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Principal
No. Research Title NMRR investigator/
Number Co-principal
investigator (Co-PI)
23 Profiling carbohydrates and fatty acids NMRR-19- Tay Bee Yong
and detection of immunoreactivity of 3479-50901
lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in three Leptospira
species with different levels of pathogenicity

24 Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus NMRR-19- Dr. Rohaidah Hashim
pneumoniae in healthy population in 3887-52245
Malaysia

25 Isolation and propagation of COVID-19 virus NMRR-20- Dr. Siti Nur Zawani
(SARS CoV-2) in selected mammalian cell 709-54523 Rosli
lines
26 Generation of immune Fab phage display NMRR-19- Dr. Mohammad
library against a novel coronavirus (2019- 3569-34314 Ridhuan Mohd Ali
nCoV)

27 In vitro susceptibility pattern of Aspergillus NMRR-20- Dr. Tan Xue Ting
spp. and Fusarium spp. against commonly 207-53067
used antifungal agents in Malaysia
28 Development of rapid antigen detection of NMRR-20- Jama’ayah Mohamed
SARS-CoV-2 944-54859 Zahidi @ Ahmad Bakri

29 Serum protein profiling in Brucella infection NMRR-19- Jama’ayah Mohamed
for detection of potential diagnostic 1136-48242 Zahidi @ Ahmad Bakri
biomarker

30 Secondary and co-infections of bacterial and NMRR-20- Dr. Siti Roszilawati
fungal pathogen in Malaysian coronavirus 2002-56396 Ramli
2019 patients

31 Identification and molecular characterisation NMRR-21- Dr. Azura Mohd Noor
of protein biomarkers from Mycobacterium 056-60325
tuberculosis towards the development of a
novel rapid point of care test (POCT) kit for
latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) detection

32 Detection of mutations associated with drug NMRR-20- Dr. Siti Roszilawati
resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis 2612-56968 Ramli
using in-house multiplex PCR and targeted
sequencing

33 Evaluation of the modified slope container NMRR-20- Dr. Siti Roszilawati
(MoSCo) 2.0 for enhancing quality of sputum 2758-57508 Ramli
samples in TB diagnostic laboratories
34 Development and evaluation of a multiplex NMRR-21- Dr. Mohammad
qPCR assay for simultaneous detection of 1639-60288 Ridhuan Mohd Ali Research Centre (IDRC) Infectious Diseases
pathogens associated with pneumoniae
among immunocompromised patients
in Malaysia (Legionella pneumophila,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis and
Histoplasma capsulatum)