Department: Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology (CABB),
Position: Associate Professor
HEC Approved Supervisor: YES
Research Intersts: Dr. Siddra Ijaz is Associate Professor, Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. She is molecular biologist and involves in both plants and fungi. She has been engaged as visiting research scholar at University of California Davis, USA (2015-2016), where she received training in CRISPR-Cas9 vector cloning and designing and she is the first one in her university, UAF; who received training in this technique. She is also working on research projects funded by national and international funding agencies. She is particularly involved in the characterization and tagging of Shisham (Dalbergia sissoo) germplasm in Pakistan, screening of shisham germplasm that is resistant/tolerant to dieback disease, identification of resistance gene analogues in shisham for this disease as well as identification of dieback disease causing pathogen and its molecular taxonomy. She is also working on making nanotechnology based solutions for the management of plant diseases.
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