📍 Date: 11-12 March 2025
📍 Location: Room G29/30 New Horizons, Monash University, Australia and online.
Tuesday, 11 March 2025
| Time |
Session |
Speaker |
| 9:50 – 10:00 |
Welcome |
Organising Committee |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Invited Talk |
Nasim Amiralian (University of Queensland) Nanocellulose Template for the Guided Formation of Nanoparticles |
| 10:30 – 10:45 |
Contributed Talk |
Zinia Anjuman Ara (BioPRIA, Monash University) ENGINEERING 3D BIOPRINTED NANOCELLULOSE GEL FOR PERSONALIZED BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS |
| 10:45 – 11:15 |
Invited Talk |
Shiow-Fern Ng (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) Sustainable Biomaterials in Medicine: Enhancing Wound Healing with Chitosan and Kenaf Nanocellulose. |
| 11:15 – 11:30 |
☕ Coffee Break |
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| 11:30 – 12:30 |
Plenary Talk |
Orlando Rojas (University of British Columbia) Advancing Sustainable Technologies Through Bio-Based Colloids |
| 12:30 – 12:45 |
Contributed Talk |
Yang Yang (BioPRIA, Monash University), Sustainable Bio-Polymer Composite Membranes for Water Treatment |
| 12:45 – 1:30 |
🍽 Lunch |
|
| 1:30 – 2:00 |
Invited Talk |
Patrick Tang, (Monash University Malaysia), Innovating Self-Healing Rubber for Next-Gen Gloves |
| 2:00 – 2:15 |
Contributed Talk |
Naghmeh Nasiri (BioPRIA, Monash University), Modulating the Properties of Cellulose Nanocrystal films |
| 2:15 – 2:30 |
Contributed Talk |
Choon Fu Goh (University Sains Malaysia), Engineering Hydrogels from Non-Woody Biomass Drug Delivery and Beyond. |
| 2:30 – 2:45 |
Contributed Talk |
Erin See Siou Suen (University Sains Malaysia),Silver Nanoparticle Based Nanocomposite Hydrogel development from Durian Rinds as a potential Wound Dressing. |
| 2:45 – 3:15 |
☕ Coffee Break |
|
| 3:15 – 3:45 |
Invited Talk |
Gil Garnier (BioPRIA, Monash University), |
| 3:45 – 4:00 |
Contributed Talk |
Siti Shazra Shazleen (Universiti Putra Malaysia) CELLULOSE NANOFIBER-INDUCED NUCLEATION AND CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGY IN POLYLACTIC ACID BIONANOCOMPOSITES
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| 4:00 – 5:00 |
BioPRIA Lab Tour (In person attendees) |
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Wednesday, 12 March 2025
| Time |
Session |
Speaker |
| 10:10 – 10:15 |
Welcome – Day 2 |
Organising Committee |
| 10:15 – 10:45 |
Invited Talk |
Warren Batchelor (BioPRIA, Monash University), Nanocellulose Characterisation with SEM |
| 10:45 – 11:15 |
Invited Talk |
Hidayah Ariffin (Universiti Putra Malaysia) CONTROLLED PRETREATMENT OF OIL PALM BIOMASS USING SUPERHEATED STEAM FOR IMPROVING THE CELLULOSE NANOFIBER PROCESS THROUGHPUT |
| 11:15 – 11:30 |
☕ Coffee Break |
|
| 11:30 – 12:00 |
Invited Talk |
Darren Martin (University of Queensland) Sustainable Lignocellulose Processing: Towards Applications in Agriculture, Horticulture, Revegetation, and CO₂ Conversion |
| 12:00 – 12:15 |
Contributed Talk |
Nur Sharmila SHARIP (Universiti Putra Malaysia) DEVELOPMENT OF UHMWPE/CNF BIONANOCOMPOSITES FOR TIBIAL INSERTS: ENHANCED MECHANICAL, TRIBOLOGICAL, AND CYTOCOMPATIBILITY PROPERTIES |
| 12:15 – 12:30 |
Contributed Talk |
Sandya S. A. Athukoralalage (University of Queensland) Sustainable antimicrobial coatings from functionalised cellulose |
| 12:30 – 12:45 |
Contributed Talk |
Karen Mei Pou Ng (Monash University Malaysia), UNRAVELLING THE IMPACT OF TEMPO-OXIDIZED CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS ON THE PROPERTIES OF NITRILE BUTADIENE RUBBER GLOVE |
| 12:45 – 1:30 |
🍽 Lunch |
|
| 1:30 – 2:00 |
Invited Talk |
Latifah Jasmani (Forest Research Institute of Malaysia) HARNESSING BIOMASS POTENTIAL: ADVANCES IN NANOCELLULOSE PRODUCTION AND ITS APPLICATION |
| 2:00 – 2:15 |
Contributed Talk |
Yuvan A/L Perimaisivam (Universiti Putra Malaysia) ELUCIDATING THE HALOCHROMIC, ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF TROPICAL DABAI FRUIT PEEL AND BUTTERFLY PEA FLOWER EXTRACTS FOR USE IN BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS |
| 2:15 – 2:30 |
Contributed Talk |
Dawood Bin Fazal (BioPRIA, Monash University), Green and Scalable Nanocellulose Production |
| 2:30 – 2:45 |
Contributed Talk |
Fatimah Athiyah Sabaruddin (Universiti Putra Malaysia), HYBRID REINFORCEMENT OF POLYPROPYLENE NANOCOMPOSITES WITH KENAF CORE AND NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE OF VARYING LIGNIN CONTENT |
| 2:45 – 3:15 |
☕ Coffee Break |
|
| 3:15 – 3:45 |
Invited Talk |
Leo Bey Fen (Universiti Malaya), Kenaf-based Cellulose Nanomaterials for Sustainable Biomedical Applications |
| 3:45 – 4:30 |
Roundtable Discussion |
Collaboration Opportunities |
| 5:00 |
Close |
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