Welcome To The First Malaysian Zebrafish Company

 

Danio Assay Laboratories Sdn. Bhd. is the first Malaysian biotechnology company that specialized in the use of zebrafish (Danio rerio) as an alternative model for toxicology and biomedical research. We are a startup company established in the year 2014. Currently, our based are at Faculty of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Selangor. 

 

Our company provides new toxicity test products and services based on the use of the zebrafish (in vivo) that is cost-effective, rapid, reliable, precise and robust for high-throughput screening (HTS) and high-content screening (HCS) especially for drugs screening, chemical safety and environmental toxicity. Our core product, Danio Assay Kit is a quick and ready-to-use toxicity test for determination of toxic levels or effects of chemicals used for example in manufacturing nutraceutical, pharmaceutical or cosmeceutical products. Danio Assay Kit is well-suited in toxicity studies detecting in a very short time and at low cost to screen for new synthesized drugs, chemical substances (e.g. nano materials), functional foods (e.g. honey), food preservatives or additives, pesticides, fertilizers, cyanotoxins, industrial/ agriculture waste and even toxicants in drinking water. This can be very useful to rapid alert about the adverse effect of toxicants or environmental pollution to human.

 

Previously, we are under Market Innovation Validation Research Scheme funded by Universiti Putra Malaysia in the year 2014, which was monitored and coordinated by Innohub Program under Putra Science Park (PSP), UPM. This scheme is a complete training and assistance for few selected projects for two years tenure including programs such as marketing strategy, enhancement of research techniques and other related field of knowledge that are being monitored closely by the University. The aims of this program is to commercialize national product by internal researchers and for the advancement of the research field that each company under the scheme are being approved for further enhancement both in commercialization and research for Malaysia to be pioneer frontier in field of knowledge for the betterment of mankind and to increase the economic ability of the country from the perspective of pure science.

 

The Co-founder of the company are Assoc. Prof. Dr. Syahida Ahmad and Prof. Dr. Mohd. Yunus Abd. Shukor who both are practicing UPM’s lecturers and researchers in the company’s business field. Both have more than 10 years experience in science and five years experience in managing company, where the experience gains from the Innohub scheme. As the company is a product of a well organized scheme which comprise of many weekly task that are required by the company to follow under Universiti Putra Malaysia, the company become extensively viable for robust development. The many important things in an establishment of a company both regulatory by law and all the necessity strategy for future evolution for betterment of the company from research to commercialization are ready in place after two years term of the scheme. The company also received access to commercialize this technology under licensing agreement from Universiti Putra Malaysia with pending patent.