No

Principal Investigator (PI) & members                                    (Please indicate the name of the PI and bold the name of the reporting staff)

Project Title

Funding agency & Amount (RM)

& Duration

Role (PI/member)

1.

Chin Sze Piaw (PI), Cheong Soon Keng, James Then, Then Kong Yong, Tan Sen Mui, Chang Kian Meng

Cytopeutics Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells (CYTO-MSC) for Patients with Grade II-IV Acute Graft-Versus-Host Diseases: A Phase I/II Clinical Study (PR1117E1125)

SMART Challenge Fund, MESTECC

RM2.44 million

2018-2021

Member

2.

Teoh Hoon Koon (PI), Cheong Soon Keng, Goh Jiunn Jye, Ong Hooi Tin, Lee Bee Sun

Development of genetically engineered umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells as cellular vehicles to deliver interleukin-12 in lung adenocarcinoma model

Cryocord Sdn. Bhd.

RM 64,000

2019-2021

PI and member

3.

Cheong Soon Keng (PI)

Funding for a Research Officer in UTAR FMHS

Cryocord Sdn. Bhd.

RM 72,000

2020 - 2021

PI

4.

Cheong Soon Keng, Ong Hooi Tin, Teoh Hoon Koon, Amy Saik Yi Hsan, Lee Bee Sun, Aw Kar Men

Commemorative Book on FMHS: FMHS 2010-2020: A Decade of Achievements

Industry partners

RM 40,000

2020-2021

Editor

5.

Veera Sekaran Nadarajan (PI), Teoh Hoon Koon

Generation of iPSC cell lines derived from donor peripheral blood mononuclear cells for downstream use in the development of diagnostic reagent cells suitable for the Asian population

MSHRF (Malaysian Society of Haematology Research Fund)

RM 65,731

2021-2022

PI and member

No

Principal Investigator (PI) & members                                    (Please indicate the name of the PI and bold the name of the reporting staff)

Project Title

Funding agency & Amount (RM)

& Duration

Role (PI/member)

1.

Ng Teck Han (PI), Lee Bee Sun, Ali Ibrahim Mohammad Elarabi, Yukihito Higashi, Keichiro Mihara, Hwang Ying Khee, Khoo Ching Soong, Imtiyaz Ali Mir, Lam Sau Kuen

Clinical validation of Uninterrupted Far-Field Communication bio-electronic skin for the objective of remote and ambulatory cardiac monitoring (Title of Programme: Uninterrupted Far-Field Communication Bio-electronic Skin with Cardiac Monitoring Function)

UTARSRF

RM 135,300

01/06/2019–31/5/2022

Member

2.

Amy Saik Yi Hsan (PI), Cheong Soon Keng, Leong Pooi Pooi

Cytotoxicity of adriamycin and cytarabine on monocytic cells derived from leukemia-specific induced pluripotent stem cell

UTARRF

RM 55,400

20/12/2019–19/6/2021

PI and member

3.

Gan Quan Fu (PI), Leong Pooi Pooi, Cheong Soon Keng

The influence of insulin Growth Factor-1 on umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells proliferation and collagen secretion

UTARRF

RM 25,500

20/12/2019–19/12/2021

PI and member

4.

Alan Ong Han Kiat (PI), Cheong Soon Keng

Generation of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-like cells from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and evaluation of its cancer properties, differentiation potential and exosomal effects on cancer cells

UTARRF

RM 66,000

1/8/2020–31/7/2021

PI and member

5.

Swaminathan A/L S Manickam (PI), Tee Yee Kai, Yap Wun She, Hum Yan Chai

Innovate Histopathological Glioblastoma Diagnosis using Deep Machine Learning Image Analysis

UTARRF

RM 36,400

1/8/2020-31/1/2022

PI

6.

Lee Poh Foong (PI), Cheong Soon Keng, Chean Swee Ling, Ng Perng Jjeu, Ang Kok Yew

Neurophysiological Study on the Effect of Applying Smartphone Deep Breathing App and Cognitive Measurement with Virtual Reality among Wheelchair Bounded People

UTARRF

RM 33,600

21/12/2020–20/12/2021

Member

7.

Lee Bee Sun (PI), Alan Ong Han Kiat, Cheong Soon Keng

Generation of Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL)- derived induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC) from a DLBCL cell line

UTARRF

RM 52,000

21/12/2020–20/06/2022

PI

8.

Veera Sekaran Nadarajan (PI), Teoh Hoon Koon

Generation and characterization of iPSC cell lines derived from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of Group O blood donors with specific phenotype and genotype

UTARRF

RM 74,000

1/7/2021-30/6/2022

PI and member

9.

Amy Saik Yi Hsan (PI), Sri Puji Astuti Wahyuningsih (Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia), Firli Rahmah Primula Dewi (Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia), Lim Vuanghao (USM) Looi Mee Lee (UM), Lionel In Lian Aun (UCSI)

Anti-cancer properties of quercetin PEGylated nanodiamonds in human colon cancer cells

UTARRF

RM 40,800

20/12/2021-19/12/2022

PI