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IDRC Research

PRINCIPAL
NO. RESEARCH TITLE NMRR NUMBER INVESTIGATOR (PI)
OR CO-PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR (CO-PI)
Development of a reverse transcription loop-
1 mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) NMRR-20-1423-55724 Dr Foo Phiaw Chong
(PI)
assay for rapid diagnosis of COVID-19
Development of a self-stable point-of-care
duplex LAMP assay for detection of Lyme Dr Foo Phiaw Chong
2 NMRR-19-2548-50647
disease and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses (PI)
pathogens in local ticks
Establishment of the experimental procedures for Research Centre (IDRC) Infectious Diseases
detecting and isolating antimicrobial peptide(s) Dr Christina Injan
3 NMRR-19-2864-51091
from the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus Anak Mawang (PI)
sanguineus
Development of a multiplex real-time PCR
assay for simultaneous detection of clinically Ernieenor Faraliana Che
4 NMRR-18-229-40116
recognized tick-borne bacterial pathogens in Lah (PI)
Malaysia
Molecular characterisation and clinical outcomes
of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Dr Nur Asyura Nor
5 NMRR-19-3141-51622
(MRSA) circulating in two major hospitals in Amdan (PI)
Klang Valley
In vitro pharmacodynamics examination of Dr Norazah Ahmad (PI),
clinical attainable antibiotic concentrations
6 NMRR-19-3938-45763 Mrs Hana Farizah Zamri
against different Malaysian strains of (Co-PI)
Burkholderia pseudomallei

Development of a novel recombinant monoclonal
antibody and generation of single-chain variable Dr Mohammad Ridhuan
7 NMRR-19-1155-48305
fragments against selected leptospiral antigens Mohd Ali (PI)
using Phage Display Technology

Jama’ayah Mohamed
Serum protein profiling in Brucella infection for
8 NMRR-19-1136-48242 Zahidi @ Ahmad Bakri
detection of potential diagnostic biomarker
(PI)
Molecular characterisation of Burkholderia
9 NMRR-18-805-41423 Revathy Arushothy (PI)
pseudomallei isolates from Malaysia
Identification of potential biomarkers from
10 differentially expressed genes during NMRR-19-3071-51503 Revathy Arushothy (PI)
Burkholderia pseudomallei infection

Analysis of secondary bacterial infections
11 NMRR-20-1167-54790 Revathy Arushothy (PI)
associated with novel SARS CoV-2 pandemic
In vitro susceptibility pattern of Aspergillus spp.
12 and Fusarium spp. against commonly used NMRR-20-207-53067 Dr Tan Xue Ting (PI)
antifungal agents in Malaysia