Babul Airianah Othman
Personal Details |
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| Name | : Babul Airianah Othman |
| Email address | : B.A.Othman@sms.ed.ac.uk |
| Nationality | : Malaysian |
| Postion | : PhD student (2009-2012) and visiting postdoc (2013) |
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons.), Plant Biotechnology, National University of Malaysia (2004-2007)
Research and Funding
- Biochemistry of fruit softening.
One of the crucial biochemical changes that occurs in fruit during the ripening process is the degradation of the pectic cell wall
polysaccharide Homogalacturonan. This work aims to evaluate the relative contributions of two enzymic mechanisms (endopolygalacturonase and pectate
lyase) and one non-enzymic mechanism (hydroxyl radical attack) to this process.
Research funding: Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia. (2008-2012)
Publications
Conferences
Poster presentations
- Airianah, B.O. & Fry, S.C.: Diverse mechanisms of pectic polysaccharide degradation distinguished in the plant cell wall in vivo. Scottish Plant Biology Meeting, Dundee, 22nd April, 2010.
- Airianah, B.O. & Fry, S.C.: Diverse mechanisms of pectic polysaccharide degradation distinguished in the plant cell wall in vivo. XII Cell Wall Meeting, Porto, Portugal, 25-30th July, 2010.
- Airianah, B.O. & Fry, S.C.: Diverse mechanisms of pectic polysaccharide degradation distinguished in the plant cell wall in vivo. Annual Posgraduate Poster Day 2010, Edinburgh University, 2nd September, 2010.
Oral presentations
Hobbies
- Watching Judge Judy and stroking my cats. Preferably at the same time.