Citizen of Malaysia, Permanent Resident of the USA
Academic Positions
Current: Associate Professor at Nazarbayev University SOM: January, 2015 – present
Previous: Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida, USA: August 2001 – December 2014
Education
1) The University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, USA 08/1989 – 05/1995
Degree conferred:Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry
Dissertation: Molecular genetic analysis of the mechanism of long-chain fatty acid transport in Escherichia coli.
Major Professor: Dr. Paul N. Black
2) East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA 08/1985 – 07/1987
Degree conferred; Masters of Science in Microbiology
Thesis: Mutagenicity and antimutagenicity testing of six chemicals associated with specific spices as revealed by the Ames Salmonella mutagenicity assay.
Major Professor: Dr. Raymond Dean Blevins
3) Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA 06/1980- 05/1984
Degree conferred:Bachelor of Science in Biophysics
Academic Advisor: Dr. Jon Applequist
Research Interest
- Extremophiles from Kazakhstan as potential producers of novel antibiotics
- Hospital Associated Infections
- Molecular Epidemiology of Human Papillomavirus
- Dengue
Epidemiology of HPV infection and HPV-related cancers in Kazakhstan: a reviewAimagambetova, G., Azizan, A.,
2018 In : Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 19, 5, p. 1175
Effect of different growth conditions on antimicrobial activity of extremophilic actinomycetes: ExtremophilesAzizan, A.,
2018Discovery of actinomycetes that produce previously unknown antibiotics in extreme environments: To be submitted to Microbes and EnvironmentAzizan, A.,
2018An observational Case Study of Hospital Associated Infections in a Critical Care Unit in Astana, KazakhstanAzizan, A.,
2017Preliminary study to screen extremophile microorganisms and plant extracts from unique ecosystems of Kazakhstan as potential producers of novel antiviral agentsAzizan, A.,
2017 American Society for Microbiology.
Lack of clinical manifestations in asymptomatic dengue infection is attributed to broad down-regulation and selective up-regulation of host defence response genesYeo, A., Azhar, N., Yeow, W., Talbot, C., Khan, M., Shankar, E., Rathakrishnan, A., Azizan, A., Wang, S., Lee, S., Fong, M., Manikam, R., Sekaran, S.,
2014 In : PLoS One. 9, 4,
Clinical and immunological markers of dengue progression in a study cohort from a hyperendemic area in MalaysiaRathakrishnan, A., Klekamp, B., Wang, S., Komarasamy, T., Natkunam, S., Sathar, J., Azizan, A., Sanchez-Anguiano, A., Manikam, R., Sekaran, S.,
2014 In : PLoS One. 9, 3,
Assessment of risk factors of helicobacter pylori infection and peptic ulcer diseaseMhaskar, R., Ricardo, I., Azliyati, A., Laxminarayan, R., Amol, B., Santosh, W., Boo, K.,
2013 In : Journal of Global Infectious Diseases. 5, 2, p. 60-67
Real-time PCR to quantify Leishmania donovani in hamstersSrivastava, A., Sweat, J., Azizan, A., Vesely, B., Kyle, D.,
2013 In : Journal of Parasitology. 99, 1, p. 145-150
Morphological changes of Ascaris spp. eggs during their development outside the hostCruz, L., Allanson, M., Kwa, B., Azizan, A., Izurieta, R.,
2012 In : Journal of Parasitology. 98, 1, p. 63-68
New recreational water testing alternativesKesteloot, K., Azizan, A., Whitman, R., Nevers, M.,
2012 In : Park Science. 29, 2,
Characterization of the antibiotic compound no. 70 produced by Streptomyces sp. IMV-70Trenozhnikova, L., Khasenova, A., Balgimbaeva, A., Fedorova, G., Katrukha, G., Tokareva, N., Kwa, B., Azizan, A.,
2012 In : The Scientific World Journal. 2012,
Profile of time-dependent VEGF upregulation in human pulmonary endothelial cells, HPMEC-ST1.6R infected with DENV-1, -2, -3, and -4 virusesAzizan, A., Fitzpatrick, K., Signorovitz, A., Tanner, R., Hernandez, H., Stark, L., Sweat, M.,
2009 In : Virology Journal. 6,
Differential proinflammatory and angiogenesis-specific cytokine production in human pulmonary endothelial cells, HPMEC-ST1.6R infected with dengue-2 and dengue-3 virusAzizan, A., Sweat, J., Espino, C., Gemmer, J., Stark, L., Kazanis, D.,
2006 In : Journal of Virological Methods. 138, 1-2, p. 211-217
Post-translational Processing of Bovine Chondromodulin-IAzizan, A., Holaday, N., Neame, P.,
2001 In : Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276, 26, p. 23632-23638
Chondromodulin I and pleiotrophin gene expression in bovine cartilage and epiphysisAzizan, A., Gaw, J., Govindraj, P., Tapp, H., Neame, P.,
2000 In : Matrix Biology. 19, 6, p. 521-531
Noncollagenous, nonproteoglycan macromolecules of cartilageNeame, P., Tapp, H., Azizan, A.,
1999 In : Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 55, 10, p. 1327-1340
Energetics underlying the process of long-chain fatty acid transportAzizan, A., Sherin, D., DiRusso, C., Black, P.,
1999 In : Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 365, 2, p. 299-306
Transactivation by expression of the hepatitis B virus X protein with an inducible systemAzizan, A., Cong, Y., Shain, K., Tsai, S., Yao, Y., Olashaw, N., Seto, E.,
1998 In : Molecular Biology Reports. 25, 4, p. 231-236
Pleiotrophin and chondromodulin expression in bovine cartilage and cultured chondrocytesAzizan, A., Govindraj, P., Boynton, R., Neame, P.,
1996 In : FASEB Journal. 10, 6,
Use of transposon TnphoA to identify genes for cell envelope proteins of Escherichia coli required for long-chain fatty acid transport: The periplasmic protein Tsp potentiates long-chain fatty acid transportAzizan, A., Black, P.,
1994 In : Journal of Bacteriology. 176, 21, p. 6653-6662
