pensyarah universiti
jabatan sains biologi & bioteknologi
munir@ukm.edu.my
Sumber Lestari, Alam Sekitar dan Kehidupan Pintar,
Abdul Munir Abdul Murad is an Associate Professor of Applied Microbiology at the Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He holds a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology from University of Abeedeen, United Kingdom and a BSc in Microbiology and Biotechnology from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. He joined UKM in 1995 as a tutor and promoted to lecturer in 2001 and Associate Professor in 2011. Currently he is focusing on the following research areas:
i. Molecular pathogenesis of oil palm fungal pathogen Ganoderma boninense;
ii. Development of fungi and carbohydrate-acting enzymes towards the hydrolysis of agricultural biomass;
iii. Enzymes and proteins from psychrophilic and alkaliphilic microorganisms;
iv. Production and applications of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria.
Abdul Munir is currently the President for the Malaysian Society of Applied Biology.
nazlina ibrahim dan abdul munir abdul murad. (2026). peluang kerjasama penyelidikan dan penyeliaan pascasiswazah di fakulti sains dan teknologi ukm. - fmipa academic talk -24th series. .
wan nur shuhaida wan mahadi, jennifer charles labo, clemente michael vui ling wong, abdul munir abdul murad, mohd faizal abu bakar, mohd anuar jonet, makdi masnoddin, nur athirah yusof. (2026). molecular insights into heat-inducible hsp70s from psychrophilic bacteria and yeast as indicators of ecosystem stress in antarctica. - polar biology. 1 - 19.
rafidah badrun, muhammad fairus mohd yusof, abdul munir abd. murad, izwan bharudin, nur sulastri jaffar, rozeita laboh, norliza abu bakar, lau han yih, farah diba abu bakar.. (2026). dataset of dual-rna sequencing of ralstonia syzygii subsp. celebesensis strain a2 hr mardi during infection on its host musa acuminata . - data in brief. 1 - 9.
shuhaila mat-sharani, farahayu khairuddin, nik yusnoraini yusof , norfarhan mohd-assaad, abdul munir abdul murad, farah diba abu bakar, nor muhammad mahadi, nurdiana nordin, shazilah kamaruddin. (2026). decoding the cold: integrated secretome profiling reveals extracellular adaptation mechanisms in glaciozyma antarctica . - extremophiles. 1 - 12.
yongjun gao, norman mohd saleh, ahmad monir abdullah, syaima’ adznan. (2025). corporate climate risk disclosure and financing constraints: evidence from china. - finance research letters. 1 - 10.
yongjun gao, norman mohd saleh, ahmad monir abdullah, syaima’ adznan. (2025). corporate climate risk disclosure and financing constraints: evidence from china. - finance research letters. 1 - 10.
norhamiza mohamad sukri, nor hasmaliana abdul manas, nardiah rizwana jaafar, roshanida a. rahman, abdul munir abdul murad, rosli md illias. (2024). effects of electrospun nanofiber fabrications on immobilization of recombinant escherichia coli for production of xylitol from glucose. - enzyme and microbial technology. 1-11.
izwan bharudin, anis farhan fatimi ab wahab, muhammad asyraff abd samad, ng xin yie, madihah ahmad zairun, farah diba abu bakar, abdul munir abdul murad. (2022). review update on the life cycle, plant-microbe interaction, genomics, detection and control strategies of the oil palm pathogen ganoderma boninense. - biology. 1-18.
nur athirah yusof, makdi masnoddin, jennifer charles, ying qing thien, farhan nazaie nasib, clemente michael vui ling wong, abdul munir abdul murad, nor muhammad mahadi, izwan bharudin. (2022). can heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) serve as biomarkers in antarctica for future ocean acidifcation, warming and salinity stress?. - polar biology. 371-394.
kamaruddin, s.; ahmad redzuan, r.; minor, n.; seman, w.m.k.w.; md tab, m.; jaafar, n.r.; ahmad rodzli, n.; jonet, m.a.; bharudin, i.; yusof, n.a.; xia, d.q.h.; mahadi, n.m.; abdul murad, a.m.; abu bakar, f.d.. (2022). biochemical characterisation and structure determination of a novel cold-active proline iminopeptidase from the psychrophilic yeast, glaciozyma antarctica pi12. - catalysts. 1-14.
wan nur shuhaida wan mahadi, jennifer charles labo, clemente michael vui ling wong, abdul munir abdul murad, mohd faizal abu bakar, mohd anuar jonet, makdi masnoddin, nur athirah yusof. (2026). molecular insights into heat-inducible hsp70s from psychrophilic bacteria and yeast as indicators of ecosystem stress in antarctica. - polar biology. 1 - 19.
shuhaila mat-sharani, farahayu khairuddin, nik yusnoraini yusof , norfarhan mohd-assaad, abdul munir abdul murad, farah diba abu bakar, nor muhammad mahadi, nurdiana nordin, shazilah kamaruddin. (2026). decoding the cold: integrated secretome profiling reveals extracellular adaptation mechanisms in glaciozyma antarctica . - extremophiles. 1 - 12.
andrew b. h. goh, jonathan g, ling, shazilah kamaruddin, abdul m. a. murad, farah d. abu bakar. (2025). identification and expression of a hydrophobic carboxylic acid reductase from trichoderma virens. - fems microbiology letters. 1 - 13.
anis farhan fatimi ab wahab, izwan bharudin, sharmilah vetaryan, farah diba abu bakar, abdul munir abdul murad. (2024). pengenalpastian dan pencirian lokus jenis pengawanan (mat) yang mengawal proses pengawanan seksual kulat patogen kelapa sawit ganoderma boninense. - sains malaysiana. 3573 - 3591.
noor liana mat yajit, noor haza fazlin hashim, rosli mohd illias & abdul munir abdul murad. (2024). expression and biochemical characterization of a novel thermostable alkaline beta-1,3-1,4-glucanase (lichenase) from an alkaliphilic bacillus lehensis g1. - protein expression and purification. 1-8.
wan nur shuhaida wan mahadi, jennifer charles labo, clemente michael vui ling wong, abdul munir abdul murad, mohd faizal abu bakar, mohd anuar jonet, makdi masnoddin, nur athirah yusof. (2026). molecular insights into heat-inducible hsp70s from psychrophilic bacteria and yeast as indicators of ecosystem stress in antarctica. - polar biology. 1 - 19.
rafidah badrun, muhammad fairus mohd yusof, abdul munir abd. murad, izwan bharudin, nur sulastri jaffar, rozeita laboh, norliza abu bakar, lau han yih, farah diba abu bakar.. (2026). dataset of dual-rna sequencing of ralstonia syzygii subsp. celebesensis strain a2 hr mardi during infection on its host musa acuminata . - data in brief. 1 - 9.
shuhaila mat-sharani, farahayu khairuddin, nik yusnoraini yusof , norfarhan mohd-assaad, abdul munir abdul murad, farah diba abu bakar, nor muhammad mahadi, nurdiana nordin, shazilah kamaruddin. (2026). decoding the cold: integrated secretome profiling reveals extracellular adaptation mechanisms in glaciozyma antarctica . - extremophiles. 1 - 12.
andrew b. h. goh, jonathan g, ling, shazilah kamaruddin, abdul m. a. murad, farah d. abu bakar. (2025). identification and expression of a hydrophobic carboxylic acid reductase from trichoderma virens. - fems microbiology letters. 1 - 13.
yongjun gao, norman mohd saleh, ahmad monir abdullah, syaima’ adznan. (2025). corporate climate risk disclosure and financing constraints: evidence from china. - finance research letters. 1 - 10.
lailatul fithri, luddy febriyanto, one asmarani, rahmat eko sanjaya, ardiana ilham nurrohman, mirni lamid, abdul munir abd murad, ni nyoman tri puspaningsih. (2023). fermentation of rice straw raw material to bioethanol using consortium enzyme. - 1st international conference on neuroscience and learning technology aip conference proceedings. 05000.
tri puji priyatno, farah diba abu bakar, rohaiza ahmad redzuan, nor muhammad mahadi, abdul munir abdul murad. (2020). functional analysis of an appressorium-spesific gene from colletotrichum gloeosporioides. - the 1st international conference on genetic resources and biotechnology iop conference series: earth and environmental science. 1-12.
ahmad zairun madihah, abu seman idris, shazilah kamaruddin, izwan bharudin, farah diba abu bakar, abdul munir abd murad. (2019). identification and characterization of a mating signalling gene from an oil palm pathogen, ganoderma boninense. - the 2018 ukm fst postgraduate colloquium, aip conference proceeding. 1-6.
rohaiza ahmad redzuan, nor muhammad mahadi, abdul munir abdul murad, shazilah kamaruddin, farah diba abu bakar. (2019). targeted selection of amino acid residues to create variant libraries of glaciozyma antarctica proline iminopeptidase. - proceedings of the universiti kebangsaan malaysia, faculty of science and technology 2018 postgraduate colloquium aip conference proceedings. 1-4.
abdul fatah a. samad, nazaruddin muhammad ali, ismanizan ismail & abdul munir abdul murad. (2016). analysis of mirnas targeting transcription factors in persicaria minor induced by fusarium oxysporum. - the 2016 ukm fst postgraduate colloquium, aip conference proceedings. 1-5.
abdul munir abdul murad, emmyrafedziawati aida kamal rafedzi, jonathan guyang ling. (2024). plant microbe interactions in the rhizosphere. - . 24 - 38.
abdul munir abdul murad, jonathan guyang ling. (2024). plant microbe interactions in the phyllosphere. - . 39 - 52.
rebekah siah angapaan, noor adila abdul karim & abdul munir abdul murad. (2017). strategi pembinaan kaset gangguan gen glip trichoderma virens. - . 362-365.
iman athirah abd. razak, nurulhikma md isa, noor adila abdul karim & abdul munir abdul murad. (2017). kesan bakteria pelarut fosfat terhadap pertumbuhan anak pokok padi. - . 421-424.
anis syafiqah razman, noor adila abdul karim, nurulhikma md isa & abdul munir abdul murad. (2017). kesan bakteria pengikat nitrogen terhadap pertumbuhan anak pokok padi. - . 409-412.
nur hanis solehah norizam, mona fatin syazwanee mohamed ghazali & abdul munir abdul murad. (2025). pemencilan dan pencirian rizobakteria penggalak pertumbuhan tanaman (pgpr) daripada rizosfera pokok bunga di malaysia. - undergraduate research journal for biological sciences and biotechnology. 115 - 124.
dr. mohd fareed bin mohd sairi, prof. madya dr. abdul munir bin abd murad, prof. madya dr. wan syaidatul aqma binti wan mohd noor, dr. nazlina haiza binti mohd yasin, ain nur afifah azman,. (2025). laporan penyelidikan st-2024-034 . - . .
anis farhan fatimi ab wahab, izwan bharudin, sharmilah vetaryan, farah diba abu bakar, abdul munir abdul murad. (2024). pengenalpastian dan pencirian lokus jenis pengawanan (mat) yang mengawal proses pengawanan seksual kulat patogen kelapa sawit ganoderma boninense. - sains malaysiana. 3573 - 3591.
sarani zakaria, andanastuti muchtar, aisyah abdul rahman, wan hanna melini wan mohtar, babul airianah othman, norazlin hassim, abdul munir abd. murad,. (2021). peraturan-peraturan universiti kebangsaan malaysia (pengajian siswazah) 2021. - . 57.
shazilah kamaruddin, farah diba abu bakar, abdul munir abdul murad. (2021). pengoptimuman campuran enzim selulase rekombinan untuk penguraian tandan kosong kelapa sawit. - sains malaysiana. 3547-3556.
nazlina ibrahim dan abdul munir abdul murad. (2026). peluang kerjasama penyelidikan dan penyeliaan pascasiswazah di fakulti sains dan teknologi ukm. - fmipa academic talk -24th series. .
rozida mohd khalid; nurain shahera hasan. (2025). flavin dependent halogenase from the lichen dirinaria sp.. - 50th world chemistry congress (50wcc). .
mukram mohamed mackeen, james sy-keen woon, noor muhammad mahdi, rosli md ilias, abdul munir abdul murad, farah diba abu bakar. (2025). short cello-oliogosaccharide-acting recombinant cellobiohydrolase from the thermophilic fungus thielavia terrestris . - the 14th international conference of acgg (acgg2025). .
izwan bharudin, ain nur afifah azman, noor haza fazlin hashim, simonetta corsolini, mohd. faizal abu bakar, farah diba abu bakar, abdul munir abdul murad. (2025). life on ice: adaptation of antarctic yeast to temperature variation and environmental pollution. - the 16th symposium on polar science. .
abdul munir abdul murad, dhufr mohammed, emmyrafedziawati aida kamal rafedzi, nurulhikma md isa, izwan bharudin, shazilah kamaruddin, doris huai xia quay, mona fatin syazwanee mohamed ghazali dan farah diba abu bakar. (2025). beneficial rhizobacteria as a sustainable tool for rice resilience under drought. - 11th national biology symposium. .
BIOLOGY :PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES
Molecular Microbiology
Pengalaman / Experience : 22 tahun/years(s)
BIOTECHNOLOGY :PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES
Microbial Biotechnology
Pengalaman / Experience : 22 tahun/years(s)
BIOTECHNOLOGY :PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES
Applied Microbiology
Pengalaman / Experience : 22 tahun/years(s)
BIOLOGY :PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES
Molecular Mycology
Pengalaman / Experience : -22 tahun/years(s)