VU Virtual University of Pakistan
Department of English
Dr. Naureen Anwar
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science and Technology


PhD (Zoology)


Zoology/Physiology
Official Email naureen.anwar@vu.edu.pk
Dr. Naureen completed my Ph.D. in Zoology (Reproductive Physiology) from the Department of Zoology, Quaid-i-Azam University. She have key expertise in in- vitro (Tissue culturing) and in-vivo research, designing and conducting research on mouse models, Immuno-histo-chemistry, Spectrophotometric, biochemical and DNA damage analysis (comet assay). Her findings and research are published as first author and co-author in peer-reviewed journals, research related to heavy metals toxicity, oxidative, biochemical, hormonal, and genotoxic stress, drug designing targeting G-quadruplexes, clinical evaluation, etc. Her research interests focuses on finding the role of toxicants and other chemical compounds on male reproductive physiology. She also have working experience as a research scholar in Laboratory of Reproductive Physiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of the Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Experience
IPFP fellow
University of Narowal
From Nov 18, 2021 To Mar 30, 2023
Visiting Lecturer
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad Pakistan
From Aug 01, 2019 To Mar 30, 2020
Honors And Awards
HEC IRSIP fellowship awarded as a Postgraduate researcher at University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Year: 2018
Publications
Category: Research paper
Sharif S, Anwar N, Farasat T & Naz S. 2014. ABO blood group frequency in Ischemic heart disease patients in Pakistani population. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 30 (3): 593-595.
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Category: Review
Umer, M., N. Anwar, T. Shafique, E. Zafar, A. Iffat, I. Rashid, A. Sajid, A. Abbas, A. Sahi, K. Ambreen, F. Seemab, R. Safdar, M.d.C.Z. Romano and S. Bashir. 2024. A brief note on the incidence and management of Plasmodiophora rassica.
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Category: Review
Kiptoo J, Abbas A, Bhatti AM, Usman HM, Shad MA, Umer M, Atiq MN, Alam SM, Ateeq M, Khan M, Peris NW, Razaq Z, Anwar N & Iqbal S. 2021. Rhizoctonia solani of potato and its management: a review. Plant Protection, 5 (3): 157-169.
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Category: Review
Umer M, Qadeer A, Razaq Z, Anwar N & Kiptoo JJ. 2022. Mycovirus: Biocontrol agent against S. sclerotiorum of Rapeseed. Phytopathogenomics and Disease Control, 1(02): 97- 108.
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Category: Review
Umer M, Khan NM, Razaq Z, Nissa MU, Anwar N, Ali MA, Bhatti AM, Khan M & Abbas A. 2022. Bio-herbicides: development, use and elucidation of the factors affecting their efficacy. Plant Protection, 6 (01): 75-84.
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Category: Research paper
Gao C, Chen J, Anwar N, Deng J, Wang Z, Umer M & He Y. 2023. Insect multimeric G- quadruplexes fold into antiparallel structures of different compactness and stability in K+ and Na+ solutions. RSC Advances, 13: 35937.
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Category: Research paper
Gao C, Mohamed HI, Deng J, Umer M, Anwar N, Chen J, Wu Q, Wang Z & He Y. 2023. Effects of molecular crowding on the structure, stability, and interaction with ligands of G-quadruplexes. ACS Omega, 3c01169.
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Category: Research paper
Wang Z, Deng J, Umer M, Anwar N, Wang Y, Dong XX, Xu H & Gao C. 2022. RHPS4 shifted the conformation ensemble equilibrium of Tel24 by preferentially stabilizing the (3 + 1) hybrid-2 conformation. RSC Advances, 12: 26011-26015.
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Category: Research paper
Gao C, Deng J, Anwar N, Umer M, Chen J, Wu Q, Dong X, Xu H, He Y & Wang Z. 2023. Molecular crowding promotes the aggregation of parallel structured G-quadruplexes. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 240:124442.
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Category: Research paper
Qureshi IZ, Anwar N & Hassan S. 2023. Sodium arsenite in drinking water is a continuous threat to maturing reproductive system: a study in prepubertal male mice. Journal of Environmental Science and Public Health, 7 (02): 66- 78
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Category: Research paper
Anwar N & Qureshi IZ. 2019. In vitro application of sodium arsenite to mice testicular and epididymal organ cultures induces oxidative, biochemical, hormonal, and genotoxic stress. Toxicology and Industrial Health, 35 (10): 660-669.
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Category: Research paper
Anwar N, Qureshi IZ, Spears N & Lopes F. 2020. In vitro administration of sodium arsenite in mouse prepubertal testis induces germ cell loss and apoptosis. Toxicology In Vitro, 67: 1-8.
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