Name: Dr Lee Su Yin

Email: lee_su_yin@aimst.edu.my (lsuyin80@yahoo.com)

Position: Lecturer

Qualifications: BSc (Biomedicine, USM); PhD (USM)

Research interest: Molecular diagnostics for biomedical and health applications, medical/health biotechnology, electrochemical DNA biosensors, thermostabilized PCR

Experience/Achievements/Awards:

1. 2007 Gold Medal: Ravichandran M, Lalitha P, Asma Ismail, Chan Yean Yean, Balqis Kamarudin and Lee Su Yin. CHOLERA GENOSENSOR: A DNA-based kit for the rapid detection of Vibrio cholerae. International Exposition of Research and Inventions of Institutions of Higher Learning 2007, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, 10-12 August 2007

2. 2006 Gold Medal: Ravichandran. M, Lalitha P, , Chan Yean Yean, Lim Kun Lee, Lee Su Yin, Melissa Chan Li Ann, Mohd Radzi Johari, Habsah bt Hasan, Azian bt Harun, ^EZVRE Amp- A DNA-based kit for the detection of Enterococcus species and its gentamicin and vancomycin resistant genotypes. 34th International Exhibition of Inventions: New Technologies and Products, Geneva, 5-9 April 2006

3. Manickam Ravichandran, Lalitha Pattabiraman, Lee Su Yin and Lim Kun Lee. Method and formulation of ambient temperature stable for nucleic acid amplification reagents. Malaysian patent filed on 31.03.2005 with the number PI20051471

4. Commercialization of ^EZDNA Amp kit through Malaysian Bio-Diagnostics Research Sdn Bhd, Malaysia, 2005

Recent publications:

1. Lalitha P, Suraiya MN Siti, Lim KL, Lee SY, Haslindawaty AR Nur, Chan YY, Asma Ismail, Zainuddin Zainul F, Ravichandran M. Analysis of lolB gene sequence and its use in the development of a PCR assay for the detection of Vibrio cholerae. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 2008 Sep 75(1):142-4.

2. Chan YY, Balqis Kamarudin, Ozkan, DA, Lee SY, Lalitha P, Ismail, A, Mehmet Ozsoz and Ravichandran, M. A rapid enzyme-linked amperometric electrochemical genosensor assay for the detection of PCR amplicons on a streptavidin-treated screen-printed carbon electrode. Analytical Chemistry, 2008 Apr 15;80(8):2774-9

3. Chan YY, Su Yin L, Lalitha P and Ravichandran M. A Nanoplex PCR Assay for the Rapid Detection of Vancomycin and Bifunctional Aminoglycoside Resistance Genes in Enterococcus Species. BMC Microbiology 2007 Dec 11;7(1):112, doi:10.1186/1471-2180-7-112