Biography

Highlighted Research Project (10 Best/latest Project)

In progress

• Plasmodium knowlesi gametocyte burden among malaria patients at Kapit Hospital.
• Spatial-temporal analysis of malaria and the effect of environmental and personal factors for malaria infection in the Betong Division of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo.

Completed

• Epidemiology of knowlesi and other simian malarias in humans in the Betong Division of Sarawak. 
• Efficacy and in vitro activity of traditional medicines used in malaria endemic regions of Borneo.

Highlighted Publication (10 best/latest publication: (Journal paper/book/modules, etc)

Peer-reviewed journals

Siner A, Liew S-T, Kadir KA, Mohamad DSA, Thomas FK, Zulkarnaen M, Singh B. (2017) Absence of Plasmodium inui and Plasmodium cynomolgi, but detection of Plasmodium knowlesi and Plasmodium vivax infections in asymptomatic humans in the Betong division of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Mal J 16: 417.

Ahmed AM, Pinheiro MM, Divis PC, Siner A, Zainudin R., Wong IT, Lu CW, Singh-Khaira SK, Millar SB, Lynch S, Willmann M, Singh B, Krishna S & Cox-Singh J. (2014) Disease progression in Plasmodium knowlesi malaria is linked to variation in invasion gene family members. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 8: e3086.

Farrah A Fatih, Henry M Staines, Angela Siner, Mohammed Atique Ahmed, Lu Chan Woon, Erica M Pasini, Clemens HM Kocken, Balbir Singh, Janet Cox-Singh and Sanjeev Krishna. (2013) Susceptibility of human Plasmodium knowlesi infections to anti-malarials. Mal J 12: 425.

Fatih, F. A., Siner, A., Ahmed, A., Woon, L. C., Craig, A. G., Singh, B., Krishna, S. and J Cox-Singh. (2012) Cytoadherence and virulence - the case of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria. Mal J 11: 33.

Willmann, M., Ahmed, A., Siner, A., Wong, I. T., Woon, L. C., Singh, B., Krishna, S. and J Cox-Singh. (2012) Laboratory markers of disease severity in Plasmodium knowlesi infection: a case control study. Mal J 11: 363.

Weiling Xue, Angela Siner, Mark Rance, Koka Jayasimhulu, Glenn Talaska, David Warshawsky (2002) A metabolic activation mechanism of 7H-dibenzo[c,g]carbazole via o-Quinone. Part 2: covalent adducts of 7H-dibenzo[c,g]carbazole-3,4-dione with nucleic acid bases and nucleosides. Chemical Research Toxicology 15(7): 915-21.

Angela Siner, Weiling Xue, Glenn Talaska, David Warshawsky, Deborah L. Gray, Ronald Nines, Yian Wang, Ruisheng Yao, Gary D. Stoner (2002) The effect of 7H-dibenzo[c,g]carbazole and benzo[a]pyrene mixture on DNA adduct formation in strain A/J mouse model: preliminary report. Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 22: 893-7.

Christopher Peterson, Jennifer Kordich, Laura Milligan, Erika Bodor, Angela Siner, Kristin Nagy, Charlotte Elder Paquin (2000) Mutations in RAD3, MSH2, and RAD52 affect the rate of gene amplification in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 36:325-34

Book

Muna Sabri, Zunika Amit, Angela Siner and John Candlish (2005) Hit the mark: questions on medical biochemistry, UNIMAS Publication: Kota Samarahan.

Grant (international/Local)

National-level

Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Ministry of Higher Education (September 2019 – October 2021). Plasmodium knowlesi gametocyte burden among malaria patients at Kapit Hospital. Role: Principal Investigator.

Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Ministry of Higher Education (2013-2015). Epidemiology of knowlesi and other simian malarias in humans in the Betong Division of Sarawak. Role: Principal Investigator.

UNIMAS-level

Special MyRA Assessment Funding, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (August 2018 - October 2020). Spatial-temporal analysis of malaria and the effect of environmental and personal factors for malaria infection in the Betong Division of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo.Role: Principal Investigator.

Short Term Grant Scheme, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (2005-2007). Efficacy and in vitro activity of traditional medicines used in malaria endemic regions of Borneo. Role: Principal Investigator.

Consultation work (Research/Clinical)

Manuscript reviewer for:

- Tropical Biomedicine (November 2018)

- American Journal of Tropical Medicine (April 2020)

- External examiner for Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology, SEGi College Sarawak, April 2017-April 2019

Awards (Academic/Research)

Merit Award, Technology & Engineering category, Innovation and Technology Expo 2019 (InTEX19), Kuching

Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang, Majlis Anugerah Gemilang UNIMAS (MAGU) 2014