Dr.

Ayaz Ahmad, Tenured Associate Professor, Biotechnology AWKUM

Curriculum Vitae

Ayaz Ahmad (PhD-UCAS China 2012, Postdoc-UCAS China 2016-17)

Associate Professor (Tenured), Member Syndicate (2015-18),
HEC-Approved PhD Supervisor since 2013

Department of Biotechnology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan

Cell# 0092-300-9598201, E-Mail: ahdayazb5@awkum.edu.pk
Researchgate Account: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ayaz_Ahmad10
Google Scholar Citations:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&user=FLlZm7cAAAAJ
Webpage:
http://www.awkum.edu.pk/Departments/Bio_Technology%20_Shankar/Bio_Tech_Shankar_Faculty_Ayaz
_Ahmad.html

Representative Publications:

1. Runlai Hang, Chunyan Liu, Ayaz Ahmad, Yong Zhang, Falong Lu and Xiaofeng Cao.
Arabidopsis Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 3 is required for ribosome biogenesis by
affecting precursor ribosomal RNA processing. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences of USA 111(45): 16190–16195 (Impact Factor = 9.661)
2. Ayaz Ahmad, Zhang Yong and Cao Xiaofeng (2010). Decoding the Epigenetic language
of Plants Development. Molecular Plant (Volume 3), pages 719-728 (Impact Factor =
8.827)
3. Amjad Ali, Abdus Saboor Shah, Ayaz Ahmad. "Gain of function of mutant p53: Mutant
p53 enhances cancer progression by inhibiting KLF17 expression in invasive breast
carcinoma cells". Cancer Letters, Nov 1;354(1):87-96. (Impact Factor = 6.375)
4. Amjad Ali, Muhammad Zeeshan Bhatti, Abdus Saboor Shah, Hong-Quan Duong, Huda
Mohammad Alkreathy, Shah Faisal Mohammad, Rahmat Ali, and Ayaz Ahmad (2015).
Tumor suppressive p53 signaling empowers metastatic inhibitor KLF17-dependent
transcription to overcome tumorigenesis in non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of
Biological Chemistry 2015 Aug 28;290(35):21336-51 (Impact Factor = 4.125)
5. Gauhar Rehman, Muhammad Hamayun, Amjad Iqbal, Sumera Afzal Khan, Hamayoon
Khan, Adeeb Shehzad, Abdul Latif Khan, Anwar Hussain, Ho-Youn Kim, Jamshaid
Ahmad, Ayaz Ahmad, Abid Ali and In-Jung Lee. “Effect of Methanolic Extract of
Dandelion Roots on Cancer Cell Lines and AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway”.
Frontiers in Pharmacology. 2017 Nov 28;8:875 (Impact Factor = 4.4)
6. Ayaz Ahmad and Cao Xiaofeng (2012). Plant PRMTs Broaden the Scope of Arginine
Methylation. Journal of Genetics and Genomics (Volume 36 issue 5), pages 195—208
(Impact Factor = 4.051)

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Other Peer-reviewed International Papers Published:

2019
7. Asif Mehmood, Anwar Hussain, Muhammad Irshad, Muhammad Hamayun, Amjad Iqbal,
Hazir Rahman, Abdul Tawab, Ayaz Ahmad, Sultan Ayaz (2019) “Cinnamic acid as an
inhibitor of growth, flavonoids exudation and endophytic fungus colonization in maize
root”. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 135(2019) 61-68 (Impact Factor= 2.718)
8. Fazle Subhan, Sobia Aslam, Zifeng Yan, Ayaz Ahmad, U.J. Etim (2019). “Fabrication of
3-D confined spaces with Au NPs: Superior dispersion and catalytic activity”. Journal of
Colloid and Interface Science 540 (2019) 371–381 (Impact Factor= 5.10)

2018
9. Waheed Ahmad, Ayaz Ahmad, Amjad Iqbal, Muhammad Hamayun, Anwar Hussain
Gauhar Rehman, Salman Khan, Ubaid Ullah Khan, Dawar Khan, Lican Huang. “Intelligent
Hepatitis Disease Diagnosis Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System and
Information Gain Method”. Soft Computing (Accepted; November 2018) (Impact
Factor= 2.47)
10. Zafar Hayat Khan, Shad Khan Khalil, Amjad Iqbal, Badshah Islam, Wajid Ali Shah, Ayaz
Ahmad, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Sajjad, Farooq Shah. “Growth Attributes of Sweet
Corn Under Different Planting Regimes”. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, Volume 27,
No. 10/2018 pages 6945-6951 (Impact Factor = 0.425)
11. Asif Mehmood, Muhammad Irshad, Ismail, Husna, Ayaz Ahmad, and Anwar Hussain
(2018). “In vitro maize growth promotion by endophytic Fusarium oxysporum wlw”.
Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences (ISI-indexed journal) 8(6)30-
35, 2018.
12. Ismail, Anwar Hussain, Asif Mehmood, Muhammad Qadir, Husna, Muhammad Irshad,
Ayaz Ahmad and Muhammad Hamayun (2018). “Endophytic fungi isolated from
Citrullus colocynthes l. Leaves and their potential for secretion of indole acetic acid and
gibberellin.” Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences (ISI-indexed
journal) 8(6)80-84, 2018.
13. Nighat Seema, Muhammad Hamayun, Anwar Hussain, Mohib Shah, Muhammad Waqas and
Ayaz Ahmad (2018). “Endophytic fungi promote growth of Zea mays L. Under peg
induced drought stress”. Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences (ISI-
indexed journal) 8(3)95-101, 2018.
14. Fazle Subhan, Sobia Aslam, Zifeng Yan, Liu Zhen, Muhammad Ikram, Rooh Ullah, U.J.
Etim, Ayaz Ahmad (2018). Ammonia assisted functionalization of cuprous oxide within
confined spaces of SBA-15 for adsorptive desulfurization. Chemical Engineering Journal
Volume 339, 1 May 2018, Pages 557-565 (Impact Factor = 6.216)

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15. Waheed Ahmad, Ayaz Ahmad, Chuncheng Lu, Barkat Ali Khoso, Lican Huang (2018).
“A Novel Hybrid Medical Decision Support System for Thyroid Disease Forecasting”. Soft
Computing August 2018, Volume 22, Issue 16, pp 5377–5383 (Impact Factor= 2.47)
16. Gauhar Rehman, Saif Ul Islam, Saba Arshad, Khair Zaman, Ayaz Ahmad, Muhammad
Hamayun, Amjad Iqbal, Adeeb Shehzad, Anwar Hussain, and InJung Lee (2017). “In vitro
antidiabetic effects and antioxidant potential of Cassia nemophilla pods”. BioMed
Research International (Impact Factor= 2.476)
17. Jehangir Khan1, Rasheedullah, Bakht Tarin Khan, Ayaz Ahmad, Muhammad Salman and
Khalid Khan (2018). “Hepatitis-C Virus Prevalence in District Shangla and Evaluation of
Screening Testsfor Anti-HCV.” Pakistan Journal of Zoology vol. 50(4), pp 1299-1305,
2018 (Impact Factor= 0.491)

2017
18. Muhammad Khalid, Danial Hassani, Muhammad Bilal, Zahid Ali Butt, Muhammad
Hamayun, Ayaz Ahmad, Danfeng Huang, Anwar Hussain (2017). “Identification of oral
cavity biofilm forming bacteria and determination of their growth inhibition by Acacia
arabica, Tamarix aphylla L. and Melia azedarach L. medicinal plants”. Archives of Oral
Biology. 81 (2017) 175-185 (Impact Factor = 1.748)
19. Fazle Subhan, Sobia Aslam, Zifeng Yan, Liu Zhen, Ayaz Ahmad, Muhammad Naeem,
Jingbin Zeng (2017). “Facile functionalization of 3-D ordered KIT-6 with cuprous oxide
for deep desulfurization”. Chemical Engineering Journal. 330 (2017) 372-382. (Impact
Factor = 6.216)
20. Arshad Ali Khan, Muhammad Sajid, Amjad Iqbal, Zafar Hayat Khan, Badshah Islam,
Farman Ali, Kawsar Ali, Ayaz Ahmad, Muhammad Sajjad, Muhammad Arif, Waqar Ali,
Farooq Shah (2017). “Improving Yield and Mineral Profile of Tomato Through Changing
Crop Micro-environment”. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin. 26(8) 4911-4918. (Impact
Factor = 0.425)
21. Waheed Ahmad, Lican Huang, Ayaz Ahmad, Farooq Shah, Amjad Iqbal, Asma Saeed
(2017). “Thyroid Diseases Forecasting Using a Hybrid Decision Support System Based on
ANFIS, k-NN and Information Gain Method”. J. Appl. Environ. Biol. Sci., 7(10)78-85,
2017 (ISI-Indexed Journal)
22. Abdul Wadood, Aamir Mehmood, Huma Khan, Muhammad Ilyas, Ayaz Ahmad,
Mohammed Alarjah, Tareq Abdu-Izneid (2017). “Epitopes based drug design for dengue
virus envelope protein: A computational approach”. Computational Biology and Chemistry
71, 152-160. (Impact Factor = 1.331)
23. Arsalan Ahmed, Jianzhong Shao, Nazakat Ali, Pirah Ayaz, Salvia Binte Touhid, Sajad Ali,
Sumera Nazish, Ayaz Ahmad (2017). “Performance of Activated Sludge Biofilms
Fluidized Process in The Biotreatment of Real Textile Waste Water”. J. Appl. Environ.
Biol. Sci. 7(12)81-90, 2017 (ISI-Indexed Journal)

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24. Ghani Ur Rehman, Mohammad Ali, Farooq Shah, Amjad Iqbal, Ayaz Ahmad, Zafar
Hayat, Badshah Islam, Farman Ali, Ikramullah, Yousaf Jamal, Sartaj Alam, Muhammad
Sajjad, and Muhammad Zeeshan Bhatti (2017). “Prevalence of Diabetes Type 2 in
Hepatitis C Infected Patients in KPK, Pakistan”. BioMed Research International. Volume
2017, Article ID 2416281, 4 pages (Impact Factor= 2.476)

2016
25. Amjad Iqbal, Farooq Shah, Muhammad Hamayun, Ayaz Ahmad, Anwar Hussain,
Muhammad Waqas, Sang-Mo Kang and In-Jung Lee (2016). “Allergens of Arachis
hypogaea and the effect of processing on their detection by ELISA”. Food and Nutrition
Research (Impact Factor=2.039)
26. Asma Saeed, Saif Ur Rehman, Muhammad Akram, Muhammad Zeeshan Bhatti, Rubina
Naz, Asif Latif, Amjad Ali, Ayaz Ahmad and Ahmad Saeed (2016). Evaluation of
Antioxidant Effects and Inhibitory Activity of Medicinal Plants against Lipid Peroxidation
Induced by Iron and Sodium Nitroprusside in the Mouse Brain. Journal of the Chemical
Society of Pakistan., Vol. 38, No. 02, 2016 (Impact Factor = 0.327)
2015
27. Azmat A. Awan, Muhammad Zubair, Sher Ali, Ibadullah Jan, Amjad Iqbal and Ayaz
Ahmad (2015). “The effect of different climatic zones on total phenolics and fatty acid
profile of various olive cultivars”. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences (Impact
Factor=0.609) 52 (2), 361-366, 2015
28. Muhammad Zeeshan Bhatti, Amjad Ali, Ayaz Ahmad, Asma Saeed and Salman Akbar
Malik (2015). Antioxidant and phytochemical analysis of Ranunculus arvensis L. extracts.
BMC Research Notes. (2015) 8:279
29. Taj Ur Rahman, Khanzadi Fatima Khattak, Wajiha Liaqat, Abdul Wadood, Ayaz Ahmad,
Nasreen Begum, Ghulam Mohammad and M. Iqbal Choudhary (2015). Cytotoxic Study of
Various Extracts of Eclipta Alba. Indo European Journal of Scientific Discovery.
30. Ashfaq Ur Rehman, TK Muhammad, Abdul Wadood, K Qaiser, Zahidullah, Ayaz Ahmad,
BJ Syed, Muhammad Naeem, BS Syed, JMA Bilal and Hamid Rashid. Exploring the
Binding Pattern of Predicted Potent Inhibitor to sirR_mtb; Modeling and Structure-based
Virtual Screening of sirR Protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). International
Journal of Computational Bioinformatics and in-silico Modeling. Vol. 4, No. 3 (2015):
651-658
2014
31. Islam Ud Din, Sardar Khan and Ayaz Ahmad (2014). “PCR-DGGE and real-time PCR to
study the impacts of heavy metals on diversity and abundance of sulfate-reducing bacteria
using dsrB gene”. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering. 19(4), 703-710 (Impact
Factor=1.16)
32. Abdul Wadood, Muhammad Riaz, Amir ul Mulk, Momin Khan, Sobia Ahsan Haleem,
Sulaiman Shams, Sahib Gul, Ayaz Ahmad, Muhammad Qasim, Farman Ali and Zaheer

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Ul- Haq (2014). Design of New and Potent Diethyl Thiobarbiturates as Urease Inhibitors:
A Computational Approach. Bioinformation 2014:10(5) (Impact Factor= 0.5)
33. Farooq Shah, Muhammad Tariq Jan, Tariq Shah, Wei Wu, Zafar Hayat Khan, Amjad Iqbal,
Badshah Islam, Ayaz Ahmad and Yousaf Jamal. “Impact of Crop Residue, Fertilizer and
Their Placement Technique on Yield and Related Traits of Maize (Zea mays L.)”. ARPN
Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science (ISI-indexed journal), VOL. 9, NO. 7
(2014): 233-239
34. Taj Ur Rahman, G. Uddin, K. F. Khattak, W. Liaqat, G. Mohammad, M. I. Choudhary, A.
Wadood, Ayaz Ahmad. “Isolation and characterization of a novel ester from seeds of
Indigofera heterantha (Wall)”. Journal of Natural Products, Vol. 7 (2014): 104-112
35. Abdul Wadood, Ashfaq Ur Rehman, Sulaiman Shams, Momin Khan, Taj Ur Rahman, Syed
Babar Jamal, Asifullah Khan, Ayaz Ahmad, Farman Ali. “Homology Modeling,
Molecular Dynamic Simulation and Phylogenetic Analysis of Human Transient Receptor
Potential Melastatin 1 (TRPM1)”. International Journal of Computational Bioinformatics
and In Silico Modeling 2014:3(3), 381-387
36. Sajid Ali, Ayaz Ahmad, Raham Sher Khan, Sanaullah Khan, Muhammad Hamayun,
Sumera Afzal Khan, Abid Ali Khan and Ali Hydar Baig. “Genotyping of HCV RNA
reveals that 3a is the most prevalent genotype in Mardan, Pakistan”. Advances in Virology
2014, Article ID 606201, 5 pages
37. Taj Ur Rahman, Ghias Uddin, Wajiha Liaqat, M. Iqbal Choudhary, Abdul Wadood,
Ghulam Mohammad and Ayaz Ahmad. “Pharmacological Investigations of Eclipta alba
Extract Fractions (Whole Plant)”. Indo American Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
2014:4(01)
38. Abdul Wadood, Huma, Zahid ullah, Muhammad Riaz, Sulaiman Shams, Mehreen
Ghufran, Amir Fahira, Muhammad Naeem, Sahib Gul and Ayaz Ahmad (2014).
“Structural Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies of Camel Milk Kappa
Casein Protein”. International Journal of Computational Bioinformatics and In Silico
Modeling. Vol. 3, No. 5 (2014): 483-490
39. Bilal J M Alrawi, Ashfaq Ur Rehman, Asma Mohammed, Nasir Ahmad, Lubna Shah,
Abdul Wadood and Ayaz Ahmad. “Prediction of Binding mode of bisphenol-A (a
carcinogen) in estrogen and testosterone receptors by applying computational docking
approach.” Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences (ISI-indexed
journal) 4(8S)101-105, 2014.
40. Arif Ali Khattak, Ayaz Ahmad, Rehan Naeem, Muhammad Sohaib, Muhammad Bilal,
Amjad Iqbal, and Farooq Shah. Extracts From Asparagus adscendens Exhibit Potential
Antifungal Activity. Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences (ISI-
indexed journal) 4(8S)47-54, 2014.
41. Ayaz Ahmad, Riaz Ahmad Khan, Ashfaq Ur Rahman, Muhammad Jaseem Khan, Abdul
Jabbar, and Shad Ali Khan. “Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility profile of methicillin-
resistant Staphlococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from different clinical samples in district

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Peshawar”. Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences (ISI-indexed

journal) 4(8S)40-46, 2014.
42. Muhammad Bilal, Ayaz Ahmad, Khalid Khan, Nasir Ahmad, Ashfaq Ur Rehman,
Muhammad Junaid, Amjad Iqbal, Waheed Ahmad, Abdul Wadood, Taj Ur Rehman.
Computational Identification of miRNAs in Hepatitis B Virus Genome. Journal of Applied
Environmental and Biological Sciences (ISI-indexed journal) 4(8S)106-113, 2014.
43. Ayaz Ahmad, Muhammad Bilal, Khalid Khan, Waheed Ahmad, Islam-Ud-Din, Sajid Ali,
Amjad Iqbal, and Muhammad Jaseem. Computational Analysis Reveals Three micro
RNAs in Hepatitis A Virus Genome. Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological
Sciences (ISI-indexed journal) 4(8S)34-39, 2014.
2013
44. Abdul Wadood, Nasir Ahmed, Muhammad Riaz, Sulaiman Shams, Javed Anwer, Ayaz
Ahmad. “Homology modeling and molecular dynamic study of Candida albicans heat
shock protein 21, a potential target protein for antifungal drug development” (2013).
International Journal of Sciences Vol:10 Pages 122—131
45. Taj Ur Rahman, Ghias Uddin, Wajiha Liaqat, Ghulam Mohammad, Khair Zaman, Asad
ali, Momin khan, Ayaz Ahmad, Mohib shah, Abdul wadood, and Muhammad Iqbal
Choudhary. “Antibacterial, Antifungal and Insecticidal Activities of the Crude Extract
Fraction of Bark of Millettia ovalifolia”. International Journal of Scientific Research and
Essays Vol. 1, No. 1, December 2013, PP: 10 – 15
46. Wadood A, Ahmed N, Shah L, Ayaz Ahmad, Hassan H, Shams S. In-silico drug design:
An approach which revolutionarised the drug discovery process. OA Drug Design &
Delivery 2013 Sep 01;1(1):3.
2011
47. Ayaz Ahmad, Dong Yuzhu and Cao Xiaofeng (2011). Characterization of PRMT gene
family in rice Reveals Conservation of Arginine Methylation. PLoS ONE (Volume 6),
e22664 (Impact Factor = 2.806)
2010
48. Islam Ud Din, Sardar Khan, Abd El-latif Hesham, Ayaz Ahmad, Su Houbo and Cang
Daqiang (2010). Physio-chemical characteristics and bacterial diversity in copper mining
wastewater based on 16S rRNA gene analysis. African Journal of Biotechnology (Volume
9), pages 7891—7899 (Impact Factor = 0.6)
49. Islam Ud Din, Ayaz Ahmad, Zhang Lingling, and Cang Daqiang. (2010) "Using advanced
molecular techniques to study the changes in bacterial diversity in a mining wastewater
treatment plant". Science International Vol:22 pp:269-274
Patent
50. Efficient, cheap and reliable method for the extraction of gDNA from the hard and complex
tissues of coconut (Pakistan #249/2017, SI. No. 143018).

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Thesis Supervised/Co-Supervised:
S/No. Student Name Degree Thesis Title
1 Muhammad Bilal MPhil Computational Identification of micro RNAs in Hepatitis
Viruses Genomes
2 Riaz Ahmad MPhil Prevalence and Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile of
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Isolated from Different Clinical Samples in District
Peshawar
3 Nasir Ahmad MPhil Comparative Modeling and Dynamics Simulation Studies of
Alpha Glucosidase and Heat Shock Protein 21 of Candida
albicans
4 Huma MPhil Structure Based Development of New and Potent Inhibitors of
PIM Kinases; a Computational Study
5 Saif Ul Islam MPhil An in vitro Study on the Antidiabetic Activity of Ethanolic
Extract from Cassia nemophila Pod
6 Shehla Mehwish MPhil Evaluation of Pakistani Medicinal Plants for Anti-
Leishmanial and Cytotoxic Activities
7 Haseeb Ullah Jan MPhil PCR Based Identification & Resistance of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis Against Rifampicin Reporting to MMC
8 Arif Ali Khattak MPhil Identification of Small Molecule Inhibitors for Human
Metadherin, an Oncoprotein
9 Asad Ullah Khan MPhil Identification and Characterization of Novel Drugs to
Combat Mycobacterium bovis Infections
10 Mehmood Ayaz MPhil Characterization of Transgenic Tomato lines for Cold
Dawar Tolerance
11 Naveed Hussain MPhil In Vivo Heavy Metals Induced Biotoxicity In Human Blood
from Heavy Metals Contaminated Areas of District Kohat
And Lakki Marwat

Conference Proceedings:
1. ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE 3 REGULATES
RIBOSOME BIOGENESIS BY AFFECTING PRECURSOR RIBOSOMAL RNA
PROCESSING, RNA Biology, Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conferences, Suzhou, China,
November 10-14, 2014
2. COMPUTATIONAL IDENTIFICATION OF MiRNAs IN HEPATITIS B VIRUS
GENOME, 2nd International Conference on Computational and Social Science, Recep
Tayyip Erdogan University Rize, Turkey, August 26—28, 2014
3. COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS REVEALS THREE MICRO RNAs IN HEPATITIS A
VIRUS GENOME, 2nd International Conference on Computational and Social Science,
Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Rize, Turkey, August 26—28, 2014
4. GENOTYPE 3A OF HCV IS THE MOST PREVALENT GENOTYPE IN MARDAN,
PAKISTAN, 2nd International Conference on Computational and Social Science, Recep
Tayyip Erdogan University Rize, Turkey, August 26—28, 2014

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5. AGROBACTERIUM MEDIATED TRANSIENT EXPRESSION OF FLUORESCENCE

TAGGED PROTEINS INTO TOMATO FRUIT THROUGH INJECTION, 2nd
International Conference on Computational and Social Science, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
University Rize, Turkey, August 26—28, 2014
6. ASPARAGUS ADSCENDENS EXHIBITS POTENTIAL ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY,
2nd International Conference on Computational and Social Science, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
University Rize, Turkey, August 26—28, 2014
7. LEMNA GIBBA CONTAINS POTENTIAL ANTIBACTERIAL AND PHYTOTOXIC
ACTIVITIES, 2nd International Conference on Computational and Social Science, Recep
Tayyip Erdogan University Rize, Turkey, August 26—28, 2014
8. PREDICTION OF BINDING MODE OF BISPHENOL-A (A CARCINOGEN) IN
ESTROGEN AND TESTOSTERONE RECEPTORS BY APPLYING
nd
COMPUTATIONAL DOCKING APPROACH, 2 International Conference on
Computational and Social Science, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Rize, Turkey,
August 26—28, 2014

Workshops/Trainings/Seminars Organized:
1. One Day Workshop on "Using Endnote as Reference Manager" (Role both as Organizer
and Trainer), at Main Hall University College of Science Shankar, AWKUM on Nov 26,
2014
2. One Day Workshop on “Basic Life Support and First Aid in Collaboration with Rescue
1122 Mardan” (Role as Organizer) at University College of Science Shankar AWKUM on
May 15, 2014
3. Seminar on “Biosafety Practices in Academia, Clinical and Research Settings” (Role as
Organizer) at Main Hall University College of Science Shankar, AWKUM on May 26,
2014
4. International Seminar at Department of Biotechnology AWKUM on “TECHNOLOGICAL
IMPORTANCE OF STRUCTURAL BIOPOLYMERS" on October 10, 2018, Guest
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Murat Kaya, Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology,
Aksaray University, Turkey.
5. 1st International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery at COMSTECH
secretariat Islamabad from October 17-19, 2018
6. One day Seminar on “Hand Washing Practices for Young Laboratory Professionals” on
Dec 05, 2018, Guest Speaker: Dr. Sikandar K. Sherwani, Department of Microbiology,
Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology Karachi, Pakistan.

Invited Lectures Delivered:

1. “PRMT6-mediated Arginine methylation renders second level of defense against virus
invasion in Plants” National Center of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of
Peshawar, January 17, 2013

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2. " Using Endnote as Reference Manager" University College of Sciences Shankar, Abdul
Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan, Nov 26, 2014
Selected Conferences/Workshops/Symposia Attended:
1. One Day Workshop on "Advances in Bioinformatics" at Quaid e Azam University Islamabad
2. International Symposium on “Molecular Forensic; Emerging Trends 2014” at University of Health
Sciences (UHS) Lahore, Pakistan May 29, 2014
3. “5th One Day Workshop on Bioinformatics” at Muhammad Ali Jinnah University (MAJU)
Islamabad, Pakistan May 10, 2014
4. “Two Days Workshop on Plant Tissue Culture and Molecular Techniques for Plant Improvement”
held at Nuclear Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Peshawar May 13-14, 2014
5. “2012 International Symposium on Epigenetic Regulation in Higher Plants” held at Institute of
Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China,
April 19—21, 2012
6. “The Second International Conference on Biotic Plant Interactions” held in Kunming, China.
November 12—16, 2011
7. “21st International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR2010)” held in Yokohama, Japan
June 6—10, 2010
8. “21st IUMBM and 12th FAOMB International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology”
Shanghai, China August 2—7, 2009
9. “Cutting-edge Methods and Techniques in Protein Research: a Workshop for Scientists from
Developing Countries” Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
September 14—17, 2009
10. “14th International Symposium on Iron Nutrition and Interactions in Plants” held in Beijing, China
October 11—15, 2009
11. “International Conference on Molecular Systems Biology” held in Beijing May 18-20, 2008

Courses Taught:
1. Molecular Biology (BS Semester VII)
2. Molecular Genetics (MS Semester I)
3. Biochemistry-I (BS Semester III)
4. Biochemistry-II (BS Semester IV)
5. Gene Expression and Regulation (MS/PhD Semester I)
6. Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression (MS/PhD Semester I)
7. Molecular Biology Techniques (BS Semester VII)
8. Bioinformatics (BS Semester V/MSc Semester III)
9. Introduction to Plant Breeding (BS Sem III)

Advanced Courses Developed/Designed for MS/PhD Programs:

Being the first Head of Department, Convener Graduate Study Committee and Member Board of
Studies/Board of Faculty of Science and Academic Council; I had the opportunity to start BS, MS
and PhD Programs in the Department of Biotechnology and get them approved from all the

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relevant bodies in the University. I addition, I designed and got approved the following advanced
courses for MS and PhD Programs in the Department.
1. Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression
2. Histone Code; The Writers and Readers of Histone Code
3. Current Trends in Biotechnology Research
4. Molecular Basis of Genetic Diseases
5. Molecular Biology Techniques
6. Advanced Molecular Diagnostics

Professional Experience:
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Garden Campus Abdul Wali Khan
University Mardan from January 10, 2013 to date.
2. Assistant Professor (IPFP), Islamia College University Peshawar from September 19, 2012
to January 10, 2013
3. Postdoc, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China June 2012 to Sep 2012
4. Lecturer at University of Peshawar: As lecturer in University of Peshawar), teaching
Biochemistry to M.Sc. and Chemistry to B.Sc. and M.Sc. from October 2005 to June 2007
5. Resident Warden in RS Ward Hostel, University of Peshawar: Resident Warden in RS
Ward hostel, University of Peshawar from October 2005 to June 2007

Membership of Professional Societies:

1. International Society for Applied Life Sciences (ISALS), Membership No:2102014
2. International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Membership No:142472
3. Member of International Society for Infectious Disease (ISID)
4. Member Biosafety Society of Pakistan
5. Founder Biotechnology Society of AWKUM (BSA)

Editorship of Peer Reviewed Science Journals:

1. Pakhtunkhwa Journal of Life Sciences
2. Journal of Environmental and Agricultural Sciences
3. VFAST Transaction on Life Sciences

Reviewership of Peer Reviewed Science Journals:

1. Journal of Medical Case Reports
2. International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health
3. Journal of Plant Interactions

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Educational Qualification:
Degree Years Institution Marks
Graduate University of Chinese Academy of
PhD 2007—2012 First Class
Sciences, Beijing, PR China
888/1200
M.Sc. 2002—2005 University of Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan
First Class
375/550
B.Sc. 2000—2002 University of Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan
First Class
619/900
B.Ed. 2003—2005 Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
First Class
787/1100
H.S.S.C. 1998—2000 BISE, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan
First Class
621/850
S.S.C. 1998 BISE, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan
First Class
Academic Distinctions:
1. 2nd Position in M.Sc. Examination in Department of Chemistry University of Peshawar
(Record Marks in Biochemistry in University of Peshawar)
2. 1st Position in B.Sc. Examination in Govt. Post Graduate College Mardan
3. 3rd Position in HSSC Examination in Govt Post Graduate College Mardan
4. 1st Position in SSC Examination in Govt. High School Adina Swabi

Honors and Studentships:

1. Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan Merit based full-funded PhD Scholarship
for China, 2007 to 2011
2. Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Research
Fellowship, August 2011 to August 2012
3. Cultural Exchange Scholarship for PhD study from Ministry of Education (MoE) Pakistan
for China, 2006 (did not avail)
4. Cultural Exchange Scholarship for PhD study from Ministry of Education (MoE) Pakistan
for Mexico, 2007 (did not avail)
5. 6-Months Internship at Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR)
Peshawar from January 2004 to July 2004

Advanced Subjects Studied:

Advanced Molecular Genetics, Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression, Advanced Molecular
Biology, Biochemistry (Chemistry of macromolecules i.e. Carbohydrates, Proteins, lipids, Nucleic
acids), Advanced Biochemical Techniques, Metabolism of Proteins, Carbohydrates and Lipids,
Bioinformatics, Enzymology, Chemotherapy, Microbiology, Immunology, Fermentation,

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Endocrinology, Physiological Chemistry, Chemistry of Blood, Food and Nutrition, Organic

Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical chemistry, and Environmental Chemistry.

LABORATORY SKILLS:
Genetics
Arabidopsis/tobacco/plant culture
T-DNA insertion mutant selection and genetic cross
Floral dip transformation and positive plants selection

Molecular Biology
Various Cloning and construction
PCR, RT-PCR and Real-time PCR
Northern blotting
RNA stability assay
EMSA (Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay)

Biochemistry
Protein in vitro expression and purification
Protein methyltransferase activity assay
Preparation and purification of antibody
Total protein and total histones extraction
Western blotting
Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies preparation in mice and rabbit
Pull-down and Immunoprecipitation assays
ChIP (Chromatin Immunoprecipitation)
CLIP (cross-linking Immunoprecipitation)
Thin layer chromatography

Virology
Virus inoculation and symptoms analysis
Silencing assay for the viral suppressors of RNA silencing (VSRs)

Cell biology
Gene gun-based transformation
Agrobacterium-based transformation
Tissue culture-based transformation
Preparation of plant protoplast and cell suspension
Bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC)
Histochemical GUS staining for gene expression analysis
Light, Scanning Electron and Confocal Microscopy

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Computer/Bioinformatics
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint
Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator
Local and web-based database searches and sequence analyses
Various Softwares for Molecular Biology and Data Analysis
Protein homology modeling and docking
Computational Prediction and Characterization of miRNAs

PERSONAL PROFILE:

Father Name: Muzammil Shah

Date of Birth: 12th December, 1981
Nationality: Pakistani
NIC No: 16202-1003524-7
Passport No: DF1155242
Permanent Address: Post Office: Adina, Sultan Abad, District: Swabi, Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

LANGUAGES:
English Written and Spoken
Urdu Written and Spoken
Pashto Written and Spoken
Arabic Written
Chinese Spoken

REFERENCES:
1. Professor Dr. Raham Sher Khan
Chairman Department of Biotechnology
Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan
Tel: 0092-937-542046
Email: rahamsher@awkum.edu.pk

2. Professor Dr. Muhammad Hamayun

Department of Botany
Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan
Tel: 0092-937-929124
E-mail: hamayun@awkum.edu.pk

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3. Dr. Amjad Iqbal

Department of Agriculture
Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan
Tel: 0092-937-542086, Email: amjadiqbal@awkum.edu.pk

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