EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4th Herbal Research Webinar Series 2026Bridging Traditional Wisdom and Modern Medicine Date: 12 August 2026Guest Speaker: Dr. Teo Chiah Shean, Head of Healthcare and Wellness, REN Wellness Retreat, MalaysiaAttendance: 65 participants The 4th Herbal Research Webinar Series 2026 was successfully conducted by the Herbal Research Group (HRG) of Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) on 12 August […]

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On Saturday morning, 1 August 2026, a group of herbal researchers from the PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), together with two students from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), visited Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali’s (UNISSA) Sinaut Campus in Tutong, led by Dk Dr Nurolaini binti Pg Hj Muhammad Kifli, Deputy Dean (Research, […]

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The Herbal Research Group (HRG) of Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), successfully organised the 3rd Herbal Research Webinar Series 2026 on 10 June 2026, featuring Dr. Ami Fazlin Syed Mohamed, Director of the Institute for Medical Research (IMR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Ministry of Health Malaysia, as the invited speaker. The webinar, titled “From Tradition […]

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The 2nd Herbal Research Webinar Series 2026, organised by the Herbal Research Group (HRG), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), was successfully held on 15 April 2026. The session featured Professor Liu Chang, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and Deputy Director at the Center for Bioinformatics, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development (IMPLAD), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), Beijing, […]

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The 1st Herbal Research Webinar Series 2026 organised by UBD Herbal Research Group was successfully conducted on 11th February 2026 with Associate Professor Dr. Liza Md Salleh as the guest speaker. She delivered a presentation entitled “GoSwiet Softgels (Swietenia macrophylla) Research Driven and Market Ready” outlining her research and commercialisation journey in developing Go-Swiet Soft […]

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The 5th Herbal Research Webinar Series 2025, organized by Universiti Brunei Darussalam’s Herbal Research Group, featured Professor Liu Chang from the Institute of Medicinal Plant Development (IMPLAD), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), Beijing, China. His presentation, titled “From Organelle Genomes to Therapeutic miRNAs: Exploring Medicinal Plants and Fungi with Ganoderma lucidum as a Model,” […]

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The 4th session of the Herbal Research Webinar Series 2025 was held on 24th September 2025, featuring Ts. Dr. Mohammad Halim bin Mohamad Shariff, a neuropharmacology researcher specializing in natural products with neuroprotective potential. The webinar, focusing on “Natural Compounds Modulating Neurodegenerative Pathways in Drug Addiction Models: Bridging Therapeutic Mechanisms”, welcomed an estimated 60 participants […]

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The Herbal Research Group, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, successfully hosted the 3rd Herbal Webinar Series on 2 July 2025, featuring Ms. Supaporn Intatham from Chiang Mai University, Thailand. Her talk focused on the anti-diabetic activities of medicinal plant recipes, showcasing a systematic approach to developing evidence-based herbal formulations. In her presentation, Ms. Supaporn Intatham introduced her […]

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The second instalment of the 2025 Herbal Research Webinar Series on the topic of “Microbial Natural Products: Biosynthesis, Bioactivity and Enzymes” was conducted by the Herbal Research Group, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) on 16th April 2025 via Zoom. The webinar featured an in-depth and engaging presentation by Dr. Chin-Soon Phan who is currently leading his […]

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The 1st Herbal Research Webinar Series 2025 was conducted by the Herbal Research Group, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) on 26th February 2025 via Zoom. Professor Clara Bik-San Lau, from the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, was invited as the guest speaker for the event. Professor Clara […]

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