Qi Luan LIM
Doctoral student, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University
Student, Leading Graduate Program in Primatology and Wildlife science, Kyoto University
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellow DC2
Research interest: Genetic diversity of the Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)
Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) is an endangered mammal found in Southeast Asia (i.e. Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra of Indonesia, Myanmmar). The species has been captive bred in zoos as an effort to prevent its extinction. I have been studying the genetic diversity and population genetic structure of the wild and captive Malayan tapir populations in Peninsular Malaysia since 2015. My current research interests are to develop new genetic markers for the species, to further understand the genetic diversity and population structure of its populations in Peninsular Malaysia, and to investigate the genetic diversity of the populations in Thailand and Sumatra as well as the captive Malayan tapir populations in Japan. I hope that the outcomes of my research project will contribute important data for future conservation management of the species.
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Apr 2021 -Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellow DC2
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Apr 2020 -Doctoral student, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University
Student, Leading Graduate Program in Primatology and Wildlife science, Kyoto University -
Oct 2019 - Mar 2020Research student, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University
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Sept 2016–Sept 2019Master of Science in Genetics, Universiti Putra Malaysia
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Sept 2012–Aug 2016Bachelor of Science Majoring in Biology, Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Arumugam, K. A., Lim, Q. L., Ibrahim, W. N. B. W., Tah, M. B. Mohd. T. @ Mohd., Buesching, C. D., & Annavi, G. (2018). Influence of enclosure conditions and visitors on the behavior of captive Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus): Implications for ex situ management and conservation. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP), 8(7): 22-33. Doi: 10.29322/IJSRP.8.7.2018.p7906
- Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellows DC2 (2021-2023)
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Scholarship, Japan (2019-2021)
- MyBrainSc Scholarship, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia (2017-2018)
- Graduate Research Fellowships, Universiti Putra Malaysia (2016-2017)
Awards
- Recipient of conference scholarship for the Conservation Asia 2016, Singapore, June-July 2016
- Genetic Award, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia for the undergraduate research project "Isolation of microsatellite markers in the Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)", 2016
Conference Presentations
- Lim, Q. L., Ng, W. L., Yong, C. S. Y., Ismail, A., Rovie-Ryan, J. J., Rosli, N., & Annavi, G. (2018, November). "Molecular sex-identification of the Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) and preliminary assessment of population sex ratio in Peninsular Malaysia". Poster presentation at the Seminar Ecology Malaysia 2018, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
- Lim, Q. L., Ng, W. L., Yong, C. S. Y., Ismail, A., Rovie-Ryan, J.J. Rosli, N., & Annavi, G. (2018, June). “Population genetic structure of Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) in Peninsular Malaysia". Poster presentation at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
- Lim, Q. L., Ng, W. L., Yong, C. S. Y., Ismail, A., Rovie-Ryan, J. J., Rosli, N. & Annavi, G. (2017, November). "Transferability of microsatellite markers from three neotropical tapir species to Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)". Poster presentation at the 8th Biodiversity Seminar, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
- Lim, Q. L., Ismail, N. A., Yong, C. S. Y., Ng, W. L., & Annavi, G. (2016, June-July) "Isolation of microsatellite loci in Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)". Oral presentation at Conservation Asia 2016, Singapore.