Why studying plant and animal
cells engineering makes you a
cool person?
Munira Shahbuddin Ph.D
International Islamic University of Malaysia
1. It is the Profession
of The Future
2. It can solve problems with
over/under-population
3. It can solve problems
with hunger and poverty
Grow your own organ OR food
Cellular engineering is the Future
4. It can improve
Public Health and Lives
5. It can lengthen lives
Future
human?
6. It can protect the
environment
7. It can bring peace
and harmony
8. It can bring back the
dead and extinct to live
Addressing inequalities in Science
and Technology
WHO OWN THE
INFORMATION?
WHO DECIDES?
WHO CONTROL?
A
banana
story
United Fruit Company’s
banana massacre 1928
story
Food and Economy Security
Malaysia Palm Oil and Plantation
Industry
Oleochemicals
https://www.openpr.com/news/11
04537/Global-Oleo-Chemicals-
Market-2018-Key-Country-Analysis-
Wilmar-International-BASF-
Eastman-Chemical-Company-
Evonik-Industries-Cargill-PTT-
Global-Chemical-Emery-
Oleochemicals-Alnor-Oil-Co-Inc-
IsoSciences-LLC.html
Agricultural sustainability
Environmental Issues
How we can improve our
economy and environment
through knowledge?
Understand the needs
and demands of the
industry
Research and
Development in
fundamental science
Enhance our
understanding in
science
OUR RESPONSIBILITY WITH
KNOWLEDGE
TECHNOLOGY IS AMORAL
Cells as Products
Munira Shahbuddin Ph.D
International Islamic University of Malaysia
Cells for organ
regeneration and
production of drugs
The concept of
bioreactor for
animal cell
culture and
engineering • Bioreactor is used in the
production of metabolites,
enzymes, antibiotics, cytokines
and drugs for therapeutics.
Concept: to maintain
and protect cellular
viability, vitality and
metabolic activities as
in physiological
condition.
HUMAN (ANIMAL)
AS BIOREACTOR
VS
CELL AS
BIOREACTOR
THE CONCEPT:
BODY PROVIDES
ESSENTIAL CHEMICALS
AND ENVIRONMENT FOR
REGENERATION AND
GROWTH Resident Evil. The Final Chapter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_(2005_film)
Human
cloning for
body parts
and
insurance
BIOETHICS AND
TECHNOLOGY
https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/25/15421734/artificial-womb-fetus-biobag-uterus-lamb-sheep-birth-premie-
preterm-infant
THE CONCEPT OF CLONING
Developed differentiated cells
taken from the organism. Two
copies of chromosomes can
cause defect in the organism
Begins to develop as
embryo
Implanted into a ewe
Egg cell and cell to
be cloned are
fused together
Unfertilized egg
cells
Egg cell with no
nucleus
Nucleus removed
from egg cell
Why study biotechnology?

Why study biotechnology?