Biology

Professor Minyan Wang is a PhD supervisor at the School of Science, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, with an honorary appointment at the University of Liverpool. She earned her PhD in Neuropharmacology from the UK in 2004, supported by the Migraine Trust. With over 35 years of expertise in migraine and neurological disorders, she leads internationally collaborative projects on migraine pathogenesis and drug targets. She runs a cutting‑edge platform using multimodal techniques to decode migraine signaling and identify novel drug targets to advance novel therapies.

Dr. Yasser, Professor in Biochemistry, Dean of the Center for Research and Strategic Studies at Hajjah University, Yemen. HOD of Pharmacy Department. College of Medicine and Health Science, Hajjah University, Yemen. [email protected]. focuses on drug development, biochemical mechanisms of disease, and drug interactions, with a specific interest in the biological activity of compounds exhibiting anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antimicrobial, and anti-angiogenic properties. I utilize laboratory techniques, data analysis, and potentially clinical studies to advance understanding and improve drug efficacy and safety. My work involves student mentorship and collaboration

A public health researcher and educator specializing in epidemiology, biostatistics, and molecular biology, with a passion for advancing global health, infectious disease control, and data-driven public health solutions.

Wan F. A. Jusoh is currently a Senior Lecturer in Biodiversity and Conservation and serves as the Honours Program Director (Malaysia) at the School of Science, Monash University Malaysia. Her research focuses on the intersection of biodiversity and the history of natural heritage, ranging from studying flashing fireflies to reconstructing timelines of how ecosystems have evolved.

I am an efficient Professor able to Develop courses with IT skills & sound teaching skills in a manner attractive to students. I have vast experience in supervising postgraduate research & Contribute in a well manner to the ongoing academic development of the School’s postgraduate courses and research.

Prof Jun Suzuki is a biochemist and the deputy director at the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University, Japan.

Dr Yap is currently a Senior Lecturer and Program Director of Medical Bioscience at Monash University Malaysia. She is dedicated to toxin pharmacology and toxicology research. She has strong background in biomolecular modelling, proteomics, immunological and molecular pharmacology of bioactive toxins. She leads the Toxin Pharmacology Research Group. Her research group now focuses on molecular mechanisms of cytotoxin with the ultimate goal of developing next-generation biotherapeutics. Her research works have been featured in prominent media outlets, including the International Snakebite Awareness Day campaign. Besides active in research, she is also an education innovator who adopts various active learning strategies with technology. She teaches undergraduate units with an emphasis on student-cantered learning using the andragogy approach. Dr Michelle enjoys promoting STEM education to the public. She has organized and hosted several workshops and forums to advance the disciplines in medical sciences through research and education.

Dr Sarkar is a senior research fellow at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia. She is actively engaged in collaborating with academic and industry stakeholders and leads multiple projects for the development of novel therapeutics/vaccines to tackle antimicrobial resistance.

Biology of Spiders is my interest for research. Thai spiders are my focus group.

Sarfraz Ahmed is working as a Scientist at Harvard Medical School's Mass General Hospital. His research interests include Diseases and Therapeutics especially focus on Cancer and Therapeutics, Cancer Immunology, Photomedicine, Photo compounds and Photodevices for Cancer, Cancer and Natural agents, Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology for Cancer, Drugs resistance, Microbiology (Bacteriology & Virology) and Drugs resistance

Dr Fabien Grasset is a Research Director at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) and currently serving as Director of Research for Rennes Institute of Chemical Sciences (ISCR). His areas of expertise include materials chemistry, solid-state chemistry, nanotechnology, nanoparticles, optical coatings and thin films.

Dr. Eisuke Hasegawa is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, where he heads the Animal Ecology Laboratory. His research interests include animal ecology; evolutionary biology; natural selection; sociality; and ethology.

Dr. Yukio Yasui is an Associate Professor at Kagawa University. He has dedicated his research work to ecology, ethology and evolutionary biology studies, with his more recent work on the evolution of sex.

Dr. Wong Sin Yeng is an associate professor and Deputy Director at the Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), whose work has led to identifying hundreds of new plant species in Southeast Asia.

Dr. Zong-Hong Lin is a Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University and at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University.

Dr. Cheng-Siang Tan is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). He is an expert in infectious and emerging diseases and biosafety and biorisk management.

Dr. Ashfaq Ahmad Shah (اشفاک), born on 6 June 1992 and hailing from Doderkoot (ددیرکوٹ), Kulgam, South Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India, is an Indian microbiologist, biomedical scientist, academic researcher, scientific reviewer, and annotation engineer whose professional interests span infection biology, immunology, medical microbiology, antimicrobial research and One Health, pharmacology, natural-product science, and artificial intelligence. Dr. Shah has developed an interdisciplinary scientific career focused on understanding the complex interactions between microorganisms, bioactive compounds, and host immune responses, with particular interest in infection–immunity relationships and the discovery of novel antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory agents. He has been associated with Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, where he pursued research activities from 2020 to 2025 and subsequently continued his academic and research journey in the health sciences/medicine domain, including his role as an assistant professor and scientist in the University Center for Research and Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India. His scientific interests encompass a broad spectrum of contemporary biomedical research, including host–pathogen interactions, infection immunity, antimicrobial resistance, immunomodulation, natural-product pharmacology, microbial metabolites, plant-derived bioactive compounds, disease-model studies, protein–antigen interactions, and novel therapeutic discovery. A distinctive component of his research involves investigating the biological significance of phytoalexins, phytoanticipins, phenolic compounds, and other secondary metabolites, particularly their antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and potential immunomodulatory properties. His work seeks to establish meaningful links between the chemical characterization of naturally occurring compounds and their biological effects, thereby contributing to the broader field of infection biology and therapeutic research. Dr. Shah has experience with advanced analytical and biochemical approaches, including GC–MS, HPLC, FTIR, and related hyphenated analytical techniques, for the identification and characterization of microbial and plant-derived metabolites and other biologically active compounds. His wider scientific interests also include **tyrosinase inhibition, polyphenol oxidase inhibition, bioactive compounds relevant to pharmaceutical and dermatological applications, and experimental approaches for evaluating antimicrobial and pharmacological activity. Over the course of his academic career, Dr. Shah has contributed to scientific literature through research publications, academic books, book chapters, scientific reviews, and editorial activities. He has published more than 40 scientific papers in national and international journals, including publications in Scopus- SCIE, and Web of Science-indexed journals (Q1, Q2), and has contributed to international academic books and scholarly chapters. His work reflects an interdisciplinary approach in which microbiology is integrated with immunology, pharmacology, analytical chemistry, biotechnology, and biomedical science. In recognition of his academic contributions and scientific work in the area of infection and immunity, Dr. Shah received the Young Scientist Award in August 2023. Alongside his research and academic responsibilities, he has served as a scientific reviewer and editorial contributor associated with scholarly journals, books, and academic initiatives, enabling him to participate in the broader international process of scientific communication and peer review. Dr. Shah has also developed an international academic network through professional interactions and research-related collaborations with scientists and scholarly communities from different parts of the world, including the United States of America, Japan, Malaysia, and other international research environments. These interactions have supported scientific exchange, collaborative discussions, and exposure to diverse approaches in microbiology, immunology, biomedical research, and emerging scientific technologies. His international engagement complements his core research activities and reflects his commitment to developing a globally connected scientific career. Beyond conventional research and academic publishing, Dr Shah has made sustained contributions to the dissemination of medical and scientific knowledge through **Wikipedia**, where he has been an active contributor to medical-science content since 2015. With more than 1,000 edits related to medical and scientific topics, he has contributed to the organisation and accessibility of scientific information for a worldwide readership.Dr Shah has also submitted his NGS work, like nucleotide sequences of mutated genes, to the gene banks like the National Library of Medicine (NCBI) USA.gov.

Dr. Tay has researched antibodies and diseases like malaria and SARS-CoV-2 at A*STAR. His focus is on discovering methods for developing antibodies that can be used in therapies against multidrug-resistant pathogens.

Professor Crumlish has researched aquatic microbial diseases, specifically ones that have economic impact in global aquaculture, and potential solutions to such infectious diseases. Her current project seeks to develop vaccines against antimicrobial resistance in aquaculture.

Dr. Singhal serves as senior principal investigator at the Bacterial Immunopathology Lab at A*STAR ID Labs in Singapore. His work at A*STAR ID Labs revolves around three main pathogens: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Gram-negative bacteria and Dengue virus.

Dr. Ikhsan is an associate professor at the Department of Aquaculture, University Putra Malaysia. She specializes in the field of Aquatic Microbial Ecology particularly in the development of innovative and sustainable microbial management strategies through understanding of the host-microbe interaction for enhanced microbial stability.

Dr. Oehlers leads the Bacterial Pathogenesis Laboratory at A*STAR ID Labs, where he and his colleagues focus on identifying molecular bases of mycobacterial disease and, thus, deploy therapies that address antibiotic resistance in mycobacterial infections.

Dr. Yue Wang is senior principal investigator at the Antifungal Resistance Laboratory of A*STAR ID Labs, where his body of work focuses on virulence mechanisms of the fungal human pathogen Candida albicans.

Dr. Bifani is a principal investigator at A*STAR ID Labs at their Antimicrobial Resistance Lab. He has extensively researched antimicrobial resistance in tuberculosis and malaria. He is also an associate professor and research director at the Yong Yoo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.

Dr. Yan is an assistant professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong (CityU). His current research focuses on developing genomic tools to dissect lncRNA function and mechanism in diseases and to identify genetic variations that contribute to disease pathogenesis.

Dr. Deng is a biomedical scientist with a special interest in bacterial virulence, including gene regulation, signaling pathways, and RNA epigenetics. He has worked on virulence regulation in pathogens to discover new therapies against bacterial infections.

Dr. So Iwata is a Professor at the Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University and the Group Director of the SACLA Science Research Group, RIKEN SPring-8 Center. He has investigated how specialized membrane channels remove antimicrobial drugs from inside bacterial cells.

Dr. Mitchell is a professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST). His primary research interest is the study of bacterial strains that attack and prey on other bacteria, including antimicrobial-resistant pathogens.

Dr. Soojin Jang heads the Antibacterial Resistance Research Laboratory at Institut Pasteur Korea, where her team focuses on discovering new antibacterial agents for “superbugs” or bacteria resistant to most antibiotics.

Nguyen Huu Nghia is the Director of the Center for Environment and Disease Monitoring in Aquaculture (CEDMA) at the Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 (RIA1) under Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. He has co-managed various research efforts in Vietnam aquaculture as well as published recent research into the use of nanobubbles.