Department of Molecular Medicine
Department: Department of Molecular Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Selective inhibition of proteins within the hypoxia signaling pathway using chemical probes
- Functional and mechanistic studies of the hypoxia signaling pathway
- Molecular understanding of the role of hypoxia in human diseases
Department: Department of Molecular Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- To analyse phytochemicals in natural products of Malaysian origin.
- To isolate and identify bioactive compounds with antioxidant activities.
- To investigate the mechanism of how these bioactive compounds protect against oxidative damage and mediate disease development, using in vitro and in vivo
Department: Department of Molecular Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Biomedical studies of traditional medicine and natural products (medicinal mushroom)
- Safety assessment of medicinal mushrooms
- Bioactive components from medicinal mushrooms for drugs discovery
Department: Department of Molecular Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Application of proteomics technologies in cancer and/or disease biomarker discovery.
- Application of lectins as an effective tool for screening of potential cancer biomarkers.
- Molecular understanding of the perturbed biological processes that orchestrate the onset and progression of cancer/ human diseases.
Department: Department of Molecular Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Cancer Genetics
- Toxicogenomics
- Phytochemistry
- Nutrigenomics
Department: Department of Molecular Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Identification of the genetic basis of endocrine disorders.
- In silico and in vitro functional analysis of mutant proteins underlying endocrine disorders.
- Identification bioactive plant extracts through bioactivity directed assays.
- Isolation and bioactivity characterisation of plant phytochemicals with significant medicinal values.
Department: Department of Molecular Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Characterisation of phytochemicals in fruits and vegetables.
- Unveiling the health benefits of underutilised crops for human well-being.
- Conducting cell- and non-cell-based approaches in measuring the biological activities of the phytochemicals.
- Employing molecular approaches to study the medicinal or functional aspect of plant products.
- Exploiting the potential use of food processing by-products as ingredients of functional foods.
Department: Department of Molecular Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Biomedical studies of traditional medicine and natural products (medicinal mushroom)
- Safety assessment of medicinal mushrooms
- Bioactive components from medicinal mushrooms for drugs discovery
Department: Department of Molecular Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Fundamental and antiviral development studies on human papillomavirus, Zika virus and Dengue virus
- Antiproliferative agents against colorectal cancer
Department: Department of Molecular Medicine
Main Research Interest / Goals:
- Characterisation of serum glycoproteins using lectins and mass spectrometry-based analyses to identify tumour-associated carbohydrate antigens which could be developed as potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers.
- Proteomic profiling milk fat globule associated protein/glycoproteins across animal species as well as metabolomics profiling of human milk.
- Application of proteomic technologies in studies of herbal plants and natural products.