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The researchers at
Molecular Biochemistry Lab. (MBL), organizing lab of the Molecular Care have a
vast experience of running and handling projects of multifarious nature in the
area of Molecular Biology
Research
projects awarded to MBL by different national and international funding
agencies
| S No. | Project Title | Sponsering Agency |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | DNA barcoding and biochemical profiling of medicinal plants of Northern and desert areas of Pakistan: Improving socio-economic standard of people of these regions | USAID-IFPRI |
| 2. | Bioactive genes and peptides/proteins from medicinal plants. Under Pak-US program in collaboration with Donald Danforth Plant Science Centre, Missouri, USA. | Pak-US Science and Technology Program |
| 3. | Isolation, cloning and expression of novel antimicrobial genes from medicinal plants. | Higher Education Commission |
| 4. | Studies on poly(A) site strength and interaction of 3'-end processing of mRNA to transcription for understanding the mechanism of gene regulation in eukaryotic systems. | Higher Education Commission |
| 5. | Purfication, characterization and hyperexpression of antifungal proteins/peptides from potential medicinal plants. | IFS (International Foundation for Science), Sweden |
| 6. | Purification and characterization of antifungal peptides/proteins from potential medicinal plants and construction of cDNA libraries for hyperexpression. | Higher Education Commission |
| 7. | Pilot scale production, purification and characterization of xylanase from hyper-expressed mutant of Chaetomium thermophile. | Higher Education Commission |
| 8. | Strengthening of education and research in the Dept. of Life Sciences at University. | National Core Group in Life Sciences, Higher Education Commission |
| 9. | Hyperexpression of lysine and transfer of cellulase genes in Brevibacterium flavum for recycling of agro-industrial wastes. | Pakistan Science Foundation |
PhD projects completed in MBL:
| S No. | Thesis Title | Scholar |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bioactivity based proteomics of selected medicinal plants for drug discovery | Awais Altaf |
| 2. | Biochemical profiling of medicinal plants and bioinformatics of bacterial polyketide synthases in drug discovery perspective | Ghulam Mustafa |
| 3. | Molecular studies on plant based cyclotides for protein-protein interaction | Zahid Mushtaq |
| 4. | Comparative peptidomic profiling of cationic peptides from Solanum lycopersicum under saline stress | Naiza Kanwal |
| 5. | Bioactive potential of fungus induced peptides and isolation of antimicrobial genes from Riccinis communis | Raheela Jabeen |
| 6. | Antimicrobial and anticancer potential of fungus induced peptides and isolation of related genes from Psoralea corylifolia | Shumaila Khan |
| 7. | Bioactive potential of Fungus induced Silybum marianum seedlings and isolation of antimicrobial genes | Sumaira Kousar |
| 8. | Molecular interaction and gene expression pattern of CPSF subunits and differential display analysis under fungal induction in tomato | Saba Riaz |
| 9. | Studies on regulation of intronic polyadenylation by RNA helicase p68/DDX5 and U1snRNP in MCF7 cell line | Sumera Shaheen |
| 10. | Biochemical and gene expression profiling of Nigella sativa L. under salt and fungal stress | Sadia Falak |
| 11. | Purification and characterization of proteins important for homologous recombination in eukaryotes | Rana Salman Anjum |
| 12. | Marker-trait association for drought tolerance in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum) germplasm | M Javid Iqbal |
| 13. | Heterologous expression and characterization of a cellulose-degrading enzyme from Bacillus species | Muddassar Zafar |
| 14. | Expression profiling of differentially expressed genes in oilseed crops canola and sunflower under salt stress | Mubashra Sadia |
| 15. | Cloning and expression studies of Trichoderma glycosyl hydrolase genes | Nighat Aslam |
| 16. | Expression and characterization of xylanases from Trichoderma harzianum and an anaerobic bacterium | Sibtain Ahmad |
| 17. | Purification and characterization of bioactive peptides/proteins from medicinal plants | Muhammad Shahid |
| 18. | Molecular cloning, overexpression and characterization of endoglucanase from Chaetomium thermophile | Saima Naim |