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PROFILE
UPM's Staff Profile
PROF. MADYA DR. AMIR SYAHIR BIN AMIR HAMZAH
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
FACULTY OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOMOLECULAR SCIENCES
amirsyahir@upm.edu.my
amirsyahir
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PROFESSIONAL

I completed my Ph.D. in 2010 at Tokyo Institute of Technology, where I was awarded the Kamata Izumi award for best Ph.D. thesis. There, I was trained as a biochemist and bioengineer with a more specific expertise in the field of biosensor. In 2011, I worked as a lecturer for Japanese universities preparation program at MARA Higher Skill College in Beranang before moving to Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in 2012 as a senior lecturer. From August 2019, I was promoted to associate professor at UPM. I taught about 130 credit hours and had completed the supervision of 1 PhD and 8 MSc students. I am currently in the supervisory committees of 7 PhD and 4 MSc students.
NAME :
(Prof. Madya Dr.) AMIR SYAHIR BIN AMIR HAMZAH
POST :
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ENTITY :
FACULTY OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOMOLECULAR SCIENCES

FIELD OF SUPERVISION
BIOCHEMISTRY / CANCER BIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY / ENZYME BIOTECHNOLOGY / NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY / NANOMEDICINE
EDUCATION
PHD
TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Graduated : 2010
MASTER OF ENGINEERING
TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Graduated : 2008
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TOKYO
Graduated : 2006
JOURNAL PUBLICATION
1. A New Optical Label-Free Biosensing Platform Based on a Metal-Insulator-Metal Structure
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
2. Enhanced Refractive Index Sensitivity for Anomalous Reflection of Gold to Improve Performance of Bio-molecular Detection
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
3. Label-free Photonics Biosensor Transducing Nano-Biological Events
    Journal type: Non Citation-Indexed
4. Heavy metals biomonitoring via inhibitive assay of acetylcholinesterase from Periophthalmodon schlosseri
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
5. Sensitive Detection of Small Molecule-Protein Interactions on a Metal-Insulator-Metal Label-Free Biosensing Platform
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
6. Assay for Heavy Metals using an inhibitive assay based on the acetylcholinesterase from Pangasius hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878)
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
7. Poly(amidoamine)-Dendrimer-Modified Gold Surfaces for Anomalous Reflection of Gold To Detect Biomolecular Interactions
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
8. Label and Label-Free Detection Techniques for Protein Microarrays
    Journal type: Other Abstracting / Indexing Bodies
9. Multilayer-tuned surface plasmon modes using molecular nanolayer of (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane applicable for nanobiosensing application.
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
10. Smartphone Assisted Naked Eye Detection of Mercury (II) Ion using Horseradish Peroxidase Inhibitive Assays
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
11. Escherichia coli tolerance of ultraviolet radiation by in vivo expression of a short peptide designed from late embryogenesis abundant protein
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
12. CD133: beyond a cancer stem cell biomarker
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
13. Understanding Glioblastoma Biomarkers: Knocking a Mountain with a Hammer
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
14. CD44: a multifunctional mediator of cancer progression
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
15. Reverting TP53 Mutation in Breast Cancer Cells: Prime Editing Workflow and Technical Considerations
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
16. Heteroligand nanoarchitectonics of functionalized gold nanoparticle for Hg2+ detection
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
17. Hyaluronic acid/chitosan-coated poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles to deliver single and co-loaded paclitaxel and temozolomide for CD44+oral cancer cells
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
18. Effect of Tualang Honey Concentration on the Morphology of Electrospun PVA Nanofibers for Wound Healing Application
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed - Scopus
19. A cutting-edge solution to a Gordian knot? Aptamers targeting cancer stem cell markers for strategic cancer therapy
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
20. Voltammetric-based immunosensing of Newcastle disease virus on polyethylene glycol-containing self-assembled monolayer modified gold electrode
    Journal type: Citation-Indexed Journal - Science Citation Index (JCR)
PUBLICATION
2025
A cutting-edge solution to a Gordian knot? Aptamers targeting cancer stem cell markers for strategic cancer therapy
2025
Voltammetric-based immunosensing of Newcastle disease virus on polyethylene glycol-containing self-assembled monolayer modified gold electrode
2025
Acoustic streaming on antibody-functionalized screen-printed electrode enhances detection sensitivity and total assay duration for voltammetric immunosensing of newcastle disease virus
2025
Effect of Tualang Honey Concentration on the Morphology of Electrospun PVA Nanofibers for Wound Healing Application
2023
Hyaluronic acid/chitosan-coated poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles to deliver single and co-loaded paclitaxel and temozolomide for CD44+oral cancer cells
2022
Heteroligand nanoarchitectonics of functionalized gold nanoparticle for Hg2+ detection
2022
Reverting TP53 Mutation in Breast Cancer Cells: Prime Editing Workflow and Technical Considerations
2022
Nanotechnology-Based Combinatorial Anti-Glioblastoma Therapies: Moving from Terminal to Treatable
2021
Could we address the interplay between CD133, Wnt/?-catenin, and TERT signalling pathways as a potential target for glioblastoma therapy?
2021
CD44: a multifunctional mediator of cancer progression
2020
Understanding Glioblastoma Biomarkers: Knocking a Mountain with a Hammer
2019
CD133: beyond a cancer stem cell biomarker
2018
Multilayer-tuned surface plasmon modes using molecular nanolayer of (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane applicable for nanobiosensing application.
2018
Escherichia coli tolerance of ultraviolet radiation by in vivo expression of a short peptide designed from late embryogenesis abundant protein
2018
CD133: Beyond a Cancer Stem Cell Biomarker
2018
Smartphone Assisted Naked Eye Detection of Mercury (II) Ion using Horseradish Peroxidase Inhibitive Assays
2015
Heavy metals biomonitoring via inhibitive assay of acetylcholinesterase from Periophthalmodon schlosseri
2015
Label and Label-Free Detection Techniques for Protein Microarrays
2014
Enhanced Refractive Index Sensitivity for Anomalous Reflection of Gold to Improve Performance of Bio-molecular Detection
2013
Assay for Heavy Metals using an inhibitive assay based on the acetylcholinesterase from Pangasius hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878)
2013
Field Trial Evaluation of an Inhibitive Assay for Heavy Metals Using the Acetylcholinesterase from Periophtalmodon Schlosseri
2012
Sensitive Detection of Small Molecule-Protein Interactions on a Metal-Insulator-Metal Label-Free Biosensing Platform
2010
A New Optical Label-Free Biosensing Platform Based on a Metal-Insulator-Metal Structure
2009
Poly(amidoamine)-Dendrimer-Modified Gold Surfaces for Anomalous Reflection of Gold To Detect Biomolecular Interactions