Dr. Muhammad Askari
Research Fellow
Department of Chemistry
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  • Collaborative and eager to work in team as well as in an individual
  • Have good English reading, writing and communication

PhD (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

 

2017-2021

The Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GSCAAS) Beijing, China.

(www.caas.cn/en/)

 

 

M.Phil. (Molecular Plant Breeding)

2014-2016

Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) Islamabad, Pakistan. (www.qau.edu.pk)

 

 

Matric (Sciences)

2011-2013

Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) Islamabad, Pakistan. (www.qau.edu.pk)

 

Advances in Molecular Genetics, General Bio Chemistry, Molecular Plant Breeding, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Genomics, Plant Physiology, General Genetics, Bio-Statistics, Plant Pathology, Research Technique & Instrumentation, Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis, Seminar in Plant Development Biology, Academic Writing, Progress in Agricultural Science and Technology

Biotechnology Techniques/Skills:

Cloning

Mapping

Transformation

DNA/RNAExtraction

Spectrophotometry

SDS-PAGE

Recombinant DNA

Plasmid Isolation

RT-PCR

Southern Blotting

CRISPR, VIGS

GUS, LUC

 

 Bioinformatics Techniques/Skills:

Transcriptomic analysis

Data mining in Databases i.e., CottonFGD

Gene Ontology prediction,

CottonGen, Phytozome, etc

Phylogenetic analysis

NCBI Bioinformatics tools

Sequence alignment/ Analysis

EMBL-EBI (tools)

SPSS, R Studio

STRUCTURE, TASSEL

SnapGene, Primer 3

TBtools, MSEXCEL

  • Working as Research Fellow from March 2023 at Department of Botany, University of Baltistan Skardu, Pakistan
  • Worked as Assistant Professor (Visiting) from August 2021 to December 2022 at Department of Biological Sciences, University of Baltistan Skardu, Pakistan.
  • Worked for 1 year at Wheat Wide Crosses and Cytogenetics Lab, National Agriculture Research Centre (NARC) Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Worked for 2 years as a Biology teacher at Uswa Education System Skardu,
  • Organized “2nd International Conference “THE YAKE (Bos grunniens)” The life line in high mountain on 14-15 October, 2022, jointly organized by University of Baltistan Skardu, Pakistan and Virtual University Pakistan.
  • Participated in Writing Workshop under U.S-Pakistan Universities Partnership Program “Promoting Education for Sustainable Mountain Development Through Curriculum Enrichment and Capacity Building” on 30 June, 2022 at Karakorum International University, Hunza Campus, Pakistan.
  • Participated in a Seminar “Biodiversity: Opportunity and Challenges with Reference to Eco-Tourism” on 21, June, 2022 at University of Baltistan Skardu, Pakistan.
  • Certificate of appreciation as a Guest Speaker of a Seminar on 22, Feb, 2022 at University of Wah, Wah Cant, Pakistan.
  • Certificate of excellence for completion of two days training “Finance for Non-Finance” on 16-17, Feb, 2022 at Pakistan Institute of Developmental Economics (PIDE), Islamabad Pakistan.
  • Organized “3rd Sino-Pak International Conference on Innovations in cotton breeding and biotechnology” 2019 at Urumqi, China.
  • Participated “Cotton Genomic Conference” at Huazhong Agriculture University 2018 Wuhan, China.
  • Participated in a Workshop on “Advances in Bioinformatics in Post Genomic Era” 6 November 2014 at QAU Islamabad.
  • Participation for International HRD congress & Pakistan development expo

1.       Dr. Chengzhen Liang

Professor

Plant Molecular Breeding Laboratory, Biotechnology Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Phone: +86-13810281409

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2.        Dr. Tariq Mahmood

Tenured Professor

Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Phone: +92-5190643050

Email: tmahmood@qau.edu.pk

 

3.        Dr. Awais Rasheed

Associate Professor

Plant Biology Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Phone: 92-51-90644183

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