Curriculum Vitae for XMUM Official Website

BIOGRAPHY

Yong Chean Yeah obtained B. Sc. (Hons.) in Microbiology in 2008 and Ph.D. in Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology in 2015 from Universiti Putra Malaysia. Upon graduation, he worked as a part-time lecturer in Taylor’s University from 2015-2016 before working as a post-doctoral research fellow in Universiti Putra Malaysia from 2016-2019. Thereafter, he joined Xiamen University Malaysia as a part-time lecturer from 2020-2021, followed by senior research fellow in Sunway University from 2021-2022, before he returned to Xiamen University Malaysia as a lecturer (2022-present).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

•   Vaccine  

•   Diagnostic  

•   Genetic Engineering  

•   Virology  

•   Immunology

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• Ph.D. in Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology –Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2015

• B. Sc. (Hons.) in Microbiology  –Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2008

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• Part-time lecturer, School of Biosciences, Taylor’s University, Malaysia (2015-2016).

• Post-doctoral research fellow, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia (2016-2019).

• Part-time lecturer, China-ASEAN college of Marine Sciences, Xiamen University Malaysia (2020-2021).

• Senior research fellow, Centre for Virus and Vaccine Research, Sunway University, Malaysia (2021-2022).

• Lecturer, China-ASEAN college of Marine Sciences, Xiamen University Malaysia (2022-present).

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE / GRANTS

• Leading projects in fish virus diagnostics funded by MDx Biotech Sdn Bhd.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

•   Yong, C. Y., Yeap, S. K., Goh, Z. H., Ho, K. L., Omar, A. R., & Tan, W. S. (2015). Induction of humoral and cell-mediated immune responses by hepatitis B virus epitope displayed on the virus-like particles of prawn nodavirus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81, 882-889.

•   Yong, C. Y., Yeap, S. K., Ho, K. L., Omar, A. R., & Tan, W. S. (2015). Potential recombinant vaccine against influenza A virus based on M2e displayed on nodaviral capsid nanoparticles. International Journal of Nanomedicine, 10, 2751-2763.

•   Yong, C. Y., Ong, H. K., Yeap, S. K., Ho, K. L., & Tan, W. S. (2019). Recent advances in the vaccine development against Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 1781.

•   Ong, H. K., Yong, C. Y., Tan, W. S., Yeap, S. K., Omar, A. R., Abdul Razak, M., & Ho, K. L. (2019). An influenza A vaccine based on the extracellular domain of matrix 2 protein protects BALB/c mice against H1N1 and H3N2. Vaccines, 7, 91.

•   Yong, C. Y., Yeap, S. K., Omar, A. R., & Tan, W. S. (2017). Advances in the study of nodavirus. PeerJ, 5, e3841.

•   Yong, C. Y., Ong, H. K., Tang, H. C., Yeap, S. K., Omar, A. R., Ho, K. L. & Tan, W. S. (2017). Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus: advances in diagnosis and vaccine development. PeerJ, 7, e7151.

•   Yong, C. Y.*, Liew, W. P. P., Ong, H. K., & Poh, C. L. (2022). Development of virus-like particles-based vaccines against coronaviruses. Biotechnology Progress, e3292.

•   Clyde, C. W., Tan, J. P., Yeap, S. K., Yong, C. Y. (2024). Current updates on viral infections affecting tilapia. Aquaculture and Fisheries, in press.

HONORS/AWARDS

Prospective PhD/MSc Applications

• I am not accepting any further PhD/MSc applications.