The Khan et al. 7:1444-1448, (2011) article is featured on the cover page of the July issue of the journal "Ophthalmology".
About me
After obtaining an M.Sc. in Biochemistry from the University of Peshawar, I worked as a Scientific Officer at the National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan. I then proceeded to USA to work towards my Ph.D in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA.
During my stay in the US I worked as a Research Assistant at the Department of Biochemistry, University of North Texas and as a Research Associate at the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. After completing my Ph.D. I came back to Pakistan and joined Dr. A. Q. Khan Research Laboratories as a Senior Scientific Officer and was subsequently promoted to the position of Principal Scientific Officer. From 1998 to 2001 I worked for a while, with Dr. Chris Tyler-Smith at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK in the lab of Prof. E.M. Southern. In 2002 I joined Shifa College of Medicine as Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and in 2003 was promoted to the post of Associate Professor & also appointed as the Director of PCR Labs. .....Read more
Identification of novel mutations in Pakistani families with autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa.
Azam, M., Collin, R.W.J., Malik, A., Khan, M.I., Shah, S.T.A., Shah, A.A., Hussain, A., Sadeque, A., Kntar Arimadyo, K., Ajmal, M., Azam, A., Qureshi, N., Bokhari, H., Strom, T.M., Cremers, F.P.M., Qamar, R. and den Hollander, A.I.
Archives of Ophthalmology, 129:1377-1378 (2011)
Compound heterozygous mutations p.Q1530X and 6103delG in COL7A1 causing recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa in a Pakistani family.
Shaiq, P. A., Klausegger, A., Bauer, J. W., Azam, M., Raja G. K. and Qamar R.
The Journal of Dermatology (2011) DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2011.01363.x.
“Huanglongbing (Citrus Greening) A Major Threat to Citrus in Pakistan”.
Chohan, S., Holford, P., Beattie, A., Ahmad I., Ullah, F. and Qamar, R.
Introduction - Citrus decline: Citrus decline has been recognised in Pakistan for decades and adversely affects the general health of plants. The problem is widespread and is variously attributed to edaphic factors such as heavy clay soils, high water tables and inadequate drainage, deficiencies in trace elements or deleterious actions of a range of fungal pathogens or nematodes. While these causes of decline do affects citrus orchards in Pakistan, it is likely that the main cause of decline is due to a bacterial disease called huanglongbing (HLB), more commonly referred to as citrus greeting in Pakistan.
“Analysis of Inherited Disorders by Using High Throughput Bio-Techniques”.
Organized by OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH), Islamabad, Pakistan, 16th-18th February, 2011.
“The use of Nanoparticles in Cancer Treatment”
Advanced Diagnostics and Drug-delivery at the Nanoscale: Sate of the Art and Possible Applications to Orphan Diseases. Organized by International Centre for Science and High Technology-United Nation Industrial Developmental Organization (ICS-UNIDO), Trieste, Italy, 13th-15th October, 2009.
1st CIIT Science Conference “BICMAPE-2009”.
Organized by the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology at CIIT Abbottabad Campus, 28th-29th July, 2009.
