BACKGROUND

Name :               Seah Lay Hong
Date of Birth  :   31 Julai 1958
Place of Birth :  Teluk Intan, Perak

Education : 
 
bullet Sekolah Convent Teluk Intan
bullet Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology (Haematology and Clinical Chemistry)      Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 1984
bullet B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry                          Universiti Sains Malaysia, 1989
bullet MSc. in Medical Science (Pathology), 1994
bullet PhD. (Forensic DNA Chemistry), 2000

WORK EXPERIENCE
 
bullet Medical Laboratory Technologist (Haematology and Clinical Chemistry), 1978 - 1991
bullet MSc. Research Student (Medical Science - Pathology), 1990 - 1993
bullet Chemist/Forensic Scientist (Toxicology), 1991 - 1994
bullet Forensic Scientist (DNA/Serology), 1994 - 1997
bullet PhD. Research Student (Forensic DNA Chemistry), 1997 - 2000
bullet Forensic Scientist (DNA/Serology), 2002 - presently
 
RESEARCH INTERESTS
bullet DNA degradation, DNA preservation, DNA profiling from low copy number DNA
bullet New Technologies in DNA typing and Human Identification
bullet DNA Databasing
bullet Strategies in DNA Extraction from degraded DNA
ACHIEVEMENT
 
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Dr. Seah played a key role in the set-up of the country’s first forensic DNA laboratory in 1994. She has been instrumental in the introduction of new approaches in DNA testing and the use of new technologies in the laboratory.

            Her PhD. research in long-term DNA preservation has contributed to a further understanding of DNA degradation in the dry and particularly in the commercial success of an invented  DNA storage device (Tradename : FTA paper).

            She has presented at international forensic genetics conferences and published papers in international journals, particularly on the understanding of long-term DNA preservation.