Faisal Khan's Lab

sitisyanur98@gmail.

I am studying on genetic, morphology and echolocation variation on  bats in Genus Myotis. Where i would analyse their genetic differences and establish suitable ways in differentiating each species of bats in genus Myotis, in addition with morphological characteristics and echolocation frequencies to further back up my genetic data.

ernadiae@yahoo.com

FYP Title: Developing Acoustic Library of Echolocating Bats in Sarawak

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Main goal of  my project is to build a library of echolocation calls of insectivorous bats specifically in Sarawak. This is an alternative approach to identify insectivorous bats through acoustic recordings. Microbats are producing species-specific echolocation calls which is one of the key features that can be used for identification purposes. By having echolocation call library, bats can be monitored non-invasively by acoustic sensors. I hope by having a library of echolocation call of microbats, it can be an useful conservation tools to monitor and determine the effect of anthropogenic activity on bats diversity.

afiqahaqilahh@gmail.com

My final year project title is Phylogeography of Myotis muricola The Asian Whiskered Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Malaysia. There is insufficient information about the organism using a combined morphological and molecular approach to reconstruct the phylogeography of the diverse species of Myotis muricola based on their genetic analysis. The findings of this study should be able to identify potential genetic species within currently recognizes Myotis muricola from Malaysia and to have a better understanding of geographic variation within currently recognize Myotis muricola in Malaysia.

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Samping.batik@gmail.com

FYP Title: Comparing Distribution & Diversity of Non-volant Small Mammals In Selected Localoties In Sarawak, Malaysia. 

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In this study, I will comparing distribution of non-volant small mammals according on zoology database by doing mapping using QGIS software and also to estimate the species richness and evenness of NVSMs. Other that that, this study is also to determine the endemic species of NVSMs.

yvonnerachealshanthi@gmail.com

I am currently studying on the Prevalence of Malarian Parasites in Bats from Human Settlements of Sarawak. Both morphological and genetic identification is used in my study to properly identify the species of parasites that infect bats. This is crucial to understanding zoonotic diseases, in this case, Malaria.

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nadarajahthivya@gmail.com

My name is Thivya Nadarajah, I'm doing my research on molecular evolution of opsin gene in different bat family from Sarawak. Everyone is familiar with the phrase as blind as a bat,  but are bats really color blind? Well, in my study, I'll be looking into one of the photoreceptor cell responsible for color vision that can be found in retina of eye which is cone opsin. The known two type of cone opsin genes are the short wavelength sensitive opsin (SWS1) and long/medium wavelength sensitive opsin (L/MWS) gene in bats which is sensitive to blue/violet and green/red color part of the visible spectrum respectively. The genomic DNA sequence will be analysed and compared if there are any differences between cave roosting and forest roosting bat species. Does all of them perceive the world similarly or are there any variation in their visual orientation? That would be my research question to be pondered on.

ayu.ace98@gmail.com

FYP Title: Genetics, Morphology and Echolocation Variation within the Tube-Nosed Bats (Genus Murina) in Malaysia

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I am undergoing a project that uses 3 different data sets to further evaluate species from the genus Murina  found in Malaysia. The usage of multifaceted data is a key concept to further understand the complexity of species found in certain taxonomic trees. Often, researchers get confused with certain species of bats as they portray conservative morphological features amongst each other that makes it hard to deduce if these individuals belong to the same species. Thus, with this knowledge I intend to identify the geographic variations of bat species from the genus Murina in Malaysia and to recognise the conservative morphological features found within individuals of genus Murina that results in cryptic speciation with the usage of genetics, morphology and echolocation variation as my multifaceted data sets.

kavishavisha97@gmail.com

My final year project is on the diversity of bat pollen from selected localities in Sarawak. The primary thought of this study the ecology of bat pollen diversity. Meanwhile, to determine the abudance of pollen from which plant family they belong to.There are two selected locations of this research,which are Mount Silabur Cave and Mount Penrissen.Since little data are known regarding this task in previous studies. I hope I will be able to reach my objective with the data I received.