reality, and Challenges

• Azura M. H. Zeti ,

  * E-mail: zeti@ukm.my

  Affiliations Institute of Systems Biology (INBIOSIS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia, School of Biosciences & Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

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• Mohd S. Shamsir,

  Affiliation Bioinformatics Research Laboratory, Faculty of Biosciences & Bioengineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

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• Khairina Tajul-Arifin,

  Affiliation School of Biosciences & Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

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• Amir F. Merican,

  Affiliations Institute of Biological Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysia Genome Institute, Universiti Kebangsann Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

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• Rahmah Mohamed,

  Affiliation School of Biosciences & Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

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• Sheila Nathan,

  Affiliations School of Biosciences & Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia, Malaysia Genome Institute, Universiti Kebangsann Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

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• Nor Muhammad Mahadi,

  Affiliation Malaysia Genome Institute, Universiti Kebangsann Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

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• Suhaimi Napis,

  Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

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• Tin W. Tan

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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