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PhD: Plant Molecular Biology,University of East Anglia/John Innes Centre, United Kingdom, 1999
Master: Genetic, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. 1995
Bachelor: Biochemistry, LaTrobe University, Australia, 1986

Email: snaa@upm.edu.my
Phone: +603-8947 1099
Fax: +603- 8938 1612
Field of expertise: Plant Molecular Biology-Functional Genomics-Oil Palm Biotechnology

Previous appointment:
• Head, Laboratory of Plantation Crops - Instititute of Tropical Agriculture, UPM (2007-present)
• Associate Professor - Universiti Putra Malaysia (2003-2013)
• Research Group Leader - Gene Expression Group (Malaysian Palm Oil Board) (2000-2003)

10 Landmark Publications:

1. Alizadeh F, Abdullah SNA, Chong PP, Selamat AB (2014) Expression Analysis of Fatty Acid Biosynthetic Pathway Genes during Interactions of Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) with the Pathogenic Ganoderma boninense and Symbiotic Trichoderma harzianum Fungal Organisms. Plant Mol Biol Report 32: 70–81.

2.  Al-Shanfari AB, Abdullah SNA (2014) Isolation and expression analysis of transcripts encoding metallothioneins in oil palm. Biol Plant 58: 18–28.

3.  Sahebi M, Hanafi MM, Abdullah SNA, Rafii MY, Azizi P, Nejat N, Idris AS (2014) Isolation and expression analysis of novel silicon absorption gene from roots of mangrove (Rhizophora apiculata) via suppression subtractive hybridization. Biomed Res Int 2014:

4.  Leong SL, Ismail I, Taha RS, Zainal Z, Abdullah SNA (2013) The oil palm stearoyl-acyl-carrier-protein desaturase (Des) promoter drives transient gene expression in tomato fruits and is affected by gibberellic acid. Plant Omics 6: 399–407.

5.  Munusamy U, Abdullah SNA, Aziz MA, Khazaai H, Seong LM (2013) Induced production of α-Tocotrienol by cosuppression of tocopherol Cyclase gene in vegetable crops. Am J Biochem Biotechnol 9: 355–364.

6.  Nejat N, Vadamalai G, Davis RE, Harrison NA, Sijam K, Dickinson M, Abdullah SNA, Zhao Y (2013) “Candidatus phytoplasma malaysianum”, a novel taxon associated with virescence and phyllody of Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 63: 540–548.

7.  Omidvar V, Abdullah SNA, Ebrahimi M, Ho CL, Mahmood M (2013) Gene expression of the oil palm transcription factor EgAP2-1 during fruit ripening and in response to ethylene and ABA treatments. Biol Plant 57: 646–654.

8.  Omidvar V, Abdullah SNA, Ho CL, Mahmood M (2013) Isolation and characterization of an ethylene-responsive element binding protein (EgEREBP) from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). Aust J Crop Sci 7: 219–226.

9.  Valdiani A, Javanmard A, Talei D, Tan SG, Nikzad S, Kadir MA, Abdullah SNA (2013) Microsatellite-based evidences of genetic bottlenecks in the cryptic species “andrographis paniculata Nees”: A potential anticancer agent. Mol Biol Rep 40: 1775–1784.

10.  Valdiani A, Javanmard A, Talei D, Tan SG, Nikzad S, Kadir MA, Abdullah SNA (2013) Erratum: Microsatellite-based evidences of genetic bottlenecks in the cryptic species “andrographis paniculata Nees”: A potential anticancer agent (Molecular Biology Reports DOI:10.1007/s11033-012-2231-6). Mol Biol Rep 40: 735.

 

Updated:: 24/11/2014 [mohdhusni]