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Dr Ekram Alias ​​ialah Pensyarah Kanan di Jabatan Biokimia Fakulti Perubatan di Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Beliau merupakan bekas Penyelaras Fakulti Keusahawanan. Dr Ekram lulus dalam Sarjana Muda Sains Bioperubatan (Biokimia dan Imunologi) dari The University of Adelaide pada 2006 sebelum melanjutkan pengajian dalam Sarjana Muda Sains Kesihatan (Kepujian) dalam Patologi di universiti yang sama pada 2007. Dianugerahkan dengan ijazah Kepujian Kelas Pertama, beliau kemudiannya melanjutkan pengajian pasca siswazah dalam PhD dalam Patologi Tulang dari Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan di The University of Adelaide pada 2008. Dr Ekram sebelum ini merupakan tutor di Jabatan Biokimia Fakulti Perubatan UKM sejak Mei 2008 sebelum dilantik ke jawatan semasa di November 2014. Sejak dilantik sebagai pensyarah tetap, beliau aktif mengajar modul pra-klinikal dalam program sarjana muda perubatan di UKM. Beliau kini merupakan Ketua Modul Metabolisme sejak 2023. Beliau juga merupakan Ketua Modul untuk Biomolekul Selular sehingga 2020 dan Penyelaras Fakulti bagi Modul Asas dalam Keusahawanan sehingga 2023. Minat penyelidikan beliau termasuk aspek selular patologi tulang seperti osteoporosis, peri-implan osteolisis dan penyembuhan patah tulang dalam diabetes, selain dalam penyelidikan antioksidan (khususnya vitamin E) dan nano-biomaterial untuk penghantaran sebatian terapeutik yang lebih baik ke tisu tulang. Sejak dilantik sebagai pensyarah, Dr. Ekram telah memperoleh beberapa geran penyelidikan di peringkat universiti dan kebangsaan, selain terlibat secara aktif sebagai penyelidik bersama dalam projek yang dibiayai geran antarabangsa. Beliau juga telah menghasilkan cukup banyak artikel dalam penerbitan berimpak tinggi.
Dr. Ekram Alias is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry of Faculty of Medicine at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He is the former Faculty Coordinator of Entrepreneurship. Dr Ekram graduated in Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (Biochemistry and Immunology) from The University of Adelaide in 2006 before pursuing study in Bachelor of Health Sciences (Hons.) in Pathology in the same university in 2007. Conferred with First Class Honours degree, he then pursued his postgraduate study in PhD in Bone Pathology from the School of Medical Sciences in The University of Adelaide in 2008. Dr Ekram was previously a tutor in the Department of Biochemistry Faculty of Medicine UKM since May 2008 before he was appointed to the current position in November 2014. Since his appointment as a permanent lecturer, he is actively engaged teaching of pre-clinical modules in the undergraduate medical program in UKM. He is currently the Head of Module Metabolism since 2023. He was also the Head of Module for Cellular Biomolecules until 2020 and Faculty Coordinator for Module Fundamental in Entrepreneurship until 2023. His research interests include cellular aspects of bone pathologies such as osteoporosis, peri-implant osteolysis and fracture healing in diabetes, besides in antioxidants (vitamin E in particular) research and nano-biomaterials for improved delivery of therapeutically compounds to the bone tissues. Since his appointment as lecturer, Dr. Ekram has secured a number of research grants both at the university and national levels, besides actively involved as co-researcher in an international grant funded project. He has also produced quite a number of articles in high-impact publications.
michelle min-fang yee, kok-yong chin, soelaiman ima-nirwana, ekram alias, kien hui chua, sok kuan wong. (2025). evaluation of bone-protecting effects of palm carotene mixture in two- and three-dimensional osteoblast/osteoclast co-culture systems. - international journal of medical sciences. 585 - 603.
anis syauqina mohd zaffarin, shiow-fern ng, min hwei ng, haniza hassan, ekram alias. (2024). development and optimization of nano-hydroxyapatite encapsulating tocotrienol-rich fraction formulation using response surface methodology. - pharmaceutics. 1 - 17.
nyruz ramadan elahmer, sok kuan wong, norazlina mohamed, ekram alias, kok-yong chin, norliza muhammad. (2024). mechanistic insights and therapeutic strategies in osteoporosis: a comprehensive review. - biomedicines. 1 - 31.
a. ng, r. subramaniam, j. law, e. alias, l. shanmuganantha, u. vijaykumar. (2024). enhancing osteogenesis: synergistic impact of nanohydroxyapatite and microrna-21. - tissue engineering. 241 - 241.
saiful iqbal norazman, anis syauqina mohd zaffarin, ahmad nazrun shuid, haniza hassan, ima nirwana soleiman, wong sok kuan, ekram alias. (2024). a review of animal models for studying bone health in type-2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) and obesity. - international journal of molecular sciences. 1 - 24.
michelle min-fang yee, kok-yong chin, soelaiman ima-nirwana, ekram alias, kien hui chua, sok kuan wong. (2025). evaluation of bone-protecting effects of palm carotene mixture in two- and three-dimensional osteoblast/osteoclast co-culture systems. - international journal of medical sciences. 585 - 603.
anis syauqina mohd zaffarin, shiow-fern ng, min hwei ng, haniza hassan, ekram alias. (2024). development and optimization of nano-hydroxyapatite encapsulating tocotrienol-rich fraction formulation using response surface methodology. - pharmaceutics. 1 - 17.
nyruz ramadan elahmer, sok kuan wong, norazlina mohamed, ekram alias, kok-yong chin, norliza muhammad. (2024). mechanistic insights and therapeutic strategies in osteoporosis: a comprehensive review. - biomedicines. 1 - 31.
a. ng, r. subramaniam, j. law, e. alias, l. shanmuganantha, u. vijaykumar. (2024). enhancing osteogenesis: synergistic impact of nanohydroxyapatite and microrna-21. - tissue engineering. 241 - 241.
saiful iqbal norazman, anis syauqina mohd zaffarin, ahmad nazrun shuid, haniza hassan, ima nirwana soleiman, wong sok kuan, ekram alias. (2024). a review of animal models for studying bone health in type-2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) and obesity. - international journal of molecular sciences. 1 - 24.
james jam jolly, nur farhana mohd fozi, kok-yong chin, sok kuan wong, kien hui chua, ekram alias, nur sabariah adnan, soelaiman ima-nirwana. (2021). skeletal microenvironment system utilising bovine bone scaffold co-cultured with human osteoblasts and osteoclast-like cells. - experimental and therapeutic medicine. 1-8.
nur farhana mohd fozi, james jam jolly, chua kien hui, ekram alias, chin kok yong & ima nirwana soelaiman. (2021). comparing the effects of alpha-tocopherol and tocotrienol isomers on osteoblasts hfob 1.19 cultured on bovine bone scaffold. - sains malaysiana. 2319-2328.
james jam jolly, kok-yong chin, mohd fozi nur farhana, ekram alias, kien hui chua, wan nuraini wan hasan, soelaiman ima-nirwana.. (2018). optimization of the static human osteoblast/osteoclast co-culture system. - iranian journal of medical sciences. 208-213.
putri ayu jayusman, isa naina mohamed, ekram alias, sulaiman md dom and ahmad nazrun shuid. (2018). effects of standardized quassinoid-rich eurycoma longifolia extract in a rat model of osteoporosis due to testosterone deficiency: a densitometric, morphometric and biomechanical study. - journal of x-ray science and technology. 643-656.
nur farhana mohd fozi, james jam jolly, chin kok yong, chua kien hui, ekram alias, ima nirwana soelaiman. (2018). vitamin e isomers promote bone formation and trabecular structure of bovine bone scaffold. - medicine and health. .
michelle min-fang yee, kok-yong chin, soelaiman ima-nirwana, ekram alias, kien hui chua, sok kuan wong. (2025). evaluation of bone-protecting effects of palm carotene mixture in two- and three-dimensional osteoblast/osteoclast co-culture systems. - international journal of medical sciences. 585 - 603.
saiful iqbal norazman, anis syauqina mohd zaffarin, ahmad nazrun shuid, haniza hassan, ima nirwana soleiman, wong sok kuan, ekram alias. (2024). a review of animal models for studying bone health in type-2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) and obesity. - international journal of molecular sciences. 1 - 24.
nyruz ramadan elahmer, sok kuan wong, norazlina mohamed, ekram alias, kok-yong chin, norliza muhammad. (2024). mechanistic insights and therapeutic strategies in osteoporosis: a comprehensive review. - biomedicines. 1 - 31.
a. ng, r. subramaniam, j. law, e. alias, l. shanmuganantha, u. vijaykumar. (2024). enhancing osteogenesis: synergistic impact of nanohydroxyapatite and microrna-21. - tissue engineering. 241 - 241.
sok kuan wong, michelle min fang yee, kok-yong chin, soelaiman ima-nirwana, ekram alias, kien hui chua. (2024). effects of palm carotene mixture on static bone histomorphometry of bovine bone scaffold co-cultured with osteoblasts and osteoclasts. - malaysian journal of medicine and health sciences. 36.
noor baitee a rahim, ekram alias. (2022). prinsip dan kaedah pengukuran ekspresi gen enzim antioksidan. - . 128-143.
ekram alias, nurfarahin md nor. (2024). elak kolestrol 'bersarang' dalam badan sepanjang aidilfitri. - berita harian. Tiada.
ekram alias & noor akmal shareela ismail . (2024). kuliah tidak segerak untuk pengajaran dalam talian bagi biokimia perubatan. - asean journal of teaching and learning in higher education. 157 - 172.
ekram bin alias;norazlina binti mohamed;nor hamdan bin mohamad yahaya;mohd hanafi bin ahmad damanhuri;ng min hwei;tan jen kit;wan zurinah wan ngah (prof. dr.). (2023). study on cellular energy metabolism and mitochondrial respiration of osteoclasts induced by polyethylene for the development of pet-ct diagnostic application for peri-prosthetic osteolysis. - . .
noor baitee a rahim, ekram alias. (2022). prinsip dan kaedah pengukuran ekspresi gen enzim antioksidan. - . 128-143.
wan zurinah wan ngah, suzana makpol, yasmin anum mohd yusof, zakiah jubri, nor wahidah abdul karim, goon jo aan, mohd hanafi ahmad damanhuri, . noor akmal shareela ismail, khaizurin tajul arifin, ekram alias. (2015). laporan penambahbaikan kursus biokimia untuk program sarjana sains perubatan secara kerja kursus (biokimia). - . 1-4.
ekram bin alias;noor akmal shareela binti ismail. (2024). assessing perception towards synchronous and asynchronous online lectures: is it appealing for students’ remote learning for medical biochemistry?. - . .
ekram bin alias. (2024). study on perception towards entrepreneurship and qualities that can improve marketability of medical graduates: a survey for the development of micro-credential. - . .
ekram alias, nurfarahin md nor. (2024). elak kolestrol 'bersarang' dalam badan sepanjang aidilfitri. - berita harian. Tiada.
sok kuan wong, michelle min fang yee, kok-yong chin, soelaiman ima-nirwana, ekram alias, kien hui chua. (2023). effects of palm carotene on structural bone histomorphometry in a three-dimensional osteoblast-osteoclast co-culture system. - 9th malaysia international biology symposium (i-simbiomas). 90.
ekram bin alias;norazlina binti mohamed;nor hamdan bin mohamad yahaya;mohd hanafi bin ahmad damanhuri;ng min hwei;tan jen kit;wan zurinah wan ngah (prof. dr.). (2023). study on cellular energy metabolism and mitochondrial respiration of osteoclasts induced by polyethylene for the development of pet-ct diagnostic application for peri-prosthetic osteolysis. - . .
| Geran / Grant | Kolaborator / Collaborator | Status |
|---|---|---|
| EXPLORING PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS- DERIVED OSTEOCLASTS AS A SOURCE OF HIGHLY ACTIVE MITOCHONDRIA FOR TRANSFER INTO CARDIOMYOCYTES FOR THE TREATMENT OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE | mrc-mitochondrial biology unit, the university of cambridge | 47.6% (2024-11-01 sehingga 2026-10-31) |
BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Medical Biochemistry
Pengalaman / Experience : tahun/years(s)
BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Antioxidants and Biomaterials
Pengalaman / Experience : 5 tahun/years(s)