Nur Hafizah Azizan completed her Bachelor of Science with Honors in Resource Biotechnology and a Master of Science in Molecular Biology at the University Malaysia Sarawak. She received her Ph.D at The Australian National University in 2015, specialising in the engineering of the metal binding site of Methyl Parathion Hydrolase as part of her research in Biochemistry. Presently, her research is centred on molecular, protein, and microbiological investigations related the environmental samples, with a primary focus on hydrocarbon bioremediation, screening of functional oxygenases and water quality analysis.

• Natural Science ~ Biological Sciences ~ Biochemistry ~ Enzymology - Environmental proteomics- Metal binding studies; Protein engineering
• Biotechnology ~ Biotechnology ~ Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology ~ Bioremediation - Oil bioremediation
• Biotechnology ~ Biotechnology ~ Molecular Biology ~ Gene Isolation - Environmental Microbiology- Isolation and characterization of bacterial DNA

FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROBIOLOGY

2023/2024

Completed

2020 - 2022	The Effectiveness of EM Mudball in Remediating Balok River
2019 - 2023	The mechanism of action of EPS from G. lucidem as ?-glucosidase inhibitors and to identify its role in the regulation of blood glucose level
2019 - 2022	In vitro propagation of Etlingera elatior J. (Torch ginger) via indirect regeneration
2019 - 2023	Study of Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase gene in oil clean-up crews isolated from Sungai Balok.
2017 - 2022	The effect of coculture on rare actinomycete, Actinophytocola sp. with live/dead cells of bacteria in eliciting secondary metabolite production
2015 - 2018	Over expression of Actinomcyete relA and rshA genes to enhance secondary metabolite production
2010 - 2013	Study of Gene Expression Level of CMV in Capsicum annum cultivars

On-Going

Article

2023	Water pollution and the assessment of water quality parameters: a review. Desalination and Water Treatment, 294 (May 2023) pp. 79-88
2022	Bioreactor-grown exo- and endo-β-glucan from Malaysian Ganoderma lucidum: An in vitro and in vivo study for potential antidiabetic treatment. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, () pp.
2022	Genome sequence dataset of Bacillus altitudinis strain ST14 isolated from Tunggak River in Gebeng Industrial Park, Kuantan, Pahang. Data in Brief, () pp.
2022	Screening of catechol dioxygenase gene among bacterial communities isolated from anthropogenic contaminated area in Pahang, Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Special Issue (2022) (1) pp. 78-86
2021	Growth optimization of mangrove Streptomyces for enhancement of actinorhodin production. Desalination and Water Treatment, 219 () pp. 217-222
2021	Growth optimization of mangrove Streptomyces for enhancement of actinorhodin production. Desalination and Water Treatment, 219 () pp. 217-222
2020	Pellet diameter of Ganoderma lucidum in a repeated-batch fermentation for the trio total production of biomass-exopolysaccharide-endopolysaccharide and its anti-oral cancer beta-glucan response. AIMS Microbiology, 6 (4) pp. 379-400
2020	Screening of biodegradation potential for n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon among isolates from the north-western tip of Pahang. Desalination and Water Treatment, 191 () pp. 207-212
2020	Screening of biodegradation potential for n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon among isolates from the north-western tip of Pahang. Desalination and Water Treatment, 191 () pp. 207-212
2018	Isolation and characterization of hydrocarbon tolerant microorganisms from marine environment. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 10 (6) pp. 133-138
2018	Isolation and screening of biosurfactant-producing marine bacteria from Kuantan Port, Pahang, Malaysia. Science Heritage Journal, 2 (2) pp. 21-26
2018	Phylogenetic study of presumptive oil-degrading microbes isolated from the North-Western tip of Pahang. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 10 (6) pp. 128-132
2018	Science@iium. science@iium, () pp. 1-40
2018	science@iium. science@iium, (December 2018) pp. 1-40
2017	Study of cucumber mosaic virus gene expression in Capsicum annuum. Science Heritage Journal, 1 (2) pp. 29-31
2016	Crude oil bioremediation by indigenous bacteria isolated from oily sludge. Jurnal Teknologi, 78 (11-2) pp. 61-66
2009	DNA polymorphism of D1S80 locus in modern Malay sample population of Sarawak. Sains Malaysiana, 38 (2) pp. 143-147

Conference or Workshop Item

2023	Glucose uptake activity of Ganoderma lucidum QRS 5120 in L6 myotube cell. In: 5th International Conference on Biosciences and Medical Engineering (ICBME 2023),
2022	Decolorization potential of bacteria isolated from Sungai Lembing hot springs and Ganoderma lucidum on methyl red dye. In: International Conference on Bioengineering and Technology (IConBET2021),
2018	Actinophytocola sp. K4-08: rare actinomycete with potential biosynthetic capability. In: 34th Symposium of the Malaysian Society for Microbiology 2018,

Book Section

2020	Study of Glucose-6-Phosphate dehydrogenase activity assay in mangrove streptomyces for actinohordin and undercylprodigiosin production. In: Noor Publication, ISBN: 978-620-2-79106-9, pp. 17-24
2020	Study of Glucose-6-Phosphate dehydrogenase activity assay in mangrove streptomyces for actinohordin and undercylprodigiosin production. In: Noor Publication, ISBN: 978-620-2-79106-9, pp. 17-24
2011	Microbial communities and water quality of aquaculture potential Penor River, Pahang, Malaysia . In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-197-0, pp. 250-262