BIO

Dr. Faizah Aplop received the Honours degree in Information System Management from Faculty of Information Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in 2001. She received the Master degree in Information Technology from Faculty of Information Technology and Quantative Sciences at the same university in 2007. She then completed her Ph.D in Computer Science (Bioinformatics) from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada in 2016. Currently, she is the member of Institute of Oceanography and Environment (INOS), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Terengganu, Malaysia. Her research interests include Bioinformatics, Genomics, Transcriptomics, metabolic network reconstructions, and machine learning. Her current work is focusing on sea turtle conservation efforts under Sea Turtle Research Unit (SEATRU), led by Associate Prof. Dr. Mohd Uzair Rusli.

Involvement in several research projects under IOC/WESTPAC has allowed Dr. Mohd Fadzil to establish regional networks and lead the Upwelling research group, which consists of regional experts focusing on gathering valuable information about upwelling sites within the South China Sea. Currently, he is leading a major research project between Malaysia and China, known as the Ocean Forecasting System (OFS) for the South China Sea. Through this project, his team has developed MFAST (Malaysia Marine Forecast) to provide open-access forecasts for the industry and the community. He has recently been awarded the highest-ranking national grant scheme, a Long-Term Research Grant (LRGS), to conduct research on Ocean Climate Change. The project will focus on assessing the long-term impacts of climate change on ocean processes and productivity in Malaysian waters.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• Tutor
  School of Informatics & Applied Mathematics (PPIMG), UMT
  ( 2008 – 2016)
• Lecturer/Researcher
  School of Informatics & Applied Mathematics (PPIMG), UMT
  (2016 – 2019)

  Faculty of Ocean Engineering Technology and Informatics (FTKKI), UMT

  (2019 – 2022)

  Institute of Oceanography and Environment (INOS), UMT
  (2023 – present)
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NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Executive, Consumer Banking, RHB Bank Berhad
(2004 – 2006)

Senior Executive, Consumer Banking, RHB Bank Berhad
(2006 – 2008)

Manager (Unit Head), Consumer Banking, RHB Bank Berhad
(2008)
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DEGREES

• Doctor of Philosophy

        * Ph.D., Computer Science (Bioinformatics)

          Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (2009 – 2016)

• Master’s Degree

        * MSc., Information Technology

          MARA University of Technology (UiTM) (2004 – 2006)

• Bachelor’s Degree

        * BSc. (Hons), Information System Management

          MARA University of Technology (UiTM) (1998 – 2000)

• American Associate Degree
  

  * Dip. (American Associate Degree) Computer Information System

   MARA Community College (1996 – 1998)

Journal Article/Conference Paper

Aplop, F and Mohamad, S. (2023). A framework for predicting lncRNAs expression in human dendritic cells in response to M. tuberculosis Infection. Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 12(2), 1041-1046. https://doi.org/10.11591/eei.v12i2.4289

Al-Talafhah, Khairallah Mohd Ali & Aplop, Faizah & Daradkeh, Mohammad & Wibawa, M. Bayu & Marniati. (2023). Big data analytics and healthcare performance: A unified model, in AIP Conference Proceedings2484,060018,2023. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0115079.

Ghaleb, Safwan & Man, Mustafa & Ghaleb, Baraq & Aplop, Faizah & Ghaleb, Mukhtar & Al-Hadi, Ismail. (2022). Improved Group-Based Signaling Scheme for Mobile Nodes in the Internet of Things Networks. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85990-9_34

Alballa M., Aplop F. and Butler G. (2020) ”TranCEP: Predicting transmembrane transport proteins using composition, evolutionary, and positional information.” PLoS ONE 15(1):e0227683.

Faizah Aplop, and Greg Butler. “TransATH: Transporter Prediction via Annotation Transfer by Homology”, 2017. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (ISSN 1819-6608).

Faizah Aplop and Greg Butler. “Metabolic Pathway Reconstruction of Fungal Genomes”, 2017. Advanced Science Letters (ISSN 1936-6612).

Aplop, F. and Butler, G. “On Predicting Transport Proteins and Their Substrates for The Reconstruction of Metabolic Network,” in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, August 12-15, 2015
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Chapters in book

Noor Maizura Mohamad Noor, Rosmayati Mohemad dan Faizah Aplop (2018), Assessment of Cognitive Level in Database Subject using Problem Based Learning Approach, Redesigning Assessment for Holistic Learning: A quick Guide for Higher Education, Published by Academic Enhancement and Leardership Development Cente (ADeC), Universiti of Malaysia and Ministry of Education Malaysia, pp: 45-47, ISBN: 978-967-12151-4-2, e-ISBN: 978-967-12151-5-9

Research  Interest

• Bioinformatics
• Metabolic Network Reconstruction
• Transporters Functional Annotation
• RNA-Seq Analysis
• Transcriptomics, Information System
• Machine Learning

Grants

• Identifying causative gene(s) of skin lesions in green turtle, Chelonia mydas through a hybrid bioinformatics pipeline of whole genome sequence
  Lead researcher * FRGS * 2023 – 2026
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• ROMAns: ERP Based Solution for Keropok Lekor Business Operations
  Lead researcher * PPRG 2023 * 2023 – 2025
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• Bioinformatics Analysis of Genetic Diversity of Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia
  mydas)
  Lead researcher * Geran Penyelidikan Translasional * 2020 – 2022
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Professional Activities

• Tutor, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
• Manager (Head),  RHB Bank Berhad
• Senior Executive,  RHB Bank Berhad
• Executive, RHB Bank Berhad
• IT Instructor, Unikop College, Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia
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Expertise

• Bioinformatics

Postgraduate Students

2010 – Present

• Master’s student: 
• PhD student: 3 Current

Supervision Activities

Current Doctoral Supervision

• Big Data Analytics in Health Care Sector in Jordan

  2020 
  Main Supervisor
  .

• An Integrated Deep Learning-based Method to Identify Single Nucleotide Variants From C. Mydas Whole Genome Sequence Data
  2021
  Main Supervisor
  .
• Hybrid Approach For Elderly Monitoring
  2021
  Main Supervisor
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