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Nurhusna Binti Samsudin

Academic Qualification

  • Master of Science (Biotechnology Engineering) - Masters Degree (Clinical Specialist), International Islamic University Malaysia
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) - Doctor of Philosophy, International Islamic University Malaysia
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) - Bachelor Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia
  • - MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITY ENGLISH TEST (MUET),

Nurhusna Binti Samsudin (Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HALAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING

Other's position:

Coordinator, International Institute for Halal Research and Training


nurhusna@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile


Nurhusna Samsudin, graduated with B. Eng (Biochemical-Biotechnology) (Honors) and 2nd degree in Business Administration from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) in 2008. Upon graduation, she joined Biotechnology Engineering Department, IIUM as Research Assistant under project entitle “Quantum Chemical Structure Activity Studies of Anticancer Activity of Seconucleoside Nitrosourea Analogs”. Later obtained her M. Sc. (Engineering) from the same university in 2011 under Biotech Research Grant entitle “Modification and Characterisation of Phytase for Animal Feed Production”. Next, she pursues PhD in Engineering from the Biotechnology department, IIUM, Malaysia in the year 2017 worked on the project entitle “Development of Polycaprolactone Microcarrier with Surface Treatment Using Ultraviolet Ozone System”. In 2018 she joined International Institute for Halal Research and Training (INHART), IIUM as a research fellow for two years and now working as an assistant professor in INHART starting on July 2020. Dr. Nurhusna is an active researcher in biomaterials, enzyme and molecular modelling and study on health benefits of phytochemical compound particularly from agarwood as an alternative ingredient for halal biopharmaceutical products. She has received a national grant on project to unravelling the prescription in Malay medical manuscript that use agarwood as one of the elements.  Dr. Nurhusna is a member of Malaysian Society of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (MaSBiC).   


Area of Specialisation


  • Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Phamaceutical Industry ~ Phytochemicals - Phytochemicals
  • Natural Science ~ Biological Sciences ~ Biochemistry ~ Proteins - Bioinformatics
  • Biotechnology ~ Biotechnology ~ Animal Biotechnology ~ Animal Cloning - Molecular biology
  • Natural Science ~ Biological Sciences ~ Biochemistry ~ Enzymology - Enzyme and molecular modelling
  • Natural Science ~ Biological Sciences ~ Biochemistry ~ Cell Biology - Protein engineering
  • Biotechnology ~ Biotechnology ~ Animal Biotechnology ~ Cell Line Culture - Mammalian cell and tissue culture


Teaching Responsibilities


ETHICS AND TOYYIBAN CONCEPT IN HALAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 2022/2023 2021/2022
HALAL AGROINDUSTRY 2023/2024
HALAL INDUSTRY AND ADVANCED TECHNIQUE ANALYSIS 2020/2021
HALAL INDUSTRY ECOSYSTEM 2022/2023 2021/2022
HALAL PHARMACEUTICALS, COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS 2023/2024 2022/2023
ISLAMIC LAW OF CONSUMERISM 2023/2024
SEMINAR 2021/2022 2020/2021
VALUE, ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY IN HALAL INDUSTRY 2022/2023


Supervision


The Revealing Agarwood-Based Prescription(S) For Anti-Proliferation Activity Documented In Malay Medical Manuscripts.
Master Completed 2023 Main Supervisor
Assessing The Output Of Funding For Halal-Related Research Projects.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2023 - 2024 Sample Analysis by INHART Laboratory
2022 - 2022 Sample analysis by INHART Laboratory
2020 - 2022 Development of Future Antibiotics : Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Ionic Liquids (API-ILs) with COSMO-RS Based Prediction for Resistant Microbial strains
On-Going
2024 - Present Catalyzing Sustainable E-Waste Management: An Exploratory Study of Urban and Rural Malaysian Consumer Behavior
2023 - Present Sample analysis by INHART Laboratory - Jan 23 - Nov 23
2023 - Present Revisiting halal science and halal education body of knowledge in the contemporary time
2023 - Present SOUL OF ANAK PUSU
2021 - Present Unraveling the Role of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Nanofluids as Halal Anti-cancer Agents through COSMO-RS Based Prediction
2019 - Present Revealing Agarwood-based Prescription(s) Documented in Malay Medical Manuscripts towards cancer treatment


Award & Recognition


22 Feb, 2020 Silver Medal - Protemp group National


Publications


Article

2024 Exploring halal science research: do they meet the tawhidic paradigm? do they need Islamization of knowledge?. Journal of Fatwa Management and Research, 29 (1) pp. 1-22
2024 Exploring the potential of 5 commercial essential oils to inhibit the proliferation of A549 lung cancer cells. HALALSHPERE, 4 (1) pp. 41-47
2024 Halalan toyyiban concept as religious-based intervention for healthy diet among youth. Halalsphere, 4 (1) pp. 59-71
2024 Perspective of Hadith in halal industry. Journal of Halal Industry & Services, 6 (1) pp. 1-18
2023 Halalan tayyiban in aquaculture practice - a case study on parasite in hatchery. Journal of Halal Science and Technology, 2 (1) pp. 48-53
2023 Remedies containing agarwood in selected traditional Malay medical manuscripts. International Journal of the Malay World and Civilisation, 11 (1) pp. 67-75
2022 A bibliometric analysis of agarwood research, 1959-2021. Journal of Agrobiotechnology, 13 (2) pp. 37-64
2022 A maqasid-based bioprospecting; the case of Agarwood in the halalan toyyiban product development. Journal of Halal Science and Technology, 1 (1) pp. 26-31
2022 The evolution of halal research: a bibliometric for 1996-2020. Journal of Fatwa Management and Research, 27 (3) pp. 1-38
2021 Agarwood branch ethanolic extract affects expression of apoptotic gene in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Progress in Drug Discovery & Biomedical Science, 4 (1) pp. 1-22
2021 Positioning halalan toyyiban in halal food system: production, processing, consumption, marketing, logistic and waste management. Halalsphere, 1 (2) pp. 17-40
2020 In silico approach in risk assessment of nutraceutical properties. Food Research, 4 (suppl.) pp. 28-33
2020 Phytochemicals with antifungal properties: Cure from nature. Malaysian Journal of Microbiology, 16 (4) pp. 323-345
2020 Response surface optimization of yield of agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) leaf extract using Soxhlet extraction. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), 8 (6) pp. 1926-1934
2019 Calcium phosphate /poly (ethylene glycol) bone cement: cell culture performance. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, 7 (6) pp. 82-86
2019 Fabrication and characterization of plant mediated green zinc nanoparticles for antileishmanial properties. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering(TM), 8 (2) pp. 5743-5749
2019 Nanoemulsions: factory for food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics. Processes, 7 (9) pp. 1-34
2018 Development of porous PCL-based microcarrier. International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology, 8 (4-2) pp. 1648-1653
2018 Surface modification of microporous of polycaprolactone (PCL) microcarrier to improve microcarrier biocompatibility. International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology, 8 (4-2) pp. 1642-1647
2017 Different oxidation treatments on polystyrene (PS) microspheres by using an ultraviolet/ozone (UVO3) system. Proceedings of Pakistan Academy of Sciences: B. Life and Environmental Sciences, 54 (B) (1) pp. 59-64
2017 Optimization of ultraviolet ozone treatment process for improvement of polycaprolactone (PCL) microcarrier performance. Cytotechnology, 69 (4) pp. 601-616
2017 Statistical optimization of gelatin immobilisation on modified surface of PCL microcarrier to improve its compatibility. Jurnal Teknologi, 79 (6) pp. 167-175
2016 Quantum chemical structure activity studies of anticancer activity of seconucleoside nitrosourea analogs. Chemical Informatics, 2 (1) pp. 1-7
2015 Ultraviolet/ozone treated polystyrene microcarriers for animal cell culture. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, () pp.
2012 Site directed mutagenesis to improve E. Coli phytase activity for animal feed. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 6 (1) pp. 123-127
2010 Amino acids substitution to improve PhyFAUIA1 phytase activity for animal feed production. Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, Special (Issue) pp. 329-333
2009 Modification and characterization of phytase for animal feed production. Journal of Applied Sciences, 9 (17) pp. 3080-3085
2009 Modification and characterization of phytases for animal feed production. Abstracts of 3rd International Conference on Chemical & Bioprocesses Engineering, 12-14th August 2009, University Malaysia Sabah, () pp. 34
Conference or Workshop Item

2023 Agarwood coverage in the media in Malaysia: A qualitative analysis of Berita Harian and Utusan Malaysia newspaper articles. In: 3rd International Scientific Symposium on Agarwood (ISSA 2023),
2023 Essential oils as an alternative to inhibit the growth of lung cancer A549 cell lines. In: International Halal Science Conference 2023 (IHASC23),
2021 Does halal science meet the criteria of an academic discipline?. In: Virtual International Halal Science Conference 21: "Enhancing and Strengthening Halal Industry through Science",
2019 Agarwood prescription in Malay traditional medical manuscripts. In: 1st International Symposium of Agarwood and Aromatic Plants 2019 (1st ISAAP 2019),
2019 Effects of agarwood at multiple stages of carcinogenesis: a systematic review. In: 1st International Symposium of Agarwood and Aromatic Plants 2019 (1st ISAAP 2019),
2019 In-silico approach in risk assessment of nutraceutical properties. In: Global Halal Sphere Conference 2019 (GloHaS 2019),
2018 Surface modification of microporous polycaprolactone (PCL) microcarrier to improve microcarrier biocompatibility. In: International Conference on Halal Innovations in Products and Services 2018 (i-CHIPS 2018),
2018 Surface modification of polycaprolactone (PCL) microcarrier for performance improvement of human skin fibroblast cell culture. In: International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering 2017 (ICAMME17),
2015 Different oxidation treatments on polystyrene (PS) microspheres by using an ultraviolet/ozone (UVO3) system. In: 1st UMM International Conference on Pure and Applied Research (UMM-ICoPAR),
2015 Modification of Polycaprolactone microspheres surface by ultra violet/ozone treatment to improve its hydrophilicity. In: 1st UMM International Conference on Pure and Applied Research (UMM-ICoPAR),
2013 Development of polystyrene microcarrier by an emulsion solvent evaporation process. In: IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition (IRIIE) 2013,
2013 Fabrication of gelatin coated polycaprolactone (PCL) microspheres for cell culture application. In: IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition (IRIIE) 2013,
2013 Preparation and characterization of polycaprolactone (PCL) microspheres for cell culture applications. In: 3rd International Conference on Biotechnology (ICBioE'13),
2013 Studies on the process condition that affect the size of polystyrene microcarrier by an emulsion solvent evaporation process. In: 3rd International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering (ICBIoE 2013,
2011 Site directed mutagenesis to improve phyfauia1 phytase activity for animal feed . In: International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering, ICBioE’11,
2010 Improvement of phytase properties by rational design intended for animal feed . In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition, (IRIIE 2010),
2009 Predicting the anticancer activity of seconucleoside nitrosourea analogs. In: Kulliyyah of Engineering Research and Innovation Exhibition 2009, (KERIE 2009),
Book

2023 Abstracts of the International Halal Science Conference 2023 (IHASC23). AIJR Publisher, ISBN: 978-81-961472-9-7
Book Section

2024 How can halal food manufacturers benefit from IR 4.0 technology?. In: Routledge, ISBN: 9781032437057 (hbk), 9781032437064 (pbk), pp.
2023 Halal science: a misnomer?. In: Revon Media Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 978-629-97445-2-8, pp. 217-220
2023 Is the food industry being led on the wrong path by synthetic biology?. In: Revon Media Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 978-629-97445-2-8, pp. 205-208
2022 Blockchain technology in aviation, tourism, and hospitality: theoretical and practical understanding. In: Routledge, ISBN: 9781032324654, pp. 45-62
2022 State of research In modest fashion and Its way forward. In: Penerbit KUIS, ISBN: 9789671953945, pp. 215-233
2022 Whistleblowing Intention in Halal Certified Companies: a review of theory. In: Penerbit KUIS, ISBN: 9789671953945, pp. 235-254
2021 Proliferation of rat amniotic stem cell (AFSC) on modified surface microcarrier. In: Springer Nature Switzerland, ISBN: 978-3-030-75578-2, pp. 63-74