Dr. Uma Devi M. Palanisamy
Associate ProfessorMonash University, Malaysia
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Biochemistry from University of Cambridge, UK
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Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Biochemistry from University of Cambridge, UK
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Uma completed her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and furthered to obtain an MPhil from the University of Malaya. She pursued her PhD at Cambridge on the design of affinity ligands to purify biopharmaceuticals. While in the UK she won several awards including the Roche Young Investigators award and Queens` Award for Technological Advancement. Prior to joining academia, she was in a research institute for a period of 15 years, where she carried out extensive work to aid Natural Product Research in Malaysia. She has developed a range of expertise which includes both in vitro and in vivo techniques to establish mechanism of actions, bioassay-guided purification of phytochemicals, bioavailability and toxicology studies of natural plant compounds. Her current research interest are in bioactive phytochemicals that ameliorate metabolic syndrome symptoms.