| No. |
Date |
Editorial Board |
1 |
2009 |
Associate Editor, Journal of Medical Microbiology
Associate Editor, BMC Microbiology |
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| No. |
Date |
Reviewing Duties: Journal (No of articles reviewed) |
9 |
2009 |
Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy (1), Acta Patholologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (1) and Current Microbiology (1) |
8 |
2008 |
Molecular Microbiology (3), Journal of Medical Microbiology (2), Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica (1), Microbiological Research (1) |
7 |
2007 |
Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA (1), Journal of Microbiology (1), Molecular Microbiology (1), and Review an article for a book |
6 |
2006 |
Molecular Microbiology (1), Journal of Herbs, Spies and Medicinal Plants (1) |
5 |
2003 |
FEMS Microbiological Letters (1) and Journal of Medical Microbiology (1) |
4 |
2002 |
Gene (1) and Journal of Medical Microbiology (1) |
3 |
2001 |
Corel Reef Proceedings (1) and Journal of Medical Microbiology (1) |
2 |
2000 |
Acta Patholologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (1) and Microbiology (1) |
1 |
1998 |
Microbiology (1) |
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| No. |
Date |
Reviewing Duties: Grant |
4 |
2009 |
Swiss National Science Foundation |
3 |
2008 -2009 |
Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation |
2 |
2007 |
Medical Research Council, United Kingdom |
1 |
Fall 2003 |
South Dakota Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), South Dakota State University |
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| No. |
Date |
International External Examiner |
3 |
2006 |
Ph. D. Candidate, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, Tamilnadu, India. Was examined in Aug 2006 |
2 |
2002 |
M. Sc. Candidate, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Univ. of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. Formally appointed in June 2001. Was examined in April 2002 |
1 |
2001 |
Ph. D. Candidate, Institute of Biological Sciences (Genetics), Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Was examined in July 2001. |
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| No. |
Year |
International and National Activities |
9 |
2006-8 |
Scientific Organizing Committee Member, 10th Asian Conference on Transcription (ACT-IX), Bangalore, Jan 13th – 16th 2008. |
8 |
2004-5 |
Scientific Organizing Committee Member, 9th Asian-Pacific Conference on Transcription (ACT-VIII), Taipei, Taiwan Dec 12th – 15th 2005. |
7 |
May 2004 |
Career Mentor for student members. One-hour session organized by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) at the 104th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. May 26th. |
6 |
2003-4 |
Scientific Organizing Committee Member, 8th Asian Conference on Transcription (ACT-VIII), Bangkok, Thailand. Nov. 16th – 19th 2004. |
5 |
2001-2 |
Scientific Organizing Committee, (CHAIR), 7th Asian Conference on Transcription. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. July 23rd – 27th, 2002 www.fiu.edu/~act_vii. |
4 |
Sept. 2001 |
Cyber Interview. Participated in a Cyber Interview conducted by The Institute of Research Management and Consultancy, University Malaya, Malaysia. |
3 |
June 2001 |
Media interview with the Danish journalists about our Ginseng work during my summer trip to Denmark. Reference to our work appeared in several Danish News: Jun 28 (3), June 30, July 1, July 17 and July 30. |
2 |
Oct. 2000 |
Workshop in Malaysia. Bacteria Cell-to-Cell Communication” under the program of The Dr. Ranjit Bhagwan Singh Medical Research Fund on 17-20th October 2000, at University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
1 |
May 2000 |
“President Elect Task Force Meeting” I was one of the ~40 members selected by Prof. Martha Howe, the 101st ASM President, to attend the task force meeting at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in May 2000 |