Staff Directory

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
5152
Area of Specialisation
- 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)
- Biotechnology ~ Biotechnology ~ Plant Biotechnology ~ Tissue Culture
- Biotechnology ~ Biotechnology ~ Molecular Biology ~ Gene Transformation
- Natural Science ~ Bioinformatics ~ Computational Molecular Biology ~ Gene Expression Analyses
- Natural Science ~ Bioinformatics ~ Systems Biology ~ Cellular Metabolomics - Plant metabolomics
- Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Pharmacy ~ Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
- Natural Science ~ Chemical Sciences ~ Organic Chemistry ~ Natural Products Chemistry
Teaching Responsibilities
FINAL YEAR PROJECT 2 | 2020/2021 |
HERBS AND NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS | 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
INTERNSHIP | 2017/2018 2018/2019 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
MEDICINAL PLANT PRODUCTS | 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
PHYTOCHEMISTRY | 2018/2019 2020/2021 2017/2018 2019/2020 |
PLANT CELL BIOLOGY | 2017/2018 |
PLANT METABOLISM | 2017/2018 |
PLANT NATURAL PRODUCTS | 2019/2020 2020/2021 2018/2019 |
PLANT PROTEOMICS | 2018/2019 |
Research Projects
Completed
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On-Going
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 | In vitro propagation of Etlingera elatior J. (Torch ginger) via indirect regeneration |
2019 - Present | Bengkel: Kaedah Pengurusan Tanah Untuk Penanaman Halia Bentong |
2018 - Present | Metabolic engineering of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (cyanobacteria) for biosynthesis of selected steviol precursors |
2018 - Present | SEPARATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM ANISOPHYLLEA DISTICHA USING SUPERCRITICAL FLUID METHOD |
Publications
Article
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, (December 2018) pp. 1-40 |
2018 | Science@iium. science@iium, () pp. 1-40 |
Conference or Workshop Item
2019 | Plant tissue culture as a tool for sustainable production of bentong ginger (Zingiber officinale var. Bentong) plantlets. In: Kuantan Research Day 2019, |