Current grants / projects
- University of Malaya (ST003-2021) Plant Biostimulants For Enhancing Growth And Mitigating Environmental Stresses In Crops, Principal Investigator(PI), 25/06/2021 to 24/06/2023, Research University (Government)
- Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) Ultraviolet (UV-B and UV-C) Mediated Protection in Tomato Against Fungal Pathogen Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum as a Green Alternative to Toxic Pesticides, Co-Researcher, 01/11/2020 to 31/10/2022, Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi (KPT) (Government)
- Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) A Novel Methodology For Ganoderma Disease Prevention Using Deep Learning (dl), Co-Researcher, 01/09/2019 to 31/05/2023, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM) (Government)
- Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) A Comparative Metabolome And Proteome Analysis To Elucidate Disease Resistance In Hot Water Treated Papaya, Co-Researcher, 01/01/2019 to 30/09/2021, Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi (KPT) (Government)
- Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) Understanding the regulatory mechanisms of banana group VII ethylene response factors (ERFs) in response to flooding stress (Principal Investigator; New 2019-2020)
- MOHE-Top 100 grant: Elucidation and analyses of the protein regulatory networks of Pandanus amaryllifolius in response to drought stress (Principal Investigator; New 2018-2019)
- MOHE-Top 100 grant: Whole Genome Analysis and Molecular Karyotyping of Pandanus amaryllifolius (Co-researcher, 2018 - 2019)
- MOHE-Top 100 grant: Transcriptome Analysis and Gene Functional Studies of Pandan amaryllifolius (Co-researcher; 2018 - 2019)
- Newton Advanced Fellowship (IF004-2018) Understanding Transcriptional Regulatory Network Involved in the Drought Response in Arabidopsis and Banana (Principal Investigator; On-going December 2017 – November 2018 (International Funding)
- Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) A Comparative Metabolome And Proteome Analysis To Elucidate Disease Resistance In Hot Water Treated Papaya (Co-researcher; 2019 - 2020)
- University of Malaya RU: Biomass and Flavonoid Production of Gynura procumbens Adventitious Root in Bioreactor, (Principal Investigator; 2018 - 2019)
- Frontier Research Grant (FG023-17AFR) Project title: Enhancing Production By Systematically Tuning The Central Phenylpropanoid Pathway (Co-Principal Investigator; on-going 2017-2019)
- Malaysian Toray Science Foundation (PV022-2016) Project title: Enhancement of flavonoid production through genetic modification in Boesenbergia rotunda cell suspension culture (Principal Investigator; on-going January 2017 – December 2017)
- Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) Understanding the mechanism of Weissellicin in reversing antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an opportunistic pathogen (Co-Investigator; On-going 2017 – 2019)
- University of Malaya (RU008H-2017) Flipping The Learning: An Investigation Into The Use Of The Flipped Classroom Model In A Traditional Science Course (Principal Investigator; On-going July 2017 – March 2018)
- University of Malaya (RU006-2017) Project title: Improving crop adaptation to abiotic stresses (Principal Investigator; On-going July 2017 – December 2018)
- Industrial Funding (PV005-2017) Project title: Metabolic engineering of Boesenbergia rotunda (Principal Investigator; on-going January 2017 - December 2018).
- University of Malaya, Bantuan Kecil Penyelidikan (BK055-2016) Project title: Deciphering the roles of nitric oxide signaling in response to drought stress and root development in banana (Principal Investigator; on-going Sept 2016 – August 2018)
- Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia, Project title: Understanding transcriptional regulation of phenylpropanoid pathway by MYB transcription factor (Co-Principal Investigator; On-going, August 2016 – July 2018)
- Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia (FP056-2014A) Project title: Understanding the mechanism of quorum sensing molecules in enhancing Agrobacterium-mediated transformation (Co-Principal Investigator; Completed July 2014-June 2016)
- University of Malaya, UMRG (RP005A-13BIO) Project title: Elucidation of mechanism and identification of putative biomarkers for plant regeneration capacity in long-term banana cell suspension cultures (Co-Principal Investigator; Completed Sept 2013- Sept 2016)
- Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) Malaysia (02-01-03-SF0999) Project title: Biotransformation of flavonoids by microbial and plant cell cultures for biomedical applications (Co-Principal Investigator; On-going, August 2014-June 2017)
- University of Malaya (BK044-2015) Project title: Engineering the monoterpenoid pathway in rice for the crop improvement (Co-Investigator; On-going, July 2015-July 2017)
- University of Malaya (RU015-2015) Project title: Induction of variants in Chrysanthemum spp. for floriculture industry (Co-Investigator; Completed, April 2015-December 2016)
Collaboration
We welcome all enquiries for: research collaboration and industry partnerships. Please contact: Dr Tan Boon Chin at [email protected]