Achievements / Awards
- Anugerah Bitara UKM 2022 Penerbitan Makalah (Sains)
- UKM MyRA® 2019 Award – Appreciation Certificate for Individual Excellence Award (Publication) Anugerah Individu Cemerlang (Penerbitan) - Sijil Penghargaan No. 3
- Visiting Researcher Grant at National Institute of Genetics, 1 Jun – 31 Aug 2018
- Excellent Service Award Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang (APC) 2014
- Travel grant to attend SeqAhead 2014, TGAC, UK
- ASPB and Learned Society Travel Grant ASPB Annual Meeting 2011, Minnesota
- Young Scientist Travel Grant for SEB Annual Meeting 2010, Prague
- COB/SEB Travel Grant for ICAR 2010, Yokohama
- Irene Manton Poster Prize at SEB Annual Meeting 2009, Glasgow
- University of Sheffield Excellence Exchange Scheme Award 2009
- University of Sheffield PhD Studentship, ORS Award & Fee Scholarship 2008-2011
- JG Boswell Memorial Prize in Botany 2008
- Sheffield Graduate Award 2008
- Skills for Work Certificate 2007
- Best Animal and Plant Sciences Level Two Student 2007
- Sir Basil Blackwell Prize for the School of Biology 2006
- Best Animal and Plant Sciences Level One Student 2006
- MOE Scholarship 2003-2008
Professional MEMBERSHIP / SOCIETY / AFFILIATION
- Malaysian Proteomics Society (MAPS) PPM-015-10-05092016, Vice President 2022-2024; Honorary Secretary 2020-2022 (Life member MAPS-L07), National
- Malaysian Agricultural Proteomics Society, Assistant Treasurer / Webmaster 2015-2020, National
- Malaysian Society of Systems and Synthetic Biology (MyBioSS), member (000008), 2022/23, National
- Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB) PPM-011-10-12112013, member 2015-Present (Life member MY00401), International
- Botanical Society of Japan (BSJ), member, 2019, International
- Society for Experimental Biology (SEB), member, 2008-2015, International
- Malaysian Society of Plant Physiology (MSPP), member, 2012, National
- Royal Society of Biology/ UK Plant Sciences Federation, member, 2011-Present, International
- GARNet, member, 2011-Present, International
- American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), member, 2011, International
Consultancy
- KAJIAN PEMBANGUNAN GARIS PANDUAN PENILAIAN RISIKO DAN PENGURUSAN RISIKO BERKAITAN BIOTEKNOLOGI BAHARU MUNCUL (EMERGING BIOTECHNOLOGIES), Jabatan Biokeselamatan Malaysia, 19 Sep 2022-18 Sep 2023
Panel
Grants
Scholarship Evaluation Committee
Judge
- Veni Domain Science, Dutch Research Council (NWO) (INTERNATIONAL)
- Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP): Strasbourg, FR (INTERNATIONAL)
- UKRI BBSRC Grant (INTERNATIONAL)
- UKM Research University Grants (INSTITUTIONAL)
Scholarship Evaluation Committee
- Human Life Advancement Foundation (HLAF), Kuala Lumpur
Judge
- Intelligence Frontier Science Invention & Innovation Competition 2019
- Microbial Genomics and Molecular Biology Oral Session and Agricultural Microbiology Poster Session for Malaysian Society for Microbiology 24/08/2016
Columnist / Op-Ed
- New Straits Times - Columnist / Op-ed Letters
- The Star - Op-ed Letters
- The Edge Malaysia - My Say
Editor
- Frontiers in Plant Science (Functional and Applied Plant Genomics) - Associate Editor
- Systems Biology Insider
Reviewer
JournalS
- ASM Science Journal
- BMC Genomics WoS IF:3.969 (2020)
- BMC Plant Biology WoS IF:4.215 (2020)
- Botany WoS IF:1.323 (2020)
- Cells WoS IF:6.600 (2020)
- Food Research International WoS IF:6.475 (2020)
- Frontiers in Plant Science WoS IF:5.753 (2020)
- Genomics WoS IF:5.736 (2020)
- GigaScience WoS IF:6.524 (2020)
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences WoS IF:5.924 (2020)
- Journal of Experimental Botany WoS IF:7.298 (2021)
- Journal of Oil Palm Research WoS IF:2.057 (2020)
- Journal of Plant Growth Regulation WoS IF:4.169 (2020)
- Journal of Plant Research WoS IF:2.629 (2020)
- Journal of Tropical Forest Science WoS IF:0.770 (2020)
- Journal of Tropical Plant Physiology
- Malaysian Applied Biology
- Molecules WoS IF:4.412 (2020)
- PeerJ WoS IF:2.984 (2020)
- Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants WoS IF:2.391 (2020)
- Plant Physiology and Biochemistry WoS IF:4.270 (2020)
- PLoS ONE WoS IF:3.24 (2020)
- Sains Malaysiana WoS IF:1.009 (2020)
- Scientific Reports WoS IF:4.379 (2020)
- Tree Genetics & Genomes WoS IF:2.297 (2020)
Book
Organising Committee
Workshops
- Perseus-Powered Transcriptomics: Omics Insights Made Easy (organiser) 25-27 Jul 2023
- Real time PCR hands on Workshop (Instructor) 27 Jun 2023
- Continuous Professional Development Workshop (organiser) 3 Nov 2022
- Scientific Workshop on qPCR (organiser) 13 July 2022
- Advanced Transcriptomics Workshop (organiser) 5-7 July 2022
- Virtual RT-qPCR Analysis Workshop (organiser) 19 Oct 2020
- MAPS Workshop 2019: Proteomics Data Analysis (organiser) 23 Aug 2019
- Shotgun Proteomics Advanced Data Analysis Workshop (organiser) 27-29 Nov 2018
- Transcriptomics Workshop (organiser) 10-12 Apr 2018
- qPCR Workshop (organiser) 21 Mar 2018
- Scientific Workshop on qPCR (organiser) 4 Apr 2017
- Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Workshop (organiser) 16 May 2016
- EMBL-EBI MAPS Workshop 2015: Bioinformatics in Proteomics (organising committee) 23=25 Nov 2015
- Transcriptomics Workshop (organiser) 26-27 May 2015
Conferences / Symposiums
- Joint AOHUPO & AOAPO Conference 2023 Singapore - Scientific Committee
- Asian Regional Conference on Systems Biology 2020 - Finance Committee
- International Proteomics Conference 2017 - Committee
- Asian Regional Conference on Systems Biology 2017 - Finance Committee
- ARCSB2015-TriSys - Committee
- ARCSB 2013
Examiner
External
Master in Philosophy, Universiti Malaya, 2022
MPhil candidate: KARLSON CHOU KHAI SOONG (17014348/1 / HMA180010)
MPhil Thesis: ENHANCEMENT OF FLAVONOID PRODUCTION BY SUPPRESSING CINNAMATE-4-HYDROXYLASE (C4H) GENEEXPRESSION USING RNA AND CRISPR INTERFERENCE SYSTEMS IN NICOTIANA TABACUM AND BOESENBERGIA ROTUNDA CELL SUSPENSION CULTURES
MSc (Biochemistry), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2020
MSc candidate: AHMAD FAIZ BIN CHE FISOL (GS50764)
MSc Thesis: DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS OF MYCELIAL PROTEINS AND METABOLITES FROM RIGIDOPORUS MICROPORUS DURING IN VITRO INTERACTION WITH Hevea brasiliensis
MSc (Biochemistry), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2019
MSc candidate: ATIQAH BINTI SUBKI (GS45833)
MSc Thesis: IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE (TPP) RIBOSWITCHES IN OIL PALM (Elaeis guineensis)
MSc (Biotechnology), AIMST, 2018
MSc candidate: Alia Amalina Norharmi (S16060405)
MSc Thesis: METATRANSCRIPTOMICS OF ORAL MICROBIOME IN RELATION TO PERIODONTITIS
MSc (Microbial Biotechnology), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2018
MSc candidate: Fam Jye Ping (GS43707)
MSc Thesis: METABOLIC PROFILING OF Meyerozyma gulliermondii STRAIN SO AND A RECOMBINANT STRAIN SO2 EXPRESSING LIPASE
PhD (Science), Taylor’s University, Malaysia, 2016
PhD candidate: Foong Lian Chee (0327587)
PhD Proposal: DE NOVO TRANSCRIPTOME PROFILING AND EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF ISOPRENOID BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAYS IN Impatiens balsamina L. (BALSAMINACEAE)
MPhil candidate: KARLSON CHOU KHAI SOONG (17014348/1 / HMA180010)
MPhil Thesis: ENHANCEMENT OF FLAVONOID PRODUCTION BY SUPPRESSING CINNAMATE-4-HYDROXYLASE (C4H) GENEEXPRESSION USING RNA AND CRISPR INTERFERENCE SYSTEMS IN NICOTIANA TABACUM AND BOESENBERGIA ROTUNDA CELL SUSPENSION CULTURES
MSc (Biochemistry), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2020
MSc candidate: AHMAD FAIZ BIN CHE FISOL (GS50764)
MSc Thesis: DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS OF MYCELIAL PROTEINS AND METABOLITES FROM RIGIDOPORUS MICROPORUS DURING IN VITRO INTERACTION WITH Hevea brasiliensis
MSc (Biochemistry), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2019
MSc candidate: ATIQAH BINTI SUBKI (GS45833)
MSc Thesis: IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATE (TPP) RIBOSWITCHES IN OIL PALM (Elaeis guineensis)
MSc (Biotechnology), AIMST, 2018
MSc candidate: Alia Amalina Norharmi (S16060405)
MSc Thesis: METATRANSCRIPTOMICS OF ORAL MICROBIOME IN RELATION TO PERIODONTITIS
MSc (Microbial Biotechnology), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2018
MSc candidate: Fam Jye Ping (GS43707)
MSc Thesis: METABOLIC PROFILING OF Meyerozyma gulliermondii STRAIN SO AND A RECOMBINANT STRAIN SO2 EXPRESSING LIPASE
PhD (Science), Taylor’s University, Malaysia, 2016
PhD candidate: Foong Lian Chee (0327587)
PhD Proposal: DE NOVO TRANSCRIPTOME PROFILING AND EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF ISOPRENOID BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAYS IN Impatiens balsamina L. (BALSAMINACEAE)
IntERNAL
PhD (Systems Biology), INBIOSIS, 2020
MSc candidate: Muhammad Redha Abdullah Zawawi (P85905)
MSc Thesis: PEMBINAAN SEMULA TAPAK JALAN BIOSINTESIS SEBATIAN YANG MENGANDUNGI SULFUR DALM SISTEM PERTAHANAN TUMBUHAN
Master in Medical Science (Physiology), Faculty of Medicine, 2020
MSc candidate: Allia Najmie Muhammad Yusuf (P88518)
MSc Thesis: Pengenalpastian mikroRNA eksosom berkaitan hepatosel
MSc (Molecular Medicine), UMBI, 2019
MSc candidate: Muhammad Afiq Osman (P83380)
MSc Thesis: ELUCIDATING THE COLORECTAL CANCER GUT MICROBIOME
MSc (Biomolecular Science), INBIOSIS, 2016
MSc candidate: Nur Diyana Binti Kamal Azlan (P59433)
MSc Thesis: ANALISIS TRANSKRIPTOM Garcinia mangostana PADA PERINGKAT PERCAMBAHAN BIJI BENIH MELALUI TEKNOLOGI PENJUJUKAN GENERASI TERKEMUDIAN
MSc (Molecular Medicine), UMBI, 2016
MSc candidate: Azliana Mohd Yusof (P78315)
MSc Thesis: PENCIRIAN MENDALAM TRANSKRIPTOM MIKRORNA DAN MRNA DALAM KANSER TIROID PAPILARI
MSc (Molecular Medicine), UMBI, 2015
MSc candidate: Fateen Farhana Ibrahim (P63271)
MSc Thesis: PENCIRIAN MIKRORNA DI DALAM KANSER SERUS OVARI BERMETATASIS
MSc candidate: Muhammad Redha Abdullah Zawawi (P85905)
MSc Thesis: PEMBINAAN SEMULA TAPAK JALAN BIOSINTESIS SEBATIAN YANG MENGANDUNGI SULFUR DALM SISTEM PERTAHANAN TUMBUHAN
Master in Medical Science (Physiology), Faculty of Medicine, 2020
MSc candidate: Allia Najmie Muhammad Yusuf (P88518)
MSc Thesis: Pengenalpastian mikroRNA eksosom berkaitan hepatosel
MSc (Molecular Medicine), UMBI, 2019
MSc candidate: Muhammad Afiq Osman (P83380)
MSc Thesis: ELUCIDATING THE COLORECTAL CANCER GUT MICROBIOME
MSc (Biomolecular Science), INBIOSIS, 2016
MSc candidate: Nur Diyana Binti Kamal Azlan (P59433)
MSc Thesis: ANALISIS TRANSKRIPTOM Garcinia mangostana PADA PERINGKAT PERCAMBAHAN BIJI BENIH MELALUI TEKNOLOGI PENJUJUKAN GENERASI TERKEMUDIAN
MSc (Molecular Medicine), UMBI, 2016
MSc candidate: Azliana Mohd Yusof (P78315)
MSc Thesis: PENCIRIAN MENDALAM TRANSKRIPTOM MIKRORNA DAN MRNA DALAM KANSER TIROID PAPILARI
MSc (Molecular Medicine), UMBI, 2015
MSc candidate: Fateen Farhana Ibrahim (P63271)
MSc Thesis: PENCIRIAN MIKRORNA DI DALAM KANSER SERUS OVARI BERMETATASIS