Qualification and Granting Institution

• Ph.D - Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
• BSc (Hons) - Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

Current Academic Responsibilities

• Lecturer

Research Interest and Projects 

• Sports genomics, next-generation sequencing (NGS), pharmacogenomics, genosensor, immunosensor, diagnostic tests, lateral flow device, microbiome, antimicrobial resistance

Publications

1. Yu, C.Y., Ang, G.Y., Subramaniam, V., Johari James, R., Ahmad, A., Abdul Rahman, T., Mohd Nor, F., Shaari, S.A., Teh, L.K., Salleh, M.Z., 2017. Inference of the genetic polymorphisms of CYP2D6 in six subtribes of the Malaysian Orang Asli from whole-genome sequencing data. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers.
2. Ang, G.Y., Yu, C.Y., Subramaniam, V., Abdul Khalid, M.I.H., Ismail, M.I., Tuan Abdu Aziz, T.A., James Johari, M.R., Ahmad, A., Abdul Rahman, T., Mohd Nor. F., Shaari, Ismail, A.I., Isa, K.M., Salleh, H., The, L.K., Salleh, M.Z. (2016). Detection of CYP2C19 genetic variants in Malaysian Orang Asli from massively parallel sequencing data. PloS One, 11, e0164169.
3. Teh, L.K., Subramaniam, V., Tuan Abdu Aziz, T.A., Lee, L.S., Ismail, MI.., Yu, C.Y., Ang, G.Y., James Johari, M.R., Ismet, R.I., Sahak, N.S., Ahmad, A., Abdul Rahman, T., Mohd Nor. F., Shaari, S., Omar, M., Ismail, AI., Isa, K.M., Salleh, H., Salleh, M.Z (2016). Systematic characterisation and comparison of the CYP2C9 variability of the orang asli in Malaysia with 12 populations. Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, 31, 304-313. Impact factor: 2.568.
4. Chin, P.S., Yu, C.Y., Ang, G.Y., Yin, W.F., Chan, K-G. Draft genome sequence of a multidrug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Brancaster strain PS01 isolated from chicken meat, Malaysia. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. Accepted.
5. Yu, C.Y., Ang, G.Y., Chong, T.M., Chin, P.S., Ngeow, Y.F., Yin, W.F., Chan, K-G. (2016). Complete genome sequencing revealed novel genetic contexts of the mcr-1 gene in Escherichia coli strains. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. First published online. Impact factor: 4.92.
6. Kamaluddin, N.R., Esa, E., Yusoff, Y.M., Ismail, A., Ang, G.Y., Yu, C.Y., Chan, K-G., Zakaria, Z. (2016). Identification of chromosomal translocations in childhood leukaemia using multiplex RT-PCR: a single institution study in multi-ethnic Malaysia. International Journal of Health Science and Research, 6, 52-6.
7. Yu, C.Y., Ang, G.Y., Ngeow, Y.F., Tee, K.K., Yin, W-F, Chan, K-G. (2016). Multidrug-resistance CTX-M-65-harboring Proteus mirabilis strains isolated from Malaysia. Genome Announcements, 4, e01301-16.
8. Ang, G.Y., Yu, C.Y., Cheong, Y.M., Yin, W.F. & Chan, K.G. (2016). Emergence of ST119 Acinetobacter pittii co-harbouring NDM-1 and OXA-58 in Malaysia. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 47, 168-169. Impact factor: 4.296. 6.
9. Lim, Y.L, Ee, R., Yong, D., Yu, C.Y., Ang, G.Y., Tee, K.K., Yin, W.F. & Chan K.G. (2016). Complete genome sequence analysis of Pandoraea pnomenusa type strain DSM 16536T isolated from a cystic fibrosis patient. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, 109. Impact factor: 4.
10. Chan, K.G., Yong, D., Ee, R., Lim, Y.L., Yu, C.Y., Tee, K.K., Yin, W.F. & Ang, G.Y. (2016). Complete genome sequence of Pandoraea oxalativorans DSM 23570T, an oxalate metabolizing soil bacterium. Journal of Biotechnology, 219, 124-125. Impact factor: 2.871.
11. Yong, D., Ee, R., Lim, Y.L., Yu, C.Y., Ang, G.Y., How, K.Y., Tee, K.K., Yin, W.F. & Chan, K.G. (2016). Complete genome sequence of Pandoraea thiooxydans DSM 25325T, a thiolsulfate-oxidizing bacterium. Journal of Biotechnology, 217, 51-52. Impact factor: 2.871.
12. Ang, G.Y., Yu, C.Y., Yong, D.A., Cheong, Y.M., Yin W.F. & Chan, K.G. (2016). Draft Genome Sequence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Strain NG_869 with Penicillin, Tetracycline and Ciprofloxacin Resistance Determinants Isolated from Malaysia. Indian Journal of Microbiology, 1-3. Impact factor: 0.899
13. Yu, C.Y., Ang, G.Y., Cheng, H.J., Cheong, Y.M., Yin, W.F. & Chan, K.G. (2016). Draft genome sequence of a multi-drug resistant Chryseobacterium indologenes isolate from Malaysia. Genomics Data, 7, 185-186.
14. Ang, G.Y., Yu, C.Y., Chan, K.G., K.K., Banga Singh & Yean, C.Y. (2015). Development of a dry-reagent-based nucleic acid-sensing platform by coupling thermostabilised LATE-PCR assay to an oligonucleotide-modified lateral flow biosensor. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 118, 99-105. Impact factor: 2.026.
15. Yu, C.Y., Ang, G.Y., Chan, K.K., Banga Singh, K.K. & Chan, Y.Y. (2015). Enzymatic electrochemical detection of epidemic-causing Vibrio cholerae with a disposable oligonucleotide-modified screen-printed bisensor coupled to a dry-reagent-based nucleic acid amplification assay. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 70(0), 282-288. Impact factor: 6.451.
16. Ang, S.H., Yu, C.Y., Ang, G.Y., Chan, Y.Y., Alias, Y.b., Khor, S.M. (2015). A colloidal gold-based lateral flow immunoassay for direct determination of haemoglobin A1c in whole blood. Analytical Methods, 7(9), 3972-3980. Impact factor: 1.938.
17. Yu, C. Y., Ang G.Y. & C. Y. Yean (2013). Multiplex electrochemical genosensor for identifying toxigenic Vibrio cholerae serogroups O1 and O139. Chemical Communications (Camb), 49 (20), 2019-2021. Impact factor: 6.169.
18. Ang, G. Y., C. Y. Yu & C. Y. Yean (2012). Ambient temperature detection of PCR amplicons with a novel sequence-specific nucleic acid lateral flow biosensor. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 38:151-156. Impact factor: 5.437.
19. Yu, C.Y., Ang G.Y. & Chan Y.Y. (2012). Genetic analysis of CTX prophage and antibiotic resistance determinants in Vibrio cholerae O1 belonging to the atypical El Tor biotype from Kelantan, Malaysia, p. 75-90. In S. J. Thatha (ed.), Cholera. InTech
20. Yu, C. Y., Ang G.Y. , A. L. Chua, E. H. Tan, S. Y. Lee, G. Falero-Diaz, O. Otero, I. Rodriguez, F. Reyes, A. Acosta, M. E. Sarmiento, S. Ghosh, T. Ramamurthy, Chan, Y.Y., P. Lalitha & M. Ravichandran (2011). Dry-reagent gold nanoparticle-based lateral flow biosensor for the simultaneous detection of Vibrio cholerae serogroups O1 and O139. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 86:277-282. Impact factor: 2.018.
21. Ang, G. Y., C. Y. Yu, K. Balqis, E. H. Tan, H. Azura, M. H. Hani, & C. Y. Yean (2010). Molecular evidence of cholera outbreak caused by a toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor variant strain in Kelantan, Malaysia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 48:3963-3969. Impact factor: 4.220.

Area of Interest

• Sports genomics, next-generation sequencing (NGS), pharmacogenomics, genosensor, immunosensor, diagnostic tests, lateral flow device, microbiome, antimicrobial resistance

Awards

• Chan, Y. Y., G. Y. Ang, C. Y. Yu & B. Kamarudin (2013). Oligo-CT Strip: Rapid test for sequence-specific detection of cholera toxin gene from toxigenic Vibrio cholerae. Gold Medal in: International Trade Fair “Ideas-Inventions-New Products” (iENA), Nuremberg Exhibition Center, Nuremberg, Germany

• Chan, Y. Y., G. Y. Ang & C. Y. Yu & B. Kamarudin (2012). Oligo-CT Strip: Rapid test for sequence-specific detection of cholera toxin gene from toxigenic Vibrio cholerae. Gold Medal in: Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE), Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia