ORIC Introduction
ORIC
Introduction:
The Office of Research, Innovation & Commercialization (ORIC) at Qarshi University (QU) serves as a dynamic hub for fostering research excellence, innovation, and collaboration. Committed to advancing knowledge and driving positive change, ORIC plays a pivotal role in facilitating research activities, promoting innovation, and bridging academia-industry partnerships.
ORIC-QU is led by Dr. Rashid Saif, guided by the visionary leadership of the VC-QU , where we are dedicated to supporting faculty, researchers, and students in their pursuit of groundbreaking research initiatives across diverse disciplines. Our office provides comprehensive support and resources to enable researchers to conduct high-impact research, secure funding, and disseminate their findings through scholarly publications and conferences.
Moreover, ORIC promotes innovation and entrepreneurship by nurturing a culture of creativity, problem-solving, and collaboration. Through various programs, workshops, and initiatives, we encourage the development of innovative solutions to address real-world challenges and drive economic growth and development.
Additionally, ORIC facilitates the commercialization of research outcomes and technologies by fostering partnerships with industry stakeholders, facilitating technology transfer, and supporting the establishment of spin-off ventures. By fostering a vibrant research and innovation ecosystem, ORIC-QU aims to cultivate a culture of excellence, drive transformative discoveries, and make meaningful contributions to society. Join us in our journey of exploration, innovation, and impact.
Research Work of Qarshi University’s faculty members -Thinking Beyond the Horizons
Qarshi University’s interdisciplinary research group believes that to solve challenging problems faced by society, researchers and scientists across disciplines have to work together. At Qarshi University, we strive to synergize research by encouraging researchers and scientists to stretch their boundaries and collaborate to form interdisciplinary research groups. Towards this objective, we have active interdisciplinary research groups in areas of Bioinformatics.
Research & Publications
Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar
Vice Chancellor | Professor
Research & Publications
| International Exposure and Professional Experience | ||
| University Roles: With over a decade of experience as an Assistant Professor and Tenured Associate Professor at the University of Portland, Oregon, USA, and Kuwait University, Kuwait, from August 1988 to December 2001, Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar has held significant academic positions. The University of Portland and Kuwait University are UNESCO-listed institutions. He served as the elected Secretary of the University of Portland’s Academic Senate (1996-97) and Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Information Technology, the largest and most influential of all Presidential Advisory Committees at the University of Portland, Oregon. | ||
| Statewide Involvement: While residing in Oregon, Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar was appointed as a member of a powerful Statewide Steering Committee to develop selection criteria and assist in the recruitment process for the Oregon Commission on Asian Affairs, which was established in 1995 through a legislative process. This role was a gubernatorial appointment, and he was the only member chosen from South Asia and neighboring regions. | ||
| Global Training: Under the USAID-sponsored Higher Education System Strengthening Activity (HESSA) project, Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar accompanied more than 10 Vice Chancellors from various Pakistani universities to the University of Utah and Washington, D.C., in July 2022, and Incheon Global Campus, South Korea, in March 2023, for training programs and meetings. He engaged with faculty members, senior leadership at universities, and officials from the U.S. State Department and USAID. | ||
| National-Level Professional Contributions | ||
| Chairman of NCEAC: As the founding member, Vice Chairman, Acting Chairman, and current Chairman of the National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC) under Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission (HEC), Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar has played a pivotal role in establishing and operating NCEAC, modeled after the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and Computer Science Accreditation Board (CSEB). His leadership has been instrumental in accrediting over 400 computing programs across more than 130 higher education institutions in Pakistan. | ||
| Board Memberships: Mansoor Sarwar has also served as a member of the Board of Directors for the National ICT R&D Fund, Islamabad, and the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), chaired by the Chief Minister of Punjab. He was also the Chair of the UNESCO International Institute of Online Education (IIOE) in 2021. | ||
| Awards and Honors | ||
| Nominations: Mansoor Sarwar was nominated by the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at Iowa State University for the Anson Marston Medal in 2021 and again in 2023. This prestigious award recognizes distinguished alumni for outstanding achievements in advancing engineering science, technology, or policy with national and international impact. | ||
| Book Rankings: Mansoor Sarwar’s books on UNIX and Linux were highly ranked by Book Authority, a platform recognized by CNN, Forbes, and Inc., in 2021-2022. These rankings reflect the significant impact of his work in the academic and professional communities. | ||
| [1] | Ranked 1st on the Best Unix eBooks of All Time list—Ranking discontinued in 2024. | |
| [2] | Ranked 2nd on the Best Unix Books of All Time list—2nd, 14th & 3rd Ed. 67th currently. | |
| [3] | Ranked 25th on the Best-selling Operating Systems Books of All Time list—not ranked currently. | |
| [4] | Ranked 6th on the Best Linux Mint eBooks of All Time list—ranked 13th currently. | |
| [5] | Ranked 5th on Best-Selling Linux Mint Books of All Time list—ranked 12th currently. | |
| [6] | Ranked 7th on the Best Linux Mint Books for Beginners list—ranked 4th currently. | |
| [7] | National Engineering Excellence Award by Institution of Engineers Pakistan (IEP), March 4, 2023. | |
| [8] | Governor’s Award by Governor of the province of Punjab (Chancellor of the universities of Punjab), for authoring internationally recognized books on UNIX and Linux, September 29, 2021. | |
| [9] | Honorary Shield for Excellence in Teaching, presented by the students of graduate course “Advanced Operating Systems,” Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kuwait University, May 2000. | |
| [10] | Invited to the Commencement Awards Luncheon by the Engineering graduate with the most outstanding scholastic record, 1994, 1997, 1998. | |
| [11] | Nominated by the Dean, Multnomah School of Engineering for the University of Portland Excellence in Teaching Award, 1997. | |
| [12] | Certificate from the Electrical Engineering faculty at the Multnomah School of Engineering, University of Portland, Oregon, for Outstanding Service, 1996-97. | |
| [13] | A Member of the 10-member Statewide Steering Committee to develop selection criteria and assist in the recruitment process for the Oregon Commission on Asian Affairs, which was born on July 18, 1995 through a legislative process in the state of Oregon, USA. The appointment was made by the Governor of Oregon. I was the only member chosen from the sub-continent and other neighboring countries (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc.). | |
| [14] | Nominated for Excellence in Research Student Award, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Iowa State University, 1988. | |
| PhD Theses Supervised | ||
| [1] | Muddassira Arshad, “User-Centric Information Representation to Mitigate Information Overload,” Punjab University College of Information Technology (PUCIT), University of the Punjab, 2024 | |
| [2] | Muhammad Idrees, “VisFra: An Extensible Framework for Visual Programming,” Punjab University College of Information Technology (PUCIT), University of the Punjab, 2019 | |
| [3] | Muhammad Kamran Malik, “Named Entity Recognition and Classification System for Urdu Language,” Punjab University College of Information Technology (PUCIT), University of the Punjab, 2018 | |
| [4] | Ather Ashraf, “Spatial Fuzzy Intelligence System for Land Suitability Model,” Punjab University College of Information Technology (PUCIT), University of the Punjab, 2015 | |
| [5] | Zarqa Shaheen, “Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Bringing Change Among Youngster’s Life: A Gender Perspective,” Institute of Communication Studies (ICS), University of the Punjab, 2012 | |
| Journal Papers | ||
| [1] | Arshad, M. M. Yousaf, S. M. Sarwar, “Comprehensive Readability Assessment of Scientific Learning Resources,” IEEE Access, Vol. 11, pp. 53978-53994, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3279360 [Impact Factor = 3.476] | |
| [2] | Khalid, M. M. Yousaf, K. Murtaza, S. M. Sarwar, “Image de-fencing using histograms of oriented gradients,” Signal, Image, and Video Processing (SIViP), Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 1173-1180, 2018. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11760-018-1266-0 [Impact Factor = 1.643] | |
| [3] | Idrees, F. Aslam, K. Shahzad, S. M. Sarwar, “Towards a Visual Framework for Visual Programming Languages,” Pakistan Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 55-65, 2018. [X Category] | |
| [4] | Adnan, F. Aslam, Z. Nawaz, S. M. Sarwar, “Rubus: A compiler for seamless and extensible parallelism,” PLoS ONE Vol. 12, No. 12, December 2017: e0188721. [Impact Factor = 2.766] | |
| [5] | Faisal, M. Sarwar, K. Shahzad, S. Sarwar, W. Jaffry, M. Murtaza Yousaf, “Temporal and Evolving Data Warehouse Design,” Scientific Programming, Vol. 2017, Article ID 7392349, pages 18, 2017. DOI:10.1155/2017/7392349. [Impact Factor = 1.344] | |
| [6] | H. Ch, M. Ashraf, Q. Hamid, S. M. Sarwar, Z. A. Saqib, “Geospatial Techniques for Assessment of Bank Erosion and Accretion in the Marala Alexandria Reach of the River Chenab, Pakistan,” Sains Malaysiana, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 413-420, March 2017. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2017-4603-08. [Impact Factor = 0.565] | |
| [7] | Khan, H. A. Basit, M. Sarwar, M. Yousaf, “Cloning in Server Side Web Technologies: An Empirical Study,” Pakistan Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 1-13, 2018. [X Category] | |
| [8] | Malik and S. M. Sarwar, “Urdu Named Entity Recognition System using Hidden Markov Model,” Pakistan Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 15-22, 2017. [X Category] | |
| [9] | Suhail, M. Sarwar, K. Murtaza, “Automatic Detection of Abnormalities in Mammograms,” BMC Medical Imaging, Vol. 15, No. 53, November 2015. DIO: dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12880-015-0094-8. [Impact Factor = 1.635] | |
| [10] | Aslam and M. Sarwar, “Handling Slowly Changing Dimensions in Data Warehouses”, Journal of Systems and Software (JSS), Vol. 94, Issue August, pp. 151-160, 2014. [Impact Factor = 2.278] | |
| [11] | Aslam and M. Sarwar, “Temporal and multi-versioned XML documents: A survey,” Information Processing and Management, Vol. 50, Issue 1, pp. 113-131, 2014. [Impact Factor = 3.444] | |
| [12] | Maqbool, H. Babri, A. Karim, M. Sarwar, “Metarule-Guided Association Rule Mining for Program Understanding,” IEE Proceedings Software (Now: IET Software), Volume 152, Issue 6, pp. 281-296, 2005. [Impact Factor = 0.947] | |
| [13] | Malik, O. Khan, T. Mobashir, S. M. Sarwar, “Migratable sockets in cluster computing,” The Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 75, No. 1-2, pp. 171-177, 2005. [Impact Factor = 2.278] | |
| [14] | Karim, S. I. Jami, I. Ahmad, M. Sarwar, Z. Uzmi, “Clustering IP Addresses using Longest Prefix Matching and Nearest Neighbor Algorithms,” PRICAI 2004: Trends in Artificial Intelligence, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Volume 3157, pp. 965-966, 2004. [Impact Factor= 0.4 in 2005] | |
| [15] | Hoffbeck, M. Sarwar, E. Rix, “Interfacing MATLAB with a Parallel Virtual Processor for Matrix Operations,” The Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 77-80, 2001. [Impact Factor = 2.278] | |
| [16] | Al-Saqabi, S. M. Sarwar, K. Saleh, “Distributed Gang Scheduling in Networks of Heterogeneous Workstations,” Computer Communications, 20, pp. 338-348, 1997. [Impact Factor = 2.613] | |
| [17] | M. Sarwar, E. E. Parks, S. A. Sarwar, “Laboratory Exercises for Practical Performance of Algorithms and Data Structures,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 39-47, 1996. [Impact Factor = 1.600] | |
| [18] | M. Sarwar, S. A. Sarwar, M. H. A. Jaragh, J. Brandeburg, “Engineering Quicksort,” COMPUTER LANGUAGES (Now: COMPUTER LANGUAGES: Systems and Structures), Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 39-47, 1996. [Impact Factor = 1.840] | |
| [19] | M. Sarwar, M. H. A. Jaragh, M. Wind, “An Empirical Study of the Run-Time Behavior of Quicksort, Shellsort, and Mergesort for Medium to Large Size Data,” COMPUTER LANGUAGES (Now: COMPUTER LANGUAGES: Systems and Structures), Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 127-134, 1994. [Impact Factor = 1.840] | |
| [20] | M. Sarwar and J. A. Davis, “New Families of Combinators for Efficient List Manipulation,” The Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 137-146, 1994. [Impact Factor = 2.278] | |
| [21] | M. Sarwar, “Run-Time Behavior of SASL Programs: A Performance Study,” COMPUTER LANGUAGES (Now: COMPUTER LANGUAGES: Systems and Structures), Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 205-211, 1993. [Impact Factor = 1.840] | |
| [22] | M. Sarwar and M. Abu-Amara, “Functional Languages: A Performance Study,” The Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 163-167, 1993. [Impact Factor = 2.278] | |
| [23] | M. Sarwar, S. J. Hahn, and J. A. Davis, “Implementing Functional Languages on a Combinator-Based Reduction Machine,” ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 63-67, 1988. [Impact Factor = 0.335] | |
| [24] | Jacobson, S. Gaitonde, J. Kim, J. Lee, D. Rover, M. Sarwar, and M. Shafiq, “A Master/Slave Monitor Measurement Technique for an Operating Ethernet Network,” IEEE Network, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 40-48, 1987. [Impact Factor = 7.197] | |
| Conference Papers | ||
| [1] | R. Khan and M. Sarwar, “Personality Traits and Academic Performance in Computer Science Courses, Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED 2017), Valencia, Spain, March 6-8, 2017. | |
| [2] | R. Khan and M. Sarwar, “The HEXACO Personality Inventory and Academic Performance in MIS Course,” 3rd International Conference on Computational and Social Sciences (ICCSS-2015), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, Aug 25-27, 2015. | |
| [3] | R. Khan and M. Sarwar, “A Success Evaluation Model for Campus Management Solution (CMS) Systems,” 2nd International Conference on Computational and Social Sciences (ICCSS-2014), Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey, Aug 26-28, 2014. | |
| [4] | Farooq and S. M. Sarwar, “Real-Time Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence”, Frontiers of Information Technology 2010 (FIT 2010), International Conference, COMSATS, Islamabad, December 21-23, 2010. | |
| [5] | Karim, I. Ahmad, S. I. Jami, M. Sarwar, “Cluster Analysis of Traffic Flows on a Campus Network”, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence And Applications (AIA 2006), Innsbruck, Austria, February 13-16, 2006. | |
| [6] | Maqbool, A. Karim, H. A. Babri, M. Sarwar, “Reverse Engineering Using Association Rules,” Proceedings of the Eight IEEE International Multitopic Conference (INMIC), Lahore, Pakistan, Dec. 24 – 26, 2004. | |
| [7] | Saeed, O. Maqbool, H. Babri, S. Z. Hassan, M. Sarwar, “Software Clustering Techniques and the Use of Combined Algorithm”, Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, Benevento, Italy, March 26-28, 2003 (CSMR 2003), pp. 301-306, published by IEEE Computer Society Press. | |
| [8] | M. Sarwar and L. B. Al-Tabtabai, “An Architecture For Parallel Evaluation of Combinator-Based Functional Languages,” Proceedings of Parallel Computing 89, Leiden, Netherlands, Aug 29-Sep 1, 1989. Published in Advances in Parallel Computing, Vol. 2 (1990), pp. 533-539, Edited by David J. Evans, Gerhard R. Joubert, Frans J. Peters, North-Holland, NY, USA. | |
| [9] | M. Sarwar, “Combinator-Based Functional Languages for Parallel Architectures,” 100th Session of Iowa Academy of Science, Ames, Iowa, March 1988. | |
| [10] | A. Davis, S. M. Sarwar, A. V. Pohm, S. Venkataraman, “A Fine-Grain Parallel Architecture For Scientific Computing,” Proceedings of IEEE/ACM International Supercomputing Conference, Santa Clara, California, November 1987. | |
| [11] | M. Sarwar, “Effect of UNIX Operating System on Bus Traffic”, MS Thesis, Published in the 23rd Annual Report, Affiliate Program in Electronics, Science, and Technology, compiled by Prof. Dr. T. A. Smay (Program Manager), 1985. | |
| Popular Articles | ||
| [1] | Syed Mansoor Sarwar, “Nobel Prize: The Gender Gap and Exceptional Marie Curie,” https://www.pakdestiny.com/nobel-prize-the-gender-gap-and-exceptional-marie-curie/, December 10. | |
| [2] | Syed Mansoor Sarwar, “Why no Nobel Prize in Mathematics: The Myths and Reality,” https://www.pakdestiny.com/why-no-nobel-prize-in-mathematics-the-myths-and-reality/, November 28. | |
| [3] | Syed Mansoor Sarwar, “Women in IT: the life story of Augusta Ada King Byron”, page A9 (Perspectives), Daily Times, May 24. | |
| [4] | Syed Mansoor Sarwar, “Women in IT: The Life Story of Augusta Ada King Byron”, May 25, (Unedited version of the above article) https://www.pakdestiny.com/women-in-it-the-life-story-of-augusta-ada-king-byron/. | |
| [5] | Syed Mansoor Sarwar, “Pakistan and the Internet at 48”, page A9 (Perspectives), 6-column article, Daily Times, November 27. | |
| [6] | Syed Mansoor Sarwar, “Internet: 48 and Going Strong”, December 10, 2017. https://www.pakdestiny.com/internet-48-going-strong/ (Unedited version of the above article). | |
| [7] | Syed Mansoor Sarwar, “Happy Birthday, Internet!”, page A5 (National News), 6-column article, Daily Times, November 21. | |
| [8] | Syed Mansoor Sarwar, “A Legend Lost to Incompetence”, page 15, col. 1, Dawn, November 21. | |
| [9] | Syed Mansoor Sarwar, “Ramadan in Portland.” Front page, column one article, KuwaitTime, No. 11260, January 3. | |
| Books | ||
| Dr. Syed Mansoor Sarwar is the first author of six textbooks on UNIX and Linux operating systems, published by Addison-Wesley, Boston, USA, and CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. His books have been adopted by over 200 U.S. colleges and universities, including the University of Texas at Austin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Arizona, Stevens Institute of Technology, University of California at Santa Barbara, and Syracuse University. These textbooks are also being used in several other countries, including Canada, the UK, Belgium, and Australia. Chinese and Spanish translations of his books are utilized in China, Hong Kong, Spain, and Mexico. More than 50,000 copies of his books have been sold worldwide. | ||
| Notably, “UNIX: The Textbook, Third Edition” is being used by the U.S. Navy for one of its training programs. To date, more than 50,000 copies of his books have been sold worldwide. | ||
| UNIX: The Textbook, Addison-Wesley, Boston, USA, 2001 | ||
| LINUX: The Textbook, Addison-Wesley, Boston, USA, 2002 | ||
| LINUX and UNIX Programming Tools: A Primer for Software Developers, Addison-Wesley, Boston, USA, 2003 | ||
| UNIX: The Textbook, Second Edition, Addison-Wesley, Boston, USA, 2005 | ||
| UNIX: The Textbook, Second Edition (Paperback), Addison-Wesley, Boston, USA, 2007 | ||
| UNIX: The Textbook, Third Edition, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 2017 | ||
| Linux: The Textbook, Second Edition, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 2019 | ||
| Chinese and Spanish Translations of Books | |||
El Libro the UNIX |
El Libro de LINUX |
UNIX教程 | UNIX操作系统教程 |
| http://www.amazon.com/Libro-Linux-El-Con-Spanish/dp/8478290605/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239078131&sr=1-6 |
| LINUX & UNIX
程序开发基础教程 |
Linux教程 | UNIX教程
英文影印版） |
UNIX教程
（第2版） |
(第2版 ) | ||||
Dr. Rashid Saif
Associate Professor | HoD-Biotechnology | Head-ORIC
Research & Publications
| Honors/Awards | ||
| [1] | Postdoc Award: Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship. | |
| [2] | PhD Award: IRSIP-HEC, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. | |
| [3] | Summer Institute Award in “Statistical Genetics”, University of Washington-Seattle, USA. | |
| [4] | The Hans-Sigrist Foundation Award, UniBe-Switzerland. | |
| [5] | HEC Travel Grants for Pakistani Researcher – ABLS-2017, Kyoto, Japan. | |
| [6] | Indigenous PhD Fellowship Program – HEC, Pakistan. | |
| [7] | Keynote/Travel Award, ICNSET 2019, Sapporo, Japan. | |
| Research Publications | ||
| [1] | Mumtaz, Zilwa, Rashid, Zobia, Saif, Rashid, Yousaf, Muhammad Zubair (2024). Deep Learning Guided Prediction Modeling of Dengue Virus Evolving Serotype. Heliyon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32061. | |
| [2] | Mumtaz, Zilwa, Zia, Saeeda, Saif, Rashid, Haq, Faheem ul, Yousaf, Muhammad Zubair (2023). Evolutionary Patterns and Heterogeneity of Dengue Virus Serotypes in Pakistan. Evolutionary Biology. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.28.559885. | |
| [3] | Saif, Rashid, Raza, Muhammad Hassan, Zafar, Muhammad Osama, Tariq, Wajeeha, Ahmad, Muhammad Danish, Wasim, Muhammad (2023). Genetic Association of MSTN Variant (18:66493737T>C) with Racing Performance & Muscle Development in Pakistani Horses. Futuristic Biotechnology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54393/fbt.v4i01.89. | |
| [4] | Karim, Asma, Saif, Rashid, Ali, Akhtar, Nadeem, Beenish, Ilyas, Hafiza Aqsa, Sajjad, Waseem (2023). DNA Barcoding Application in Study of Icthyo-Biodiversity in Rivers of Pakistan. Inter. J. of Multidisc. Research. DOI: https://doi.org/gtppc6. | |
| [5] | Saif, Rashid, Mahmood, Tania, Ejaz, Aniqa, Zia, Saeeda (2023). Genomic Selection Pressure Discovery using Site-Frequency Spectrum & Reduced Local-Variability Statistics in Pakistani Dera-Din-Panah Goat. Trop Anim Health Prod. 55;331 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-023-03758-2. | |
| [6] | Yaqub, Hafiz Muhammad Farooq, Firyal, Sehrish, Awan, Ali Raza, Tayyab, Muhammad, Saif, Rashid, Mati-ur-Rehman, Wasim, Muhammad (2022). MicroRNAs hsa-miR-222-3p, hsa-let-7b-5p, hsa-let-7f-5p Regulate their Putative Target Genes HMGA1 and CDKN1B in Pakistani Breast Cancer Patients. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/20221124051117. | |
| [7] | Jabeen, Sadia, Saif, Rashid, Haq, Rukhama, Hayat, Akbar, Naz, Shagufta (2023). Whole-Genome Sequencing and Variant Discovery of Citrus reticulata “Kinnow” from Pakistan. Functional & Integrative Genomics. 2023 Jul 8;23(3):227. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10142-023-01153-6. | |
| [8] | Yaqub, Hafiz Muhammad Farooq, Firyal, Sehrish, Awan, Ali Raza, Tayyab, Muhammad, Saif, Rashid, Mati-ur-Rehman, Wasim, Muhammad (2022). Expression Profiling of microRNAs HSA-222-3P, HSA-LET-7B-5P, HSA-LET-7F-5P and their Putative Targets HMGA1 and CDKN1B Genes in Canine Mammary Tumor. Pakistan J. of Zool., pp 1-7. https://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/20221124051117. | |
| [9] | Farhan, Mehroz, Saif, Rashid, Anjum, Iram (2023). In-silico Prediction of Azadirachta indica Compounds as Potential Therapeutic Inhibitor of Lysyl Oxidase to Suppress Canine Mammary Tumor Proliferation. Futuristic Biotechnology, 3;2. https://doi.org/10.54393/fbt.v3i02.42. | |
| [10] | Zeeshan, Mouvez, Ashraf, Aqeela, Niamat, Humaira, Mustafa, Muhammad Danyall, Riaz, Laiba, Saif, Rashid (2023). Identification of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus Genes in Clinical Isolates. LGU Journal of Life Sciences, 7;3. https://doi.org/10.54692/lgujls.2023.0703290. | |
| [11] | Ali, Laraib, Saif, Rashid, Raza, Muhammad Hassan, Zafar, Muhammad Osama, Zia, Saeeda, Shafiq, Mehwish, Ahmad, Tuba, Anjum, Iram (2023). Computational Prediction of Nigella sativa Compounds as Potential Drug Agents for Targeting Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2. Pakistan BioMedical Journal. https://doi.org/10.54393/pbmj.v6i3.853. | |
| [12] | Khalid, Areeb, Ashraf, Hajra, Asim, Hibba, Ayman, Maleeka, Saif, Rashid (2023). Association Analysis of LCORL Genetic Variant (rs657074013A>AT) with Body-Height and Skeletal Frame in Pakistani Goats. Futuristic Biotechnology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54393/fbt.v3i02.46. | |
| [13] | Saif, Rashid, Nadeem, Sadia, Iftekhar, Ali, Khaliq, Alishba, Zia, Saeeda (2022). Mathematical Understandings of Sequence Alignment and Phylogenetics Algorithms: A Comprehensive Review of Computation of Different Methods. Adv. life sci., vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 401-411, Dec 2022. http://www.als-journal.com/945-22/#abs. | |
| [14] | Ahmad, Tuba, Saif, Rashid, Raza, Muhammad Hassan, Zafar, Muhammad Osama, Zia, Saeeda, Shafiq, Mehwish, Ali, Laraib, Younas, Hooria (2022). Computational Prediction of Cymbopogon Citratus Compounds as Promising Inhibitors of Main Protease of SARS-CoV-2. Futuristic Biotechnology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54393/fbt.v2i01.23. | |
| [15] | Shafiq, Mehwish, Saif, Rashid, Ali, Laraib, Ahmad, Tuba, Anjum, Iram, Suhail, Anood (2022). Computer-Aided Drug Designing of Ocimum basilicum Compounds as Therapeutic Agents against RdRp of SARS-CoV-2. Futuristic Biotechnology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54393/fbt.v2i02.5. | |
| [16] | Saif, Rashid, Mahmood, Tania, Ejaz, Aniqa, Zia, Saeeda (2022). Pathway Enrichment and Network Analysis of Differentially Expressed Genes in Pashmina Goat. Gene Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genrep.2022.101606. | |
| [17] | Saif, Rashid, Ashfaq, Kanza, Ali, Ghafran, Iftekhar, Ali, Zia, Saeeda, Yousaf, Muhammad Zubair (2022). Computational Prediction of Cassia angustifolia Compounds as a Potential Drug Agents against Main Protease of SARS-nCov-2. Advancement in Life Sciences, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 36-40, May 2022. http://www.als-journal.com/916-22/. | |
| [18] | Saif, Rashid, Henkel, Jan, Mahmood, Tania, Ejaz, Aniqa, Ahmad, Fraz, Zia, Saeeda (2021). Detection of Whole Genome Selection Signatures of Pakistani Teddy Goat. Molecular Biology Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-021-06726-x. | |
| [19] | Saif, Rashid, Henkel, Jan, Mahmood, Tania, Ejaz, Aniqa, Zia, Saeeda (2021). Whole Genome Selective Sweeps Analysis in Pakistani Kamori Goat. Gene Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genrep.2021.101429. | |
| [20] | Saif, Rashid, Mahmood, Tania, Ejaz, Aniqa, Zia, Saeeda, Qureshi, Abdul Rasheed (2021). Whole Genome Comparison of Pakistani Corona Virus with Chinese and US Strains along with its Predictive Severity of COVID-19. Gene Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genrep.2021.101139. | |
| [21] | Saif, Rashid, Ali, Ghafran, Ashfaq, Kanza, Zia, Saeeda, Qureshi, Abdul Rasheed (2021). Computational Prediction of Olea europaea Compounds as Inhibitors of Main-Peptidase of SARS-CoV-2. Advancement in Life Sciences, 8(2), 133-136. http://submission.als-journal.com/index.php/ALS/article/view/1040/519. | |
| [22] | Saif, Rashid, Henkel, Jan, Jagannathan, Vidhya, Droegmueller, Cord, Flury, Christine, Leeb, Tosso (2020). The LCORL Locus is Under Selection in Large-Sized Pakistani Goat Breeds. Genes. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11020168. | |
| [23] | Saif, Rashid, Ejaz, A., Mehmood, T., Asif, F., Alghanem, S.M., Ahmad, T.S. (2020). Introduction to Galaxy Platform for NGS Variant Calling Pipeline. Advancements in Life Sciences, 7(3), 129-134. | |
| [24] | Saif, Rashid, Iftekhar, Ali, Asif, Fatima, Alghanem, Mohammad Suliman (2020). Dog Coat Color Genetics: A Review. Advancements in Life Sciences, 7(4), 215-224. | |
| [25] | Henkel, Jan, Saif, Rashid, Jagannathan, Vidhya, Droegmueller, Cord, Flury, Christine, Leeb, Tosso (2019). Selection Signatures in Goats Reveal Copy Number Variants Underlying Breed-Defining Coat Color Phenotypes. PLOS Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008536. | |
| [26] | Saif, Rashid, Qazi, Kinza, Zia, Saeeda, Mahmood, Tania, Ejaz, Aniqa, Tamseel, Talha, Alghanem, Suliman Mohammad, Khaliq, Adnan (2019). First Step with R for Life Sciences: Learning Basics of this Supporting Tool for NGS Data Analysis. Advancement in Life Sciences, 6(4), 187-194. | |
| [27] | Manzoor, Saba, Saif, Rashid, Sadia, Haleema, Firyal, Sehrish, Tayyab, Muhammad, Mansha, Muhammad, Mehmood, Asim Khalid, Hashmi, Abu Saeed, Wasim, Muhammad (2019). Molecular Expression of Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor (P21) in Canine Tumors. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2019.4.0257. | |
| [28] | Ali, Akhtar, Baig, Zukhruf, Babar, Masroor Ellahi, Nadeem, Asif, Hussain, Tanveer, Saif, Rashid, Javed, Maryam (2019). A Novel SNP (c.258+43C>T) in LPL Gene and Association with Milk Production in Buffaloes. Buffalo Bulletin. https://kuojs.lib.ku.ac.th/index.php/BufBu/article/view/1045. | |
| [29] | Karim, Asma, Saif, Rashid, Ali, Faisal Salamat, Gil, Zohaib, Ali, Wajid (2019). Use of CO1 Gene Sequences for Computing Genetic Diversity Between Cirrhinus mrigala from Two Different Habitats (Farm and River). Journal of Fisheries and Life Sciences, 3(2), 54-57. | |
| [31] | Tahir, Hafsa, Ejaz, Aniqa, Mehmood, Tania, Riaz, Sidra, Saif, Rashid (2019). An Overview of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Genetics Novices: A Review. Advancements in Life Sciences, 6(3), 88-96. | |
| [32] | Gandolfi, Barbara, Alhaddad, Hasan, Abdi, Mona, Bach, Leslie H., Creighton, Erica K., Davis, Brian W., Decker, Jared E., Dodman, Nicholas H., Grahn, Jennifer C., Grahn, Robert A., Waud, Bianca, Haggstrom, Jens, Hamilton, Michael J., Helps, Christopher R., Kurushima, Jennifer D., Lohi, Hannes, Longeri, Maria, Malik, Richard, Meurs, Kathryn M., Montague, Michael J., Mullikin, James C., Murphy, William J., Nilson, Sara M., Pedersen, Niels C., Peterson, Carlyn B., Rusbridge, Clare, Saif, Rashid, Shelton, Diane G., Warren, Wesley C., Wasim, Muhammad, Lyons, Leslie A. (2018). Applications and Efficiencies of the First Cat 63K DNA Array. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25438-0. | |
| [33] | Karim, Asma, Saif, Rashid, Gill, Zohaib, Salamat, Faisal, Ali, Akhtar, Razzaq, Asem (2018). CO1 Gene Based Identification and Phylogenetic Analysis of Two Freshwater Fish Species Labeo gonius and Cirrhinus mrigala (Family: Cyprinidae) from River Ravi, Punjab, Pakistan. MRJ of Agricultural Science and Soil Sciences, 6(3), 24-31. https://doi.org/10.15739/mrjasss.06.03.004. | |
| [34] | Saif, Rashid, Naz, Naila, Tariq, Beenish, Iftekhar, Ali (2018). Molecular Characterization of EGLN1 Gene in Fast and Slow-Moving Animals of Diversified Terrain. Advancements in Life Sciences, 5(4), 171-178. | |
| [35] | Saif, Rashid, Awan, Ali Raza, Lyon, Leslie, Gandolfi, Barbara, Wasim, Muhammad (2018). Single Nucleotide Somatic Variants of Tp53 Gene in Widespread Neoplasms of Canis Familiaris. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 28(5), 1329-1338. https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2018.5.0235. | |
| [36] | Saif, Rashid, Zia, Saeeda, Qazi, Kinza, Asif, Fatima, Ejaz, Aniqa, Mehmood, Tania, Tamseel, Talha (2018). Computational Proteomic Data Mining of Heat Shock Protein β1 Using Mathematica Software. Merit Res. J. Microbiol. Biol. Sci., 6(4), 043-053. | |
| [37] | Saif, Rashid, Tariq, Beenish, Naz, Naila (2018). Sequence Diversity of MAOA Gene within Wild and Docile Animal Species. Advancements in Life Sciences, 5(3), 135-142. | |
| [38] | Tahir, Hafsa, Saif, Rashid, Tamseel, Talha, Ahmad, Fraz (2018). Targeted Pinpoint Gene Editing Tool, CRISPR/Cas9: A Review. International Journal of Biosciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.12692/ijb/12.5.101-117. | |
| [39] | Saif, Rashid, Awan, Ali Raza, Tayyab, Muhammad, Babar, Masroor Ellahi, Zia, Saeeda, Wasim, Muhammad (2018). Expression Profiling of Hspb1 and Tp53 Genes through RT-qPCR in Different Cancer Types of Canis familiaris. Iranian Journal of Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.15171/ijb.1505. | |
| [40] | Saif, Rashid, Lyons, Leslie, Gandolfi, Barbara, Ahmad, Hafiza Maleeha, Ejaz, Ramlah, Wasim, Muhammad (2017). Genome-Wide Association Study of Cat Mammary Tumor Using 63,000 SNP Chip through PLINK Data Analysis Tool Set. International Journal of Biosciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.12692/ijb/11.1.75-82. | |
| [41] | Saif, Rashid, Qazi, Kinza, Tamseel, Talha, Zia, Saeeda (2017). Genomic Data Mining through Python Language. International Journal of Biosciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.12692/ijb/11.3.116-125. | |
| [42] | Hassan, Syeda Aamna, Akhlaq, Farwa, Tayyab, Muhammad, Awan, Ali Raza, Firyal, Sehrish, Khan, Waqas Ahmad, Saif, Rashid, Wasim, Muhammad (2017). Glyphosate: Cancerous or Not; Perspectives from Both Ends of the Debate. Advancements in Life Sciences, 4(4), 108-112. | |
| [43] | Javeria, Babar, Masroor Ellahi, Hussain, Tanveer, Saif, Rashid, Rashid, Sadaf, Sarfraz, Hanan, Shah, Abbas Ali, Wasim, Muhammad, Abdullah, Muhammad (2017). Genetic Contribution of BDNF Gene in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Pakistani Punjabi Population. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. http://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/2017.49.4.sc7. | |
| [44] | Saif, Rashid, Awan, Ali Raza, Lyons, Leslie A., Gandolfi, Barbara, Wasim, Muhammad (2017). Exploration of Novel Somatic Hspb1 Mutations in Widespread Neoplasms of Canis Familiaris. International Journal of Biosciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.12692/ijb/10.5.265-272. | |
| [45] | Saif, Rashid, Lyons, Leslie, Gandolfi, Barbara, Awan, Ali Raza, Tayyab, Muhammad, Babar, Masroor Ellahi, Wasim, Muhammad (2016). Mammary Tumor Associated Hspb1 Mutation and Screening of Eight Cat Populations of the World. Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research, 17(4), 231-236. https://doi.org/10.22099/ijvr.2016.3907. | |
| [46] | Saif, Rashid, Awan, Ali Raza, Lyons, Leslie, Gandolfi, Barbara, Tayyab, Muhammad, Babar, Masroor Ellahi, Mehmood, Asim Khalid, Ullah, Zia, Wasim, Muhammad (2016). Hspb1 and Tp53 Mutation and Expression Analysis in Cat Mammary Tumors. Iranian Journal of Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.15171/IJB.1480. | |
| [47] | Saif, Rashid, Khan, Ezza, Azhar, Arooj, Choudhry, Shahnaz, Husaain, Tanveer, Babar, Masroor Ellahi, Awan, Ali Raza, Tayyab, Muhammad, Zia, Saeeda, Wasim, Muhammad (2016). Insight of Tp53 Mutants and Its Effect on Protein in Different Feline and Canine Neoplasms. Advancements in Life Sciences, 3(2), 42-50. | |
| [48] | Saif, Rashid, Azhar, Arooj, Khan, Ezza, Choudhry, Shahnaz, Husaain, Tanveer, Babar, Masroor Ellahi, Awan, Ali Raza, Tayyab, Muhammad, Wasim, Muhammad (2016). In Silico Characterization of Hspb1 Mutant Protein in Canine and Feline Cancers. Pak J. of Bioch. Mol. Bio., 49(1), 18-28. | |
| [49] | Shahzad, Muhammad, Yaqub, Atif, Sheeraz, Muhammad, Saif, Rashid (2016). Exposure and Vulnerability: Health-Related Symptoms, Attitude, and Practices Towards Handling Agricultural Pesticides Among Vendors of Central Punjab, Pakistan. BIOLOGIA (Pakistan), 62(1), 57-67. | |
| [50] | Hussain, Tanveer, Babar, M. E., Mustafa, M. M., Saif, Rashid, Hussain, Fiaz, Aqeel, M., Naveed, N., Pervez, M. T., Khan, W. A., Ziaullah, Shahzad, S., Yaqub, A. (2015). Mitochondrial ATP6 & ATP8 Genes Based Molecular Diversity and Phylogenetic Analysis in Punjab Urial (Ovis vignei punjabiensis). Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 25(3 Supp. 2), 311-317. https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2015.SpecialIssue2.0154. | |
| [51] | Khan, Waqas Ahmad, Hussain, Tanveer, Babar, Masroor Ellahi, Nadeem, Asif, Awan, Ali Raza, Fatima, Ambrin, Saif, Rashid (2015). Polymorphic Status of PRKAA2 Gene in Pakistani Buffaloes. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. https://doi.org/10.17957/IJAB/15.0149. | |
| [52] | Hussain, Tanveer, Babar, Masroor Ellahi, Nadeem, Asif, Saif, Rashid, Ali, Wajid (2015). Genomic Exploration of Pakistani Buffalo – Our Black Gold. Buffalo Bulletin, 32(Sp. Issue 2), 658-661. | |
| [53] | Saif, Rashid, Babar, Masroor Ellahi, Awan, Ali Raza, Nadeem, Asif, Hashmi, Abu Saeed, Hussain, Tanveer (2011). DNA Fingerprinting of Pakistani Buffalo Breeds (Nili-Ravi, Kundi) Using Microsatellite and Cytochrome b Gene Markers. Molecular Biology Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-011-0808-0. | |
| [54] | Saif, Rashid, Wasim, Muhammad, Babar, Masroor Ellahi (2012). Molecular Phylogeny of Pakistani Riverine Buffalo Based on Genetic Variability of Mitochondrial Cytochrome b. Molecular Biology Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-012-1835-1. | |
Dr. Ahmad Usman Zafar
Associate Professor Qarshi University, Lahore
Research & Publications
| Research Papers / Conferences | ||
| [1] | 2019 Talk on “Development of Indigenous technology for the commercial production of recombinant human proteins for therapeutic use” at 2nd meeting of Cancer Research Group, University of the Punjab, Lahore. | |
| [2] | 2019 Talk on “Biowaste management system and Incineration” at workshop Training, organized by Health Security Partners, Gull’s & CEMB on 21-22 Feb. 2019. | |
| [3] | 2019 Participated in “A short course on Cancer Biology” organized by Cancer Biology Lab, MMG & Hormone Lab, on 12th-14th Feb. 2019 at University of the Punjab, Lahore. | |
| [4] | 2018 Participated as Organizer for 3rd International Symposium on “Advances of Molecular Biology in Plants and Health Sciences” at CEMB, Lahore, on 19-21 Dec, 2018. | |
| [5] | 2018 Participated in Workshop on “Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC)” organized by Health Security Partners at CEMB on 16-18 July, 2018. | |
| [6] | 2018 Participated in “Institutional Biosafety Committee” Training Workshop at COMSTECH, Islamabad, organized by Fogarty, NIH and Pakistan Biological Association (PBSA) on 15-16 Feb., 2018. | |
| [7] | 2017 Participated as Organizer & Poster presentation, International Symposium on “Advances of Molecular Biology in Plants and Health Sciences” at CEMB, Lahore, on 21-23 November, 2017. | |
| [8] | 2016 Invited speaker at the one-day workshop on “A day with Biosafety” jointly organized by Congress of Molecular Biology and CEMB on Oct. 25, 2016. | |
| [9] | 2016 Participated in “Cancer Awareness Seminar” held at CEMB on Feb. 26, 2016, with the collaboration of Cancer Care Hospital & Research Centre. | |
| [10] | 2015 Participated and Organized “Advances in Molecular Biology of Plants and Health Sciences” held at CEMB, Lahore, on 29-31 December, 2015. | |
| [11] | 2015 Participated in hands-on training workshop on “Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis” held at CEMB on Oct. 14-16, 2015. | |
| [12] | 2013 Workshop on “Present and Future needs of Interferon for treatment of Hepatitis” at Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, Lahore on Feb. 1, 2013. | |
| [13] | 2011 Resource person in the training course on “Advances in Applications of Molecular Biology” held at CEMB, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Dec. 19-23, 2011. | |
| [14] | 2010 Participation in the international symposium on “Biotechnology applications in new emerging fields” at Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore on December 21-23, 2010. | |
| [15] | 2009 Presentation in a symposium / workshop on “Future trends in molecular biological research and its applications in Agriculture & Health” at CEMB, Lahore on March 25-28, 2009. | |
| [16] | 2009 Training on “Internal Auditing, Corrective & Preventing Actions” by Quality Management Consultants conducting on March 12, 2009. | |
| [17] | 2008 Presentation on “Interferon for Hepatitis” at 18th meeting of the standing committee at LCCI, Lahore, 28th Oct. 2008. | |
| [18] | 2008 Workshop on Approval Process for Biologicals held on National Bioforum 2008 at Centre for Molecular Biology, Lahore, March 24-28, 2008. | |
| [19] | 2007 Participated in a workshop on “Clinical Research and its Industrial Implications” organized by National Core Group in Life Sciences-HEC and Bahria University, Islamabad on 07-08, 2007. | |
| [20] | 2007 National training seminar on “Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiatives” jointly organized by PARC, Sandia National Laboratories and US Civilian Research & Development Foundation, at Marriott Hotel, Islamabad, June 18-19, 2007. | |
| [21] | 2007 Certificate of participation and presentation on “Design and development of recombinant vaccines” in an International workshop on Vaccine Production and Quality Control, organized by National Core Group in life Sciences HEC and Comstech at Comstech Secretariat, Islamabad, May 28th to 29th, 2007. | |
| [22] | 2006 Certificate of participation in the workshop on “Biochemical Engineering and Fermenter Applications” held at IBB, University of the Punjab, Lahore on August 19, 2006, with the collaboration of Bioengineering Switzerland. | |
| [23] | 2005 Training on the development of recombinant human biopharmaceuticals from International Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGBE), Italy (Sep. – Oct. 2005). | |
| [24] | 2004 Participated in Workshop on “Quality assurance in microbiology testing laboratories to be accredited under ISO 17025” organized by UNIDO at Marriott Hotel, Islamabad on 8th Nov. 2004. | |
| [25] | 2002 Participated in SAARC workshop on “Tissue Engineering and Banking” under SAARC-Japan special fund (Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission) from 9th-11th September 2002 at Dhaka, Bangladesh. | |
| [26] | 2000 Paper presentation on “Development of commercial formulation of Bt. biopesticide” in 3rd Biennial conference of Pakistan Society for Microbiology, 28-30 March, 2000, organized by Karachi University at PC, Lahore. | |
| [27] | 1997 International Symposium-workshop on Genomics and Computational Analysis, October 16-18, 1997, CEMB, Lahore, Pakistan. | |
| [28] | 1997 Paper presentation on “Propagation of Bacillus thuringiensis for the development of bioinsecticide” in fifth International Symposium workshop on the applications of Molecular Biology Research in Agriculture, Health and Environment, October 14-15, 1997, CEMB, Lahore, Pakistan. | |
| [29] | 1997 Work on “Development of Genetically engineered insecticide” in Dr. Wang Jinshang’s Lab. at Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, China from 06.05.97 to 19.07.97 as a researcher exchange program between Pakistan and China. | |
| [30] | 1995 Fourth International Symposium Workshop on the Applications of Molecular Biological Research in Agriculture, Health and Environment, April 9-11, 1995, CEMB, Lahore, Pakistan. | |
| [31] | 1994 SAARC Training Workshop on Gene Cloning, April 29-May 12, 1994, CEMB, Lahore, Pakistan. | |
| [32] | 1994 Poster Presentation at the Coordination meeting of Institutional Excellence Program (IEP), January 1994, Sponsored by University Grants Commission (UGC), Islamabad, Pakistan. | |
| [33] | 1992 Workshop and Regional Training Course on In vitro fertilization and Embryo Transfer in Buffalo, April 11-16, 1992, Animal Sciences Institute, NARC, Islamabad, Pakistan. | |
| [34] | 1992 Training on laparoscopic embryo transfer technology in small ruminants in Dr. B. Abdul Rashid’s laboratory at Malaysian Agriculture Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from July 1992 to October 1992. | |
| [35] | 1992 Workshop on the Application of new Technologies in Sheep/Goats Reproduction, September 15, 1992, MARDI, Keluang, Malaysia. | |
| [36] | 1991 SAARC Symposium Workshop on the Biological Control of Agriculturally Important Plant Pests, December 16-18, 1991, National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), Lahore, Pakistan. | |
| [37] | 1990-91 Research on “Cloning and expression of full-length and truncated human estrogen and insulin receptor genes to E. coli and Baculovirus expression systems”, with Dr. Lim Tung and Dr. T.R. Butt, at the School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. | |
| [38] | 1989 A Laboratory Workshop on Identification of Cloned Gene Products, November 4-17, 1989, CAMB, Lahore, Pakistan. Member Organizing Committee. | |
| [39] | 1988 Third Regional Training Workshop on Recombinant DNA Techniques, December 10-31, 1988, CAMB, Lahore, Pakistan. Member Organizing Committee. | |
| [40] | 1987 A training course on Microbial technologies, September 26 – October 15, 1987, CAMB, Lahore, Pakistan. Member Organizing Committee. | |
| [41] | 1987 International Symposium on the Application of Molecular Biology, April 2, 1987, Centre for Advanced Molecular Biology (CAMB), Lahore, Pakistan. | |
| Journal Papers | ||
| [1] | Muhammad Ijaz Gulzar Ahmad, Farida Anjum, Usman Zeb, Noor Muhammad, Irfan Khan, Sidra Usman, Abrar Hussain, Shumaila Ubaid, Abdul Haseeb Rahim, Umbarin Latif, Humaira Gul, Rahim Shah, Hafsa Shah, Faryal Azam, Zia Ur Rahman, Muhammad Ayaz, Ahmad Usman Zafar, Faraz Ahmad Khan, Hafiza Wajeeha Zahid, Sulaiman Faisal (2023). Morphological identification and resistance profile of antibiotic and heavy metals resistant bacteria in hospital sewage of Peshawar. Advances in Life Sciences, vol. 10, issue 3; pp. 452-456. (I.F. 1.6) | |
| [2] | Zia Ur Rahman, Nadeem Ahmed, Numan Fazal, Muhammad Islam Khan, Mohsin Ahmed Khan, Saad Tahir, Muhammad Akram, Sajjad Ullah, Ahmad Usman Zafar (2023). Enhancing the Expression and Purification of IL-29: A study of autoinduction and one-step Purification Methods. Journal of Life Sciences, Vol. 10 (1), pp. 122-128; ISSN 2310-5380. (IF. 6.78) | |
| [3] | Rabbia Pervaiz, Mohsin Ahmad Khan, Faiz Ahmed Raza, Sohail Ahmad, Ahmad Usman Zafar, Nadeem Ahmed, Maham Akram (2022). Expression of a mosquito larvicidal gene in chloroplast and nuclear compartments of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Journal of Biotechnology, 360, pp. 182-191. (IF 3.595) | |
| [4] | Fakiha Bajwa, Nadeem Ahmed, Mohsin Ahmad Khan, Farhana Azam, Muhammad Akram, Saad Tahir, Ahmad Usman Zafar (2019-20). Evaluating the ion exchange chromatography for matrix-assisted PEGylation and purification of consensus interferon. Biotechnology & Applied Biochemistry, 67(2), pp. 296-205; DOI: 10.1002/bab.1832. | |
| [5] | Rabbia Pervaiz, Mohsin Ahmad Khan, Nadeem Ahmed, Hafsa Naeem, Ahmad Usman Zafar (2018). Determination of mosquito Larvicidal potential of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry11Ba fusion protein through molecular docking. Biologia, 73: 1015-1023. DOI: org/10.2478/s11756-018-0103-9 (Aug. 2018) (IF 0.696). | |
| [6] | Faidad Khan, Mohsin Ahmad Khan, Nadeem Ahmed, Islam Khan, Hamid Bashir, Saad Tahir, Ahmad Usman Zafar (2018). Molecular characterization of Pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA), serotype distribution and antibiotic susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains isolated from Pakistan. Infect Dis Ther, 7: 277–289; DOI: 10.1007/s40121-018-0195-0 (IF 1.24). | |
| [7] | Ahmed N., Abbas R., Khan M.A., Bashir H., Tahir S., Zafar A.U. (2017). Enhancing recombinant interleukin-6 production yield by fermentation optimization, two-step denaturing and one-step purification. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry. DOI: 10.1002/bab.1588, pp. 1-7 (IF 1.413). | |
| [8] | Khan, M.A., Ahmed, N., Khan, M.I., Zafar, A.U., Tahir, S., Anjum, M.S., Ali, M., Khan, F., Husnain, T. (2017). Bioactivity studies of Huh-7 cells derived human epidermal growth factor expressed in Pichia pastoris. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 81(6), pp. 1114-1119. (IF 1.176). | |
| [9] | Bashir, H., Ahmed, N., Khan, M.A., Zafar, A.U., Tahir, S., Kanwal, H., Khan, F., Rahman, Z., Husnain, T. (2016). Evaluating the auto induction Expression system and one-step purification for high level Expression and purification of gallbladder derived rhIL-1ra. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry. DOI: 10.1002/bab.1463, pp. 20-26. (IF 1.413). | |
| [10] | N., Tahir S., RaA.Q., Hassan S., Khan A., Latif A., Khan M., Tabassum B., Shahid A.A., Zafar A.U., Husnain T. (2015). Escherichia coli expression of NDV fusion protein gene and determination of its antigenic epitopes. Biologia, 70(12), pp. 1553-1564. DOI: 10.1515/biolog-2015-0191. (IF 0.803). | |
| [11] | Bashir, H.; Ahmed, N., Khan, M.A., Zafar, A.U., Tahir, S., Khan, I.M., Khan, F., Husnain, T. (2015). Simple procedure applying lactose induction and one-step purification for high yield production of rhCIFN. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, 63(5): 708-714. DOI: 10.1002/bab.1426. (IF 1.8). | |
| [12] | Ahmed, N., Bashir, H., Zafar, A.U., Khan, M.A., Tahir, S., Khan, F., Khan, M.I., Akram, M., Husnain, T. (2015). Optimization of conditions for high-level expression and purification of human recombinant consensus interferon (rh-cIFN) and its characterization. Biotechnology & Applied Biochemistry, 62(5), 699-708. DOI: 10.1002/bab.1320 (IF 1.8). | |
| [13] | Ahmed, N., Zafar, A.U., Khan, M.A., Tahir, S., Khan, M.I., Bashir, H., Khan, F., Sarwar, S., Ilyas, S., Husnain, T. (2014). Matrix-assisted refolding and purification of placenta-derived recombinant human interleukin-6 produced in Escherichia coli. Biotechnology & Applied Biochemistry, 61(5), 541-548. DOI: 10.1002/bab.1205 (IF 1.89). | |
| [14] | Khan, M.A., Khan, F., Ahmad, N., Khan, M.I., Zafar, A.U., Husnain, T. (2014). Expression line approach to recombinant human epidermal growth factor into yeast, Pichia pastoris from Huh-7 cell line. Molecular Biology Reports, 41(3), 1445-1451. DOI: 10.1007/s11033-013-2989-1 (IF 2.5). | |
| [15] | Khan, M.A., Hassan, N., Ahmad, N., Khan, M.I., Zafar, A.U., Khan, F., Husnain, T. (2014). Studies to analyze the relationship between IFNα2b gene dosage and its expression, using a Pichia pastoris-based expression system. Yeast, 31(1), 13-28. DOI: 10.1002/yea.2990 (IF 1.955). | |
| [16] | US Patent: Riazuddin, S., Rehman, Atta-ur., Zafar, A.U., Choudhary, I., Ashfaq, U.A., Khalid, M., Husnain, T., Ali, Z., Akram, J. (2012). 7-nitro-2-(3-nitro phenyl)-4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one or derivatives thereof for treating or preventing antiviral infections. US Patent # 8,148,368. | |
| [17] | Shagufta Naz, Shahbaz Ali, S. Amer Riazuddin, Tahir Farooq, Nadeem H. Butt, Ahmad U. Zafar, Shaheen N. Khan, Tayyab Husnain, Ian M. MacDonald, Paul A. Sieving, J. Fielding Hejtmancik, Sheikh Riazuddin (2011). Mutations in RLBP1 associated with fundus albipunctatus in consanguineous Pakistani families. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 95(7), 1019–1024. DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.189076 (IF 2.91). | |
| [18] | Nadeem Ahmed, Mohsin Ahmad Khan, Naila Shahid, Idrees Ahmed Nasir, Ahmad Usman Zafar (2011). One-step purification of biologically active human interleukin-2 protein produced in yeast (Pichia pastoris). African Journal of Biotechnology, 10(67), 15170-15178. DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.2116 (IF 0.57). | |
| [19] | Mohsin Ahmad Khan, Nadeem Ahmad, Ahmad Usman Zafar, Idrees Ahmad Nasir, Muhammad Abdul Qadir (2011). Isolation and screening of alkaline protease-producing bacteria and physiochemical characterization of the enzyme. African Journal of Biotechnology, 10(33), 6203-6212. ISSN 1684-5315 (IF 0.57). | |
| [20] | Namerah Sabir, S. Amer Riazuddin, Tariq Butt, Farheena Iqbal, Idrees A. Nasir, Ahmad U. Zafar, Zaheeruddin A. Qazi, Nadeem H. Butt, Shaheen N. Khan, Tayyab Husnain, J. Fielding Hejtmancik, Sheikh Riazuddin (2010). Mapping of a new locus associated with autosomal recessive congenital cataract to chromosome 3q. Molecular Vision, 16, 2634–2638. PMCID: PMC3002966 (IF 2.511). | |
| [21] | Namerah Sabir, S. Amer Riazuddin, Haiba Kaul, Farheena Iqbal, Idrees A. Nasir, Ahmad U. Zafar, Zaheeruddin A. Qazi, Nadeem H. Butt, Shaheen N. Khan, Tayyab Husnain, J. Fielding Hejtmancik, Sheikh Riazuddin (2010). Mapping of a novel locus associated with autosomal recessive congenital cataract to chromosome 8p. Molecular Vision, 16, 2911–2915. PMID: PMC3013063 (IF 2.511). | |
| [22] | Riazuddin, S.A., Shahzadi, A., Zeitz, C., Ahmed, Z.M., Ayyagari, R., Chavali, V.R., Ponferrada, V.G., Audo, I., Michiels, C., Lancelot, M.E., Nasir, I.A., Zafar, A.U., Khan, S.N., Husnain, T., Jiao, X., MacDonald, I.M., Riazuddin, S., Sieving, P.A., Katsanis, N., Hejtmancik, J.F. (2010). A mutation in SLC24A1 implicated in autosomal-recessive congenital stationary night blindness. American Journal of Human Genetics, 87(4), 523–531. PMCID: PMC2948789. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.08.013 (IF 11.716). | |
| [23] | Haiba Kaul, S. Amer Riazuddin, Zaheeruddin A. Qazi, Idrees A. Nasir, Ahmad U. Zafar, Shaheen N. Khan, Tayyab Husnain, Javed Akram, J. Fielding Hejtmancik, Sheikh Riazuddin (2010). Ectopia Lentis in a Consanguineous Pakistani Family and a Novel Locus on Chromosome 8q. Archives of Ophthalmology, 128(8), 1046-1049. PMID: 20697006 (IF 3.2). | |
| [24] | Yasmeen A., Riazuddin S.A., Kaul H., Mohsin S., Khan M., Qazi Z.A., Nasir I.A., Zafar A.U., Khan S.N., Husnain T., Akram J., Hejtmancik J.F., Riazuddin S. (2010). Autosomal recessive congenital cataract in consanguineous Pakistani families is associated with mutations in GALK1. Molecular Vision, 16, 682–688. PMCID: PMC2855732 (IF 2.511). | |
| [25] | Haiba Kaul, S. Amer Riazuddin, Mariam Shahid, Samra Kousar, Nadeem H. Butt, Ahmad U. Zafar, Shaheen N. Khan, Tayyab Husnain, Javed Akram, J. Fielding Hejtmancik, Sheikh Riazuddin (2010). Autosomal recessive congenital cataract linked to EPHA2 in a consanguineous Pakistani family. Molecular Vision, 16, 511–517. PMCID: PMC2846848 (IF 2.511). | |
| [26] | Khan S.Y., Riazuddin S., Shahzad M., Ahmed N., Zafar A.U., Rehman A.U., Morell R.J., Griffith A.J., Ahmed Z.M., Riazuddin S., Friedman T.B. (2010). DFNB79: reincarnation of a nonsyndromic deafness locus on chromosome 9q34.3. European Journal of Human Genetics, 18(1), 125–129. DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.121 (IF 4.4). | |
| [27] | Riazuddin S., Anwar S., Fischer M., Ahmed Z.M., Khan S.Y., Janssen A.G., Zafar A.U., Scholl U., Husnain T., Belyantseva I.A., Friedman P.L., Riazuddin S., Friedman T.B., Fahlke C. (2009). Molecular basis of DFNB73: mutations of BSND can cause nonsyndromic deafness or Bartter syndrome. American Journal of Human Genetics, 85(2), 273–280. PMCID: PMC2725234 (IF 12.303). | |
| [28] | Waryah A.M., Rehman A., Ahmed Z.M., Bashir Z.H., Khan S.Y., Zafar A.U., Riazuddin S., Friedman T.B., Riazuddin S. (2009). DFNB74, a novel autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing impairment locus on chromosome 12q14.2-q15. Clinical Genetics, 76(3), 270–275. PMID: 19650862. DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004-2009.01209.x (IF 3.304). | |
| [29] | Saima Riazuddin, Sabiha Nazli, Zubair M. Ahmed, Yi Yang, Fareeha Zulfiqar, Rehan S. Shaikh, Ahmed U. Zafar, Shaheen N. Khan, Farooq Sabar, Fouzia T. Javid, Edward R. Wilcox, Ekaterini Tsilou, Erich T. Boger, James R. Sellers, Inna A. Belyantseva, Sheikh Riazuddin, Thomas B. Friedman (2008). Mutation spectrum of MYO7A and evaluation of a novel nonsyndromic deafness DFNB2 allele with residual function. Human Mutation, 29(4), 502–511. PMID: 18181211. DOI: 10.1002/humu.20677 (IF 7.033). | |
| [30] | Ain1, S., Nazli S., Riazuddin S., Jaleel A., Riazuddin S.A., Zafar A.U., Khan S.N., Husnain T., Griffith A.J., Ahmed Z.M., Friedman T.B., Riazuddin S. (2007). The autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness locus DFNB72 is located on chromosome 19p13.3. Human Genetics, 122(5), 445–450. PMID: 17690910. DOI: 10.1007/s00439-007-0418-z (IF 3.97). | |
| [31] | Kitajiri S-i., McNamara R., Makishima T., Husnain T., Zafar A.U., Kittles R.A., Ahmed Z.M., Friedman T.B., Riazuddin S., Griffith A.J. (2007). Identities, frequencies and origins of TMC1 mutations causing DFNB7/B11 deafness in Pakistan. Clinical Genetics, 72(6), 546–550. PMID: 17877751. DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00895.x (IF 3.18). | |
| [32] | Riazuddin S., Khan S.N., Ahmed Z.M., Ghosh M., Caution K., Nazli S., Kabra M., Zafar A.U., Chen K., Naz S., Antonellis A., Pavan W.J., Green E.D., Wilcox E.R., Friedman P.L., Morell R.J., Riazuddin S., Friedman T.B. (2006). Mutations in TRIOBP, which encodes a putative cytoskeletal-organizing protein, are associated with nonsyndromic recessive deafness. American Journal of Human Genetics, 78(1), 137–143. PMCID: PMC1380211 (IF 12.629). | |
| [33] | Shahid A.A., Nasir I.A., Zafar U., Chaudry B., Riazuddin S. (2004). The Camb biopesticides: Preparation, uses and comparative studies with chemical pesticides. In: Biotechnology in Environment Management. Chapter 12, ABD Publisher, Jaipur, India. Ed. 1st, p. 260–282. | |
| Publications (National) | ||
| [1] | Sabar, M.F., Kausar, S., Zafar, A.U., Shahid, M. (2013). PEG-interferon conjugates: Effects of length and structure of linker. Pak. J. Pharm. Sci., 26(2), 425-430. | |
| [2] | Zafar, A.U., Riazuddin, S. (2009). A method of purification of the recombinant protein products. Patent # 140587. | |
| [3] | Zafar, A.U., Riazuddin, S. (2009). A process for modification of recombinant human interferon for therapeutic use. Patent # 140586. | |
| [4] | Zafar, A.U., Riazuddin, S. (2007). An improved codon optimized human interferon. Pakistan Patent Office, Karachi. Patent # 140574. | |
| [5] | Zafar, A.U., Qadeer, A., Riazuddin, S. (2003). Scale-up production of spore/crystal protein by Bacillus thuringiensis in the stirred fermentor. Pak. J. Sci. & Indus. Res., 46(4), 242-245. | |
| [6] | Shahid, A.A., Nasir, I.A., Zafar, A.U., Sumrin, A., Chaudhry, B., Riazuddin, S. (2003). The use of CAMB biopesticides to control pests of rice (Oryza sativa). Asian J. Plant Sci., 2(15-16), 1079-1082. | |
| [7] | Zafar, A.U., Riazuddin, S. (2002). Propagation of locally isolated Bacillus thuringiensis (CAMB-3023) for the production of spore-crystal protein in shake flask. Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res., 45(6), 400-403. | |
| [8] | Zafar, A.U., Nasir, A., Shahid, A.A., Rahi, M.S., Riazuddin, S. (2002). Performance evaluation of CAMB biopesticides to control cabbage butterfly (Pieris brassicae) in cauliflower crop. Pak. J. Biol. Sci., 5(10), 1041-1043. | |
| [9] | Rehman, M.Z., Zafar, U., Nasir, I.A., Qadeer, M.A., Riazuddin, S. (2002). Comparative study of Bacillus thuringiensis biopesticide against cotton bollworm. Asian J. Plant Sci., 1(5), 574-576. | |
| [10] | Karim, A.U., Zafar, A.U., Nasir, I.A., Riazuddin, S. (2000). Field efficacy of CAMB Bacillus thuringiensis biopesticide to control Helicoverpa armigera (Hübnar) and Earias vitella (Fabricius) in Okra crop. Pak. J. Biol. Sci., 3(8), 1296-1298. | |
| [11] | Zafar, A.U., Karim, S., Nasir, A., Riazuddin, S. (2000). Shelf life and field evaluation of CAMB Bacillus thuringiensis biopesticide against Heliocoverpa Armigera (Hübnar) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Tomato. Pak. J. Biol. Sci., 3(5), 804-807. | |
| [12] | Zafar, A.U., Qadeer, M.A., Riazuddin, S. (2000). Process development for bacterial biopesticides. Pakistan Patent Office, Karachi. Patent # 137087. | |
| [13] | Khan, S.N., Zafar, A.U., Riazuddin, S. (1995). Molecular genetic diagnosis of β-thalassemia. JPMA, Pakistan, 45(3), PMID: 7596015, 66-70. | |
| Patents | ||
| [1] | Riazuddin, Shaikh (Lahore, PK), Rehman, Atta-ur (Karachi, PK), Zafar, Usman (Lahore, PK), Choudhary, Iqbal (Karachi, PK), Ashfaq, Usman Ali (Lahore, PK), Khan, Khalid M. (Lahore, PK), Husnain, Tayyab (Lahore, PK), Khan, Zulfiqar Ali (Lahore, PK), Akram, Javed (2012). 7-nitro-2-(3-nitro phenyl)-4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one or derivatives thereof for treating or preventing antiviral infections. US Patent, USA # 8,148,368. | |
| [2] | Zafar, A.U., Riazuddin, S. (2009). A method of purification of the recombinant protein products. Pakistan Patent Office, Karachi # 140587. | |
| [3] | Zafar, A.U., Riazuddin, S. (2009). A process for modification of recombinant human interferon for therapeutic use. Pakistan Patent Office, Karachi # 140586. | |
| [4] | Zafar, A.U., Riazuddin, S. (2007). An improved codon optimized human interferon. Pakistan Patent Office, Karachi # 140574. | |
| [5] | Zafar, A.U., Qadeer, A., Riazuddin, S. (2000). Process development for bacterial biopesticides. Pakistan Patent Office, Karachi # 137087. | |
| Professional Achievements | ||
| [1] | Established and organized a functional Biotech lab at Qarshi University. | |
| [2] | Acquired training and experience on cGMP compliance for the production of recombinant therapeutic proteins and stem cells. | |
| [3] | Established a mammalian cell culture lab, providing a national facility for quality control testing of recombinant human proteins to NIH, Islamabad, and the private pharmaceutical sector. | |
| [4] | Developed, documented, and implemented SOPs for cGMP compliance. Achieved ISO 17025 accreditation for CEMB Biopharmaceutical QC labs. | |
| [5] | Established infrastructure for pilot-scale fermentation and commercial production of recombinant human proteins for therapeutic use. | |
| [6] | Patented three innovations related to the downstream process of recombinant human interferon for therapeutic applications. | |
| [7] | Developed and patented a downstream process for the commercial production of Bt-based biopesticides effective against lepidopteran pests. | |
| [8] | Prepared three distinct formulations of diptericidal Bt-based biopesticides. | |
| [9] | Developed a probiotic formulation specifically designed for poultry applications. | |
| [10] | Established the CEMB mammalian cell repository and bacterial culture collection repository, housing 2000 isolates. | |
| [11] | Set up an animal house facility to support the stem cell research project. | |