No Name of Researcher Research Support No Citation
1. Dr. Abiramy Krishnan Fellowship 2013 1 Idid, M.R.; Krishna, A.; Smykla, J.; Alias, S.A. (2014) Isolation of microfungi from Arctic and Antarctic soils and their identification using ITS, LSU and SSU sequences. In: The Arctic Biodiversity Congress, 02-04 Dec 2014, Trondheim, Norway.
2 Krishnan, A., Convey, P., Gonzalez-Rocha, G and Alias, S. A. (2016). Production of extracellular hydrolase enzymes by fungi from King George Island. Polar Biology 39, 65–76.
3 Abneuf, Mohammed A.; Khrishnan, Abiramy; Aravena, Marcelo Gonzalez; Pang, Ka-Lai; Convey, Peter; Alias, Siti Aisyah. (2016) Antimicrobial activity of microfungi from maritime Antarctic soil. Czech Polar
Reports, 6 (2). 141-154. https://doi.org/10.5817/CPR2016-2-13
4 Krishnan, A., Convey, P., Gonzalez, M. et al. Effects of Temperature on Extracellular Hydrolase Enzymes from Soil Microfungi Polar Biol (2018) 41: 537. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2215-z
5 Krishnan, A., Alias, Z., Convey, P., González-Aravena, M., Smykla, J., Rizman-Idid, M. and Alias, S. A. (2022). Temperature and pH Profiling of Extracellular Amylase from Antarctic and Arctic Soil Microfungi. Fermentation, 8 (11): 601
2. Dr. Wan Mohd Rauhan Wan Hussin Fellowship 2013 6 Moon, Hye-Won & Wan Hussin, Wan Mohd Rauhan & Kim, Hyun-Cheol & Ahn, In-Young. (2015). The impacts of climate change on Antarctic nearshore mega-epifaunal benthic assemblages in a glacial fjord on King George Island: Responses and implications. Ecological Indicators. 57. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.04.031.
7 Wan Hussin W. M. R., 2016 Comparing the structure and function of the Antarctic and Tropic benthic Communities following environmental changes. AACL Bioflux 9(6):1244-1250.
8 Wan Hussin, W.M.R., Husin, A., Mahdzar, S.F.S. and Nadzir, M.S.M., 2019. Preliminary investigation on the structural, taxonomic and functional diversities of benthic communities at different areas in the West Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Science, 20, pp.100-106.
9 Nasir, N.M., Barnes, D.K. and Wan Hussin, W.M.R., 2024. Benthic functionality under climate-induced environment changes offshore on the Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf. Marine environmental research, 194, p.106341.
3. Dr. Chong Chun Wie Fellowship 2013 10 Chong, C., Pearce, D. A., & Convey, P. (2015). Emerging spatial patterns in Antarctic prokaryotes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01058
11 Supramaniam, Y., Chong, C., Silvaraj, S., & Tan, I. K. (2016). Effect of short term variation in temperature and water content on the bacterial community in a tropical soil. Applied Soil Ecology, 107, 279-289. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2016.07.003
12 Chong, C. W., Silvaraj, S., Supramaniam, Y., Snape, I., & Tan, I. K. (2018). Effect of temperature on bacterial community in petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated and uncontaminated Antarctic soil. Polar Biology,41(9), 1763-1775. doi:10.1007/s00300-018-2316-3
4. Ms. Jacqueline Yong Sheau Ting Fellowship 2014 13 Lavin, P.L., Yong, S.T., Wong, C.M.V.L., De Stefano, M. (2016) Isolation and characterization of Antarctic psychrotroph Streptomyces sp. strain INACH3013 28: 433. Antarctic Science (Volume 28 issue 6)
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102016000250
14 Lavin, P.L., Yong, S.T., Wong, C.M.V.L., Perez, A.R.G., Dorador, C. (2017) The trade-off between antimicrobial production and growth of an Antarctic psychrotroph Streptomyces sp. strain INACH3013 29: 427. Antarctic Science (Volume 29 issue 5) https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102017000141
5. Ms. Yew Wen Chyin Fellowship 2014 & 2015 | Berth Support 2- 2013/2014 15 Yew, W. C., Pearce, D. A., Dunn, M. J., Samah, A. A., & Convey, P. (2017). Bacterial community composition in Adélie (Pygoscelis adeliae) and Chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarctica) Penguin stomach contents from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. Polar Biology,40(12), 2517-2530. doi:10.1007/s00300-017-2162-8,
16 Yew, W. C., Pearce, D. A., Dunn, M. J., Adlard, S., Alias, S. A., Samah, A. A., & Convey, P. (2017). Links between bacteria derived from penguin guts and deposited guano and the surrounding soil microbiota. Polar Biology,41(2), 269-281. doi:10.1007/s00300-017-2189-x, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2189-x
6. Ms. Dang Nguk Ling Fellowship 2016 17 Chu, W., Dang, N., Kok, Y., Yap, K. I., Phang, S., & Convey, P. (2018). Heavy metal pollution in Antarctica and its potential impacts on algae. Polar Science. doi:10.1016/j.polar.2018.10.004 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2018.10.004
7. Dr. Mai Chun Wai Fellowship 2015 18 Tiong, J. J. L., Loo, J. S. E., & Mai, C.-W. (2016). Global Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Closer Look at the Formidable Implementation Challenges. [Perspective]. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7(1860). doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01860
8. Dr. Leelatulasi Salwoom Fellowship 2013 19 Salwoom, L., Rahman, R. A., Zaliha, R. N., Salleh, A. B., Convey, P., Pearce, D., & Shukuri, M. (2019). Isolation, Characterisation, and Lipase Production of a Cold-Adapted Bacterial Strain Pseudomonas sp. LSK25 Isolated from Signy Island, Antarctica. Molecules, 24(4), 715 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24040715 Impact factor:3.098, Q2
20 Salwoom, L., Rahman, R. A., Zaliha, R. N., Salleh, A. B., Convey, P., Ali, M., & Shukuri, M. (2019). New Recombinant Cold-Adapted and Organic Solvent Tolerant Lipase from Psychrophilic Pseudomonas sp. LSK25, Isolated from Signy Island Antarctica. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(6), 1264. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20061264 Impact factor: 3.689, Q2
9. Dr. Faradina Merican binti Mohd Sidik Merican Research Grant 2016 | Fellowship 2017 21 Radzi R, Muangmai N, Broady P, Wan Omar WM, Lavoue S, et al. (2019) Nodosilinea signiensis sp. nov. (Leptolyngbyaceae, Synechococcales), a new terrestrial cyanobacterium isolated from mats collected on Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica. PLOS ONE 14(11): e0224395. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224395
22 Zaki, Syazana & Merican, Faradina & Muangmai, Narongrit & Convey, Peter & Broady, Paul. (2020). Discovery of microcystin-producing Anagnostidinema pseudacutissimum from cryopreserved Antarctic cyanobacterial mats. Harmful Algae. 93. 101800. DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2020.101800.
23 Syuhada, N.H., Merican, F., Zaki, S. et al. (2022). Strong and widespread cycloheximide resistance in Stichococcus-like eukaryotic algal taxa. Sci Rep 12, 1080. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05116-y
24 Ranina, R., Merican, F., Broady, P.A., Convey, P., Muangmai, N., Lavoué, S. (2021). First record of the cyanobacterial genus Wilmottia (Coleofasciculaceae, Oscillatoriales) from the South Orkney Islands (Antarctica). Algae, 36(2), 111-121. https://doi.org/10.4490/algae.2021.36.5.6
10. Dr. Ahmad Bazli bin Ramzi Fellowship 2018 25 Ramzi,A.B., Baharum, S.N., Bunawan, H. & Scrutton, N.S. (2020). Streamlining Natural Products Biomanufacturing with Omics and Machine Learning Driven Microbial Engineering. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnolgy. 1-10 (2019 Impact factor: 3.644; Q1)
26 Ramzi,A.B, Zhang, Y., Toogood, H.S., N. S (2020). Developimg Pseudomonas Extremaustralis As New Bacterial Chassis for Bioproduction of Limenene. Asian Regional Conference on Systems Biology 2020 (Arcsb2020). 102.
11. Dr. Sazlina Salleh Fellowship 2014 27 Sazlina Salleh, Nur Ain Amani Abdul Mubin, Nur Aqilah Muhamad Darif, Mahadi Mohammad, Andrew McMinn. (2022). Effects of elevated pCO2 on the photosynthetic performance of the sea ice diatoms Navicula directa and Navicula glaciei. Journal of Applied Phycology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-022-02709-y