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Dr Song Beng Kah

Lecturer

PhD (National University of Malaysia, Malaysia) Telephone: + 603 - 5514 6119
Fax: + 603 - 5514 6364
E-mail: song.beng.kah@artsci.monash.edu.my		 Links
Area of Expertise
Research Interest
Selected Journals
Current Research Projects
Prospective Research Projects
Research Students
Research Assistants
Area of Expertise:
Structural and comparative genomics
Research Interest:
Genome analysis of plant and protozoan parasites; comparative genomics as a tool for plant improvement through map-based cloning; assessment of genetic variability, molecular biosystematics and DNA fingerprinting in crop species using molecular markers.
Selected Journal Papers:

Song BK, Hein I, Waugh R, Marshall D, Nadarajah K, Yap SJ, Wickneswari R (2008) Strong gene and sequence conservation between cultivated and common wild rice in the RM5 (yld1.1) region. Funct Integrat Genomics (in press)

Song BK, Nadarajah K, Romanov MN, Wickneswari R (2007) A non-redundant strategy for identification of a minimum tiling path BAC contig spanning approximately 390 kb of the QTL yld1.1 in Oryza rufipogon . Kor J Genet 29: 447-458

Song BK, Nadarajah K, Romanov MN, Wickneswari R (2005) Cross-species bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library screening via overgo-based hybridization and BAC-contig mapping of a yield enhancement quantitative trait locus (QTL) yld1.1 in the Malaysian wild rice Oryza rufipogon. Cell Mol Biol Lett 10: 425-437

Song BK, Mahani MC, Wickneswari R, Normah MN (2000) Genetic relatedness among Lansium domesticum accessions using RAPD markers. Ann Bot 86: 299-307
Current Research Projects:
  • Comparative genomics of Eimeria species
  • Identification of yield related QTLs and genes for improvement of Malaysian Rice Cultivars
  • Characterisation of lignin genes and their expression in Acacia mangium x Acacia auriculiformis hybrid
Prospective Research Projects:
  • Comparative genomics study of Eimeria species
  • Genetic linkage mapping in Acacia hybrids using molecular markers
  • Microcolinearity study of orthologous yield enhancing quantitative trait loci ( QTL) regions in rice species
Research Students:
Honours students ( Present )
  1. Goh Mei Yen - Microcolinearity study of orthologous PIP5K regions in Eimeria species.
Honours students (Past)
  • Charlene Priscilla Poore - The application of random amplified microsatellite polymorphism (RAMPO) for the detection of microsatellites in three Malaysian cultivars of Ipomoea batatas L. (Lam)
  • Sara Jane Chiu Soo Hoon - In vitro studies of two pioneer species, Avicennia officinalis and Avicennia alba found in mangrove forest
Research Assistants:
Phan Mei Zhen - Comparative genomics study of Eimeria species