VU
Virtual University of Pakistan
Federal Government University
Dr. Nusrat Majeed
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science and Technology


PhD (Zoology)


Taxonomy and DNA Barcoding, Evolution
Official Email nusrat.majeed@vu.edu.pk
I have completed Msc Zoology from Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore and M.phil in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from UVAS, Lahore. I did doctorate degree in Zoology from Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore. I worked on DNA Barcoding of Arthropods in Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Germany. I joined Virtual University of Pakistan as Instructor Biology in 2019 and currently working as Assistant Professor Biology.
Experience
Visiting Lecturer
University of Education, Lower Mall Campus, Lahore
From Feb 12, 2018 To Feb 09, 2019
Visiting Lecturer
Government postgraduate college for women Wahdat colony, Lahore
From Nov 12, 2014 To Feb 28, 2015
Visiting Lecturer
Government postgraduate college for women Wahdat colony, Lahore
From Sep 01, 2013 To Mar 31, 2014
Visiting Lecturer
Government postgraduate college for women Wahdat colony, Lahore
From Sep 01, 2013 To Mar 31, 2014
College Teaching Intern
Government postgraduate college for women Wahdat colony, Lahore
From Sep 01, 2012 To May 31, 2013
Internship
Punjab Higher Education Department, Civil Secretariat, Lahore
From May 20, 2010 To May 20, 2011
Honors And Awards
Year: 2017
National Workshop on Potential of Sericulture for Employment and Income Generation. February 15, 2018. Organized by: Department of Zoology. University of the Punjab, New Campus, Lahore.
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Eighty eight sequences of COI gene (Accession number: KY587529-KY587616) of salticids has been submitted to GenBank
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one day symposium on Integrated Pest Management For Food Safety. January 30, 2019. Organized by: Department of Zoology. University of the Punjab, New Campus, Lahore.
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38th Pakistan Congress of Zoology (International). February 27-1st March, 2018. Organized by: Department of Zoology. University of the Punjab, New Campus, Lahore.
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Memberships
Researcher
Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig
Member
Pakistan Barcode of Life (PakBOL)
Publications
Category: paper
Identification of the orb weaving spider (Araneae: Araneidae) fauna of Dir lower (Pakistan) through DNA barcoding
As a result of faunistic study on the Orb weaving spider fauna of Pakistan one genus, Gibbaranea Archer, 1951 and six species, Argiope versicolor (Doleschall, 1859), Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772), Neoscona polyspinipes (Yin, Wang, Xie and Peng, 1990), Neoscona scylla (Karsch, 1879), Gea spinipes (C. L. Koch, 1843) and Gibbaranea ullrichi (Hahn, 1835) are recorded from Pakistan for the first time and the presence of five species are confirmed. Eriovixia excelsa (Simon, 1889) and Araneus mitificus (Simon, 1886) are recorded for the first time since 1935. COI sequences >:400 bp recovered from 23 specimens were analyzed using neighbor-joining trees and Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) Nucleotide alignment for each species is provided with Sample id, Process id, match process id and match BIN. A map showing the local distribution of each species is provided.
Year: 2021
Category: Paper
Checklist of Salticids (Arachnida: Araneae) from different localities of Pakistan
Salticid fauna of Pakistan had not been comprehensively explored. This study was an attempt to provide inventory of salticids, which would be the baseline documentation for future studies in Pakistan. This survey was conducted from June 2013 to May 2017, to collect jumping spiders from twelve different localities of Pakistan. Specimens (2556) were collected which belong to twenty-eight species and twenty-one genera. This study added twenty-three first records of species from ten genera. The female of Phintella indica is in this study for the first time.
Year: 2019
Category: Conference paper
Identification of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in OLR1 gene Affecting Milk Production in Pakistani Cattle
Pakistan being agriculture based country has a great potential in livestock sector, it plays an important role in the economy of the country. Milk is a balanced diet because it contains all the essential nutrients like carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and enzymes required for health. In these milk nutrients fat is second most important component of milk. Primary component of milk fat is triglycerides (triacylglycerols or TAG) a typical storage form of lipids. OLR1 is the major protein that binds, internalizes and degrades oxidized low density lipoprotein.
Year: 2012
Research Grants
DateTitleAgency / OrganizationHeadingAmount (Rs.)
2015Biodiversity of Spider Fauna in Salt Range of PakistanWWFCompleted50000.0000
Presentation
1 Oral Presentation in 38th Pakistan Congress of Zoology (International). February 27-1st March, 2018. Organized by: Department of Zoology. University of the Punjab, New Campus, Lahore.
2 Oral Presentation in international conference: The First International Conference on Emerging Trends in Zoology. December 8-9, 2017. Organized by: Department of Zoology. University of Sargodha.
3 Oral Presentation in 2nd International Conference: Innovative Biological and Public Health Research. (IBPHR-2017). December 6-7, 2017. Organized by: Department of Zoology. GC University, Lahore.
4 Poster presentation in 34th International Congress of Zoology held on 25-27 February 2014 at Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan.
5 Poster presentation at ZFMK Museum, Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) Leibniz Association Germany. October 2016. Organized by: ZFMK Museum, Bonn, Germany.