Dr Phoon Lee Quen
Funding in UTAR
  • the development of high-throughput molecular diagnostic tools for the specific detection of pathogens in pitaya (hylocereus sp.), MOHE FRGS, March 2011 - March 2012.
  • polygalacturonase inhibiting protein: isolation, cloning, characterization, and expression in dragon fruit., UTARRF, May 2011 - April 2012.
  • development of utar c4 land: construction of partial infrastructures and cultivation of plants of interest (herbs, orchids, rice, dragonfruit), UTARRF, February 2012 - January 2013.
  • de novo proteomics and transcriptome sequencing of resistance genes in hylocereus sp. part i: proteomics, UTARRF, February 2014 - January 2015.
  • isolation of extracellular phytase producing bacteria and production of extracellular phytase by locally isolated bacteria, UTARRF, August 2014 - July 2015.
  • de novo transcriptome analysis of resistance genes in hylocereus sp, UTARRF, August 2014 - July 2015.
  • upper respiratory carriage of streptococcus pneumoniae, haemophilus influenzae, and neisseria meningitidis: a survey on their prevalence and risk factors in the kampar district, malaysia, UTARRF, December 2017 - December 2018.
  • dna content analysis and expression of pathogenesis-related genes in dragon fruit (hylocereus spp.) during pathogen infection, UTARRF, December 2018 - December 2019.
  • developing the bioinformatics pipeline for computational epigenomic, transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of ischemic stroke, UTARRF, June 2019 - May 2020.
  • the effectiveness of neurofeedback training in social media addiction and its association with stress, anxiety and depression related genes among young adults., UTARRF, August 2020 - July 2021.
  • investigation of upper respiratory carriage of bacterial pathogens and their circulating genotypes and antibiotic susceptibility, MOHE FRGS, January 2019 - December 2021.
  • implementing nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics research and training unit (n2rtu) at universiti tunku abdul rahman (utar), malaysia, BC-REL GOING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS RESEARCH GRANT, February 2022 - January 2023.
  • malaysian obesity nutrigenetics environment study (money), UNIVERSITY OF READING, UK, October 2021 - April 2023.
  • association between body composition, dietary intake, and physical activity on obesity risk in a multi-ethnic urban population of perak, UTARRF, July 2022 - June 2023.
  • a study of microbial community and dynamics of jiaosu fermentation 酵素发酵过程中微生物群落与动态之研究, PERSATUAN ENZIM ALAM SEKITAR JOHOR, January 2022 - December 2023.
  • production of single cell protein from palm decanter cake, EVOFOOD BIOTECH SDN. BHD., February 2023 - January 2024.