Research Impact:
Dr Lau Yin Yin
Lecturer Cum Senior Lab Technologist
Academic Qualifications
PhD Microbiology, Genetics & Molecular Biology
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
Dip (Major in Science, Mathematics and Calculus)
Areas of Interest
Microbiology (Bacteriology, Antimicrobial studies & Quorum Sensing)
Molecular and genome biology
Omics studies (Genomics, Proteomics & Transcriptomics)
Research
- Name of grant: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme
Funder: Ministry of Education
Project title: Elucidating the Interplay of Bacterial Methulase and Restriction Enzymes and Gene Expression
Code: FP022-2018A
Duration: 2 years
Role: Member
Amount: RM 100,000
Status: On-going - Name of grant: Government Agency Grant
Funder: Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
Project title: Study on The Risk of Transforming Endophytic Bacteria/Yeast
Code: GA001-2016
Duration: 2 years
Role: Member
Amount: RM 150,000
?Status: Completed - Name of grant: Government Agency Grant
Funder: Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
Project title: Study on Detection and Persistence of LMO Products Produced By Synthetic Biology In Local Environments
Code: GA002-2016
Duration: 2 years
Role: Member
Amount: RM 200,000
?Status: Completed - Name of grant: Postgraduate Research Grant
Funder: University of Malaya
Project title: Phenomic, Genomic and Transcriptomic Studies of Quorum Sensing Enterobacter asburiae L1 from Fresh Vegetables
Code: PG086-2015B
Duration: 3 years
Role: PI
Amount: RM 13,500
?Status: Completed
Currect Research Project
- Characterization and omics studies of multidrug resistant bacteria from mass transit systems and public areas in Asia and Europe
- Methylomic study of quorum sensing Enterobacteriaceae bacteria from fresh vegetables
Publications
- Lau, Y. Y., How, K. Y., Yin, W.-F., & Chan, K.-G. (2020). PeerJ, 8, e10068.
- Oulghazi, S., Pedron, J., Cigna, J., Lau, Y. Y., Moumni, M., Van Gijsegem, F., . . . Faure, D. (2019). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
- Oulghazi, S., Cigna, J., Lau, Y. Y., Moumni, M., Chan, K. G., & Faure, D. (2019). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
- Lau, Y. Y., How, K. Y., Yin, W. F., & Chan, K.-G. (2018). MicrobiologyOpen, e00610.
- Chen, J.-W., Lau, Y. Y., Krishnan, T., Chan, K.-G., & Chang, C.-Y. (2018). Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, 1104-1104.
- Lau, Y. Y., Yin, W.-F., & Chan, K.-G. (2014). Sensors, 14(8), 13913-13924.
- Lau, Y. Y., Sulaiman, J., Chen, J. W., Yin, W.-F., & Chan, K.-G. (2013). Sensors, 13(10), 14189-14199.
Conference
- International Conference on Tropical Sciences, 25-27 October 2021, Zoom, Akademi Science Malaysia
- International Microbiome Diagnostic Forum, 20-21 November 2021, Zoom, Monash University Malaysia
Award and Recognition
- French Government Fellowship, French Embassy at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2018
Networks and Collaborations on Research
- University of Malaya, Malaysia - Research Collaborator
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (I2BC-CNRS), France - Research Collaborator
- Lifetime member, Malaysian Bioscience Scholars (MBioS)
- Lifetime member, Scientific Malaysian
- Lifetime member, International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID)
- Lifetime member, Asia Pacific Microbiome and Biomedical Research Network (AMBeR)
Contributions to Society
- Reviewer to journals