BA. Macalester College, St Paul, Minnesota, USA, 1977

MS  Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA, 1979

PhD Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, 1988

Plant Tissue Culture and Cryopreservation

Seed Science

Ex situ conservation of tropical fruit species using cryopreservation

The use of tissue culture technique for regeneration of cryopreserved tissues

Micropropagation of tropical fruits especially endangered and rare species

Seed studies of selected fruit species

            Mass production of mangrove planting materials via in vitro techniques and  synthetic seed technology.

Comparative Profiling of insect-degrading proteins from pitchers of Nepenthes spp.

Characterisation of genes induced during stress in hairy roots or Polygonum minus,

Novel systems biology approach towards elucidation of biosynthetic networks of secondary metabolites

Molecular characterization of local Citrus species.

Comparative genomics for utilization and conservation of Nephelium and Citrus species.

Induction of embryo development to elucidate the molecular biology of somatic embryogenesis in mangosteen,

Mass production of mangrove planting materials via in vitro techniques and synthetic seed technology.

Comparative Profiling of insect-degrading proteins from pitchers of Nepenthes spp.

Characterisation of genes induced during stress in hairy roots or Polygonum minus,

Novel systems biology approach towards elucidation of biosynthetic networks of secondary metabolites

Molecular characterization of local Citrus species.

Comparative genomics for utilization and conservation of Nephelium and Citrus species.

Induction of embryo development to elucidate the molecular biology of somatic embryogenesis in mangosteen,

Mass production of mangrove planting materials via in vitro techniques and synthetic seed technology.

Comparative Profiling of insect-degrading proteins from pitchers of Nepenthes spp.

Characterisation of genes induced during stress in hairy roots or Polygonum minus,

Novel systems biology approach towards elucidation of biosynthetic networks of secondary metabolites

Molecular characterization of local Citrus species.

Comparative genomics for utilization and conservation of Nephelium and Citrus species.

Induction of embryo development to elucidate the molecular biology of somatic embryogenesis in mangosteen,

Normah, M.N., H.F. Chin & Y.L. Hor, 1986.  Desiccation and cryopreservation of embryonic axes of Hevea  brasiliensis  Muell.-Arg. Pertanika 9(3): 299-303.

Normah, M.N. & H.F. Chin, 1989.  Ultrastructural changes of  Hevea brasiliensis Muell. - Arg. seeds during imbibed  storage.  Pertanika, 12(3):285-291.

Normah, M.N. & H.F. Chin. 1989.  Effects of Temperature on  Storage of Hevea seeds treated with polyethylene glycol  6000. Malays. Appl. Biol 18(2):133-138.

Normah, M.N. & H.F. Chin, 1991.  Changes in germination,  respiration rate and leachate conductivity during  storage of Hevea seeds.  Pertanika 14(1):1-6.

Normah, M.N., & M. Vengadasalam, 1992.  Effects of moisture content on cryopreservation of Coffea and Vigna seeds and embryos.  Cryo-Letters 13 : 199-208.

Normah, M.N., & H.F. Chin, 1993.  Lipid and fatty acids changes during storage of Hevea brasiliensis Muell.-Arg. seeds.  Seed Research Special vol. No. 1 : 249-254.

Reed B.M., M.N. Normah. & X.Yu, 1994.  Stratification is necessary for successful cryopreservation of axes from stored hazelnut seed.  Cryo-Letters 15: 377-384.

Normah, M.N., B.M. Reed & X. Yu, 1994.  Seed storage and cryoexposure behaviour in hazelnut (Corylus avellana L. cv. Barcelona).  Cryo-Letters 15: 315-322.

Normah, M.N., A.B. Nor-Azza & R. Aliudin. 1995.  Factors affecting in vitro shoot proliferation and ex  vitro establishment of mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L.)  Plant Cell Tissue, Organ Culture 43(3) : 291-294.

Zakri A.H., M.N. Normah  & R. Wickneswari 1996.  Potential applications of biotechnology and molecular biology in plantation forestry in Malaysia.  Asia - Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 4(1) : 1-12.

Mariam, A.L., A.H. Zakri, M.C. Mahani & M.N. Normah. 1996.  Interspecific hybridization of cultivated rice, Oryza sativa L. with wild rice, O. minuta Presl.  Theoretical and Applied Genetics Vol. 93:  664- 671.

Mariam, A.L., A.H. Zakri, M.C. Mahani & M.N. Normah. 1996.  Production and characterization of Oryza sativa L./ O. minuta Presl. Hybrids and backcross progenies.  International Rice Research Notes 21(2-3): 38-39

Normah, M.N., O. Laili Nordaini, A.B. Nor-Azza & R. Aliudin.  1996.  Effects of desiccation and seed coat on seed germination of four Citrus species.  Malays. Applied Biology. 25(1) : 103-110.

Normah, M.N., M.S. Jamilah & M.N. Siti Serimala. 1996.  Viability studies on seeds and embryonic axes of Lansium domesticum Corr.  Malays.  Applied Biology 25(2): 39-43

Normah, M.N., Saraswathy D. Ramiya & Mainah Gintangga.  1997.  Desiccation sensitivity of recalcitrant seeds – a study on tropical fruit species.  Seed Science Research 7: 179-183

Normah, M.N., Hamidah, S. & Ghani, F.D.  1997.  Micropropagation of Citrus halimii – an endangered species of South-east Asia.  Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 50: 225-227

Song Beng Kah, Mahani M. Clyde, Ratnam W. & Normah M. Noor.  2000.  Genetic relatedness among Lansium domesticum accessions using RAPD markers.  Annals of Botany 86 (2): 299-307

Normah, M.N. 2000.  In vitro techniques for multiplication and conservation of Garcinia mangostana, Lansium domesticum and Baccaurea polyneura.  Agro-food-Industry Hi-Tech 11 (4): 2-4

Normah M. Noor & Mahani M. Clyde. 2000. Fruit germplasm collection at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Botanic Gardens Conservation News 3(4):42

Harding, K., Marzalina, M, Krishnapillay, B. Nashatul Zaimah, N.A., Normah, M.N. & Benson, E.E.  2000.  Molecular stability assessments of trees regenerated from cryopreserved mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) seed germplasm using non-radioactive techniques to examine the chromatin structure and DNA methylation status of the ribosomal RNA genes.  Journal of Tropical Forest Science 12 (1): 149-163

Marzalina, M. & Normah, M.N. 2001. Desiccation studies on mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) seeds. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 13(3): 405-414

Ahmad F.A.F., Khatijah, H.H. & Normah M.N. 2001. Preliminary studies on pollen morphology of Malaysian species of Guttiferae Juss. Malaysian Applied Biology 30:65-74

Eun Gi Cho, Normah M. Noor, Haeng Hoon Kim, V. Ramanatha Rao & F. Engelmann. 2002. Cryopreservation of Citrus aurantifolia seeds and embryonic axes using a desiccation protocol. CryoLetters 23: 309-316

Marzalina M. & Normah M.N. 2002. Cryopreservation Techniques for the long-term storage of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) seeds. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 14(4): 525-535

Makeen A. Makeen, Normah M. Noor, Stephane Dussert & Mahani M. Clyde. 2005. Cryopreservation of whole seeds and excised embryonic axes of Citrus suhuiensis cv. Limau langkat in accordance to their desiccation sensitivity. CryoLetters 26(4):259-268

Clyde, M.M., P.C. Chew, I. Salma, M.N. Normah & V.R. Rao. 2005. Genetic diversity of Nephelium ramboutan-ake Leenh assessed using RAPD and ISSR markers. Acta Hortculturae  665:171-181