People

These are the key people of our research group. We are also looking for passionate and enthusiastic young scientists to join us.

Group leader

Dr. Michelle Yap is currently the senior lecturer and leader of the research group. She is a toxicologist and pharmacologist with a strong interest in natural toxins. Her current research focuses on pharmacoproteomics, immunoinformatics, and computational modeling of toxins. She is interested to investigate the functionality of toxins and their molecular mechanisms. This includes toxin-receptor, toxin-membrane interactions, and production of next-generation antivenomics using recombinant technology and bioinformatics approach.

Research Profile:

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Publons

ORCID: 0000-0002-9646-3944

ResearcherID: G-8283-2014

Postgraduate students

Leong Vi Vern

Exploring the endocytosis pathway of cobra venom cytotoxin and its intracellular accumulation

Ding Sher Min

Combinatorial Approach in Discovering Cross-Reactivity Aptabody Against Venom Cytotoxin (CTX)

Lim En Qi

Elucidation of the mechanistic actions of cross-reactive aptamers in cobra venom cytotoxin-induced cell death

Jessie Choy

Elucidating the antibacterial activity of chemically-modified cobra venom cytotoxin-derived peptides

Dr Hiu Jia Jin

Immunoinformatics and epitope mapping of cobra venom cytotoxin in next generation antitoxins

Dr Yong Yanning

Unveiling the internalization routes of cobra venom cytotoxin through differential membrane interaction

Dr Nurhamimah Misuan

Investigation of mechanisms of cytotoxicity for cobra venom cytotoxin using computational and experimental approach

Dr Tiffany Tan

Gene expression and proteome changes of cellular responses to cytotoxin - Elucidation of the cytotoxic pathways

Liew Hern Liang

The antimicrobial properties and molecular mechanisms of lysine-rich cationic peptides

Undergraduate Honours students

Chiang Yong Shi