Curriculum Vitae

DR. YVONNE LIEW JING MEI

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Pharmaceutical Life Sciences
    Faculty of Pharmacy

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • PROTEINS
    Recombinant protein expression and purification, epitopes, antibodies
  • METABOLIC PATHWAYS
    Metabolic engineering, HPLC, LCMS
  • MOLECULAR AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
    Gene expression, cloning, mutagenesis, homology modelling
  • TRANSGENIC PLANT
    Transformation, Secondary metabolites, Bioactive compounds, Plant tissue culture

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD, (Biology and Biochemistry)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • MSC, (Applied Sciences by Research)
    Ucsi University
  • BSC, (Biotechnology)
    Ucsi University

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Science & Technology Research Grant
    Toray Science Foundation, Japan, 2016 (National)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Ning, C. Chee; Liew, Y. J. M.; bin Jonet, M. A.; Chang, L. Y. (2023). MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NIPAH VIRUS V AND DNA DAMAGE-BINDING PROTEIN (DDB1): A COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR DOCKING STUDY, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 130, S127-S127. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2023.04.314
  2. Yong, Hoi-Sen; Song, Sze-Looi; Chua, Kah-Ooi; Liew, Yvonne Jing Mei; Suana, I. Wayan; Lim, Phaik-Eem; Chan, Kok-Gan; Eamsobhana, Praphathip (2023). Comparative analysis of the complete mitochondrial genomes of three Zeugodacus species (Insecta: Tephriti dae: Dacinae) and their phylogenetic relationships with other congeners, ARTHROPOD SYSTEMATICS & PHYLOGENY. 81, 747-759. doi:10.3897/asp.81.e105025
  3. Chua, Kah-Ooi; Liew, Yvonne Jing Mei; See-Too, Wah-Seng; Tan, Jia-Yi; Yong, Hoi-Sen; Yin, Wai-Fong; Chan, Kok-Gan (2022). Formicincola oecophyllae gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel member of the family Acetobacteraceae isolated from the weaver ant Oecophylla smaragdina, ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY. . doi:10.1007/s10482-022-01750-8
  4. Liew, Yvonne Jing Mei; Chua, Kah-Ooi; Yong, Hoi-Sen; Song, Sze-Looi; Chan, Kok-Gan (2022). Complete chloroplast genome of Boesenbergia rotunda and a comparative analysis with members of the family Zingiberaceae, BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. . doi:10.1007/s40415-022-00845-w
  5. Liew, Yvonne Jing Mei; Ibrahim, Puteri Ainaa S.; Ong, Hui Ming; Chong, Chee Ning; Tan, Chong Tin; Schee, Jie Ping; Roman, Raul Gomez; Cherian, Neil George; Wong, Won Fen; Chang, Li-Yen (2022). The Immunobiology of Nipah Virus, MICROORGANISMS. 10(6). doi:10.3390/microorganisms10061162
  6. Liew, Y. J. M., Lee, Y. K., Khalid, N., Rahman, N. A., & Tan, B. C. (2021). Cell-Free Expression of a Plant Membrane Protein BrPT2 From Boesenbergia Rotunda. Molecular Biotechnology, 63(4), 316-326. doi: 10.1007/s12033-021-00304-z
  7. Yong, H. S., Chua, K. O., Song, S. L., Liew, Y. J. M., Eamsobhana, P., & Chan, K. G. (2021). Complete mitochondrial genome of Dacus vijaysegarani and phylogenetic relationships with congeners and other tephritid fruit flies (Insecta: Diptera). Molecular Biology Reports, 48(8), 6047-6056. doi: 10.1007/s11033-021-06608-2
  8. Liew, Yvonne Jing Mei; Lee, Yean Kee; Khalid, Norzulaani; Rahman, Noorsaadah Abd; Tan, Boon Chin (2020). Enhancing flavonoid production by promiscuous activity of prenyltransferase, BrPT2 from Boesenbergia rotunda, PEERJ. 8. doi:10.7717/peerj.9094
Others
  1. Liew, Y. J. M., Soh, W. T., Jiemy, W. F., & Hwang, J. S. (2015). Mutagenesis and functional analysis of the pore-forming toxin HALT-1 from Hydra magnipapillata. Toxins, 7(2), 407-422.

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2022 - 2025, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    Elucidation Of Nipah Virus B Cell Epitopes That Mediate Antigen-Antibody Interaction In Convalescent Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2023 - 2025, Others MOHE
    Proteome Profiling And Pathway Analysis Of Longitudinal Adaptive Immune Response ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2023 - 2025, UM International Collaboration Grant
    Oncometabolites: Metabolic Drivers of Cancer Development and Progression ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  4. 2021 - 2024, Partnership Grant
    Mg: Characterization Of Niv-specific Immune Responses In Nipah Survivors And Development Of An Antibody Standard From Nipah Convalescent Sera ( Co-Researcher)
  5. 2022 - 2024, Government Agency
    Kajian Pembangunan Indeks Akauntabiliti Dan Keberkesanan Tadbir Urus Penyelidikan Bioteknologi Moden ( Co-Researcher)
  6. 2022 - 2024, Government Agency
    Kajian Pembangunan Kaedah Pengesanan Pantas Organisma Diubahsuai Genetik (gmo) Dan Produk Gmo Dalam Makanan Ruji ( Co-Researcher)
  7. 2022 - 2024, Others MOHE - Top 100 (IIRG)-FNW
    WP2: Developing Next-generation Microbiome-based Biostimulant for Sustainable Crop Production in a Changing Climate ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  8. 2023 - 2023, Partnership Grant
    Investigating the Impact of Xanthomonad Infection on the Phyllosphere Microbiome of Tomato Plants ( Co-Researcher)
Private
  1. 2023 - 2023, Private Funding
    Evaluating The Phyllosphere Microbiome Shift To Tomato Plants Infected Byk Xanthomonas Gardneri ( Co-Researcher)

PAPER PRESENTED

INVITED SPEAKER
  1. MY FRGS JOURNEY, Forum MY FRGS JOURNEY, Institut Pengurusan & Perkhidmatan Penyelidikan (IPPP) (University) (27 Feb 2023 - 27 Feb 2023)
  2. Metabolic Engineering, Current Topics in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty Science, University Malaya (University) (25 Nov 2022 - 25 Nov 2022)
ORAL PRESENTER
  1. Metabolic engineering of Boesenbergia rotunda for biosynthesis of pinostrobin, 24rd Biological Sciences Graduate Congress (BSGC) 2018, Chulalongkorn University (International) (18 Dec 2018 - 20 Dec 2018)
  2. Enhancement of flavonoid production through genetic modification of Boesenbergia rotunda cell suspension culture, MTSF Grant Research Symposium 2018, MTSF  (National) (30 Nov 2018 - 30 Nov 2018)
POSTER PRESENTER
  1. Cell-free protein synthesis of BrPT2, a prenyltransferase enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of flavonoid, from Boesenbergia rotunda, 23rd Biological Sciences Graduate Congress (BSGC) 2017, National University of Singapore  (International) (19 Dec 2017 - 21 Dec 2017)
  2. Elucidating biosynthetic pathway of prenylated chalcone derivatives: Isolation and characterization of prenyltransferases from Boesenbergia rotunda, International Conference on Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (ICMBB), Malaysian Society for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (International) (09 Mar 2016 - 11 Mar 2016)

ACADEMIC/PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2023) Chara L. Species Identification by Molecular Phylogenetics, International, (Reviewer)
  2. (2022) Panel Penilaian Pembentangan Laporan Kemajuan Penyelidikan, University, (Internal Examiner)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
  1. (2023) Enhancement of flavonoid production by overexpressing and silencing MYB transcription factors in Boesenbergia rotunda, IMENE TATAR
  2. (2023) ELUCIDATING NIPAH VIRUS EPITOPES THROUGH IMMUNOINFORMATICS AND EX VIVO VALIDATION, TAN XUE LI
  3. (2023) Structure Modelling and X-ray Crystallography Analysis of Nipah Virus V Protein, CHONG CHEE NING
  4. (2023) IDENTIFICATION AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF NIPAH VIRUS B-CELL EPITOPES, TING LI JIE

TEACHING

Bachelor
  1. (2023) SIJ1001 - Life Processes
  2. (2022) SIJ3008 - Advanced Molecular Biology
  3. (2022) SIJ2001 - Principles of Biochemical Analysis

COURSE ATTENDED

Internal / External Course
INTERNAL COURSE- ORGANIZED BY PTJ
  1. 2021 BIOSAFETY TRAINING, Penganjuran Kursus Secara Atas Talian (Online) (23 Nov 2021 - 23 Nov 2021)
  2. EMERALD RESEARCH AND SUPERVISION, UM (16 Aug 2022 - 17 Aug 2022)
  3. 2021 BIOSAFETY TRAINING, Penganjuran Kursus Secara Atas Talian (Online) (24 Nov 2021 - 24 Nov 2021)
  4. EMERALD TEACHING AND LEARNING SERIES 4/2023, Bilik Pameran, Bangunan Hir, Universiti Malaya (27 Nov 2023 - 01 Dec 2023)
External Course
INTERNATIONAL
  1. 20th International Vaccinology Course , Online (06 Sep 2021 - 10 Sep 2021)