Widya Abd Wahab obtained her first degree from IIUM in 2006 and following that, she joined IIUM to do research on plant cell culture of Jatropha (for biodiesel) and continued to be the demonstrator for the Fats & Oil and Food Toxicology Course.
She pursued her MSc in Biotechnology in Australia in 2008, and later her Ph.D in 2009 at King's College London, where she read Diabetes & Nutritional studies, particularly on coeliac disease.
In 2014, she was appointed as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, and assigned to teach Food Toxicology & Assessment.

• Biotechnology ~ Biotechnology ~ Food Biotechnology ~ Cell Culture Technology - Animal cell culture, production of monoclonal antibody and development of ELISA assay for toxic screening in food

APPLIED MOLECULAR GENETICS	2019/2020
APPLIED MOLECULAR GENETICS IN FOOD	2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
COMMERCIALISATION & CURRENT ISSUES IN BIOTECH	2015/2016 2014/2015
EXPERIMENTAL MODELS IN MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY	2022/2023 2021/2022
FATS AND OILS CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY	2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017
FINAL YEAR PROJECT	2020/2021
FINAL YEAR PROJECT II	2020/2021
FOOD TOXICOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT	2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016
HALAL AND HARAM IN FOOD PROCESSING	2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016
INSTRUMENTATION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH	2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2015/2016 2014/2015
INTERNSHIP	2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017
MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY	2018/2019 2017/2018
MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY & PARASITOLOGY	2023/2024 2022/2023 2020/2021
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN BIOTECHNOLOGY	2016/2017
PROJECT SEMINAR	2014/2015

Completed

2016 - 2020	Investigation Of Insulin-like Protein Of Some Malaysia Medicinal Plants For Diabetes Mellitus Treatment
2015 - 2019	The Developemnt of Halal Collagen Nutraceuticals Tablet from Chicken Feet

On-Going

2022 - Present	2nd Nusantara Ibadah Camp for LGBT Community
2021 - Present	Goniothalamus umbrosus. A potential chemo-preventive and anti-carcinogenic agent for oral squamous cell carcinoma
2020 - Present	Elucidating the potential of Plukenetia volubilis as an antihyperuricemic agent for improving gout.
2020 - Present	The microbial growth inhibition using lemongrass extract as an endodontic irrigant.
2020 - Present	Elucidating food bio-preservative properties of protein and oil extracted from locally planted Plukenetia volubilis (Sacha inchi) seeds.
2015 - Present	Sponge-associated fungal diversity with functional analysis of halogenase and cellulase

Article

2021	Optimisation of Culture Condition for Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia Volubilis) Callus Induction. Tropical Agroecosystems, 2 (2) pp. 87-90
2019	Comparative study of thaumatin protein from Thaumatococcus daniellii grown at different growth environments. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 3 (2) pp. 668-674
2016	Coeliac disease: immunogenicity studies of barley hordein and rye secalin-derived peptides. International Journal of Experimental Pathology, 97 (4) pp. 303-309

Conference or Workshop Item

2021	In vitro callus induction of Plukenetia Volubilis (Sacha Inchi), a PUFA-rich plant. In: International Conference on Bioscience and Biorefinery 2021,
2021	Optimisation of culture condition for Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis) Callus induction. In: International Conference on BioScience and Biorefinery,
2017	Extraction optimization and characterization of collagen from chicken (gallus gallus domesticus) feet. In: 5th International Conference on Chemical, Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Sciences (CAFES-17),
2016	Antibacterial activities of protein extracts from andrographis paniculata, tinospora crispa and centella asiatica. In: Medical Research Symposium & Pacific Partnership in conjunction with Kuantan Research Day 2016,
2016	Antibacterial antivities of protein extracts from Andrographis paniculata, Tinospora crispa and Centella asiatica. In: Medical Research Symposium and Pacific Partnership in conjuction with Kuantan Research Day,
2016	Antioxidant and antibacterial properties of different nypa fruticans fruit extracts. In: Health Sciences Symposium 2016 (HSS 2016),
2016	Extraction optimization and properties of collagen from chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) feet. In: Medical Research Symposium (MRS) and Pacific Partnership in Conjunction with Kuantan Research Day 2016,
2016	Protein profilong of chicken breast muscle from different slaughter houses in relation to meat quality. In: Medical Research Symposium & Pacific Partnership in conjunction with Kuantan Research Day 2016,
2016	Quantification of total phenolic contents and their antioxidant scavenging capacity in selected herbs extract. In: Medical Research Symposium & Pacific Partnership in conjunction with Kuantan Research Day 2016,