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Expertise: Plant Molecular Biology
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Expertise: Plant Molecular Biology
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION 1. Bachelor, Animal and Plant Biochemistry, La Trobe University, Australia, 1986. 2. Master, Isolation and characterization of tissue-specific genes, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 1995. 3. PhD, Structure and regulation of fatty acid biosynthetic and tissue-specific genes, University of East Anglia / John Innes Centre, United Kingdom, 1999. PREVIOUS APPOINTMENT 1. Research Officer, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 1989-1998. 2. Senior Research Officer, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 1998-2003. 3. Research Group Leader, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 2000-2003. 4. Lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2003-2006. 5. Head, Laboratory of Plantation Crop, Institute of Tropical Agriculture, UPM, 2006-2007. AREAS OF EXPERTISE 1. BIOTECHNOLOGY, Plant Biotechnology, Transgenic plant. 2. BIOTECHNOLOGY, Molecular Biology, Gene isolation. RESEARCH 1. Isolation of mesocarp-specific genes and their regulatory sequences from the oil palm, Project Leader, 1990-2000, MOSTI (IRPA), National. 2. Isolation of stearoyl-ACP desaturase genes from the oil palm, Project Leader, 1995-1999, MOSTI (IRPA), National. 3. Isolation and characterization of kernel-specific promoter from the oil palm, Project Leader, 1999-2002, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, National. 4. Isolation and characterization of leaf-specific promoter from the oil palm, Project Leader, 2000-2003, MOSTI (IRPA), International. 5. Isolation and characterization of oleoyl-CoA desaturase gene from the oil palm, Co-Researcher, 2000-2004, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, National. 6. Transgenic oil palm with constitutive and tissue-specific promoters, Project Leader, 2002-2006, MOSTI (IRPA), International. 7. Tissue-specific regulatory sequences and transcription factors from oil palm for plant genetic engineering, Project Leader, 2007-2009, Agrobiotechnology Institute (ABI), MOSTI, National. 8. Isolation and molecular characterization of key tocotrienol biosynthetic genes and their promoter sequences from oil palm, Project Leader, 2007-2008, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, National. EXPERT/TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTIONS 1. Serve as panel to review progress of Biotech Top-Down Project under Plant Biotechnology Cooperative (BCC), Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation Malaysia (MOSTI), Expert Advisor, 2004-2006, National. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS 2. MPOB Gold Award for Research, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), 1998, National. 3. MPOB Gold Award for Research, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), 2003, National. 4. BiotechnologyAsia 2005 Innovation Award, Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), 2005, International. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 1. Patent filing for regulatory sequences for regulation of gene expression in plants and other organisms, and compositions, products and methods related thereto., Patent, Pending, International, 0, 2. Patent filing for leaf-specific chlorophyll A/B binding protein promoter, Patent, Pending, International, 0, POST GRADUATE SUPERVISION 1. Chan Pek Lan, Masters, Isolation and Characterization of Leaf-specific Gene from Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis), 2003. 2. Nurniwalis Abdul Wahab, Masters, Isolation of Ethylene Response Sensor Gene and Generation of Expressed Sequence Tags from the Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) Mesocarp, 2006. EXPERT LINKAGES 1. Research Project on Improvement of Uptake of Phosphorus by Oil Palm through Selected Transporter from Potential Genotype, FELDA, 2006, 36 month(s), National. PUBLICATIONS 1. Mohd Basri, W., Siti Nor Akmar, A and Henson, IE (2005). Oil Palm –Achievements and Potential. Plant Production Science: Vol. 8 No. 3 Special Issue: 288-297. 2. Mohd Basri, W., Siti Nor Akmar, A., Maizura I and Norman, K. (2005). Oil Palm. In Handbook of Industrial Crops. V. L Chopra and K. V. Peter (ed). pp. 335-382. The Haworth Press, Inc., New York, USA. 3. Zubaidah, R. and Siti Nor Akmar, A. (2003). Development of a transient assay in oil palm and its application in analyzing MT3-B gene promoter. Journal of Oil Palm Research: Vol. 15(2). 62-69. 4. Siti Nor Akmar, A., Zubaidah, R., Manaf, M.A. and Nurniwalis, W. (2003). Targeting gene expression in mesocarp and kernel of the oil palm fruits. 5. Advanced Researches of Plant Lipid. N Murata, M Yamada, I Nishida (eds).pp. 411-414. Kluwer Academic Publishers. 6. Siti Nor Akmar, A., Cheah, S.C. and Murphy, D.J. (2002). Isolation and characterization of two divergent type 3 metallothioneins from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). Plant Physiol. Biochem. 40: 255-263. 7. Sambanthamurthi, R., Siti Nor Akmar, A. and Ahmad Parveez, G.K. (2002). Genetic manipulation of the oil palm – challenges and prospects. The Planter, Kuala Lumpur, 78 (919): 547-562. 8. Siti Nor Akmar, A., Cheah, S.C., Aminah, S., Leslie, C.L.O., Sambanthamurthi, R. and Murphy, D.J. (1999). Characterization and regulation of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) stearoyl-ACP desaturase genes. Journal of Oil Palm Research (Special Issue): 1-17. 9. Siti Nor Akmar, A., Shah, F.H. and Cheah, S.C. (1995). Construction of oil palm mesocarp cDNA library and the isolation of mesocarp-specific cDNA clones. Asia Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 3, No. 2: 106-111. 10. Cheah, S.C., Sambanthamurthi, R., Siti Nor Akmar, A., Abrizah, O., Mohamad Arif, M., Umi Salamah, R. and Ahmad Parveez, G. K. (1995). Towards genetic engineering of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.). In: J.- C. Kader and P. Mazliak (eds). Plant Lipid Metabolism. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 570-572 Last Uodate: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 |