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Tamil Chelvan S/O Meenakshi Sundram

Academic Qualification

  • Ph.D in Science (Plant and Environmental Sciences) - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Copenhagen

Tamil Chelvan S/O Meenakshi Sundram (Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus

KULLIYYAH OF SCIENCE

tamil@iium.edu.my
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Area of Specialisation


  • Natural Science ~ Chemical Sciences ~ Organic Chemistry ~ Natural Products Chemistry
  • Natural Science ~ Bioinformatics ~ Computational Molecular Biology ~ Gene Expression Analyses
  • Biotechnology ~ Biotechnology ~ Molecular Biology ~ Gene Transformation
  • Biotechnology ~ Biotechnology ~ Plant Biotechnology ~ Tissue Culture
  • Biotechnology ~ Biotechnology ~ Plant Biotechnology ~ Transgenic Plant (Including Transgenic Crops from the Aspects of Pest and Disease Resistance, Increase Shelf Life, Colour and Nutritional Enhancement, Drought, Salinity and Flooding Resistance)
  • Natural Science ~ Bioinformatics ~ Systems Biology ~ Cellular Metabolomics - Plant metabolomics
  • Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Pharmacy ~ Pharmaceutical Biotechnology


Teaching Responsibilities


FINAL YEAR PROJECT 2 2020/2021
HERBS AND MEDICINAL PLANTS 2021/2022
HERBS AND NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019
INTERNSHIP 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018
MEDICINAL PLANT PRODUCTS 2019/2020 2018/2019
PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2022/2023 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018
PLANT CELL BIOLOGY 2017/2018
PLANT METABOLISM 2017/2018
PLANT NATURAL PRODUCTS 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019
PLANT PROTEOMICS 2018/2019
PRINCIPLES OF CELL BIOLOGY 2022/2023
USRAH IN ACTION 1 2022/2023


Research Projects


Completed
2019 - 2022 In vitro propagation of Etlingera elatior J. (Torch ginger) via indirect regeneration
2018 - 2022 Metabolic engineering of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (cyanobacteria) for biosynthesis of selected steviol precursors
2018 - 2021 SEPARATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM ANISOPHYLLEA DISTICHA USING SUPERCRITICAL FLUID METHOD
On-Going
2022 - Present Coastal Regreening for Sustainable and livable "Keluarga Malaysia"
2020 - Present Kaedah Pengurusan Pembajaan dan Tanah untuk Peningkatan Hasil Halia Bentong
2019 - Present In Vitro (Tissue Culture) Propagation of Bentong Ginger (Zingiber Officinale Var. Bentong)
2019 - Present Bengkel: Kaedah Pengurusan Tanah Untuk Penanaman Halia Bentong
- Improving melons cultivation through sustainable agricultural practice for unemployed B40 community effected by flood occurrence
- Empowering Socioeconomic of Rural Community at Sungai Ular, Kuantan Through Smart Farming Technology


Publications


Article

2022 Current status and biotechnological development of etlingera elatior, a promising horticultural and medicinal plant. The Journal of Horticultural Science And Biotechnology, () pp.
2022 In Silico analysis and 3D structure prediction of putative UDP-Glycosyltransferase 76G1 protein in Stevia rebaudiana MS007. Journal of Tropical Life Science, 12 (3) pp. 377-387
2021 Commercial potentials and agronomic status of etlingera elatior, a promising horticulture plant from zingiberaceae family. AGRIVITA, Journal of Agricultural Science, 43 (3) pp. 665-678
2021 Optimisation of Culture Condition for Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia Volubilis) Callus Induction. Tropical Agroecosystems, 2 (2) pp. 87-90
2021 Transcriptome profiling of Stevia rebaudiana MS007 revealed genes involved in flower development. Turkish Journal of Biology, 45 () pp. 1-10
2020 De novo transcriptome dataset of Stevia rebaudiana accession MS007. Data in Brief, 28 () pp. 1-3
2019 A Review of approaches in steviol glycosides synthesis. International Journal of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, 2 (3) pp. 145-157
2019 Antioxidant and cytotoxic effects of Curcuma mangga and Bosenbergia rotunda ethanolic extracts on Mcf-7 cancer cell lines. Science Heritage Journal (GWS), 3 (2) pp. 10-14
2018 Biosynthesis of bioactive diterpenoids in the medicinal plant Vitex agnus-castus. Plant Journal, 93 (5) pp. 943-958
2018 Science@iium. science@iium, () pp. 1-40
2018 science@iium. science@iium, (December 2018) pp. 1-40
Conference or Workshop Item

2021 In silico CHARACTERIZATION OF UGT76G1 PROTEIN IN Stevia rebaudiana BERTONI ACCESSIONS MS007. In: 4th International Conference on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (4th ICMBB2021), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
2021 In silico identification and characterization of Kaurene Synthase protein in Stevia rebaudiana MS007. In: 4th International Conference on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 2021 (ICMBB2021),
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,
2021 Plant Growth-Promoting Features of Bacterial Endophytes Isolated from Etlingera Elatior. In: International Congress of the Malaysian Society for Microbiology 2021 (ICMSM2021),
2019 Plant tissue culture as a tool for sustainable production of bentong ginger (Zingiber officinale var. Bentong) plantlets. In: Kuantan Research Day 2019,
2016 Discovery and characterization of diterpene synthases participating in the biosynthesis of Vitex agnus-castus diterpenoids. In: Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) Phd Student Conference,
Book Section

2021 Current trend in biotechnology and molecular biology of fig (Ficus carica L.). In: Noor Publishing, ISBN: 9786203860047, pp. 55-65