Peter Morin Nissom
Associate Professor
Swinburne University of Technology
Malaysia
Biography
Peter obtained his B.Sc (Hons) in Microbiology from University of Malaya in 1992 and a Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil) in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology from Exeter College, University of Oxford in 1998. He was a Research Scientist, and Head of Microarray Group with A-Star Bioprocessing Technology Institute in Singapore (2001 to 2010) prior to joining the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus. His areas of expertise are molecular and cellular biology, system biology and genomics with specialization in high throughput gene expression profiling using DNA microarray and Next-Gen sequencing technologies. He has a H-index of 15 and have published journal papers and book chapters, in the subject area of genomics and gene expression analysis.
Research Interest
Identifying biomarkers from genomics and proteomics data, Biomarkers discovery for cancer and immune disorders, Exploring miRNAs as potential therapeutics targets.