Preparation for Competition

It took three months to prepare materials for 'Pertandingan Rekacipta & Inovasi Sains-SBP' scheduled 9th april 2009. Once a week they went to Tissue Culture Lab at Institut Biologi UM to observe the progress of the research..And they are Nurzahara Atikah and Nurul Ain and of course I as a Teacher advisor. Well, with so many other tasks to be done, this additional activity somehow have taken a lot of my time but do i have a choice?

When we first met with Prof Dr Rosnah Mat Taha (My former STF smate, and happen to be Zara's aunt), specialised in Tissue Culture, we've discussed and finally agreed to the research on 'Tissue Culture and artficial seeds of Oryza sativa'..And we visited her Tissue Culture Lab..and it was amusing to see so many cultured plants..for commercialise or preservation.

The two girls get very much involved in this research. They r guided by the Research assistants in the lab until they finally managed to do all the necessary steps in culturing the plants tissue..And a week before the competition, they ve prepared all the materials which we r supposed to bring for the competition: It includes the samples, the banner, the log book and the project paper.

On behalf of my school, I would like to express my heartiest thanks to Prof Dr and all her lab staff for being so kind, helpful and supportive throughout our research at their lab..My girls enjoyed and loved every minutes being in the Lab and they definitely learnt a lot from them..It has also cultivated interest in doing future research..

Not all students get a chance to experience it and Zara and Ain are the lucky ones..Maybe more SESERIANS should be given a chance to experience the beauty to be a researcher...