Department: Faculty of Veterinary Science, Institute of Microbiology
Position: Assistant Professor
HEC Approved Supervisor: NO
Research Intersts: The aim of my research is to decipher molecular mechanism involved in innate immunity especially host-pathogen interactions during infectious diseases. I am interested to study diagnosis and investigation of molecular pathogenesis involved in various emerging and re-emerging diseases of medical importance. During my masters and Ph.D research in France, I studied the maturation and posttranslational modifications incurred for the production of antimicrobial peptides. Later these endogenous peptides were used against various microbes (bacterial and fungal). Simultaneously, immune evasion strategies espoused by Staphylococcus aureus were also included in the studies. Finally these basic studies of host pathogen interaction were utilized for the development of antimicrobial peptide conjugated biopolymer production. This antimicrobial polymer was used for the coating of medical instruments and were analysed against various bacterial and fungal infections. This can be a helpful tool to combat hospital acquired infections during minor surgical manipulations. My future intensions are to investigate cellular and molecular basis of emerging diseases in Pakistan.
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