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Syed Habib Bokhari, PhD Commonwealth Scholar & Fellow
Professor, Department of Biosciences
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
Office: +92-51-250-1223; FAX: +92-51-444-2805
Mobile: +92-300-512-7684
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
EDUCATION
1999-2002 Ph.D. Microbiology & Immunology. University of Glasgow, UK
1995-1997 M. Phil. Biotechnology. Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Pakistan
1993-1995 M.Sc. Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, QAU, Pakistan
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015 to Date Professor
(Head Microbiology & Public Health Research Group)
June 2012 to June 2015 Professor & Chairman
Department of Biosciences
CIIT, Islamabad
2011 to 2013 Head & Chairman,
Department of Biosciences
CIIT, Islamabad
2010 to 2013 Associate Professor
Department of Biosciences
CIIT, Islamabad
2008-2008 Head,
Department of Biosciences
CIIT, Islamabad
2003-2010 Assistant Professor,
Department of Biosciences
CIIT, Islamabad
2007-present: Affiliate Faculty
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
College of Science, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia
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2013-2013 Short-term Common-Wealth Fellowship
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis/Welcome Trust, Sanger Center
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine/Cambridge
2009-2010 Post Doc
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
2005-2006: Visiting Scientist
Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
2001- 2002: Demonstrator (Microbiology and Molecular Biology)
Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences
Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow
1996-2003: Lecturer
Post Graduate Botany Department
Govt. S. E. College, Bahawalpur
1995-1997: Junior Research Assistant (M. Phil)
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad/National Institute of
Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad
Total Post PhD Research & Teaching Experience: >14 years
Total Pre PhD Research & Teaching Experience: 7 years & 6 months
Total Research & Teaching Experience at Post graduate level: >20 years
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My long-term goals are to increase knowledge of the virulence, transmission and dissemination of
mucosal pathogens, understanding the host-pathogen interaction, to develop rapid assays for surveillance
of pathogens and vaccines to prevent infectious diseases, and to train MS and PhD students. My lab uses
primarily genetic and molecular techniques to characterize pathogens, study their biofilm formation and
drug resistance capabilities as well as interaction with nanomaterials and to characterize associated
Bacteriophages. Specifically, I am interested in:
1. Epidemiological investigation and molecular pathogenesis of commonly occurring pathogens
such as B. pertussis/parapertussis, V. cholerae, E. coli, C. jejuni, Salmonella spp, Shigella
spp, K. pneumoniae, P. aeroginosa, A. baumanii, S. auresu, M. tuberculosis & Control
(Using Phage and Nanomaterial)
2. Study of the molecular mechanisms of drug resistance in community and hospital acquired
infections
3. Study of host-pathogen interactions
4. Vaccine development
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5. Microbial diversity & Metagenomics
6. Gut Microbiome
7. Detection and classification of pathogens using Microfluidics, waveguide and SPR
approaches
8. Structural studies of fluorescent molecules HriGFP & HriCFP and Developing Short and
stable effective reporter molecules
9. Glycoengineering & Glycoproteins
Research Highlights
First Pakistani to initiate the detailed sequencing projects of Diarrheal pathogens. The
sequencing project of more than 100 V. cholerae and first C. jejuni from Pakistan completed in
collaboration with Sanger Center, Oxford Univ. Exeter/LSHTM. Identification of novel
fluorescent Proteins HriCFP & HriGFP (Submitted to Genbank). These proteins have vast
potential applications for researchers being the shortest molecular fluorescent proteins. My work
in field of infectious diseases such as whooping cough and Diarrhea are of significant importance
and will serve the basis of their control in future in Pakistan. My research on whooping cough
was covered by media/science division “Whooping Cough Resurgence in Sindh Province"
published in SciDev.Net: http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/whooping-
cough-found-in-vaccinated-children-in-pakistan.)I am currently developing rapid strip test for
detecting Vibrio cholerae and developing control strategies using its natural predators i.e.
vibriophages. I am editor of various scientific journals and member of various national and
international societies/forums. I have delivered invited talks at various national and international
forums such as at training workshop, Department of Computer Sciences, Cambridge and also
chaired sessions at various national and international forums such as “Informatics & Basic
Science” at Microbial Forensics conference, Zagreb. My students won best poster awards on
many occasions such as UNESCO’s World Science Day; 6th Annual Public Health Scientific
Conference-Health Academy, Islamabad. Average impact factor of yearly publication for past 6
years is ~20 or above.
AWARDS & HONORS/ACHIEVEMENTS
1. USEP-Fulbright-Fellowship Award: Acceptance @ UPENN-2016-2017
2. Shortlisted as Candidate for the Position of VC, University of Punjab, 2016
3. Recipient of Commonwealth Fellowship. 2013
4. COMSATS Science Ambassador (Microbiology), COMSATS Science Diplomacy
Program
5. British Council: Strategic Partnership Extension: Knowledge Exchange Award 2012
6. British Council: Pak-UK linkage/INSPIRE Award, 2009-2012
7. PCST Productive Scientist 2008, 2012
8. CIIT Productive Scientist 2008-2015
9. Nominated for the Best Teacher Award From CIIT in 2011
10. Higher Education Commission NRPU Grant 2008-2011
11. Higher Education Commission NRPU Grant 2008-2010
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12. Pakistan Science Foundation Grant, 2008-2010
13. Higher Education Commission PORC Grant, 2005
14. As Pioneering faculty-Strengthened Department preparing PC-1 documents (2003-2006)
15. Obtained 3 foreign fundings as well as 4 National fundings to improve the Lab facilities
16. As Pioneering faculty-Designed curriculum for Bioinformatics and Biosciences
undergraduate degree program (CIIT) and started this program at COMSATS in 2003
17. Recipient of Commonwealth Scholarship for Ph.D. 1999-2002
18. Selected for Fulbright Scholarship for Ph.D 1998-1999 (did not pursue)
19. Roll of Honor for standing first in B.Sc. in Botany, Zoology, Chemistry group
20. President Talent Scholarships at B.Sc. and M.Sc. levels
21. Infaq Foundation Scholarship (HEC) at M. Phil. Level
22. French Scholarship for Ph.D. 1998-99 (did not pursue)
23. Selected for cultural scholarship for Ph.D. 1998-1999 (did not pursue)
24. Contributed Significantly in Developing first Natioal Bioinformatcs Policy Document for
HEC in 2004
25. Examiner/Subject Specialist (Biology)-Federal Public Service Commission
26. Affiliate Faculty Bioinformatics and Computational Biology College of Science, George
Mason University, Manassas, Virginia
27. I have played a pivotal role for the past 14 years in strengthening the Department in
different roles; as Incharge, HOD, Chairman and faculty.
MEMBERSHIPS IN ACADEMIC SOCIETIES
1. Member, Zoological Society of Pakistan
2. Member, HEC curriculum committee for Bioinformatics
3. Expert Member, HEC Project Reviewer’s committee
4. Expert Member, PSF Project Reviewer’s committee
5. Member, Society for General Microbiology, UK
6. Member, General Council, University of Glasgow
7. Member, American Nano Society
8. Member, Board of Studies, Department of Microbiology, QAU, Islamabad
9. Member, Board of Studies, Department of Biochemistry, QAU, Islamabad
10. Editor, "Journal of Integrative Computational Biosciences"
11. Editor, journal "Advances in Infectious Diseases"
12. Public Health Frontier (PHF)
13. Member International Microbial Forensic Consortium
14. Member Evaluation Team of Science Projects (INTEL) for school/college students
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROFILE
1. AS CHAIRPERSON (2012-2015)
Developing New Programs Advising HR for Recruiting suitable
Faculty
Developing New Courses for existing
Programs
Chairing Board of Studies Meetings
Member f Board Faculty & Academic
Council
Reviewing/Evaluation of Faculty
Performance at the end of each term
Taking steps to enhance Faculty
Research output
Looking after two campuses where
Departments are functional with more
than 100 PhD faculty for all above
mentioned activities
Preparing documents for accreditation
of programs & Quality Assurance
Coordination with University
administration and Dean’s office
2. AS Head of Department of Biosciences, Islamabad (2008-2008; 2011-2013)
Looking after Day to Day affairs of
students (Undergraduate >600 &
Graduate > 150)
Admission Campaign & Selection
Faculty Evaluations and Assessments Managing Timetable and Resources
TEACHING PROFILE
Introduced Problem based learning strategies while teaching various Molecular and
Microbiology Courses. In addition taught various courses such as
1. Graduate Courses Taught
Microbial Forensics Advances in Microbiology
Research Techniques Advanced Topics in Microbiology
Fundamentals of Genomics &
Proteomics
Medical Microbiology
Microbial Pathogenesis
2. Undergraduate Courses Taught
Cell Biology Fundamentals of Bioinformatics
Introduction to Genomics Microbiology & Immunology
RESEARCH PROFILE
1. Research Publications
a. International publication >Sixty research papers
b Impact Factor >150
2. Research supervision 2006 till to date
a. Supervised Ph.D. 4
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M.Phil./ MS 35
M.Sc. or equivalent 50
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Funded Projects
Completed
Ongoing
SUBMITTED
International
National
National
International
1-British Council
3 (2 HEC, 1 PSF)
1 HEC (>5 M. Rs.)
1-British Council
1 EU H2020)
TUBITAK (Pakistan-Turkey): >15 M.
Rs.
Pak-China collaborative research
initiative
4 Ongoing
Research
Activity
----------- Molecular Pathogenesis; Microbial
Genomics, Molecular Diagnostics,
Vaccines, MDR pathogens. Therapeutic
Bacteriophages such as Vibriophage and
Campyphage, Members of ESKAPE
group
ISI-indexed PUBLICATIONS:
2016
1. Bostan Nazish; Javed, Sundus; Amen, Nabgha; Eqani, SAMAS; Tahir, Faheem;
Bokhari, Habib. Dengue Fever Virus in Pakistan: Effects of seasonal Pattern and
Temperature change on Distribution of Vector and Virus. Reviews in Med. Virology
(Accepted)
2. Nighat Noureen, Madiha Tariq, Amna Farooq, Ayesha Arif and Habib Bokhari. In silico
identification of receptor specific epitopes as potential vaccine candidates from Vibrio
cholerae strains. Gene Reports Volume 4, 222–232. doi:10.1016/j.genrep.2016.07.002
3. Claudio Angione, Pietro Li´o, Sandra Pucciarelli, Basarbatu Can, Maxwell Conway ,
Marina Lotti, Habib Bokhari, Alessio Mancini, Ugur Sezerman, and Andrea Telatin
Bioinformatics challenges and potentialities in studying extreme environments Lecture
Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI-Springer) (Accepted)
4. Mahwish Younas, Fariha Siddiqui, Zobia Noreen, Syeda Sadia Bokhari, Oscar G.
Gomez-Duarte, Brendan W. Wren, Habib Bokhari. Characterization of enteropathogenic
Escherichia coli of clinical origin from pediatric population in Pakistan. Trans. Royal Soc
of Trop. Med. Hyg. (Accepted): doi:10.1093/trstmh/trw047
5. Umair Manzoor, Sumera Siddique, Rafay Ahmed, Zobia Noreen, Habib Bokhari,
Iftikhar Ahmad. Antibacterial, Structural and Optical Characterization of Mechano-
Chemically Prepared ZnO Nanoparticles. PLOS ONE. (Accepted):
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154704
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6. Uzma Khalil, Mahwish Younus, Naeem Asghar, Fariha Siddiqui, Oscar Gomez-Duarte,
Brendan Wren, Habib Bokhari. Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Isolates from Pediatric Population in Pakistan.
APMIS. 2016 (Accepted).
7. Fiza Rana, Ayesha khan, Sidra Sidiqui, Habib Bokhari. Resistance patterns of
diversified phylogroups of Escherichia coli associated with mothers having history of
preterm births in Pakistan. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 2016.
(Accepted). DOI:10.3109/14767058.2016.1163538
8. Bushra Jamil, Mohammad Tauseef, Mukhtar Bukhari, Azhar Saeed, Zahid Bukhari, Zakir
Hussain, Tayyaba Khalid, Habib Bokhari, Muhammad Imran and Shahid Ahmad
Abbasi. Bacteremia: Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profiling in chronic kidney
diseases and renal transplant patients. JPMA. 2016. (Accepted).
9. Hanif N, SAMAS Eqani, SM Ali, IA Katsoyiannis, A Mahmood, ZI Tanveer, H
Bokhari. Geo-accumulation and enrichment of trace metals in sediments and their
associated risks in the Chenab river, Pakistan. Journal of Geochemical Exploration.
(Accepted).
10. Muhammad Ali Syed, Arshad Saleem Bhatti, Chen-zhong Li, Habib Ali Bokhari. SPR
immunosensorfor the detection of Staphylococcus aureus. Proceedings of 2016
International 13th Bhurban conference on Applied sciences & Technology, IEEE. 2016.
DOI: 10.1109/IBCAST.2016.7429861
11. Bushra Jamil, Shahid Ahmed Abbasi, Habib Nisar, A Rahman, Asma, Habib Bokhari,
M. Imran. Cefazolin loaded chitosan nanoparticles to cure multi drug resistant pathogens
Carbohydrate Polymers 2016. 136: 682-691.
12. Bushra Jamil. Habib Bokhari, Muhammad Imran. Mechanism of action: How Nano-
antimicrobials act?. Current Drug Targets. 2016. (Available online).
13. Noreen Zobia, Abrar Mohammad1, Siddiqui Fariha, Rani Faryal, Haroon Hamid,
Bokhari Habib. Antibiotic Susceptibility and Molecular Characterization of
Campylobacter jejuni Strain Isolated from a Child with Guillain Barre Syndrome- First
Case Report from Pakistan. The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2016. 83(7), 728.
14. Madiha Shabbir, Maha Aleem, Sundus javed, David Wagner, SAMAS Eqani, Paul Keim,
H. Bokhari. Spatial analysis and identification of high risk plague regions in Pakistan
based on rodent vector distribution and climate change. J. Infect. Dis. Develop. Countries
2016 (Accepted).
15. Muhammad Ali Syed, Bushra Jamil and Habib Bokhari. 2016. “Shattering a Myth:
Whooping Cough susceptible to antibiotics” Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceuticals, 29:.3,
223-228.
16. Muhammad Aqeel Kamran,·Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani,·Sadia Bibi,·Ren-kou
Xu, Amna,·Muhammad Farooq Hussain Monis, Athanasios Katsoyiannis, Habib
Bokhari, Hassan Javed Chaudhary. 2016. Bioaccumulation of nickel by E. sativa and
role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) under nickel stress. Ecotoxicology
and Environmental Safety, 126:256-263
17. Farah Masood, Tariq Yaseen, Habib Bukhari, Muhammad Mujahid. Characterization
and application of roxithromycin loaded cyclodextrin based nanoparticles for treatment of
multidrug resistant bacteria. Materials Science and Engineering C. 2016. Vol 61, P: 1-7. .
doi:10.1016/j.msec.2015.11.076
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2015
18. Fariha Massod Siddiqui, Muhammad Ibrahim, Nighat Noureen, Zobia Noreen, Richard
W. Titball, Olivia L. Champion, Brendan W. Wren, David Studholme, Habib Bokhari.
Draft Genome Sequence of the Enteropathogenic Bacterium Campylobacter jejuni Strain
cj255. Genome Announcement 2015. (Available online)
19. Bhowmik AK, Alamdar A, Katsoyiannis I ,Shen H,Ali N, Ali SM, Bokhari H, Schäfer
RB, Eqani SA, Mapping human health risks from exposure to trace metal contamination
of drinking water sources in Pakistan Journal: Science of the Total Environment.
2015;538:306-316.
20. Shahr Bano Mirza, Habib Bokhari and Muhammad Qaiser Fatmi. Exploring Natural
Products from the Biodiversity of Pakistan for Computational Drug Discovery Studies:
Collection, Optimization, Design and Development of A Chemical Database (ChemDP).
Current Computer-Aided Drug Design. 2015. 11(2):102-9.
21. Muhammad Rizwan Riaz, Abdul Rauf Siddiqi, Habib Bokhari. Structural and Functional
Studies of BapC Protein of Bordetella pertussis. Microbiological Research; 2015;
174:56-61.
22. Fariha Siddiqui, S.A.M.A. S. Eqani, David J. Studholme , Olivia L. Champion, Brendan
W. Wren, Richard W. Titball Habib Bukhari, Molecular Detection Identified a Type Six
Secretion System in Campylobacter jejuni from Various Sources but not from Human
Cases. Journal of Applied Microbiology.2015; 118(5):1191-8.
23. Sundus Javed, Fahad Said, Habib Bokhari. Bordetella parapertussis outbreak in
Bisham, Pakistan in 2009-2010: Fall out of the 9/11 1 syndrome. Epidemiology &
Infection. 2015. 143(12):2619-23.
24. Fariha Masood Siddiqui, Muhammad Akram, Nighat Noureen, Zobia Noreen, Habib
Bokhari. Antibiotic Susceptibility profiling and virulence potential of Campylobacter
jejuni isolates from different sources in Pakistan. Asia Pacific Journal of Tropical
Medicine). 2015; 8(3):197-202.
25. Tariq A, Hameed A, Bukhari H, Masood F. Is atomic rearrangement of type IV PHA
synthases responsible for increased PHA production?. Journal of Biomolecular Structure
& Dynamics.2015;33(6):1225-38.
26. M Abdullah, A Muhammad, SA Malik, N Boston, H Bokhari, MN Shafaqat, A Alamdar,
M Fasola, SAMAS Eqani. 2015. Avian feathers as a non-destructive bio-monitoring tool
of Toxic Metals Signatures: A case study from severally contaminated areas of Pakistan.
Chemoshpere. 119:553-61
2014 27. Saba Asad, Ayesha siddiqa, Qurrat-ul-Ain, Habib Bokhari. 2014. Detection of
Molecular Markers by Comparative Sequence Analysis of Enzymes From Mycobacteria
Species. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 46(3): 1065-1070.
28. Jabir Hussain Syed & Ambreen Alamdar & Ashiq Mohammad & Karam Ahad & Zunera
Shabir & Haroon Ahmed & Syeda Maria Ali & Syed Gul Abbas Shah Sani & Habib
Bokhari & Kevin D. Gallagher & Iftikhar Ahmad & Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah
Eqani. 2014. Pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables from Pakistan: a review of the
occurrence and associated human health risks. Environment Sciences and Pollution
Research. 21(23):13367-93.
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29. James W. Harrison , Tran Thi Ngoc Dung , Fariha Siddiqui , Sunee Korbrisate , Habib
Bukhari, My Phan Vu Tra , Nguyen Van Minh Hoang , Juan Carrique-Mas, Juliet Bryant
, James I. Campbell , David J. Studholme , Brendan W. Wren, Stephen Baker, Richard
W. Titball, Olivia L. Champion. 2014. Identification of Possible Virulence Marker from
Campylobacter jejuni Isolates. Emerging Infectious Diseases; 20(6):1026-9.
30. M. Idrees, K. Thangavelu, M. Sikaroodi, C. Smith, J. Sivaraman, P. M. Gillevet, H.
Bokhari. 2014. Novel fluorescent protein from Hydnophora rigida possesses green
emission. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 448(1); 33-38.
31. Saira Mumtaz, Rashad Hussain, Abdul Rauf*, H. Bokhari, M. Qaiser Fatmi, Michael
Oelgemöller and A. M. Qureshi 2014. Synthesis, Molecular docking studies, and in vitro
screening of barbiturates/thiobarbiturates as antibacterial and cholinesterase inhibitors.
Medicinal Chemistry Research 23: 2715-2726.
32. Syed M Shah, Ankur Mutreja, Nick Thomson, Stephen Baker, Julian Parkhill, Gordon
Dougan, Habib Bokhari\*and Brendan W. Wren\*. 2014 “Genomic Epidemiology of
Vibrio cholerae O1 associated with Floods, Pakistan, 2010. Emerging Infectious Diseases
20 (1): 13-20
33. Mudassar Khan, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani, Athanasios Katsoyiannis, Salman
Akbar Malik, Alamdar Hussain, Azhar Rashid, Karam Ahad, Mauro Fasola, Habib
Bokhari, Ashiq Mohammad. 2014. Cattle egret as a Biosentinels of Persistent Organic
Pollutants (POPs) exposures from different areas of Pakistan. DOI: 10.1007/s10653-013-
9556-; Environ. Geochem & Health, 36(3): 375-84
2013 34. Muhammad Idrees, Syed Ali-Musstjab-Akber-Shah Eqania and Habib Bokhari. 2013.
Sol-Gel immobilization of methyl parathion degrading bacteria isolated from agricultural
areas of Pakistan. Chemistry & Ecology, 29: (8): 733-744
35. Syed Ali-Musstjab-Akber-Shah Eqani, Riffat Naseem Malik, Alessandra Cincinellic, Gan
Zhang, Xiangdong Lie, Ashiq Mohammadf, Abdul Qadirg, Azhar Rashidh, Habib
Bokhari, Kevin C. Jonesi, Athanasios Katsoyiannisj. 2013. Uptake of organochlorine
pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by River water fish. The case of
River Chenab. STOTEN. 450-451: 83-91.
36. Bokhari H, Shah MA, Asad S, Sania A, Akram M and Wren BW. 2013. Escherichia coli
pathotypes in Pakistan from consecutive floods in 2010 and 2011. Am J Trop Med Hyg
88(3):519-525.
37. Muhammad Imran Khan, Muhammad Ajmal, Shazia Micheal, Maleeha Azam, Alamdar
Hussain, Amjad Shehzad, Hanka Venselaar, Habib Bokhari, Ilse J.de Wijs, Lies H.
Hoefsloot, Mukhtar Gill, Nadia Khalida Waheed, Rob W.J. Collin, Anneke I.den
Hollander, Raheel Qamar, Frans P. M. Cremers. 2013.. Homozygosity mapping identifies
genetic defects in four consanguineous families with retinal dystrophy from Pakistan.
Clinical Genetics, 84(3):290-3.
2012 38. Syed M. A. Waqas A, Aisha N and Bokhari H. 2012. Seroprevalence of Bordetella
pertussis antibodies to Pertussis toxin among healthy children from two cities of
Pakistan. J. col. Phy. Surg. 22 (10): 677-678.
39. A. Mughal, Y. F. Kazi, H. A. Bukhari, M. Ali. 2012 Pertussis resurgence among
vaccinated children in Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan. Public Health 126 (6):518-22
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40. Muhammad Ajmal, Muhammad Imran Khan, Shazia Micheal, Waqas Ahmed, Ashfa
Shah, Hanka Venselaar, Habib Bokhari, Aisha Azam, Nadia Khalida Waheed, Rob W.J.
Collin, Anneke I. den Hollander, Raheel Qamar, Frans P. M. Cremers. 2012
Identification of recurrent and novel mutations in TULP1 in Pakistani families with early
onset retinitis pigmentosa. Molecular Vision 18:1226-1237
41. Bokhari Habib, Bilal Iram, Sadia Zafar.. 2012. BapC autotransporter protein of
Bordetella pertussis is an adhesion factor. Journal of basic Microbiology, 52(4), 390-396.
2011 42. Ashfaq Mahmood, Muhammad Ismail, Muhammad Athar, Rashid Khushal, Mehmood
Qadir, Riaz Ahmed, Muhammad Idrees, Muhammad Rauf, Habib Bokhari*. 2011.
Antimicrobial efficacy of metal-barbiturate conjugates against pathogenic strains of
Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Letters in Drug Design & Discovery; 8 (10),
980-987
43. H. Bokhari, F. Said, M.A. Syed, A. Hussain, Y. F. Kazi, Teemu Kallonen, Qiushui He,
Audrey J. King K. Heuvelman and F. R. Mooi . 2011. Molecular typing of Bordetella
parapertussis isolates circulating in Pakistan. FEMS Immunology & Medical
Microbiology, 63: 373-380
44. H. Bokhari,F. Said, M.A. Syed, A. Hussain, Y. F. Kazi, K. Heuvelman and F. R. Mooi.
2011. Whooping cough in Pakistan: Bordetella pertussis vs Bordetella parapertussis in
2005-2009. Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 43: 818-820
45. Mojtaba Noofeli, Habib Bokhari, Paul Blackburn, Mark Roberts, John Coote & Roger
Parton. 2011. BapC autotransporter protein is a virulence determinant of Bordetella
pertussis. Microbial Pathogenesis: 51(3):169-77.
46. Idrees, M., Mussarat, U., Badshah, Y., Qadir, M and Bokhari, H*. 2011. Prevalence of
antimicrobial resistance and integrons in uropathogenic Escherichia coli, from Punjab,
Pakistan: Brazilian Journal of Microbiology 42: 462-466.
47. Maleeha Azam, Rob W.J.Collin,Ayesha Malik, Muhammad I. Khan, Syed Tahir A.
Shah1 Aftab A. Shah, Alamdar Hussain, Ahmed Sadeque, Kentar Arimadyo Muhammad
Ajmal, Ayesha Azam Nadeem Qureshi, Habib Bokhari, Tim M. Strom, Frans P. M.
Cremers, Raheel Qamar, Anneke I. den Hollander. 2011. Identification of novel
mutations in Pakistani families with autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa. Archives
of Ophthalmology, 129(10):1377-8.
48. Syed M. A and Bukhari S. H. A*. 2011. Gold nanoparticle based microbial detection and
identification. J. Biomed. Nanotechnol. Vol. 7, 1–9.
49. Muhammad Idrees, Muhammad Ali Shah, Raheel Qamar and Habib Bokhari*. 2011.
Antimicrobial Resistant Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Food Animals in Pakistan.
Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 43(2), 303-310.
2010 & Earlier 50. H. Bokhari*, C. Smith, K. Veerendra, J. Sivaraman, M. Sikaroodi, P. Gillevet. 2010.
Novel Fluorescent Proteins From Hydnophora rigida Possess Cyano emission.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 396(3):631-636
51. Muhammad Ali Syed, Umair Manzoor, Ismat Shah and Habib Ali Bukhari*. 2010. .Antibacterial effects of Tungsten nanoparticles on the Escherichia coli strains isolated
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from catheterized urinary tract infection (UTI) cases and Staphylococcus aureus. New
Microbiologica. 33(4):329-35.
52. Idrees, M., Mussarat, U., M., Badshah, Y., Qamar, R. and Bokhari, H*. 2010. Virulence
factors profile of drug resistant Escherichia coli isolated from urinary tract infections, in
Punjab, Pakistan. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases.
29(12):1533-7.
53. Muhammad Ali Syed, Syed Habib Ali Bukhari*. 2010. Adult and adolescent pertussis
should not be underestimated!. Pak J Med Sci. Vol. 26 No. 1, 44-45.
54. Muhammad Ajmal, Waqas Ahmed, Ahmed Sadeque, Syeda Hafiza Benish Ali, Syed
Habib Bokhari, Nuzhat Ahmed and Raheel Qamar. 2010. Identification of a recurrent
insertion mutation in the LDLR gene in a Pakistani family with autosomal dominant
hypercholesterolemia. Molecular Biology Reports. 37(8); 3869-3875.
55. Muhammad Ali Syed, Shaista Babar, A. S. Bhatti, & Habib A. Bokhari*. 2009.
Antibacterial effects of silver nanoparticles on the bacterial strains isolated from
catheterized urinary tract infection cases. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology., 5:
209-214.
56. Atefeh Taherian Fard, Amna Salman, Bahram Kazemi and Habib Bokhari*. 2009. In
silico comparative genome analysis of malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and
Plasmodium vivax chromosome 4. Parasitology Research. 104 (6): 1361-1364.
57. Maleeha Azam, Muhammad Imran Khan, Alamdar Hussain, Syed Tahir Abbas Shah,
Muhammad Shakil Khan, Ahmed Sadeque, Habib Bokhari, Rob W.J. Collin, Maria M.
van Genderen, A.I. den Hollander, Frans P. M. Cremers, Raheel Qamar. 2009. A
homozygous p.Glu150Lys mutation in the opsin gene of two Pakistani families with
autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa: Molecular Vision, 3;15:2526-34.
58. S. Habib Bokhari* & P. Blackburn. 2008. Purification and protective efficacy of re-
natured C-terminal domain (P.30) of pertactin autotransporter protein of B. pertussis.
Pak. J. Bot., 40(2):825-832.
59. S. Habib Bokhari* & P. Blackburn. 2008. Pertactin processing and secretion in
protease(s) deficient strains of Escherichia coli suggestive of the possible role of
proteases in folding of autotransporter proteins. Pak. J. Bot., 40(2):815-824.
60. Shahid Mahmood Baig, Ayesha Azhar, Hammad Hassan, Jamshaid Mahmood Baig,
Ayesha Kiyani, Uzma Hameed, Fazli Rabbi, Habib Bokhari, Muhammad Aslam,
Mohammad Amin Ud Din, Shehla Anjum Baig, Khalid Hassan, Javed Anwar Qureshi
and Tariq Zaman. 2006. Spectrum of beta-thalassemia mutations in various regions of
Punjab and Islamabad, Pakistan: establishment of prenatal diagnosis. Haematologica/The
hematology journal. 91(1), 3-5.
Other Publications
1. H. Bokhari, H. Bilal, M. Anwer & Patrick Gillevet. 2011. Evidences of lateral gene
transfer between Archaea and pathogenic bacterial genomes (Bioinformation, 6(8): 293-
296);
2. Asif Raza, Hira Shareef, Hira Salim, Rashid Khushal, Habib Bokhari& 2011. Selection
of predicted siRNA as potential antiviral therapeutic agent against influenza virus (
Bioinformation, 6(9): 340-343
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3. Sadia Zafar, Arshan Nasir, Habib Bokhari. 2011. Computational analysis reveals
abundance of potential glycoproteins in Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya. Bioinformation,
6(9): 352-355
4. Syed Tabish, Abbas Raza, Arshan Nasir, Sadia Zafar and Habib Bokhari. 2011.
Analysis of glycosylation patterns and glycosyltransferases in Bacteria and Archaea
(Bioinformation, 6(5): 191-195
5. Amna Salman, Atefeh Taherian Fard Arshan Nasir & Habib Bokhari. 2010.
Comparative analysis of organophosphate degrading enzymes from diverse species.
Bioinformation 5(2): 67-72
6. Syed A.M.A.S. Eqani, Nadeem Ali, R.N. Malik, A. Katsoyiannis, G. Zhang, Habib
Bokhari, Nida Hanif , Mohammad Sohail, Ambreen Alamdar, Maria Ali, A.
Mohammad. Organochlorine residue in the riverine ecosystem of Pakistan: distribution
and risk assessment. Dioxin 2014. Organohalogen Compounds 76, 1082-1084.
7. Nazish Bostan1, Nabgh-e-Amen and Habib Bokhari. Current and Future Prospects of
Torque Teno Virus. , J Vaccines 2013, S:1
8. M. A. Syed1*, A. S. Bhatti2, R. Guduru3, C. Z. Li3 and S. H. A. Bokhari. 2011. Use of
SPR biosensor for the study of proteolytic action of a serine protease enzyme. American
Journal of Biomedical Sciences, 3(4): 253-257
9. Amjad Ali Mughal, Yasmeen Faiz Kazi, Syed Habib Bukhari. 2011. Diagnosis of
pertussis in vaccinated children of Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan by Cough Plate Method.
Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 1(2): 68-72
10. Taimoor Hashmi1, Shakil Khan1, Valeed1, Habib Bokhari*1 2010. In silico identification
of vaccine candidates against enteric pathogens by comparative genome sequence. (Asian
Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 18(3): 327-331/0. ( IF= ~0.05)
11. Hasan Bilal Mirza, Maryam Anwar & Habib Bokhari. 2010. In silico identification of
potential horizontal gene transfer events between Archaea and pathogenic Bacteria.
Journal of Bioinformatics and Sequence Analysis (JBSA). 2(3), 36-41/1.
12. Muhammad Ali Syed, Fahad Said, S. Habib Ali Bukhari*. 2009. Seroepidemiology of
Bordetella pertussis infections in the twin cities of Pakistan.
North Am J Med Sci. 1: 353-355/2.
13. Siddiqa, A., Niazi, M., Mustafa, F., Bokhari, H., Hussain, A., Akram, N., Shaheen, S.,
Ahmed, F. and Iqbal, S. 2009. A new hybrid agent-based modeling & simulation
decision support system for breast cancer data analysis. In: Proc Information and
Communication Technologies, pp. 134-139. ICICT '09 International Conference on Aug.
15-16. (ISI-Indexed, Non-IF)/4.
14. S. M. Baig, F. Rabbi, U. Hameed, J. A. Qureshi, Z. Mahmood, S.H. Bokhari, A. Kiani,
H, Hassan, J.M. Baig, A. Azhar, T. Zaman. 2005. Molecular characterization of
mutations causing β-thalassemia in Faisalabad Pakistan using the amplification refractory
mutation system (ARMS-PCR). Ind. J. Hum. Gen. 11(2), 80-83 (PubMed Indexed)/3.
15. Asma Sana , Mah-laka , Sidrah Hamidani , Habib Bokhari. Predictive Mathematical
Modeling and Statistical Analysis for Bacterial Inactivation Using Microwave Treatment.
Pak J Public Health Vol. 3, No. 4, 2013.
Papers & Posters Presented and Published at Refereed International Conferences:
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1. Yasir M, Syed Q, Naureen Fatmi Q, N, Nadeem M, Nasir A, Bokhari H. 2015. Type VI
secretion system and Dam methylation pattern in V. cholerae. Bioinformatics approaches
to adaptations, genome evolution and biological associations” Training Workshop,
Department of Computer Sciences, Cambridge, UK, 23-27 March, 2015 (Organized by -
EU-H20202 Funding and COST Action BM1102.
2. Zobia Noreen, Muhammad Ibrahim, Fariha Siddiqui, Nighat Noureen, Habib Bokhari.
2015. Prediction and Functional Analysis of the T6SS Novel Gene Components in
Campylobacter jejuni. Bioinformatics approaches to adaptations, genome evolution and
biological associations” Training Workshop, Department of Computer Sciences,
Cambridge, UK, 23-27 March, 2015 (Organized by -EU-H20202 Funding and COST
Action BM1102
3. Isolation, Identification And Drug Susceptibility Profile Of Candida Sp. From
Gastroduodenal Pathology Patients In Islamabad-Pakistan S. Sherwani1, M. Muhammad
Umar, F. Rasheed, S. Bokhari, S. U. Kazmi; Federal Urdu Univ. of Arts, Sci. and
Technology-Karachi Pakistan, Karachi, PAKISTAN, 2Holy Family Hosp.,
Rawalpindi Med. Coll.-Rawalpindi-Pakistan, Karachi, PAKISTAN, 3Breath MAT Lab-
NORI Hosp.-Islamabad-Pakistan, Karachi, PAKISTAN, 4Dept. of BioSci.-COMSATS
Inst. of Information Technology-Islamabad-Pakistan, Karachi, PAKISTAN, 5Immunology and Infectious Disease Res. Lab. (IIDRL)-Dept. of Microbiol.-Univ. of
Karachi-Pakistan, Karachi, PAKISTAN. 16-19th June, ASM 2012, San Francisco,
California. A-014
4. Siddique F, Shah MA, Akram M, Wren BW, Bokhari H. 2012. Analysis of
Campylobacter jejuni from diverse sources in Pakistan. Department of Biosciences, CIIT,
Islamabad, Pakistan; Department of Pathogen., Molecular Biology, LSHTM, UK.
CampyUK 2012, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
5. Habib & Bokhari; Raheel Qamar, Muhammad Idrees, Yasmin Badshah & Uzma
Mussarat. 2007. The prevalence of integrons among Escherichia coli isolated from
different sources in Pakistan and associated drug resistance patterns. II International
onference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology; November–1
December, Seville, Spain
6. Habib & Bokhari; Umair Manzoor, Muhammad Ali, Asad Razzaq & Ismat Shah. 2007.
Antibacterial effect of Tungsten nanoparticles on the E. coli strains isolated from
catheterized urinary tract infection (UTI) cases and Staphylococcus aureus. II
International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology.
November–1 December, Seville, Spain
7. Bokhari, S. H., Blackburn, P., Coote, J., Roberts, M. and Parton, R. 2006. BapC, a newly
identified member of the Bordetella Pertussis autotransporter family & its pathogenic
potential. Proceedings of Fifth International Biennial Conference of Pakistan Society
for Microbiology, “Molecular Mechanism of Host-Pathogen Interactions”. Karachi,
Pakistan
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8. Baig, S. M., Zaman, T., Hameed, A., Rabbi, F., Bukhari, S.H. et al. 2004. Molecular
characterization of mutations causing β-thalassemia in Pakistan using amplification
refractory mutation system (ARMS) and allele specific oligonucleotide (ASO)
hybridization. HGVS Scientific and Annual General Meeting. Toronto, Canada.
9. Bokhari, S. H., Blackburn, P., Coote, J., Roberts, M. and Parton, R. 2003. The role of
Bordetella pertussis Bap-5 protein in serum resistance and colonization in vitro and in
vivo. First international and national symposium on Biotechnology. Jamshoro, Pakistan.
10. Bokhari, S. H., Blackburn, P., Coote, J., Roberts, M. and Parton, R. 2002. Bap-5, a
newly identified member of the Bordetella Pertussis autotransporter family. Poster 11.
American Society for Microbiology, Seventh International Symposium on Pertussis.
Hinxton, United Kingdom.
Press, Papers & Posters Presented and Published at National Conferences:
1. Aqsa Humayun, Zakirullah, Fizza Khalid, Neelam Akram, Ashok Tanawani, Rubina
Kamran, Tariq Iqbal, Habib Bokhari. Metallo Beta Lactamase in Hospital Setting:
Molecular Surveillance. 6th Annual Public Health Scientific Conference-Health
Academy, Islamabad (11-12 December, 2015). Best poster prize
2. Fariha Masood Siddiqui; Olivia Champion; Richard Titball; Zobia Noreen; Habib
Bokhari “Campylobacter jejuni Contamination in Poultry and its Risk of Association
with Type Six Secretion System (T6SS)”. November 12, 2014 (Best poster prize at
UNESCO’s World Science Day).
3.
Habib Bokhari, Paul Blackburn, Mark Roberts, John G. Coote and Roger Parton
Cloning, expression and purification of Bap-C antigen of Bordetella pertussis in E. coli
and in vitro bactericidal activity. 2010. 10th Biennial Conference of Pakistan Society for
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
4. Faheema Kalsoom, Saniya Hafeez, Saadia Muazzum, Muaz Niazi, Farah Mustafa and
Habib Bokhari. Retrospective Analysis of Colorectal Cancer Incidence in the
Islamabad/Rawalpindi Region between Years 2000-2008 and Bioinformatic Tool
Development to Assess Risk Factors 10th Biennial Conference of Pakistan Society for
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2010
5. H. Bokhari*, C. Smith, K. Veerendra, J. Sivaraman, M. Sikaroodi, P. Gillevet. Novel
Fluorescent Proteins From Hydnophora rigida Possess Cyano and Green Emissions. 10th
Biennial Conference of Pakistan Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2010
6. Muhammad Ali Syed, Umair Manzoor and Habib Ali Bokhari Antibacterial effects of
silver nanoparticles on the bacterial strains isolated from catheterized urinary tract
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infection cases 2009. At First National Conference of Microbiology organized by Shah
Abdul Latif University, Khairpur. Pakistan. (21/22.11.09:.First prize for the poster)
7. Muhammad Ali Syed, Umair Manzoor, Ismat Shah and Habib Ali Bokhari. 2009.
Development of SPR based immunosensor for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus’
First Conference of Microbiology at Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur, Sindh.
Pakistan.
8. Muhammad Ali Syed, Umair Manzoor, Ismat Shah and Habib Ali Bokhari. 2008. Effect
of Silver and Tungston Nanoparticles on bacterial isilates from urinary tract infections
and, International thematic workshop on Nanomedicine: The use of nanoparticles in
medical diagnostics’ Comstech-Islamabad. Pakistan.
9. Asif raza, Hira shareef, Hira salim and Habib Bokhari. 2007. Bioinformatics
Approaches for Devising Antiviral/Therapeutic Agent against Influenza. Ist Symposium
of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics on Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics:
Recent trends in Biotechnology, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
10. Hasan Bilal Mirza, Maryam Anwar and S. Habib Bokhari. 2007. In silico identification
of potential horizontal gene transfer events from archaea to pathogenic bacteria. Ist
Symposium of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics on Genomics, Proteomics,
Metabolomics: Recent trends in Biotechnology, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
11. Muhammad Ali Syed, Arshad Bhatti and Habib Ali Bokhari. 2007. Effects of silver
nanoparticles on the E. coli isolates from urinary tract infection cases. Ist Symposium of
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics on Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics: Recent
trends in Biotechnology, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
12. Muhammad Idrees, Raheel Qamar and Habib Bokhari. 2007. Molecular characterization
and comparison of drug resistance patterns among E. coli isolates from human
subjects with UTI and food animals. Ist Symposium of Microbiology and Molecular
Genetics on Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomcs: Recent trends in Biotechnology,
University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
13. Yasmin Badshah, Safia Khatoon, Raheel Qamar and Habib Bokhari. 2007. Prevalence
of virulence factors among extraintestinal clinical isolates of Escherichia coli obtained
from clinically diagnosed urinary tract infection patients. Ist Symposium of Microbiology
and Molecular Genetics on Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics: Recent trends in
Biotechnology, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
14. Bioinformatics: Science of Future. In Press (NEWS, 2003). S. Habib Bokhari, CIIT,
Islamabad, Pakistan.
15. Baig, S.M., Bukhari, S.H., Shah, W.A., Arshad, M., Shamsi, T.S. and Qureshi, J.A.
1997. -Thalassemia mutations in Pakistan: A strategy for prenatal diagnosis. First
National Symposium on Biotechnology for Sustainable Development. 24-27, November,
Lahore, Pakistan.
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16. Baig, S.M., Bukhari, S.H., Shah, W.A., Arshad, M., Shamsi, T.S. and Qureshi, J.A.
1997. Characterization of mutations causing -Thalassemia in Pakistan. 21st National
conference of Pakistan Association of Pathologists, 14-16, November, Faisalabad,
Pakistan.
17. Baig, S. M., Bukhari, S.H., Shah, W. A., Khattak, K.F., Ahmad, M., Asghar, M.S. and
Qureshi, J.A. Detection of HCV by RT-PCR and genotyping by dot-blot hybridization in
Pakistani patients with chronic hepatitis C and hepatocellular carcinoma. Third
Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Symposium, 22-24, February, Lahore, Pakistan.
18. Baig, S.M., Bukhari, S.H., Shah, W.A., Khattak, K.F. and Qureshi, J.A. 1996.
Determination of the spectrum of -Thalassemia genes in Pakistan by use of
amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS) and radiolabelled allele specific
oligonucleotide (ASO) hybridization. Inaugural International Conference on Genetics,
26-28, November, Islamabad, Pakistan.
19. Baig, S.M., Bukhari, S.H., Shah, W.A. and Qureshi, J.A. 1996. Spectrum of -
Thalassemia mutations in Pakistan. Third National Symposium on Basic Health Care and
Social Development, 21-22, September, Karachi, Pakistan.
Ongoing Research Projects
1. Campylobacter control in poultry through training for commercial poultry farm workers:
As PI, In collaboration with Prof. Brendan Wren, London School of Hygiene &
Tropical Medicine (British Council: “STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP EXTENSION:
KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE”: Award 15,900 Pounds (To be Completed in 2016)
2. “Advanced bioinformatics for genome and metagenome analyses with discovery of novel
biocatalysts from extremophiles: implications for improving industrial bioprocesses”
European Union H2020: (RISE Project) as Partner in Collaboration with UNICAM,
UNI-MILANO, ITALY, Univ. Cambridge and Sebanci, Turkey-
1. Strengthening Biotechnology Industry in the country: Developing an educational tool kit
for training undergraduate students as well as for research purpose: Lab to
commercialization (HEC APPROVED: 5.37 Million Rs.)
Recently Approved Research Projects Funds
2. Phylotyping and Clonal Group A (CgA) Screening of Escherichia coli Isolates From
Pakistan & development of method for the selective detection of causative agent of
urinary tract infections (PSF APPROVED: 2 Million Rs.)
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Projects Completed
1. Joint COMSATS Institute of Information Technology-George Mason University
Initiative in Bioinformatics” (Completed: POCR, HEC).
2. Cloning of Fluorescent protein from Coral, initial spectroscopic Analysis/
characterization and development of whole cell Biosensors (CIIT Project: Completed)
3. Distribution pattern of antimicrobial resistance genes and virulence factors among
isolates of E. coli from clinically diagnosed urinary tract infection patients and molecular
pathogenesis (CIIT Project: Completed)
4. Epidemiological investigation of Pertussis infection in Pakistan by studying the
distribution of ptx, prn & fim alleles (Pakistan Science Foundation): As PI, In
collaboration with Prof. Dr. Frits. R. Mooi, Lab for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (LTR)
RIVM, Bilthoven, Netherlands. (PSF Funded: 1.0 M. Rs.)
5. Development of an integrated whole-cell based biosensors to detect bioavailable
organophosphates from environment”: As PI, (HEC funded: 3.9 Pak M. Rs.)
6. Development of an integrated system comprising of engineered bacteria based Biosensors
for the detection of bioavailable toxic metals from environment: As PI, (HEC Funded:
1.6 M. Rs.)
7. Molecular Detection of all Clinically Relevant Bordeteall spp During One Year (CO-PI:
EMGEN-IRAN). >5000 US $
8. Source Tracking and Surveillance System Of Diarrhea causing Bacterial Pathogens In
Pakistan: As PI, In collaboration with London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine,
Keppel Street, London, WCIE 7HT (British Council: Pak-UK linkage: Award ~60,000
Pounds)
RESOURCE PERSON/ SELECTED INVITED TALKS
1. Resource Person at Workshop on “Bioinformatics for computer scientists” at
COMSTECH 21st-26th May, 2007
2. Resource Person at Workshop on “National Workshop on Techniques in Molecular
Biology, Bio-informatics & Vaccine Production” at CASVAB at University of
Baluchistan, Quetta-28th-30th May, 2007
3. Resource Person at Workshop on “Use of Therapeutic agents and Diagnostic Kits” held
at Arid Agriculture University in 2005
4. Resource Person at 2nd International Symposium on “Biomedical Materials: Current
Research and Future Signposting 2010” held at COMSATS, Lahore.
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5. Resource Person & chair of session on “Informatics & Basic Science” at Microbial
Forensics conference, Zagreb, Croatia, 14-16 October, 2013 (Organized by U.S.
Academy of Sciences, Royal Academy of Sciences & Croatian Academy of Sciences).
6. Invited Talk for International meeting on “Biosafety & Bioethics” at COMSATS,
Islamabad, 2014
7. Invited Talk for International conference on “INNOVATIVE BIOLOGICAL & PUBLIC
HEALTH RESEARCH” at GCU, LAHORE, May 6, 2014
8. Resource Person“ Bioinformatics approaches to adaptations, genome evolution and
biological associations” Training Workshop, Department of Computer Sciences,
Cambridge, UK, 23-27 March, 2015 (Organized by -EU-H20202 Funding and COST
Action BM1102).
9. Resource Person @Pak-China Business Forum at Pak-China Friendship center,
Islamabad, Pakistan for three consecutive years i.e. 2013-2015.
10. Invited Talk @LUMS, Lahore 2015.
11. Invited Talk @ NCP, Islamabad (IBCAST) 2016
12. Invited Talk @ COMSATS Headquarter 2016
13. Invited Talk @ Academy of Sciences, Pakistan- Regional Workshop on Biosafety and
Biosecurity in Life Sciences Research -2016
14. Invited Talk @ Technical University Munich, -2016
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
1. Prof. Dr. Frits. R. Mooi, Lab for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (LTR) RIVM, Bilthoven,
Netherlands
2. Prof. Qiushui He, Pertussis Reference Laboratory, Department of Infectious Disease
Surveillance & Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland
3. Prof. Nicholas Thompson, Sanger Centre, UK
4. Prof. Brendan Wren, LSHTM, UK
5. Prof. Rick Titball, Univ. Exeter, UK
6. Prof. Patrick Gillevet, Environmental Biocomplexities, GMU, USA
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7. Professor Paul S. Keim, Center for Microbial Genetics & Genomics, North Arizona
University, Flag Staff, USA
8. Dr. Jayaraman Sivaraman, Biochemistry, NUS, Singapore
9. Dr. Sandra Pusserelli, UNICAM, Italy
10. Dr. Jun Zhu, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA
WORKSHOPS & MEETINGS
1. Attended International workshop on genotyping the bacterium Yersinia pestis 19-22 June,
2012, San Francisco, California, USA as an expert from Pakistan
2. Attended SGM, UK meeting on “Glycoengineering” at Herriot Watt University,
Edinburgh, September 2009.
3. Attended International Workshop on Bioethics, Islamabad, 2004.
4. Attended Workshop on Identification Maintenance & Preservation of Microorganism,
Q.A.U, Islamabad, 2004.
5. Attended International Workshop on Bioinformatics, Islamabad, 2003.
6. Attended Qiagen’s Workshop on Molecular Biology Research, Edinburgh, 2001.
THESIS SUPERVISION
BS (Bioinformatics): 52 students completed
BS (Biosciences): 08 completed
MS (Bioinformatics): 04 completed
MS (Microbiology/Immunology): 03 under supervision
MS (Microbiology/Immunology): 28 completed
MS (Microbiology/Immunology): 06 (Co-supervisor: completed)
MS: (Mol. Genetics): 02 (Co-supervisor: completed)
PhD: (Microbiology/Immunology): 04 (Completed)
PhD: (Microbiology/Immunology): 04 (under supervision)
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PhD Thesis Supervised/Under Supervision
S. # Student’s Name Thesis title Year
1 Muhammad Ali Syed
“Efficacy of DTP vaccine in Local Population and
Development of Rapid Diagnostic Techniques for
Microbes” Pass/2011
2 Muhammad Idrees
Development of a Biosensor for Methyl parathion
Detection And Genetic Risk Assessment of
Exposed Population
Pass /2015
3 Muhammad Ali Shah
Molecular Characterization of Vibrio cholerae
isolates from Pakistan.
Pass/2015
4 Fariha Siddique
Molecular Epidemiology and Phylogenomics of
Pakistani Isolates of Campylobacter jejuni Pass /2015
5 Zobia Noreen
Role of Type VI Secretion System in Stress
Adaptations and Developing Control Strategies for
Campylobacter jejuni.
Under
Supervision
6 Sidra Siddiqqui
Molecular Epidemiology, Virulence Potential of
Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates and Vaccine
Development
Under
Supervision
7 Aftab Ahmad
Analysis of Gut Microflora and Paraoxonase 1
(PON1) Mutation in Obese Subjects
Under
Supervision
M. Phil/MS Thesis Supervised/Co-supervised (Microbiology/Immunology/Genetics)
S. # Student’s Name Thesis title Year
1 Muhammad Idrees
Distribution of antimicrobial resistance patterns
among E. coli isolates from human subjects with
UTI and food animals 2007
2 Uzma Mussarat
Molecular Epidemiological Studies Of E. coli In
Urinary Tract Infections & Antimicrobial
Resistance Among Isolates In Pakistan 2007
3 Yasmeen Badshah
Prevalence of Virulence Factors Among
Extraintestinal Clinical Isolates of Escherichia
coli Obtained From Clinically Diagnosed
Urinary Tract Infection Patients & Molecular
Pathogenesis 2007
4 Fahad Said
Differences of circulating Bordetella pertussis
population in Pakistan 2009
5 Syed Mehmood Qadir
Development of an integrated Green Fluorescent
Protein Based Assay for Diverse High
Throughput Screening (HTS) Applications 2009
6 Saba Asad
Surveillance Of Diarrheogenic Bacterial
Pathogens in Pakistan by PCR/restriction 2010
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fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and
amplified fragment length polymorphism
7 Abrar Wali
Molecular Characterization of Campylobacter
jejuni Strains Isolated from Patients with
Gastroenteritis and Guillain Barre Syndrome 2010
8
Sadia Zafar (MS
Bioinformatics)
Modeling and Simulation of Wolinella
succinogenes’s Oligosaccharyl Transferase and
Development of Computational Program for
Statistical Analysis of Proteomes at ExPASy’s
Databases 2011
9
Sadaf Afzal (MS
Bioinformatics
Mathematical Model for sterilization of drinking
water from Diarrheaogenic Bacteria 2011
10 Ayesha Khan
Phylotyping and Clonal group A screening of
Escherichia coli isolates from Pakistan 2012
11 Sarah Zaidi
Toxic Metals Residues in Poultry Chicken
Collected From Rawalpindi, Pakistan 2013
12 Saba Andleeb
Sheep Casing as a Biosentinels of Human
exposure to Multi-Residual contamination 2014
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Muhammad Imran
(Co-Supervised)
Candidate Gene Analysis of Retinitis
Pigmentosa 2007
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Ayesha Malik (Co-
Supervised)
“Exclusion Analysis of Retinitis Pigmentosa
Gene” 2007
15
Sara Riaz (Co-
Supervised)
“Synthesis of Novel Photochemical Precursors
and Biological Studies of Metal Barbiturates” 2009
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Muhammad Javed
(Co-Supervised)
Studies of Antibiotic Resistance Patterns &
Genetic Diversity in Campylobacter population
isolated from broiler chicken 2010
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Sania Akhtar (Co-
Supervised)
Molecular Analysis of Bacterial Pathogens
Associated with Diarrhea Outbreaks in Pakistan 2010
18 Shafi Muhammad
Encapsulation of Crude Plant Extract for
Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Infections 2014
19 Mahwish Younas
Molecular Spectrum of Antibiotic Resistance
Among Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Isolates 2014
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21 Junaid Jamshed
Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance profiling of
C. jejuni in Migratory Birds 2015
22 Kamran Khan
In Vitro Biofilm Formation of Vibrio cholerae
Isolated from Clinical and Environmental
Samples
2015
23 Uzma Khalil
Characterization of Enteroaggregative E.coli
Isolates from Pakistan 2013
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24 Kalsoom Bibi
Prevalence and Multidrug Resistance Profiling
of E. coli Phylotypes from Patients with UTIs,
Plus Diabetic UTIs Patients 2015
25 Sobia Shafique
Comparative Study of T6SS Positive and T6SS
Negative Campylobacter jejuni Isolates 2015
26
Allah Nawaz (Co-
supervised)
Exposure Risk of Toxic Metals and
Staphylococcus aureus via Dust: A case Study of
Internally Displaced People (K.P.K) 2015
27 Aqsa Humayun
Identification and Characterization of Klebsiella
pneumoniae clinical isolates. 2016
Tahira Yousaf
Effect of Electrospun Synthetic Polymers on
Biofilm Formation 2016
28 Qurat syed
Isolation and Characterization of Vibrio cholerae
Specific Phages from Environmental and
Clinical Sources 2016
29 Muhammad Yasir
Isolation and Characterization of Vibrio cholerae
in Clinical Samples from Pakistan
2016
30 Zakir Ullah
Molecular Characterization of New Delhi
Metallo-Beta Lactamase
Escherichia coli Isolates from Clinical Samples 2016
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Nighat Perveen (Co-
supervised)
Isolation and Characterization of Vibrio cholerae
from Selected Reservoirs in the Environment
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Zafar Iqbal Tanveer
(Co-supervised)
Human Exposure of Metal and Metalloids from
Different Geographical Areas of Pakistan:
Occurrence, Distribution and Risk Assessment
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Shakiba Anwar (Co-
supervised)
Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Among General Public of Rawalpindi
OTHER SOCIAL & NATIONAL SERVICES
1. Included in Approved supervisors list of HEC
2. Included in the panel of Examiners & Paper setter at Punjab University Lahore
3. Associated with Intel and Ministry of Education as an assessor of student’s innovative
projects in the field of Biosciences
4. Contributed in preparing the PC-1 for Infrastructure development for teaching and
research in Bioinformatics at CIIT, Islamabad
5. Contributed in formulating the National Bioinformatics Policy document
6. Helped through knowledge generation during 2010 FLOODS wrt the Clean Drinking
Water and Diarrhea and through relief effort
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REFERENCES:
Dr. Roger Parton
Senior Lecturer
Division of Infection and Immunity,
Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K.
E-mail: [email protected]
Brendan W. Wren (FRC Path)
Professor Microbial Pathogenesis
London School of Hygiene & Tropical
Medicine,
London, UK
E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Nicholas R. Thompson,
Group Head
Pathogen Program,
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,
Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.
E-mail: [email protected]
Rick Titball (BSc PhD DSc FRC Path)
Professor of Molecular Microbiology
School of Biosciences
Geoffrey Pope Building
University of Exeter, UK
E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Patrick Gillevet,
Director
Microbiome Analysis Center
Environmental Science and Policy
George Mason University, USA
E-mail: [email protected]
