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CURRICULUM VITAE
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Name Dr. Subhash J. Bhore
Designation Associate
Professor
Department
Department of
Biotechnology
Faculty Faculty of Applied Sciences
Tel. No. (Office) 04-429 8176
Fax No.
04-429 8109
E-mail Address subhashbhore@gmail.com
ResearcherID Link http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-7355-2011
Address(Office) Department of Biotechnology,
Faculty of Applied Sciences, AIMST University, Bedong-Semeling Road, 08100
Bedong, Kedah, Malaysia
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Ph. D. (Genetics), UKM/NUM, Bangi, Malaysia, Jul 2000 – Feb 2005.
M. Sc. (Botany), University of
Pune, Pune, India, Aug 1994 - Jun 1996.
B. Sc. (Botany), University of Pune, Pune, India, Jul 1991 - May 1994.
Pre-University (H.S.C.), MSBSHSE, Maharashtra, India, Mar 1991.
Matriculation (S.S.C.), MSBSHSE, Maharashtra, India, Mar 1989.
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CAREER HISTORY (1996-2012):
(Period), (Post), (Organisation).
2012 (Apr)- Present, Associate
Professor, AIMST University (Malaysia)
2010 (Apr)- 2012 (Apr), Senior
Lecturer, AIMST University
(Malaysia)
2008 (Sep)-2010 (Apr), Lecturer, AIMST
University (Malaysia)
2008 (Apr)-2008 (Sep), Visiting Faculty, AIMST University (Malaysia)
2008
(Jan)-2008 (Apr), Manager, MEFPRO Pvt. Ltd. Melaka (Malaysia)
2005 (Apr)-2008 (May), PI & Head of R&D
Divi., MBC, Melaka (Malaysia)
2004 (Mar)-2005 (Mar), Senior Research Officer,
MBC, Melaka (Malaysia)
2000 (Jul)-2004 (Feb), Doctoral Fellow, UKM /
NUM (Malaysia)
1998 (Dec)-2000 (Jun), Project Assistant, PTC
Pilot Plant, NCL (India)
1996 (Jun)-1998 (Dec), Project
Assistant, Biochem Engg Div., NCL (India)
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FELLOWSHIPS/HONORS/FINANCIAL AID
AWARDS (2000-2012):
2011, Recipient
of the World Federation of Scientists (WFS) Award to train a young
scientist.
2011, ‘Bioinnovation Award’, AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia
2009, Nominated for ‘AASIO Young Agricultural
Scientist Award-2009’
2009, ‘YS Financial Aid Award’, TWAS Regional YS Con, KL, Malaysia
2009, 'Member-in-Spotlight',
Genome India International
2008, Financial Aid
Award, “The 18th ISPL-2008” Bordeaux, France
2008, Fellowship, Training on DNA markers, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India
2007, Financial Aid
Award, NPLC, FLL, California, USA
2006, Financial Aid
Award, “The 17th ISPL-2006” Michigan, USA
2005, Financial Aid
Award, NPLC, FLL, California, USA
2000, GRA, 2000
(Jul) 2004 (Feb), UKM, Malaysia
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Plant
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
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PUBLICATIONS (1999-2012):
Research Papers/Articles: 20; DNA Sequences Deposited and Published in
Gene Bank: 10,884; Books
/ Monographs: 1; Science News/Views/ Review Articles: 9;
Reports: 9; Conference Presentations /Invited
Talks: 33; Media Reports: 7
Research Papers/Articles (20)
- Bhore SJ.
Tan YY, Komathi V. and Weber JFF, (2012), Bacterial endophytes in Purple
Coraltree (Erythrina fusca Lour.) and their screening for
cytokinins. J Pharm Biomed Sci 14(12): 1-4.
- Bhore SJ.
and Tiong OK (2012) Bacterial endophytes of therapeutically important Strobilanthes
crispa (L.) Bremek and Vernonia amygdalina Del. J Pharm Biomed Sci 14(11): 1-3.
- Subhash J.
Bhore
and Farida H. Shah, (2012), Genetic
transformation of the American
oil palm (Elaeis oleifera) immature zygotic embryos with
antisense palmitoyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterase (PATE) gene, World
Appl. Sci. J., 16 (3): 362-369.
- Subhash J.
Bhore
and Farida H. Shah, (2011), Construction of efficient and effective
transformation vectors for palmitoyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterase
gene silencing in oil palm, Bioinformation, 6(6): 212-220.
- Subhash J. Bhore and Preveena J., (2011),
Micropropagation of Mimusops elengi Linn.: Identification of
suitable explant and comparative analysis of immature zygotic embryos
response on three basal media, Am-Euras. J. Agric. & Environ. Sci.,
10 (2): 216-222.
- Subhash J Bhore, Ravichantar Nithya and Chye
Ying Loh, (2010), Screening of endophytic bacteria isolated from leaves
of Sambung Nyawa [Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr.] for
cytokinin-like compounds, Bioinformation, 5(5): 191-197.
- Subhash J. Bhore, Amelia Kassim and Farida H. Shah, (2010), Insights
from the GC content analysis of 76 Genome Survey Sequences (GSS) from Elaeis
oleifera, Bioinformation, 5(4): 141-145.
- Subhash J. Bhore and K. Vaishana, (2010), Comparison of Three Plant
Tissue Culture Media for Efficient Micropropagation of an Important Tropical Medicinal
Plant, Gynura procumbens (Lour) Merr., Am-Euras. J.
Agric. & Environ. Sci., 8 (4):
474-481.
- Subhash J. Bhore, Amelia Kassim, Chye Ying Loh and Farida H. Shah,
(2010), Analysis of beta-carotene hydroxylase gene cDNA isolated from
the American oil-palm (Elaeis oleifera) mesocarp tissue cDNA
library, Bioinformation, 5(3): 104-112.
- Nurul A.H., Subhash J. Bhore
and Shah F.H., (2010), Malaysian medicinal, aromatic and
ornamental plants database supplemented with DNA markers, Advan.
Biol. Res., 4 (3): 185-192.
- Nurul A.H., Nur Arina H., Subhash
J. Bhore and Shah F.H., (2010). Total phenolic content
and RAPD analysis of garden balsam (Impatiens balsamina L.)
accessions from Malaysia, Middle-East J. Sci. Res., 5 (6):
454-463.
- Subhash J. Bhore and G. Sathisha, (2010), Screening of endophytic
colonizing bacteria for cytokinin-like compounds: crude cell-free broth
of endophytic colonizing bacteria is unsuitable in cucumber cotyledon
bioassay, World J. Agric. Sci., 6 (4): 345-352.
- Bhore Subhash J., Nurul A H, and Shah Farida H,
(2009), Genetic
variability based on randomly amplified polymorphic DNA in Kacip Fatimah ()
collected from Melaka and Negeri Sembilan States of Malaysia, Journal of
Forest Science, 25 (2): 93-100.
- Bhore Subhash J., Nurul A H., and Shah Farida H,
(2009), Genetic
variability based on randomly amplified polymorphic DNA in Mistletoe Fig
(Ficus deltoidea Jack) collected from peninsular Malaysia, Journal of
Forest Science, 25 (1): 57-65.
- Muniran, F., Bhore Subhash J.,
and Shah Farida H., (2008), Micropropagation of Elaeis guineensis
Jacq. ‘Dura’: comparison of three basal media for efficient
regeneration, Indian J Exp Biol., 46: 79-82.
- Bhore Subhash J., Amelia K, and Shah Farida H.,
(2007), Annotation
of oleoyl-[ACP] thioesterase (OTE) gene of Elaeis oleifera and
its comparison with OTE of commercially cultivated oil palm Elaeis
guineensis Jacq Tenera., Curr. Advan. Biochem. and Cell Biol. Plant Lipids, Pp 164-168.
- Bhore Subhash J. and Shah Farida H., (2007), Analysis
of randomly isolated expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from developing
mesocarp of South American oil palm, Elaeis oleifera, Curr. Advan.
Biochem. and Cell Biol. Plant Lipids, Pp 158-163.
- Shah Farida H., Bhore
Subhash J., Cha Thye San, and Tan Chye Ling, (2004), Current status
in genetic alteration of fatty acid composition in oil palm, Pro. 16th Inter. Plant
Lipid Sym., pp
84-87.
- Tan C.L., Bhore
S.J., and Shah F.H., (2003), Quantitative and qualitative assessment
of phenotypic variation in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.
Tenera) plantlets regenerated from transformed and non transformed calli, Indian J. Plant Physiol. (special issue) pp. 613-619.
- Bhore S. J., Nadgauda R. S., and Gadre R.
V., (1999), Effect of phytohormones on root elongation of germinating tomato Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Var. Sun 5715 seedlings, Indian
J of Exp Biol, 37: 102-3.
Sequences Deposited and Published in
Genbank (10,884)
- Bhore et al., CoreNucleotide
sequences: 1580
(as of Jul 23, 2012).
- Bhore et al., Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs): 9228
(as of April 25, 2008).
- Bhore et al., Genome Survey Sequences (GSS): 76 (as
of April 25, 2008).
Books /
Monographs (1)
- Bhore Subhash
and Farida Shah, (2012), Genetic Engineering of Oil Palm [ISBN-13: 978-3848495368].
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany.
Science News/Views/ Review Articles (9)
- Bhore Subhash J., (2012), An
underutilized medicinally important Misai Kucing (Orthosiphon
stamineus Benth.) is emerging as a new crop plant in Malaysia, Communicated.
- Subhash J. Bhore, (2010), Biomalaysia 2009: News and
Views from Biotech Industry, Global
J. Biotech. & Biochem., 5 (3): 206-210.
- Deivanai S. and Subhash J.
Bhore, (2010), Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis Fosb.)-An
Underutilized and Neglected Fruit Plant Species, Middle-East J. Sci. Res., 6 (5): 418-428.
- Subhash J. Bhore, (2010), Making
the difference in postgraduate education, Curr. Sci., 99 (9): 1170.
- Bhore Subhash J., (2009), Book review on
Bioinformation Discovery: Data to knowledge in Biology, Bioinformation 4(4): 175
- Bhore Subhash J. , (2008), GM technologies, Curr. Sci., 95 (10): 1391-1393.
- Bhore Subhash J., (2008), BioMalaysia 2007, Curr. Sci., 94 (7):
843-845.
- Bhore Subhash J., (2007), Promising achievements
and new challenges in agriculture biotechnology, Curr. Sci., 93 (8):
1052-1054.
- Bhore
Subhash J., (2007), Biosafety and bio-security of Asia, Curr. Sci., 93 (3): 285-286.
Reports (9)
- Bhore Subhash J., Amelia K., Nurhuda
J., and Shah Farida H., (2007), Construction of Pod cDNA,
Examination and Identification of Pod-Specific Genes during Development
Using Micro-Array. In 2006 Ann Rep Melaka Biotech Corp, pp 24.
- Bhore Subhash J., Amelia K., Nurhuda J., Naqsya S. M., and Shah Farida H., (2007),
Generation and Analysis of Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) From Mesocarp
Tissue of South American Oil Palm, Elaeis oleifera. In 2006 Ann
Rep Melaka Biotech Corp, pp 25.
- Bhore Subhash J., Nurul Arneida H.,
and Shah Farida H., (2007), Application of DNA Marker Technology
in Precise Identification of Plants. In 2006 Ann Rep Melaka Biotech
Corp, pp 26.
- Bhore Subhash J., Amelia K., and Shah Farida H.,
(2007), Gene Isolation and Plant
Transformation for Production of Value Added Fruit for
Commercialization. In 2006 Ann Rep Melaka
Biotech Corp, pp 27.
- Bhore Subhash J., Amelia K., and
Shah Farida H., (2007), Isolation
of Key Genes Involved In Identified Metabolic Pathway and Genetic
Transformation of Banana for Its Fruit Quality Improvement. In 2006 Ann Rep Melaka Biotech Corp, pp 28.
- Azurin H. J., Bhore
Subhash J., and Shah Farida H., (2007), Micropropagation of
Selected Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. In 2006 Ann Rep Melaka
Biotech Corp, pp 33.
- Wee C.H., Azurin H.
J., Bhore Subhash J., and Shah Farida H., (2007), Commercial
Scale Micropropagation of Ornamental Plants. In 2006 Ann Rep Melaka
Biotech Corp, pp 34.
- Bhore Subhash J., Azurin H. J., Wee C. H., and
Shah Farida H., (2007), Pilot
Scale Micropropagation of Economically Important Plants. In 2006 Ann Rep Melaka Biotech Corp, pp 35.
- Bhore Subhash J., (2005), Construction of transformation vectors for palmitoyl-ACP thioesterase gene silencing and genetic transformation of oil palm, Ph.D Thesis, National University of Malaysia, Malaysia.
Conference Presentations /Invited
Talks (33)
- Bhore S. J., Amelia K., and Shah Farida H.,
(2011), Computational annotation of Elaeis oleifera b-ketoacyl-[ACP]
synthase II cDNA and protein, in:
the 4th Asian Symposium on Plant
Lipids (ASPL-2011),
held at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong on Dec 2-4, 2011.
- Bhore S. J., Loh C. Y., and Jean-Frédéric
F. Weber, (2011), Isolation, identification and screening of bacterial
endophytes from African oil palm for cytokinin-like activity, in: the 4th Asian Symposium on Plant Lipids (ASPL-2011), held at the University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong on Dec 2-4,
2011.
- Amelia K., Bhore
S. J., and Shah Farida H., (2011), In silico analysis of
bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) omega-6 fatty acid desaturase cDNA
and protein, in: the 4th Asian Symposium on Plant Lipids (ASPL-2011), held at the University of
Hong Kong, Hong
Kong on Dec 2-4, 2011.
- Edina
Wang L.F., Amelia Kassim, Bhore S. J., and Farida H. Shah,
(2011), Analysis of beta carotene hydroxylase cDNA isolated from Phaseolus
vulgaris L. Var.BAT93, in:
the 4th Asian Symposium on Plant
Lipids (ASPL-2011), held at the University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong on Dec 2-4,
2011.
- Ja’afar N.J., Nor
Fadhila K., Bhore S.J., Prabha B., Aziah I., Asma I., and Phua K.
K., (2010), Comparison of Sequencng, Random Amplification of Polymorphic
DNA-PCR (RAPD-PCR) and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) Typing of
Selected Strains of Salmonella Typhi, in: 1st AMDI
Internattional Biohealth Science Conference (IBSC 2010) held at Bayview
Beach Resort, Penang, Malaysia. 29th Nov – 1st Dec
2010. pp 133.
- Bhore S.J., Loh C.Y., Tan Y.Y., Komathi
V., Nithya R., and Weber J.F.F., (2010), Screening of plant endophytes
for cytokinin-like compounds: case studies on isolation of putative
endophytes from plant tissue cultures and plant samples collected from
peninsular Malaysia, in: the International Symposium on Forestry and
Forest Products (ISFFP-2010)’, held at the Legend Hotel, Kula Lumpur,
Malaysia on Oct 5-7, 2010. pp 43.
- R. Nithya and S.
J. Bhore, (2010), Comparison of three basal media for
efficient callus induction using leaf explants and identification of
colonizing bacteria from Sambung Nyawa (Gynura procumbens), in: 16th Asian Agricultural
Symposium (AAS), held at KMITL, Thailand (on
25 - 27 Aug 2010).
pp 85.
- J. Preveena and S.
J. Bhore, (2010), Micropropagation of Mimusops elengi Linn.:
Identification of suitable explant and comparative analysis of immature
zygotic embryo response on three basal media, in: 16th Asian Agricultural
Symposium (AAS), held at KMITL, Thailand (on 25
- 27 Aug 2010).
pp 86.
- K. Vaishana and S.
J. Bhore, (2010), Comparison of three basal media for efficient
micropropagation of Sambung Nyawa (Gynura procumbens
(Lour.) Merr) using nodal sectors,
in: 16th Asian
Agricultural Symposium (AAS), held at KMITL, Thailand (on 25
- 27 Aug 2010).
pp 84.
- V. Komathi and S.
J. Bhore,
(2010), Micropropagation of Erythrina fusca Lour.: Identification
of suitable explant and comparative response analysis of selected
explant on three basal media,
in: 16th Asian Agricultural
Symposium (AAS), held at KMITL, Thailand (on
25 - 27 Aug 2010).
pp 87.
- Loh C. Y., Amelia
K., Shah Farida H., and Bhore Subhash J., (2009), Computational
analysis and comparative study of American oil palm (Elaeis
oleifera) beta-carotene hydroxylase gene cDNA sequence, in: 3rd Asian Symposium
on Plant Lipids (ASPL), held at Yokohama,
Japan (on 27 - 29 Nov 2009). pp 102.
- Singh Rashvinaj,
Amelia K., Shah Farida H., and Bhore Subhash J., (2009), American
oil palm (Elaeis oleifera) omega-3 fatty acid desaturase: cDNA
sequence annotation and it’s in silico comparative analysis, in: 3rd
Asian Symposium on Plant Lipids (ASPL), held at
Yokohama, Japan (on 27 - 29 Nov 2009). pp 90.
- Bhore Subhash J., Amelia K., Nurhuda J., and
Shah Farida H., (2009), Phaseomics: Generation and analysis of expressed
sequence tags (ESTs) from early and late pod stage tissue of Phaseolus
vulgaris L. variety BAT93, in: TWAS Regional Young Scientists
Conference’ on “Food, Health and Fuel: Plants for the Future”, held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (on Nov 2-5, 2009). pp 32.
- Sathisha
G. and Bhore
Subhash J., (2009), Isolation and screening of endophytes
to identify cytokinin-like compound producing endophytes, in: TWAS Regional Young Scientists
Conference’ on “Food, Health and Fuel: Plants for the Future”, held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (on Nov 2-5, 2009). pp 67.
- Sharmila A., Yong K.C.B, Sarah S.S., Lalitha P. and Bhore Subhash J., (2009), Isolation and
DNA based identification of a putative endophytic bacterium from Erythrina
fusca Lour. Leaf, in:
TWAS Regional Young
Scientists Conference’ on “Food, Health and Fuel: Plants for the
Future”, held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (on Nov 2-5, 2009). pp 91.
- Bhore Subhash J., Amelia K., Nurhuda J., Naqsya
S.M, and Shah Farida H., (2007), Analysis and Functional Annotation of
Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) From the Fruit Mesocarp Tissue of South
American Oil Palm (Elaeis oleifera), In: 2007 Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology of Plant Fatty Acids and Glycerolipids Symposium,
held at the Stanford Sierra Conference Center in Fallen Leaf Lake,
California, USA. pp 27.
- Bhore Subhash J., Amelia K., Naqsya S.M., and
Shah Farida H., (2007), A Survey of the South American Oil Palm (Elaeis
oleifera) Genome: Analysis and Functional Annotation of the Randomly
Isolated Genome Survey Sequences (GSS), In: 2007 Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology of Plant Fatty Acids and Glycerolipids Symposium,
held at the Stanford Sierra Conference Center in Fallen Leaf Lake,
California, USA. pp 27.
- Nurul A.H., Bhore
Subhash J., Shah F.H., (2006), Analysis of Random Amplified
Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) to Access Genetic Variability in Mas Cotek (Ficus
deltoidea Jack.) Accessions, In:
Trends in Biotechnology 3, held at Marriot Putrajaya, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia (September 4-6, 2006), Abstract Book, pp 41.
- Shah Farida H.,
Amelia K., and Bhore Subhash J., (2006), Annotation of oleoyl-[ACP]
thioesterase (OTE) gene of Elaeis oleifera and its
comparison with OTE of commercially cultivated oil palm Elaeis
guineensis Jacq Tenera, In:
The 17th International Plant Lipid Symposium, East
Lansing, Michigan, USA (July 16−21, 2006). Abstract Book, pp 137.
- Bhore Subhash J. and Shah Farida H., (2006), Analysis
of randomly isolated expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from developing
mesocarp of South American oil palm, Elaeis oleifera. In: The
17th International Plant Lipid Symposium, East Lansing , Michigan, USA (July 16−21, 2006). Abstract Book, pp 187.
- Shah Farida H, Cha
Thye San, Bhore Subhash J., (2006), In Silico Analysis and
Comparison of Mesocarp and Kernel Tissue-Specific Promoters with
Constitutive Promoters in Oil Palm. In: The 17th
International Plant Lipid Symposium, East Lansing, Michigan, USA (July 16−21, 2006). Abstract Book, pp 188.
- Shah Farida H., Cha
Thye San, Lee Seet Kwan, and Bhore Subhash J., (2005), Molecular
Characterization of Palmitoyl-ACP Thioesterase Gene in Oil Palm, In: 2005
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant Fatty Acids and
Glycerolipids Symposium, held at the Stanford Sierra Conference
Center in Fallen Leaf Lake, California, USA. pp 18.
- Shah F.H., Bhore
Subhash J., Nurul A.H., and Salmizana M.S., (2005), Effectiveness of
random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis technique in detection
of genetic variation in Labisia pumila varieties, In: 4th
Malaysian International Conference on Essential Oil and Fragrance and
Flavour Materials (MICEOFF4) 2005, held at Putra Palace, Kangar,
Perlis, Malaysia. pp TL 16.
- Bhore Subhash J, Azurin Hanim J, and Shah Farida
H., (2004), Commercial scale micropropagation of some tropical medicinal
and aromatic plants through plant tissue culture. In: Second Global Summit on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, held at New Delhi, India. pp 4.
- Said Khairil M., Bhore
Subhash J, Kassim Siti H., and Shah Farida H., (2004), Extraction
and characterization of essential oils from some Malaysian medicinal and
aromatic plants, In: Second Global Summit on Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants, held at New Delhi, India. pp 124.
- Bhore Subhash J, and Shah Farida H., (2004),
Genetic transformation of Elaeis oleifera with novel
transformation vectors for complete post-transcriptional silencing of
palmitoyl-ACP thioesterase gene, In: Oils and Fats International
Congress-2004 (September 29th-October 2nd),
held at PWTC, Malaysia. pp 26-27.
- Bhore, Subhash J., Cha Thye San, Tan Chye
Ling, Lee Seet Kwan, and Shah, Farida H., (2004),
Genetic manipulation of fatty acid composition in oil palm. In: 15th
Annual Meeting of the Malaysian Society for Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry, held at Melaka, Malaysia on July 19-21, 2004. pp 41.
- Bhore Subhash J., Cha Thye S., and Shah Farida
H., (2004), Particle Bombardment-Mediated Transformation of Elaeis
oleifera with Antisense Palmitoyl-ACP Thioesterase Gene Driven by
Mesocarp Specific Promoter, In: The 16th Plant Lipid Symposium,
Budapest (1-4 June 2004), Programme and Abstracts of presentations, pp
94.
- Bhore Subhash J., and Shah Farida H.,
(2004), Genetic Manipulation of Commercially Cultivated Oil Palm (Elaeis
guineensis Jacq. Tenera) for Low-Palmitate Palm Oil. In: The 16th
Plant Lipid Symposium, Budapest (1-4 June 2004), Programme and
Abstracts of presentations, pp 94-95.
- Muniran F., Bhore
Subhash J., and Farida H. Shah, (2003), Micropropagation of oil palm
Elaeis guineensis Jacq. Dura: comparison of three media for efficient
regeneration, In: 14th National Biotechnology Seminars,
held at Penang, Malaysia, during December 11-13, 2003.
73. Bhore Subhash J., Bay M. N., and Shah
F.H., (2003), Characterization of a cDNA clone that encodes for a DNA
binding protein (DNAbp) in oil palm Elaeis oleifera. In: The 5th
National Genetics Congress, held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 25-27, 2003.
- Tan C.L., Bhore
Subhash J., and Shah F.H., (2003), Quantitative and qualitative
assessment of phenotypic abnormalities in transformed and non-transformed plantlets population of Elaeis guineensis Jacq. Tenera, In: 2nd
International Congress of Plant Physiology, held at New Delhi, India during January 8-12, 2003.
- Bhore Subhash J, Shah F. H., (2002), Influence
of three different media on germination and growth of oil palm immature
zygotic embryos. In: 12th Malaysian Society for Molecular
Biology and Biotechnology Scientific Meeting, held at Hyatt Regency
Saujana, Subang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Media
Reports (7)
- ‘Establishing
Research at AIMST University’, in
BICalert, a monthly online newsletter by the Malaysian
Biotechnology Information Centre (MABiC), Nov 2009.
- Bhore Subhash J., (Sunday, July 1, 2007), Melaka
Institute of Biotechnology trains university students. Report on
training programs and activities of Melaka Institute of Biotechnology,
Published in Melaka Hari Ini (News paper of Melaka State, Malaysia), page 15.
- Bhore Subhash J., (Thursday, June 21, 2007),
Biotechnology for better food, health and quality living, published in Melaka
Hari Ini (News paper of Melaka State, Malaysia), page 16.
- Development of Biotechnology in
Melaka (Malaysia) (Pembangunan bioteknologi Melaka), Mega Utusan
Malaysia (National News paper of Malaysia in local language), March
23, 2007, page 6.
- Making palm oil more desirable
(Science news) in New Sunday Times (Malaysia), October 22, 2000,
page 31.
- Bhore Subhash J., (2000), Fascinating natural
beauty of Malaysia, Malaysian Naturalist, 54:9.
- Sixty four percent students of Dada Patil (DP)
College (Karjat) succeeded in B.Sc.
examination (modified title), Kesari (local newspaper of
Maharashtra state, India), July 29, 1994.
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ADVISORY
ROLE IN RESEARCH (2004-20212):
Post-Graduate Students
Supervision (8)
(Name) (Duration) (Degree)
(Status)
1.
Leila
Hilout, 2011-2014, Ph.D, ongoing*.
2.
J.
N. Ja’afar, 2010-2013, Ph.D, ongoing*.
3.
Edina Wang, 2012-2013, M.Sc (Biotechnology), ongoing.
4.
Amelia
Kassim, 2010-2013, M.Sc (Biotechnology), ongoing.
5.
Komathi
d/o Vijayan,
2010-2012, M.Sc (Biotechnology), completed.
6.
Preveena
Jagadesan,
2010-2011, M.Sc (Biotechnology), completed.
7.
Tan
Yin Yin,
2010-2011, M.Sc (Biotechnology), completed.
8.
Loh
Chye Ying, 2010-2011, M.Sc (Biotechnology), completed.
*I am
serving as co-supervisor for the student.
Undergraduate
Students Supervision (14)
(Year) (Students)
2011-2012, Bindusara
a/l Santhanam, Pradheba Nair a/p
Rathakrishnan, Sreegayathri a/p Jairaman,
Sarkgunan Nagarajan, and Vignesan Naidu a/l Shabeshan Naidu.
2010-2011, Angelind
d/o Khalib, Tiong Oon King.
2009-2010, Nithya A/P Ravichantar, Preveena Jagadesan, Vaishana
A/P Karthikesok, Komathi A/P Vijayan, Loo Yi.
2008-2009, Loh Chye Ying, Beverly Ruth Andrew, Rashvinraj Singh,
Vigneswaran A/L Manokaran, Tham Chaur Lin, S.Suresh Paramaloo, Sathisha
Goonasakaran.
Summer (Industrial)
Training Students Supervision (16)
(Year),
(Students)
2011, Edina Wang Lin
Fang, Bindusara A/L Santhanam.
2010, Ponnarasy A/P
Ganasen.
2009, Tan Chen Shen, Lee
Chu Xian.
2004-2008,
Abhilash A/L G.C.Bhujan, Tan
Jie Ying, Yap Hui Min, Nur Aneem Fadzal, Norazlina Mohd Yatim, Afraha Bt Arif, Tay Siew Yean, Suhaili Bt Md Yusop, Nurhuda Bt Jalil, Nurul Arneida Husin, and Sheng Huey Wong
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TEACHING
EXPERIENCE (2002-2012):
University Courses
Teaching: Courses
taught at Faculty of Applied Science, AIMST University, Malaysia:
·
Teaching in Training Programs and Workshops:
1.
Speaker
and trainer in
‘Workshop: Online Bioinformatics Tools and Their Applications in RAPD’,
held on May 31-June 1, 2010 at INFORMM, USM, Penang Island, Malaysia.
2.
Speaker
in a workshop entitled the ‘Biotechnology Awareness Workshop for Teachers’
held at Melaka Institute of Biotechnology, Melaka, on February 16, 2008. This
workshop was supported by Melaka Institute of Biotechnology, Melaka.
3.
Speaker
and trainer in ‘Molecular Biology Training Program-Basic’ organized by
Melaka Institute of Biotechnology and held during June 28-30, 2007 at Melaka
Institute of Biotechnology, Melaka, Malaysia.
4.
Speaker
and trainer in ‘Molecular Biology Training Program-Basic’ organized by
Melaka Institute of Biotechnology and held during September 5-7, 2006 at
Melaka Institute of Biotechnology, Melaka, Malaysia.
5.
Speaker
and trainer in ‘Plant Tissue Culture Training Program-Basic’ organized
by Melaka Institute of Biotechnology and held during February 18, 2005 –
March 2, 2005 at Melaka Institute of Biotechnology, Melaka, Malaysia.
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MAJOR COMMERCIAL
ACHIEVEMENTS (2003-2008):
- Commercial Production of Plantlets
Instrumental in establishing micropropagation protocols, pilot
scale testing (at Melaka Institute of Biotechnology), and commercialization
through INVITROTECH SDN BHD≠ for economically important
plant species listed below:
i.
Banana
(Musa species)
ii.
Sambung
Nyawa (Gynura procumbens),
iii.
Kesum
(Polygonum minus),
iv.
Misai
Kucing (Orthosiphon stamineus),
v.
Hempedu
Bumi (Andrographis paniculata),
vi.
Keembung
(Inpatiens balsamina),
vii.
Dukung
anak (Phyllanthus niruri),
viii.
Kemangi
(Ocimum sanctum),
ix.
Selasih
(Ocimum basilicum),
x.
Curry
plant (Murraya koenigii),
xi.
Lavender
[Lavandula angustifolia(L)],
xii.
Carnation
[Dianthus caryophyllus (L)],
xiii.
Coleus
(Coleus blumei),
xiv.
Celosia
[Celosia argentea var Plumosa (L)], and
xv.
Phlox
[Phlox drummondii]
≠INVITROTECH SDN BHD is a Melaka
Biotechnology Corporation linked company.
2. Training Program Modules
To fulfill the specific
needs of customers, following tailor-made training programs were designed and
offered through Melaka Institute of Biotechnology
i.
Plant tissue
culture training program
ii.
Molecular
biology training program
iii.
Biotechnology
awareness (workshop) program for teachers
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CONSULTANCY (2004-2007):
1.
Worked as
‘Technical Consultant’ to Novel Plants Private Limited, Melaka, Malaysia, (off record) Duration: September 2006-Decemner 2007.
2.
Within
organization at Melaka Institute of Biotechnology to set-up plant tissue
culture pilot plant facility for the Institute, 2004.
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TRAINING AQUIRED (1999-2012):
·
2011, one week training on ‘Protein
Structure, Modeling, Molecular Docking and Molecular Simulations’, at
AIMST University, Malaysia, Jun 27 – Jul 1, 2011.
·
2008, 2 weeks training on ‘Molecular Marker Applications in Crop
Genetics and Breeding’, at
ICRISAT, India, Mar 31 –Apr 11, 2008.
·
2007, 2 days training on ‘How to Be a
Successful Manager’, held at Berjaya Times-Square Hotel, KL, Malaysia, Mar 20-21, 2007.
·
2006, 2 days training on ‘Microarray
Technology and Its Applications’, at Republic Polytechnic, Singapore, Dec 12-13, 2006.
·
2000, 2 months in house training in ‘Basic Plant
Molecular Biology’ (off record), at UKM, Malaysia, July 15 - Sep 14,
2000.
·
1999, 4 days training on ‘Production and processing
of the medicinal and aromatic plants’ held at NCL, India, June 26-29, 1999.
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS (2001-2012):
1.
Associate
Member (Since 2006) of Association of Agricultural Scientist of Indian
Origin (AASIO). AASIO is the international honor society of agriculture
research scientists, with a good history of service to science and society.
2.
Associate
Member (Since 2001) of Sigma Xi, the
Scientific Research Society. Sigma Xi is the international honor society of
research scientists and engineers, with a distinguished history of service to
science and society.
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MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION (2002-2012):
R&D Projects Management
- 2010 (Jan)- ongoing project,
Isolation and screening of endophytes to identify cytokinin-like
compound producing endophytes for their applications in agriculture,
funded by Ministry of Agriculture & Agro-Based
Industry, Malaysia.
- 2005 (Jul)-2008 (May),
Construction of pod cDNA, examination and identification of pod-specific
genes during development using ESTs micro-array, funded by
MOSTI, Malaysia.
- 2005 (Jul)-2007 (Dec), Generation and
analysis of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from mesocarp tissue of South
American oil palm, Elaeis oleifera (extended work under: IRPA: 01-02-02-0014P), funded by
MOSTI, Malaysia.
- 2004 (Dec) - 2006 (May),
assisted Director of the Melaka Institute of Biotechnology for over all
management of the R & D projects listed below.
1.
Application
of DNA marker technology in precise identification of plants
2.
Genetic
transformation of banana for the nutritional value addition
3.
Isolation and
characterization of plant promoters: defining DNA–protein binding sites and
functional roles of the regions in transcription (IRPA:
01-02-02-0014P)
4.
Isolation
of novel genes and genetic transformation of identified fruit crop for its
improvement
5.
Production
of natural plant pigments
6.
Tissue
culture of economically important medicinal & aromatic plants
7.
Production
of phenolic compounds from Malaysian herbs and medicinal plants
8.
Screening of
Malaysian medicinal and aromatic plants for antimicrobial properties
9.
Production of
essential oil and plant extracts from Malaysian medicinal and aromatic plants
for nutraceuticals and cosmeceutical industries
Academia—Biotech Industry
Relationship Development
Organized and Coordinated Memorandum
of Understandings (MoU) / Memorandum of Agreements (MoA) between AIMST University and following Biotech/ Biotech-related companies.
1.
2010
(Dec 1), MoU between AIMST University and Melaka Biotechnology Corporation, Melaka, Malaysia.
2.
2010
(Dec 1), MoU between AIMST University and Multimedia University, Malaysia.
3.
2010
(June 29), MoU between AIMST University and Kedah BioResources Corporation
Sdn Bhd. (KBioCorp), Kedah, Malaysia.
4.
2010
(April 7), MoA between AIMST University and Aviogenz Bioscience Sdn Bhd., Kedah, Malaysia.
5.
2010 (Jan
13), MoU between AIMST University and Aviogenz
Bioscience Sdn Bhd., Kedah, Malaysia.
6.
2009 (Aug
28), MoU between AIMST University and Chemoinformatics Sdn Bhd., Malaysia.
7.
2009 (Aug
17), MoU between AIMST University and Clarias Sdn Bhd., Malaysia.
8.
2009 (Jul 2),
MoU between AIMST University and Tentacle Technologies Sdn Bhd., Malaysia.
9.
2009 (May 7),
MoU between AIMST University and Hirudogenesis Biotechnology Sdn Bhd., Malaysia.
10.
2009 (Feb
26), MoU between AIMST University and Olipro Biotechnology Sdn Bhd, Malaysia.
11.
2009 (Jan
23), MoU between AIMST University and Infovalley Group of Companies, Malaysia.
Organized and Coordinated Programs
- 2011, Organized (and coordinated)
five days workshop on ‘Protein Structure, Modeling,
Molecular Docking and Molecular Simulations’ held at AIMST University,
Kedah, Malaysia, June 27 – July 1, 2011.
- 2010, Organized (and coordinated) one
day workshop on ‘Advances in LIMS’ held at AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia, May 25, 2010.
- 2009, Organized and coordinated
one day seminar, ‘Seminar
on Current Trends in Biotech Industry’ which was supported by UPEN (Kedah) and Malaysian Biotechnology Information Center (MABiC) and held at AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia on Nov 23, 2009.
- 2009, Organized and coordinated ‘Public Seminar on
Agribiotechnology’
held at AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia on May 5, 2009.
- 2008, Organized and coordinated
one day workshop, ‘Biotechnology
Awareness Workshop for Teachers’ held at Melaka Institute of Biotechnology, Melaka,
Feb 16, 2008.
- 2007, Organized and coordinated
‘Molecular Biology Training Program-Basic’ held at Melaka Institute
of Biotechnology, Melaka, Malaysia, Jun 28-30, 2007.
- 2006, Organized and coordinated ‘Molecular
Biology Training Program-Basic’ held at Melaka Institute of
Biotechnology, Melaka, Malaysia, Sep 5-7, 2006.
- 2005, Organized and coordinated ‘Plant
Tissue Culture Training Program-Basic’, held at Melaka Institute of
Biotechnology, Melaka, Malaysia, Feb 18 - Mar 2, 2005.
- 2002-2004,
Coordinated ‘Basic molecular biology laboratory training’
(off-record) for undergraduate students in Mentor’s Laboratory, National
University of Malaysia to make them acquainted with Plant Molecular
Biology and Plant Tissue Culture, Jun 2002 – Jun 2004.
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COMMITTEES SERVED/SERVING
ON (1999-2012):
- 2012, Chair of the master
degree viva-voce of Ms. Sarah Stephenie a/p John Sandanaraj, held on
June 20, 2012 at FAS, AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia.
- 2011, Chair of Organizing
Committee of WORKSHOP on ‘Protein Structure, Modeling, Molecular Docking and
Molecular Simulations’ held on June 27 – July 1, 2011 at AIMST University , Kedah, Malaysia.
- 2009, Organizing
Committee
Member, ‘Seminar on Current Trends in
Biotech Industry’ held on Nov 23, 2009 at AIMST University, Kedah,
Malaysia.
- 2009, Scientific Committee Member, the TWAS Regional
Young Scientists Conference “FOOD, HEALTH AND FUEL: PLANTS FOR THE
FUTURE” held on Nov 2-5, 2009 at Armada Hotel, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
- 2009 (May)-Present, ‘Examination
Board Member’, Faculty of Applied Sciences, AIMST University, Kedah,
Malaysia.
- 2008(May)-2009(May), Examination
Board Member, Biotechnology Department, AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia.
- 2008(May)-2009(May), AIMST University Cafeteria Quality Assurance Committee, AIMST University , Kedah, Malaysia.
- 2005(Apr)-2008(May), Finance Management Committee, Melaka Institute of Biotechnology, Melaka
Biotechnology Corporation, Melaka, Malaysia.
- 2005(Apr)-2008(May), Instrument’s Purchase Committee, Melaka
Institute of Biotechnology, MBC, Melaka, Malaysia.
- 2004(Mar)-2008(May), Management Committee, Melaka Institute of
Biotechnology, MBC, Melaka, Malaysia.
- 1999, Member of Local
Organizing Committee, the ‘International Tree Biotechnology Meeting’
held at NCL, Pune, India on Nov 17-19, 1999.
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (2002-2012):
1. 2011 (Dec), Reviewer
for the Journal ‘BMC Biotechnology’ published by BioMed Central, the open
access publisher, United Kingdom.
2. 2011 (Oct), Reviewer
for the Journal ‘Microbiology Indonesia’ published by the Indonesian Society
for Microbiology.
3. 2011, Examiner and a
Panel Member for oral examination for M.Sc Thesis titled “Development of
a thermostablilized PCR for the detection of Salmonella enteritidis
(SE) and vancomycin resistant Eenterococci
(VRE) in poultry stool and meat samples” by Ms Susan Praveena Thomas, Department
of Biotechnology, AIMST University, Malaysia, September 20, 2011.
4. 2011, Internal
Examiner and a Panel Member for oral examination, for M.Sc Thesis titled
“CART assignment of folding mechanisms to homodimers with known structures”
by Abhishek Suresh, Department of Biotechnology, AIMST University,
Malaysia, August, 2011.
- 2011[Jul] - present, Reviewer
for the
Journal of Sustainability Science and Management (JSSM), which publish
research findings that can be used directly or indirectly in addressing
critical issues and sharing of advanced knowledge and best practices in
sustainable development.
- 2011, Participant, ‘Teaching and
Assessments’ seminar held at the AIMST University,
Bedong-Semeling Road, 08100 Bedong, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia, March 4,
2011.
- 2010, Participant, ‘International
Conference on Environment (ICENV
2010)’, held at the Park Royal Hotel, Batu
Ferringhi Penang,,
Malaysia, December 13-15, 2010.
- 2010, Participant, ‘International
Symposium on Forestry and Forest Products (ISFFP-2010)’, held
at the Legend Hotel, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia, October 5-7, 2010.
- 2010, Participant, the 14th U.S.-Japan Cooperative
Medical Sciences Program (CMSP) Regional Conference on “Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) in the
Pacific Rim: Next Generation Diagnostics for Infectious
Diseases”,
held at the G Hotel, Penang,
Malaysia, October 4–6, 2010.
- 2010[Aug]-Present, Reviewer
for African Journal of Agricultural Research (ISSN 1991- 637X) (Victoria Island, Lagos), an open access journal for
all aspects of agriculture Science.
- 2010, Reviewer, Research
projects reviewer for Melaka Institute of Biotechnology,
Melaka Biotechnology Corporation, Melaka, Malaysia, August 5, 2010.
- 2010, Participant, ‘Workshop:
2010-2015 Strategic Plan of the Kedah State’, held at Hotel
SP Inn., SP, Kedah, Malaysia on June 8, 2010.
- 2010, Speaker, Instructor and
Hand-On Demonstrator, ‘Workshop: Online Bioinformatics Tools and Their Applications in RAPD’, held at INFORMM, USM, Penang Island, Malaysia
on May 31-June 1, 2010.
- 2010, Participant, ‘Seminar
on the Implementation of Biosafety Act 2007: The roles and Obligations
of Researchers’, held at INFORMM, USM, Penang Island,
Malaysia on May 27, 2010.
- 2010, Participant, ‘A
Workshop on Genomics and Bioinformatics for Medical Applications’
conducted by Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Pvt. Ltd. and held
at AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia, May 13, 2010.
- 2010, Participant, ‘A
Workshop On Ethics For Educators’ held at AIMST University, Kedah,
Malaysia, May 7, 2010.
- 2010, Participant, ‘The
Innovative Approaches for Label-free Bionanosensor Development 2010
Workshop’, held at AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia, April 29-30,
2010.
- 2010, Participant, The International
Doctoral Education Research Network-2010 (IDERN-2010) ‘Conference
and Seminars For Postgraduate Supervisors’, held at Universiti
Putra Malaysia, Serdang,
Malaysia, April 21-23, 2010.
- 2009, ‘Panel Member of the
Judges’ for poster presentation evaluation, the TWAS Regional Young Scientists
Conference “FOOD, HEALTH AND FUEL: PLANTS FOR THE FUTURE” held at Armada Hotel, Petaling Jaya,
Selangor, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia on Nov 2-5, 2009.
- 2009, Moderator, ‘Seminar on Current Trends in Biotech Industry’ held
at AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia on Nov 23, 2009.
21. 2009, Participant, Team Building Workshop,
held at Regency Jerai Hill Resort, Kedah, Malaysia, Oct 23-24, 2009.
22.
2009, Internal
Examiner and a Panel Member for oral examination, for M.Sc Thesis titled
“Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Rice Seedlings (Oryza sativa
L. var. MR219) to Salinity Stress” by Ms. Gayathri Arumughan, Department
of Biotechnology, AIMST University, Malaysia (September 25, 2009).
- 2009, Drafted “The Kedah Technology Roadmap
for Agriculture Biotechnology” for Kedah State, Malaysia, launched
on Jul 26, 2009.
- 2009, participant, “The Kedah
Technology Roadmap for Health-Care Biotechnology”, held at Kulim
Golf & Country Resort, Kedah, Malaysia on Jan 12, 2009.
- 2008, Facilitator,
‘Workshop: Brainstorming for Kedah Technology Roadmap for Biotechnology’,
held at Hotel SP Inn., SP, Kedah, Malaysia on Dec 18, 2008.
- 2008, Coordinator,
‘Workshop: Brainstorming for Kedah Technology Roadmap for Biotechnology’, held at Hotel SP Inn., SP, Kedah,
Malaysia on Dec 18, 2008.
- 2008, Participant, ‘GM Technologies: Addressing
Global Sustainability Needs and Challenges’, held at Palace of the Golden
Horses, KL, Malaysia, on Aug 18-19, 2008.
- 2008, Participant, ‘Biosafety Awareness Meeting’, held at Crystal Crown Hotel,
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, Jun 12, 2008.
- 2008, Participant, ‘Food
Biosafety Seminar’ held at Hotel Equatorial, Bangi, Selangor
Malaysia, Jan 21, 2008.
- 2007, Participant, ‘Asia-pacific
conference on Plant tissue culture and agro-biotechnology’, held at
PWTC, KL, Malaysia, Jun 17-21, 2007.
- 2007, Representative of Melaka
Biotechnology Corporation in ‘An Industry Dialogue on the Biosafety
Bill 2006’, held at Menara Naluri, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 29,
2007.
- 2006, Participant, “BBEC 5TH
International Conference 2006, Biodiversity Conservation: 2006 and
beyond”, held
at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Dec 5–7, 2006.
- 2006, Moderator, one day
conference on antioxidant, “The Role of Anti-Oxidants in Health Products”, held
at Melaka Institute of Biotechnology, Melaka, Malaysia, Nov 7, 2006.
- 2006, Representative of Melaka
Biotechnology Corporation in ‘Working group discussion on a new
technology platform based on nanotechnology’, held at Naluri Tower,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Aug 22, 2006.
- 2005, Representative of Melaka
Biotechnology Corporation in ‘The
Development of a National Level Technology Roadmap for Bio-Informatics’, Workshop No. 2, held at Kula
Lumpur, Malaysia, Sept 27 - 28, 2005.
36.
2004-2006, Designed, established and
operated ‘Plant Tissue Culture Pilot Plant’ at Melaka Institute of Biotechnology,
Melaka Biotechnology Corporation, Melaka, Malaysia, 2004-2006.
37.
2004,
Founding member of
‘Plant Tissue Culture Pilot Plant’ for
Melaka Institute of Biotechnology, Melaka Biotechnology Corporation, Melaka,
Malaysia,-2004.
- 2004, Contributed in designing
and establishing Molecular Biology Laboratory at Melaka Institute of
Biotechnology, Melaka Biotechnology Corporation, Melaka, Malaysia, - 2004.
- 2003(Jun)-2004(Feb), voluntarily
served as Lab Manager (off-record) for Molecular Biology
Laboratory of the mentor at National University of Malaysia, Malaysia.
- 2001(Jun)-2004(Feb), Supervision
of junior students in the laboratory (off-record responsibility given by
project leader/mentor).
- 1985-2000, Part
time Agriculture work (in Family owned agricultural land, Maharashtra,
India), cultivation of bajara, chili, corn, fruit crops, green gram,
jawar, onion, garlic, peanut, sesame, sugarcane, vegetables, wheat and
other crop plants.
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Note: This CV was updated on
July 23, 2012
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