BY AISHWURIYA KUNASHANKAR & SAARANI VENGADESEN
WHAT do you get when you put a bioplastic expert, a microalgae specialist, and a cancer researcher together? A Marimo. Read further to know how a multidisciplinary team is moving from the concept stage to a proposed sustainable plan that can play a role in reducing environmental footprint. The Petri Dish interviewed three finalists of the flagship project Chrysalis Award, organised by the Young Scientists Network-Academy Sciences of Malaysia (YSN-ASM).
When Dr Hii Ling Wei, a cancer researcher from International Medical University (IMU) was teamed up with a microalgae and a bioplastic researcher in a competition to develop a multidisciplinary research concept, she was clueless on how to contribute her expertise and also in understanding the other research areas.
