Contents Secondary metabolites of Goniothalamus spp. in Sarawak 2 Micropropagation of Aquilaria malaccensis Lank. and Aquilaria microcarpa Baill. 3 Diversity and phylogenetics study of Hipposideros 5 A convenient way for the etherification of p-hydroxyacetophenone 8 Census survey of saltwater crocodile Crocodylus porosus in Batang Samarahan, Sarawak 9 In vitro cytotoxicity and antitermite activities of the essential oil of Cinnamomum zeylanicum 11 The role of palaeofloras and Bornean aroids in the investigation of phytochores 12 Junior Science Camp UNIMAS 2011: `Learning SCIENCE IS FUN’ 14 Research Bulletin Dean’s Message Prof. Dr. Shabdin Mohd Long Development and characterization of expressed sequence tag-simple sequence repeat markers from Kelampayan tree transcriptome (NcdbEST) 15 Universiti Malaysia Sarawak has been ranked among the top 200 Asian University by the QS Asian University Rankings 2011 and Faculty of Resource Science and Technology (FRST) was ranked top 115 by QS Asian University Rankings 2011. Faculty members should be proud on our standing and this was achieved due to high commitment and enthusiasm of all staffs. I am sure with strong commitment and hard work we can achieve even better ranking. In line with the university‟s vision to become a research university by 2015, the faculty greatly supports any initiative to bring advancement in research and development (R&D) and teaching. Various strategies and plans have been mapped out in tandem with the university‟s endeavour to spur and harness competency in R&D, science and technology, and capacity to innovate. Being one of the twelve mega biodiversity countries in the world, we place a lot of emphasis on sustainable utilization, prudent management and conservation of our rich natural heritage. In order to utilize and manage our biodiversity sources, FRST is taking necessary action to establish another Centre of Excellence in addition to Centre of Excellence for Sago Research (CoESAR). CoESAR research focus on various aspect of sago especially agronomy, molecular genetics, starch technology and utilization. It is no doubt that the establishment of new Centre of Excellence will promote research activity and collaboration with other established centre and also focused research which will have significant impact on research, development and commercialization. My sincere hope that all academic staffs will show high commitment in order to achieve excellent performance in teaching, research, publication, consultancy and public services. Please feel free to direct your enquiry to me at e-mail: lshabdin@frst.unimas.my or to the editorial members for further information. Happy reading Some Coelogyne spp. of Sarawak (photograph courtesy of Qammil Muzzammil Abdullah) Coelogyne sp. Coelogyne sp.2 Coelogyne radioferens Coelogyne cf. hirtella Coelogyne cf. moultonii