Cheong Xin Chan

BIOGRAPHY

Cheong Xin Chan is an Associate Faculty Member who works with Faculty Member Mark Ragan to recommend the scientific literature in their field.

Cheong Xin Chan was an Associate Faculty Member who worked with Debashish Bhattacharya from April 2010 to January 2012, to evaluate the literature relevant to their research interests.

Affiliation:
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane QLD, Australia

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Research Officer at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience

EDUCATION:
• 2001, BSc (Hons I), Industrial Biology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Malaysia)
• 2003, MPhil (with distinction), Algal Biotechnology, University of Malaya (Malaysia)
• 2008, PhD, Genomics and Computational Biology, The University of Queensland (Australia)

POSTDOCTORAL EXPERIENCE:
• 2008-2009, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (USA)
• 2009-2011, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (USA)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
I use advanced computational and database approaches to investigate the nature and impact of lateral (horizontal) genetic transfer on genome evolution of prokaryotes (particularly of pathogenic bacteria) and protists (including algae).

WEBLINKS:
Current lab: http://www.imb.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=11671
Google Scholar profile: http://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=jmP0excAAAAJ
ISI Researcher ID profile: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-7005-2008

HOME PAGE
http://cxchan.com/