Laboratory of Enzyme and Microbial
Technology
Research
Programme
Research Programme
Service and Facility Unit
Fermentation Technology
Enzyme Technology
Bioprocess Engineering
Strain Development and
Modification
Microscopy and Microanalysis
Techniques
Digestive Microbiology
Fermentation Technology
Microscopy and Microanalysis
Head of Laboratory
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arbakariya Ariff
ORGANISATION STRUCTURE
Research
Programme
Research
Programme
Programme
Coordinator
:
Prof
.
Dr
.
Mohamed
Ismail
Abdul
Karim
Research
Projects
:
i.
Development
of
yeast
fermentation
for
the
production
of
biomass,
gluthathione
and
amino
acids
.
ii.
Development
of
productive
fermentation
technique
for
the
cultivation
of
beneficial
microorganisms
for
aquaculture
industry
.
iii.
CG tase and pullulanase production by local strains.
iv.
Production
of
microbial
PUFA
.
v.
Development
of
mass
cultivation
of
aquatic
yeast
isolated
from
local
sources
.
1. Fermentation Technology
Research
Programme
2
.
Bioprocess
Engineering
Programme
Coordinator
:
Assoc
.
Prof
.
Dr
.
Arbakariya
Ariff
Research
Projects
:
i.
Freeze
drying
of
probiotic
microorganisms
.
ii.
Biosorption
of
heavy
metals
by
microbial
biomass
.
iii.
Purification
of
recombinant
protein
.
iv.
Purification,
packaging
and
application
of
lipase
enzyme
.
v.
Bioreactor
system
for
animal
cell
suspension
culture
vi.
Bioreactor
system
for
the
cultivation
of
plant
cell
in
suspension
.
Research
Programme
3
.
Strain
Modification
and
Development
Programme
Coordinator
:
Assoc
.
Prof
.
Dr
.
Raha
Abd
Rahim
Research
Projects
i.
Systematic
deletion
of
hypothetical
open
reading
frame
(ORF)
and
protein
localization
for
elucidation
of
function
of
Saccharomyces
cerevisae
.
ii.
Screening
and
isolation
of
microorganisms
that
have
potential
for
industrial
use
from
local
sources
.
iii.
Development
of
recombinant
yeast,
Saccharomyces
cerevisae
,
capable
to
be
used
in
direct
fermentation
of
starches
to
ethanol
.
iv.
Improvement
of
fungal
strain
for
fermentation
process
via
monospores
isolation
technique
.
Research
Programme
4
.
Enzyme
Technology
Programme
Coordinator
:
Prof
.
Dr
.
Mahiran
Basri
Research
Projects
i.
Scale
-
up
of
lipase
enzyme
production
using
recombinant
strain
.
ii.
Enzymatic
synthesis
of
wax
ester
.
iii.
Biosensor
.
iv.
Protein
structure
and
function
Research
Programme
5
.
Microscopy
and
Microanalysis
Techniques
Programme
Coordinator
:
Assoc
.
Prof
.
Dr
.
Fauziah
Othman
Research
Projects
1.
In
-
vitro
effect
of
Newcastle
disease
virus
infection
in
breast
cancer
cells
.
i.
In
-
vivo
cytotoxicity
effects
on
breast
cancer
cells
.
ii.
Transmission
microscopy,
confocal
microscopy,
light
microscopy
and
elemental
analysis
using
energy
dispersive
x
-
ray
microanalysis
during
hepatocarcinogenesis
treated
with
Henna
and
Strobilanthus
.
iii.
Molecular
study
of
anti
-
cancer
properties
of
Henna
and
Stobilanthus
.
iv.
Cytotoxicity
and
oncilyic
effect
of
Henna
and
Strobilanthus
Research
Programme
6
.
Digestive
Microbiology
Programme
Coordinator
:
Assoc
.
Prof
.
Dr
.
Norhani
Abdullah
Research Projects:
i.
Molecular
study
of
several
Lactobacillus
strains
used
as
probiotic
in
poultry
.
ii.
The efficiency of beta glucanase produced by Lactobacillus
probiotics on growth performance of broiler.
iii.
The production of avian egg yolk antibody (IgY) against
Salmonella and
E.coli
.
iv.
Large scale production of probiotic microorganisms for chicken.
Service
and
Facility
Units
1.
Fermentation
Technology
Unit
:
Coordinator
:
Assoc
.
Prof
.
Dr
.
Arbakariya
Ariff
The
main
objective
of
the
unit
is
to
provide
scale
-
up
facilities
to
researchers
.
It
is
an
avenue
to
commercialize
potential
research
findings
and
also
to
act
as
a
platform
for
the
private
companies
to
get
involve
in
biotechnology
business
.
Fermentation
Various
sizes
of
bioreactor
(
2
,
10
,
50
,
100
and
200
L)
equipped
with
accessories
and
computer
control
system,
which
enabled
it
to
be
operated
in
different
operation
modes
(batch,
continuous
and
fed
-
batch)
are
available
at
FTU
.
Research
Programme
Downstream Processing
•
Continuous
flow
centrifuges,
homogenizer,
normal
flow
filtration
system,
tangential
flow
filtration
system,
pilot
scale
rotary
evaporator,
pilot
chromatography
system
and
freeze
dryer
.
Research
Programme
Analytical
•
High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Gas Chromatography,
Microkjedhal, Glucose analyser, Rheometer, Gel Documentation
system.
Research
Programme
Packaging Equipment
•
Semi
-
automatic volumetric and gravity filling machine, Horizontal
sachet packaging machine, capping and labelling machine
Research
Programme
2
.
Microscopy
and
Microanalysis
Unit
Unit
Coordinator
:
Assoc
.
Prof
.
Dr
.
Fauziah
Othman
•
Microscopy
and
Microanalysis
Unit
(MMU)
provides
service
and
facilities
for
research
and
training
in
the
field
of
electron
microscopy,
light
microscopy,
confocal
microscopy
and
microanalysis
to
the
scientists
and
researchers
from
universities,
research
institutes
and
private
companies
.
Research
Programme
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