Dr. Yan Shan Loo

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsPharmacy,Polymer Materials
KeywordsAntisense oligonucleotides, Glycolipid, Biomarker, Cubosomes, Aggregation-induced emission
Honours and awards

2025: Educator Achievement in the Early Semester Student Feedback Survey (ESSFS)-Semester 2, 2025, School of Science, Monash University Malaysia

2024: Educator Achievement in the Early Semester Student Feedback Survey (ESSFS)-Semester 2, 2024, School of Science, Monash University Malaysia

2024: Excellence Graduate Award, Doctor of Philosophy (Nanomedicine), Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia

2022: Completion of the YSN-ASM Science Leadership Program

2022: Participation in NANOKEB Nanotechnology Innovation Competition (PIN2022), National Level

2019: Recipient of Malaysia Toray Science Foundation (MTSF), Science and Technology Research Grant

Current contact address

CountryMalaysia
CitySelangor
InstitutionMonash University Malaysia
InstituteSchool of Science
Homepagehttps://www.monash.edu.my/science

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Udo BakowskyInstitut für Pharmazeutische Technologie und Biopharmazie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg

Programme(s)

2025Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2026Gaayatri Silvaraju, Nur Airin Syahira Johari, Siti Hajar Noor Shaarani, Rosniza Razali, Yan Shan Loo, Nurul Akmarina. Abdul Kamal: Optimised encapsulation of repurposed gliclazide in nZIF-8 with pH-triggered drug release under tumour-mimicking conditions. In: Next Materials 11, 2026, 101896
2026Wei Xuan Wilson Loo, Jia Shen Sio, Keyin Yap, Yan Shan Loo, Hui Xuan Lim, Shuangyue Zhang, Huitao Liu, Chen Seng Ng: SKALE: An interpretable multiscale machine learning model for decoding phase-specific protein aggregation in neurodegenerative proteinopathies. In: Aggregate 7, 2026, e70280
2025Yan Shan Loo, Gaayathri Silvaraju, Nur Airin Syahira Johari, Nur Aininie Yusoh, Afiq Azil, Norazalina Saad, Mohd Basyaruddin Abdul Rahman, Nurul Akmarina Mohd Abdul Kamal: Green synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) nanoparticles for theranostics. In: Chemistry Select, 10, 2025, e02535
2025Gaayatri Silvaraju, Nur Airin Syahira Johari, Azren Asmawai, Rosniza Razali, Fatmawati Adam, Yan Shan Loo, Nurul Akmarina Abdul Kamal: Hyaluronic acid-functionalized zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 nanoparticles: A one-pot synthesis approach for breast cancer therapy. In: Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 27, 2025,
2025Fiona S.N. Lye, Yan Shan Loo, Intan Diana Mat Azmi, Choy Sin Lee, N Idayu Zahid, T Madheswaran: Microfluidic-enabled nanomedicine: A comprehensive review of recent advances and translational potential. In: Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 29, 2025,
2025Yan Shan Loo, Nur Aininie Yusoh, Wai Feng Lim, Chen Seng Ng, N Idayu Zahid, Intan Diana Mat Azmi, Thiagarajan Madheswaran, Tze Yan Lee: Phytochemical-based nanosystems: Recent advances and emerging application in antiviral photodynamic therapy. In: Nanomedicine 20 2025, 401-416
2025Yan Shan Loo, Nur Aininie Yusoh, Keyin Yap, Chen Seng Ng: Programmable self-replicating JEV nanotherapeutics redefine RNA delivery in ALS. In: Communications Biology 8, 2025,
2025Yan Shan Loo, Nur Aininie Yusoh, N Idayu Zahid, Thiagarajan Madheswaran, Shinya Ikeno, Armania Nurdin, Norazlinaliza Salim, Hong Ngee Lim, Intan Diana Mat Azmi: Vitamin D3-PEGylated hexosomes for gemcitabine and thymoquinone co-delivery: Unraveling the physicochemical characteristics, biocompatibility, and cytotoxicity against breast cancer cells. In: Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 114, 2025, 107445
2023Yan Shan Loo, N Idayu Zahid, Thiagarajan Madheswaran, Shinya Ikeno, Armania Nurdin, Intan Diana Mat Azmi: Coencapsulation of gemcitabine and thymoquinone in citrem–phosphatidylcholine hexosome nanocarriers improves in vitro cellular uptake in breast cancer cells. In: Molecular Pharmaceutics 20, 2023, 4611–4628
2023Tze Yan Lee, Nuratiqah Farah, Voon Kin Chin, Chee Woei Lim, Pei Pei Chong, Rusliza Basir, Wai Feng Lim, Yan Shan Loo: Medicinal benefits, biological, and nanoencapsulation functions of riboflavin with its toxicity profile: A narrative review. In: Nutrition Research 119, 2023, 1-20
2023Jassica SL Leu, Jasy JX Teoh, Angel LQ Ling, Joey Chong, Yan Shan Loo, Intan Diana Mat Azmi, N Idayu Zahid, Rajendran JC Bose, Thiagarajan Madheswaran: Recent advances in the development of liquid crystalline nanoparticles as drug delivery systems. In: Pharmaceutics 15, 2023, 1421
2022Yan Shan Loo, N Idayu Zahid, Thiagarajan Madheswaran, Intan Diana Mat Azmi: Recent advances in the development of multifunctional lipid-based nanoparticles for co-delivery, combination treatment strategies, and theranostics in breast and lung cancer. In: Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 71, 2022, 103300
2021Yan Shan Loo, Rajendran JC Bose, Jason R McCarthy, Intan Diana Mat Azmi, Thiagarajan Madheswaran: Biomimetic bacterial and viral-based nanovesicles for drug delivery, theranostics, and vaccine applications. In: Drug Discovery Today 26, 2021, 902-915
2020Yan Shan Loo, Thiagarajan Madheswaran, Ramkumar Rajendran, Rajendran JC Bose: Encapsulation of berberine into liquid crystalline nanoparticles to enhance its solubility and anticancer activity in MCF7 human breast cancer cells. In: Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 57, 2020, 101756