Department:  Faculty of Veterinary Science, Institute of Microbiology

Position:  Assistant Professor

HEC Approved Supervisor:  YES

Research Intersts:  My main research interest is in Virology, immunology, development of vaccines, surveillance and epidemiology of Infectious disease. During my Ph.D. I have worked on “Characterization of Live-Attenuated genotype 1 strain of Japanese encephalitis virus.” Moreover, I have also worked on several relevant projects which include “A Novel recombinant VLP vaccine displaying B and T cells epitopes of JEV” and “adaptation of Live-Attenuated JEV vaccine to Vero cells in association with mutations to structural proteins”. I have published my PhD research work in prestigious journals "Viruses", "Virus research" Vaccines, and “Virology”. I also have published > 16 research articles with cumulative impact factor of >60, >150 citations and h-index of 6. My vision for the future is to become a scientist with a deep understanding and concern for the livestock by developing indigenous vaccines.

Publications:  

1. Anwar MN, Akhtar R, Abid M, Khan SA, Rehman ZU, Tayyub M, Malik MI, Shahzad MK, Mubeen H, Qadir MS, Hameed M., 2022, The interactions of flaviviruses with cellular receptors: Implications for virus entry, Virology, 568, 77-85
2. Wahaab A, Mustafa BE, Hameed M, Stevenson NJ, Anwar MN, Liu K, Wei J, Qiu Y, Ma Z. , 2021, Potential Role of Flavivirus NS2B-NS3 Proteases in Viral Pathogenesis and Antiflavivirus Drug Discovery Employing Animal Cells and Models, Viruses, 14, 44-53
3. Anwar MN, Jiang C, Di D, Zhang J, Guo S, Wang X, Hameed M, Wahaab A, Shao D, Li Z, Liu K. , 2021, A Novel recombinant VLP Vaccine Displaying B and T cell epitopes of JEV offers Protective immunity in mice and guinea pigs, Vaccines, 9, 980-992
4. Rehman ZU, Ren S, Butt SL, Manzoor Z, Iqbal J, Anwar MN, Sun Y, Qiu X, Tan L, Liao Y, Song C., 2021, Newcastle Disease Virus induced pathologies severely affect the exocrine and endocrine functions of the pancreas in chickens, Genes, 12, 495-108
5. Hameed M, Wahaab A, Shan T, Wang X, Khan S, Di D, Xiqian L, Zhang JJ, Anwar MN, Nawaz M, Li B., 2021, A Metagenomic Analysis of Mosquito Virome collected from different animal farms at YunnanMyanmer border of China, Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 3601-3618
6. Wahaab A, Liu K, Hameed M, Anwar MN, Kang L, Li C, Ma X, Wajid A, Yang Y, Khan UH, Wei J., 2021, Identification of Cleavage Sites Proteolytically Processed by NS2B-NS3 Protease in Polyprotein of Japanese Encephalitis Virus, Pathogens, 10, 102-113
7. Anwar MN, Guo S, Xin W, Hameed M, Wahaab A, Ma X, Khan AU, Rahman SU, Shao D, Li Z, Liu K., 2020, Adaptation of a Live-attenuated Genotype I Japanese Encephalitis Virus to Vero cells is associated with mutations in structural protein genes, Virus Research, 292, 198256

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