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Chiew Foan Chin

Associate Professor, Faculty of Science

Contact

  • workRoom BA49 Block B
    Malaysia Campus
    Jalan Broga
    43500 Semenyih
    Selangor Darul Ehsan
    Malaysia
  • work+6 (03) 8924 8216
  • fax+6 (03) 8924 8018

Expertise Summary

  • Plant molecular genetics - the isolation and use of DNA markers to screen for important traits in commercial crops
  • plant tissue culture - bulking up of elite plant materials and for production of valuable products in plants
  • marker-assisted selection - improvement of commercial crop species through the use of DNA technology
  • plant genome studies - Manipulation of the plant genomes for production of useful secondary metabolites

Teaching Summary

I am the coordinator for the following teaching modules: Plant Cell Signaling, Current Issues in Plant/Crop Biotechnology, Genetic Improvement of Crop Plants

My research interests are on plant genomic studies, molecular genetics and plant growth development

Research Summary

I am a plant biologist. So anything that are related with plants will interest me. Currently, my research involves identification of DNA markers linked with important traits of commercial crops such… read more

Selected Publications

Current Research

I am a plant biologist. So anything that are related with plants will interest me. Currently, my research involves identification of DNA markers linked with important traits of commercial crops such as oil palm and vanilla orchids. Since DNA molecules do not change very much during the life cylce of an organism, it can be used as a tool to screen for desirable traits when the organisms are at an early stage of development. This technology is particularly useful for long generation crops. My research team is working on Ganoderma resistant gene marker funded by FELDA research grant worth RM230 600 and somatic embryogenic related gene markers funded by eScience (RM110 000, project number: ABI(P)-1). I am also interested in using advance molecular techniques such as proteomic analysis to investigate the somatic embryogenesis process in plant cell development. This project is funded by MOA (RM122 000, project number:05-02-12-SF1006)

Future Research

My future research plan include collaborating with the Arabidopsis group at Nottingham University UK in order to adopt the extensive research which has been carried out in Arabidopsis (the model plant) to the commercial crops that I am working with

  • CHIN CHIEW FOAN, LEE Y.W., TAN J.S. and SHARIFAH SHAHRUL RABIAH SYED ALWEE, 2012. Amplification and sequencing of partial-length disease resistance gene homologues coding for NBS-LRR proteins in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) Asia Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. 20(1), 25-31
  • YAP CHENG LOCK, TAN HOOI SIN, TAN BOON CHIN, WONG WEI CHEE, CHIN CHIEW FOAN, 2011. Proteomic analysis of callus culture in oil palm In: Proceedings of International symposium on functional genomics and structural biology.
  • TAN HOOI SIN, MEILINA ONG ABDULLAH, WONG WEI CHEE, SUSAN LIDDELL, CHIN CHIEW FOAN, 2011. Proteomic Analysis of Callus Proliferation Rate in Tissue Culture of Oil Palm In: Proceedings of International Symposium “Frontier in Agriculture Proteome Research: Contribution of proteomics technology in agricultural sciences”.
  • TAN HOOI SIN, MEILINA ONG ABDULLAH, CHOO CHIN NEE, WONG WEI CHEE, SUSAN LIDDELL, CHIN CHIEW FOAN, 2011. Optimisation of protein extraction methods for 2DE proteomic analysis using oil palm leaves In: The MPOB International Palm Oil Congress.
  • BOON CHIN TAN, CHIEW FOAN CHIN, PETER ALDERSON, 2011. An improved plant regeneration of Vanilla planifolia Andrews Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology. 21(1), 27-33
  • BOON CHIN TAN, CHIEW FOAN CHIN and PETER ALDERSON, 2011. Optimisation of plantlet regeneration from leaf and nodal derived callus of Vanilla planifolia Andrews Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culure. 105, 457-463
  • LE VINH THUC, NORASHIKIN SARPAN, HUYNH KY, SIEW-ENG OOI, SUHAIMI NAPIS, CHAI-LING HO, MEILINA ONG-ABDULLAH, CHIEW FOAN CHIN, PARAMESWARI NAMASIVAYAM, 2011. A novel transcript of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.), Eg707, is specifically upregulated in tissues related to totipotency Molecular Biotechnology. 48(2), 156-164
  • CHIN CF, HO WK, ONG-ABDULLAH M, OOI SE, MAYES S AND NAMASIVAYAM P, 2010. Development of biomarkers for screening oil palm tissue culture clones In: Paper presented at ISOPB, Yogjakarta, Indonesia.
  • TAN JOON SHEONG, CHIN CHIEW FOAN, FESTO MASSAWE, SEAN MAYES AND, 2009. Identification of Ganoderma bonensis resistance/tolerance genes by NBS profiling method In: Proceedings of The MPOB International Palm Oil Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • LINH THUY LE THI, BOON CHIN TAN, KOK SONG LAI AND CHIEW FOAN CHIN, 2009. Optimization of particle bombardment parameters in Vanilla planifolia axillary bud culture In: Proceedings of 9th Interantional Congress of Plant and Molecular Biology. St Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • SEAN MAYES, FLORIAN STADLER, GRACIA RIBAS-VARGAS, SHRAVANI BASU, FESTO MASSAWE,, 2009. Marker-assisted breeding in crops?: wheat and bambara groundnut as two contrasting examples of progress In: ISOPB, KLCC, Malaysia.
  • TAN, B. C, LINH T. L. T and ALDERSON, P. G. AND CHIN, C. F., 2009. In vitro Plant Regeneration via Indirect Shoot Organogenesis and Optimisation of Genetic Transformation in Vanilla planifolia In: Proceedings of 18th MSMBB Scientific Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • NORASHIKIN S, NAMASIVAYAM P, OOI SE, ONG-ABDULLAH M, HO CL AND CHIN CF, 2008. Validation of Potential Oil Palm Biomarkers for Oil Palm Tissue Culture Industry In: 17th MSMBB Scientific Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • HO WK, CHIN, CF, OOI SE, MAYES S, MEILINA O-B AND NAMASIVAYAM P, 2008. Candidate Molecular Markers Associated With Prolific Clones of Oil Palm In: 17th MSMBB Scientific Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • CHIN CF AND ROFINA YASMIN O, 2006. In vitro direct shoot organogenesis and regeneration of plantlets from leaf explants of Sentang (Azadirachta excelsa) Biotechnology. 5(3), 337-340
  • PT SEE, SS ABDUL RAHMAN, CF CHIN AND K HARIKRISHNA, 2003. Identification of differentially expressed genes during somatic embryogenesis of Axonopus compressus by restriction fragment differential display-coupled FSD Asia Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. 11(2), 21-25
  • CL HO, K HARIKRISHNA, KI KANDASAMY, CF CHIN AND SS ABDUL RAHMAN, 2003. Variation in turfgrasses demonstrated by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) Asia Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. 11(1), 51-55
  • CHIN CF, S AZIZ, HARIKRISHNA JA AND KANDASAMY KI, 1999. An estimation of relatedness of Nepenthes spe-cies in Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technology In: Poster presentation at Symposium on Genetic Resources of Borneo, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
  • CHIN CF AND LEUNG DWM, 1997. Seed as potential source of explants for in vitro shoot culture of Taxus baccata L In: Oral presentation at 12th Biennnial Conference of the New Zealand branch of the International Association for Plant Tissue Culture.
  • NORAINI S AND CHIN CF, 1997. Higher content of Azadirachtin detected in in vitro culture of Sentang (Azadirachta excelsa) than the natural stand trees UPM Research newsletter. 1(15),

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