Education/Qualification:

• 1977-1982 Pei Eng (Chinese) Primary School, Muar, Johore, Malaysia
• 1983-1986 Sri Muar Secondary School, Muar, Johore, Malaysia
• 1986-1988 Muar High School, Muar, Johore, Malaysia
• 1988-1990 Chung Hwa High School, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
• 1990-1994 BSc (Biotechnology), (Universiti Pertanian Malaysia)
• 1997-2000 PhD (Chemical Engineering) (University of Birmingham,UK)



Vocational Experience:

• Nov-Dec 1992: Temporary Research Assistant in Faculty of Vertinary Medicine and Animal
  Science, University of Agriculture Malaysia
 
• May-Jun 1993: Practical training in Biochemistry Department, Institute of Medical Research,
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
 
• 1994-1997:    Project Executive/Engineer in Hazen Trading Water Treatment Sdn Bhd
Involved in design, costing, supervising and commissioning of more than 30  sewage treatment plants in Malaysia.
 
• 1997-2000:  Tutor in Universiti Putra Malaysia
• 2000- Now:  Lecturer in Universiti Putra Malaysia

Publication- Refereed Journal Paper

• Tey B.T., Singh R.P., Piredda, L. Piacentini, M. and Al-Rubeai, M. 2000. Influence of Bcl-2 on cell death during cultivation of a Chinese Hamster Ovary cell line expressing a chimeric antibody. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 68: 31-43

• Tey B.T., Singh R.P., Piredda, L. Piacentini, M. and Al-Rubeai, M. 2000. Bcl-2 mediated suppression of apoptosis in myeloma NS0 cultures. J. of Biotechnology 79: 147-159

• Yusoff, K.,Tey, B.T., Tan, W.S. 1997. Determination of the 3'-terminii sequence of the HN genes of Newcastle Disease Virus Isolates by direct nucleotide sequencing. Asia Pasific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Vol 5, No 1, pp 48-50.

Publication- Proceeding Paper

• Al Rubeai, M., Tey, B.T., Ishaque, A., and Singh, R.P. 1998. Cell engineering of apoptotic pathway: Bcl-2 overexpression inhibits apoptotic and necrotic cell death in CHO, myeloma and hybridoma cell lines." Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 216: 057-BIOT.

• Tey, B.T., Singh, R.P., and Al Rubeai, M. 1999 Influence of bcl-2 over-expression on NSO and CHO culture viability and chimeric antibody productivity. In A. Bernard and Wurm F. (ed.), Animal Cell Technology: Products from Cells, Cells as Products.  Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands. pp 59-61.

• Tey, B.T., Singh, R.P., and Al Rubeai, M. 2000 Influence of Bcl-2 over-expression on cell growth and productivity of NS0 cells in continuous and perfusion cultures. Submitted to the Proceeding of JAACT 2000 International Meeting.

• Yusoff K, Tey BT, Tan WS. 1996. Determination of the 3' terminal sequence of the HN genes of Newcastle Disease Virus Isolates by direct nucleotide sequencing. In: Proceedings of the Biochem Soc pp 21.

Conference Presentation

• Al-Rubeai,M.,Tey,B.T.,Ishaque,A.,Singh,R.P. 1998. Cell engineering of apoptotic pathway: Bcl-2 over-expression inhibits apoptotic and necrotic cell death in CHO, myeloma and hybridama cell. Oral Presentation at 216th ACS National Meeting, August 23-27, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

• Al-Rubeai,M.,Tey,B.T.,Ishaque,A.,Singh,R.P. 1998. Metabolic Engineering of Apoptotic Pathway. Oral Presentation at Metabolic Engineering II, October 25-30,1998, Elmau/Oberbayern (Bavaria), Germany.

• Tey, B.T., Singh, R.P., and Al Rubeai, M. 1999 Influence of bcl-2 over-expression on NSO and CHO culture viability and chimeric antibody productivity. Poster Presentation at The 16th ESACT Meeting, April 25-29 1999, Lugano, Switzerland.

• Tey, B.T., Singh, R.P., and Al Rubeai, M. (2000) Influence of Bcl-2 over-expression on cell

• growth and productivity of NS0 cells in continuous and perfusion cultures. Poster presented at JAACT 2000 International Meeting, November 17-21 2000, Fukuoka, Japan

• Tey B.T., Tan W.S., Abdul Rashid N.A., Yusoff K. 1994. Comparative study of the 3' terminal (mRNA sense) of the haemagglutinin-neuraminidase gene in several pathotypes of Newcastle Disease Virus. Oral Presentation at Fifth Meeting of Malaysia Society of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 1994, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Paper submitted

• Tey B.T., Singh R.P. and Al-Rubeai, M. (2001) Programmed cell death-An overview of apoptosis in cell culture. Submitted.

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