PROCEEDINGS

1. Hameed, U., S. Ali, M.M. Javed and I. Haq. 2004. Optimization of inocula for cellulases biosynthesis by Trichoderma harzianum UM-II under shaking culture. Proc. Natl, Conferen. Biol., 2:1-6.
2. Laqat Ahmed, Muhammad Mohsin Javed, Zafar Sadiq, Khalid Pervaiz, and Amin-ul-Haq Khan, 2006. A statistical study on the plant diversity at Botanic Garden GC University Lahore. Res. Bot. Garden. 93-98.

BOOKS PUBLISHED (CO-AUTHOR)

            An Easy Way to Biology for F.Sc.                 2002    Pakistan Book Centre Lahore.

WRITING

Drama (Insani Baqa) – Theme Pollution in Scientific Ravi (1992)

CONFERENCES/ SYMPOSIUM ATTENDED

1. 1^st National Conference of Biology “March 28-30, 2002” at Biology Block, Government College Lahore.
2. 7^th International Conference “Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, April 2-5, 2003” organized by Pakistan Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Department of Biochemistry, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore-54590.
3. Workshop on ‘Microbes and their identification’ May 2-5, 2004 at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
4. First National Conference on ‘Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology’, September 29-30, 2004 at Best Western Hotel, Islamabad, Pakistan.
5. The Eighteenth FAOBMB Symposium, November 20-23, 2005 at Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
6. Organized First Biotechnology Conference on ‘Business Opportunities in Industrial Biotechnology’ January 17-19, 2006 in collaboration with Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA) at Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, GC University Lahore, Pakistan.
7. First Pakistan Botanic Garden Conference on “Action plan for Botanic garden Network in Pakistan (24-25^th March, 2006).
8. National Symposium on Bio-manufacture Technology of Enzymes for Detergents and Leather Industries, organized by Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIT) on 27^th to 28^th April, 2007.
9. China Sichuan Paocai International Forum at Meishan City of Sichuan Province, P.R. China (18^th July, 2009).

WORKSHOPS / TRAINING COURSES ATTENDED

Foreign

1.      International Training Course on Produce and application of bio-enzymes for industrial use, Hebei Academy of Science, Shijiazhuang, City of Hebei Province, P.R. China, November 15^th to December 20^th 2006.

2.      International Training Course on Mushroom cultivation, Fuzhu, City of Fujian Province, P.R. China, October 2007 to December 2007.

3.      Training course on renewable energy, Institute of Biogass, Changdu, City of Sichuan Province, P.R. China, 22-06-2009 to 16-08-2009.

Local

4.      Environmental Management and Development Process, from April 07-11, 1997 held at Pakistan Academy for Rural development (PARD), Peshawar.

5.      In-service Training Course for Subject Specialist Biology, from June 09-28, 1997 held at Directorate of Staff Development (DSD), Punjab Lahore.

6.      Empowerment of People and Rural Development, from December 16-18, 1997 held at Pakistan Academy for Rural development (PARD), Peshawar.

7.      Training of Trainers Techniques, from March 26, 1998 to April 04, 1998 held at National Centre for Rural Development (NCRD), Islamabad.

8.      Internal Auditing ISO-9000, from April 01-03, 1999 held at Textile Asia Ltd. Lahore.

9.      Modern Techniques in Biotechnology, 2-7 March 2003 held at National Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Faisalabad, Pakistan.

10.  International Workshop on Bioinformatics, 22-25 April 2003 held at COMSTECH-PTCL Islamabad, Pakistan.

11.  Lahore District Rover Scouts Moot, 19^th to 21^st Feb, 2004 held at Govt. Dyal Singh College,Lahore.

12.  Summer Training Camp of Rovers on 15^th to 21^st August, 2004 at Scout Nasheiman Ghora Gali, Murree Hills Organized by Punjab Boy Scouts Association and got 2^nd Position in Daily Camp Inspection Competition.

13.  National Workshop on Capacity Building in Global Change Research, 8^th to 10^th June, 2004, Organized by APN, CAPaBLE Programme and Asianics Agro division International,Islamabad.

14.  Modern Techniques in Biotechnology, 3^rd to 8^th April, 2005 held at National Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad.

15.  Preparation and Evaluation of Rabbit Anti-Buffalo IgG Antibody* Turnip Peroxidase Conjugate, 12^th to 17^th September, 2005 held at University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,Lahore.

16.  International Satellite Workshop on Bioinformatics (Pre-8^th FAOBMB Symposium), 14^th to 19^th November, 2005 held at Centre of Excellence/Advanced of Molecular Biology (CEMB/CAMB), University of the Punjab, Lahore.

17.  The Safety Measures in the Use of Radiation in Agriculture and Biology, 27^th Feb to 3^rdMarch, 2006 held at Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad, Pakistan.

18.  International Thematic Workshop on the Use of Bioinformatics in Genomic Research, 19^thAugust to 2^nd September, 2006, jointly Organized by OIC Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH) and Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC), held at COMSTECH Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan.

19.  Summer Training Camp of Rovers on 18^th to 24^th August, 2008 at Scout Nasheiman Ghora Gali, Murree Hills Organized by Punjab Boy Scouts Association and got 1^st  Position in Daily Camp Inspection Competition.

20.  HRDC Cycle IV training on assessment in Higher Education by quality Enhancement Cell GC University, Lahore.

SPECIAL LECTURES DELIVERED

1.      “Biostatistics: Science after Science” during Three days training workshop for young scientist of Balochistan at Institute of Biochemistry, University of Balochistan Quetta, Pakistan on April 25-27, 2006.

2.      “Biotechnology and Industry” during International workshop on “Biotechnology for Development” organized by Department of Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering on March 2-5, 2008 at Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat (Resource person).

3.      “Biotechnology and IIB” during LCCI Biotechnology workshop-2008 at Amin Hall LCCI on July 16, 2008, organized by The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry in collaboration with National Commission on Biotechnology (NCB),

PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

·         Convener of Civil works Committee, GC University Lahore (2014 to date)

·         Member Affiliation Committee, GC University Lahore (2011-2012)

·         Member Un-fair means committee Gc University Lahore (2012 to date)

·         Member Organization Committee for Convocation, GC University Lahore (2002 to date)

·         Incharge Rovers’ Club GC University, Lahore (2002 to date)

·         Incharge Departmental Time table (2003 to 2012)

·         Incharge Rowing & Rovering GC Sport (2007 to date)

·         Incharge Departmental Equipments (2005 to 2012)

·         Member Technical, Departmental Purchase Committee of Equipment (2005 to 2012).

·         Member, Board of Studies in Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, GC University Lahore (2005 to date)

·         Member, Board of Studies in Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore (2010-2012).

·         Member, Board of Studies in Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Kohot University of Science and Technology, Kohot (2010-2011).

·         Life Member, Biological Society of Pakistan.

·         Life Member, Pakistan Botanical Society.

·         Life Member in Pakistan Red Crescent Society

THESES SUPERVISED

B.Sc (Hons)                                               

1.      Hira Naeem - Evaluation of different locally available vegetables for peroxidase enzyme (2009).

2.      Waseem Ahmad- Propagation of thermophilic fungi by solid state fermentation for phytase production (2009).

3.      Izzah Shahid - Production of enzyme phytase by mesophilic fungi using solid state fermentation (2009).

4.      Rahat Ijaz - Detection of polymorphism M→V 129 in PRNP gene (PRioN Protein) by two tube Amplification Refractory Mutation System (ARMS) in normal Pakistan population (2009).

5.      Shehzad Ahmad - Characterization of haemophilia A by detecting Intron I inversion VIII gene in Pakistani patients (2009).

6.      Samina Rafiq Studies on the production of glucose oxidase by thhermophylic Aspergillus sp in shake flask (2010).

7.      Aroosh Shabbir - Studies on the production of glucose oxidase by thhermophylic Penicillium sp in shake flask (2010).

8.      Essa Ahsan Khan – Optimization of cultural condition of Saccharomyces boulardii in shake flask (2010).

9.      Zaheer Abbas – Genetic typing of Dera Din Phah and Nachi goat breeds of Pakistan using microsettellite markers (2010).

10.  Madiha Khan - Kinetics and thermodynamic studies of urease isolated from Soya beans 2011)

11.  Umer Karim, Asad Ullah Khan, Muzaffar Javed and Muhammad Asjad Khan - Low density lipoprotein’s (LDL) lowering and high density lipoprotein’s (HDL) enhancing activities of β-glucans from plant and microbial sources (2011)

12.  Hamza Ihsan - Kinetics and thermodynamic  studies of cloned β-glucosidase (2011)

M. Sc

1. Tehmina Saleem Khan – Study on the extracellular enzymes produced by Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma viride (2004).
2. Samarah Niazi – Production of cellulase by a mutant strain of Trichoderma viride in stirred fermentor (2005).
3. Asma Zafar – Ethanol fermentation of low quality dates by yeast (2006).
4. Mehwish Bisma – Production of ethanol by immobilized yeast cells (2006).
5. Bushrah – Studies on the production of lipase by Sporotrichum thermophile in shake flask (2007).
6. Husnain Sabir – Isolation and characterization of thermophiles from the Hot Springs of Gilgat (2007).

M. Phil

1. Amna Ehsan – Studies on the submerged fermentation of xylanase by mutant strain of Aspergillus niger GCBT-35 in stirred fermentor (2004).
2. Nadia Shamim – .Production of alpha amylase by Bacillus subtilis and its characterization (2004).
3. Shehla Afzal – Purification and characterization of β-glucosidase produced by mutant strain of Trichoderma viride (2005)
4. Zill-e-Huma – Optimization of cultural conditions for the production of invertase by Saccharomyces cerevisiae GCB-105 (2005)
5. Tehmina Saleem Khan – Comparative study on β-glucosidase produced by Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma viride (2006).
6. Salma Aziz – Biosynthesis of β-glucosidase by Sporotrichum thermophile (2007).
7. Rizwana Rafique - Cellulase free xylanase by Thermomyces lanuginosus in shake flasks (2007).
8. Sofia Qaisar - Enzymatic depolymerization of cellulosic biomass (2007).
9. Sana Zahoor - Submerged fermentation of Aspergillus niger for the production of b-glucosidase (2008).
10. Amjed Hussain - Genotypic evaluation of scrape susceptibility in Pakistani sheep and goat (2008).
11. Sunita - Pre-treatment of saw dust for the production of fungal enzymes (2009).

12. Jahangir Khan - Evaluation of invertase during the culturing of baker’s yeast at laboratory and industrial scale (2009).

13. M. Imran Sohail - Studies on the production of L-lysine by bacteria in stirred fermentor (2009).

14. Mariyam Abid Khan – Studies on the production of L-phenyle acetyl carbinol by Candida utilis in shake flask (2010)

15. Tehseen Akhtar – Bacterial Profile and antimicrobial susceptibility of uropathogens (2010).

16. Sahar  Tariq- Saccharification of algal biomass using enzymes and whole cell technology (2011).

17. Hira Naeem - Production of sodium glucanate in stirrer fermentor by Aspergillus niger (2011)

18. Sadaqat  Ali - Kinetics and thermodynamics characterization of glucose oxidase by Aspergillus niger (2011)

19. Farhan Latif - Biochemical engineering for glucose oxidase production by A. niger (2011)

Ph. D

1.        Sana Zahoor – Isolation and characterization of thermoduric microflora of Hot springs of Azad Kashmir as potential biotechnological agents (2013 completed).

2.        Naeem Akhtar – Improvement of the fungal mediated biotransformation of benzaldehyde to 1-hydroxy-1-phenyl-2-propanone (2014 completed).

3.        Shagufta Arshad - Bioconversion of agricultural wastes to lysine and its biological evaluation in broiler chicks (2014 completed, as Co-supervisor)

4.        Muhammad Luqman -  Characterisation of environmental, social and genetic factors causing lung cancer in Pakistan (in Progress)