Lye Ping Ying

I grew up in Penang, an island which is widely known as the Pearl of the Orient. My first degree is in Biomedical Science from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). I conducted my industrial training in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) before completing my BSc, where I welcomed the opportunity to pursue a Master’s degree with my current supervisor. My master’s degree focused on developing a two-stage purification strategy to enable successful isolation of recombinant hemagglutinin-neuraminidase with high purity. The protein obtained was subsequently utilized as reference standards to facilitate the development of an ELISA-based analytical method for optimal Newcastle disease subunit vaccine formulation. During my time as a master’s degree student, I had extensive experience in expressing protein using insect-cells baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS), column packing, protein purification and animal studies. I also managed to foster my analytical and communication skills through presentations and paper writing. I had the opportunity to present my works at two scientific conferences, with one organized under the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Asia Africa Science Platform’s program. I have published one scientific paper in the journal Process biochemistry and contributed to another paper published in the Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology as a co-author. A patent was filed as part of the continuing efforts to develop the outcomes of research into a commercial product. Aside from research, I have work as a facilitator in the technology transfer workshop with the Veterinary research institute at Ipoh, Malaysia. I have also actively participated in a short-term international collaborative program at Kyoto institute of technology. After graduation, I was awarded a prestigious scholarship from the Japanese Government (MEXT) to further advance my research skills and knowledge in the area of Science.

Key Skills

Insect-cells baculovirus expression vector system

Silkworm cultivation technique

Protein purification

Quantitative protein measurement by ELISA

Vaccine preparation and immunological studies