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PhD: Plant Molecular Biology, Chiba University , Japan (1999)
Master: Biotechnology, University of Malaya, Malaysia (1995)
Bachelor: Biology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (1992)
Email: clho@upm.edu.my
Phone: +603 - 8946 7475
Faxs: +603 - 8946 7510
Field of specialisation: Molecular interactions of oil palm-microbes, agar biosynthesis in seaweed, bioinformatics
Previous appointment: None
10 Landmark Publications:
1. Naseron NAH, Lim K-A, Teh S-L, Teo S-S, Leow ATC, Namasivayam P, Ho C-L (2014) Molecular characterization and homology modeling of a short-chain reductase/dehydrogenase from Gracilaria changii (Rhodophyta). J Appl Phycol 26: 665–674.
2. Tan Y-C, Yeoh K-A, Wong M-Y, Ho C-L (2013) Expression profiles of putative defence-related proteins in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) colonized by Ganoderma boninense. J Plant Physiol 170: 1455–1460.
3. Baharum H, Chu W-C, Teo S-S, Ng K-Y, Rahim RA, Ho C-L (2013) Molecular cloning, homology modeling and site-directed mutagenesis of vanadium-dependent bromoperoxidase (GcVBPO1) from Gracilaria changii (Rhodophyta). Phytochemistry 92: 49–59.
4. Tee S-S, Tan Y-C, Abdullah F, Ong-Abdullah M, Ho C-L (2013) Transcriptome of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) roots treated with Ganoderma boninense. Tree Genet Genomes 9: 377–386.
5. Yeoh K-A, Othman A, Meon S, Abdullah F, Ho C-L (2013) Sequence analysis and gene expression of putative oil palm chitinase and chitinase-like proteins in response to colonization of Ganoderma boninense and Trichoderma harzianum. Mol Biol Rep 40: 147–158.
6. Yeoh K-A, Othman A, Meon S, Abdullah F, Ho C-L (2012) Sequence analysis and gene expression of putative exo- and endo-glucanases from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) during fungal infection. J Plant Physiol 169: 1565–1570.
7. Yeap W-C, Ooi TEK, Namasivayam P, Kulaveerasingam H, Ho C-L (2012) EgRBP42 encoding an hnRNP-like RNA-binding protein from Elaeis guineensis Jacq. is responsive to abiotic stresses. Plant Cell Rep 31: 1829–1843.
8. Ho C-L, Wu Y, Shen H -b., Provart NJ, Geisler M (2012) A predicted protein interactome for rice. Rice 5:
9. Sultana S, Khew CY, Morshed MM, Namasivayam P, Napis S, Ho CL (2012) Overexpression of monodehydroascorbate reductase from a mangrove plant (AeMDHAR) confers salt tolerance on rice. J Plant Physiol 169: 311–318.
10. Siow R-S, Teo S-S, Ho W-Y, Shukor MYA, Phang S-M, Ho C-L (2012) Molecular cloning and biochemical characterization of galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase from gracilaria changii (rhodophyta). J Phycol 48: 155–162.
Updated:: 30/10/2014 [azimahs]
Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia