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• workRoom B1A05 B1-block
  Malaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
• work+6 (03) 8924 8762
• SiuYee.New@nottingham.edu.my

Biography

Dr New Siu Yee received her BSc from 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Technology Malaysia (UTM) and her PhD from National 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Singapore (NUS). During her PhD study, she was involved in multidisciplinary fields of study with three different research groups and spent a year attachment at 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). After graduated, Dr New worked as Scientist I in Institute Materials 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ and Engineering (IMRE), A*Star, Singapore, before joining the 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Nottingham Malaysia. Her current research interest focuses on nanotechnology based biosensors.

Personal research webpage:

https://newsy1019.wixsite.com/newgroup

Expertise Summary

• Crystallization techniques for both small molecules and proteins.
• Various characterization techniques: UV-vis, FTIR, 1D and 2D NMR, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD), electrospray ionization-mass spectroscopy (ESI-MS), circular dichroism (CD), spectrofluorometer, surface plasmon resonance (SPR-Biacore), quartz crystal micro188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ (QCM), dynamic light scattering (DLS), cyclic voltammetry (CV), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), etc.
• Experience in polymerase chain reaction (PCR), protein expression and purification (fast protein liquid chromatography-FPLC),
• Experience in handling Schlenk line, TLC, column chromatography, Soxhlet extraction and vacuum liquid chromatography (VLC).
• Experience in simple modeling using Visual Molecular Dynamic (VMD).

Teaching Summary

MPharm Year 1:

• Essential Skills of Pharmacists (PHAR1010)

MPharm Year 2 - Year Head:

• Gastrointestinal & Liver Disorder (PHAR2016) - Module convenor
• Cardiovascular (PHAR2018)
• Sexual Health and Pregnancy (PHAR2020)
• Renal and Endocrine Diseases (PHAR2019)

MPharm Year 3 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ Project - Module convenor

PHS Year 3:

• Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Design (PHAR3014)

PHS Year 2:

• Pharmaceutical Analysis & Spectroscopy (PHAR2010)
• Concepts in Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Discovery (PHAR2014) - Module convenor

PHS Year 1:

• Laboratories Studies Pharmaceutical Science (PHAR1022)
• Pharmaceutical & Biological Chemistry 1 (PHAR1008)

188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ Summary

Principal Investigator/ Main Applicant (UNM)

2019 - 2021: Facile and PCR-Free Detection of miRNA Using Magnetic Separation and Fluorescent Silver Nanoclusters (Fundamental 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ Grant Scheme (FRGS), Ministry of Education (MOE))

2018: SERS Analysis on Reverse Aggregation Control of Cysteamine Coated Gold Nanoparticles (Royal Society of Chemistry; Mobility Grant)

2015 - 2017: Novel Colorimetric & Fluorogenic Nanobiosensors for Telomerase Activity Detection (FRGS, MOE)

2014 - 2015: Systematic Preparation of New Fluorogenic Silver Nanoclusters for Sensing Application (UNMC pump-priming project)

Collaborator

2021 - 2023: Synthesis of protein gold nanoclusters for delivery of silencing-RNA as synergistic colorectal cancer therapy and in situ bioimaging (FRGS, MOE)

2020 - 2021: Colourimetric Nanosensor for the Detection of Ovarian Cancer Biomarker miRNA-665 (MAKNA Cancer 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ Award 2020)

2019 - 2020: Detection of Breast Cancer Biomarker miRNA-155 Using Hybridisation Chain Reaction and Silver Nanoclusters (Taylor's 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ Emerging 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ Grant)

2017 - 2019: Elucidation graphene antimicrobial properties against intracellular Staphyloccoccus aureus from bovine mastitis (FRGS, MOE)

2016 - 2019: Development of Multimode "Turn-On" Protein-Gold Nanoclusters for Targeted Theranostics and Imaging of Colon Cancer and Its Metastases (FRGS, MOE)

Past 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@

Co-Principal Investigator (IMRE, Singapore)

2012 - 2013: Development of biogenic fluorescent metal nanoclusters for biosensing and clinical diagnosis (IMRE core funded project)

Scientist I (IMRE, Singapore)

2012 - 2013: Integrative analysis of the ongogenic transcription factors, AP-2γ and FoxA1 in breast cancer using nanobiotechnology and genome biology (A*Star JCO funded project)

2011 - 2012: Heterogeneous phase displacement immunoassays for urinary protein markers (Industrial project: IMRE - Nitto Denko Asia Technical Centre Pte. Ltd)

PhD (NUS, Singapore)

2007 - 2011: Supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering of amino acid Schiff bases

2009 - 2010: Study the effect of site-directed mutagenesis on copper metalloprotein and protein crystallization (188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA)

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