VU
Virtual University of Pakistan
Federal Government University
Hanifullah Jan
Tutor/Instructor
Department of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science and Technology


M.Phil (Biotechnology)


Biotechnology, Molecular techniques, Genomics
Official Email hanifullah.jan@vu.edu.pk
Mr. Hanifullah Jan is currently serving as Tutor/Instructor at the Department of Molecular Biology, Virtual University of Pakistan. He has completed his MPhil in Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering from the University of Agriculture Peshawar (UAP) in 2015. He has more than 6 years working experience in various research and diagnostic institutes including NIFA (Tarnab), Molecular Biology Lab IBGE (UAP), TB Reference Lab HMC, and Genomics lab RMI Peshawar with learned skills of molecular techniques. He has 4 publications with 3 in peer-reviewed international journals while also have submitted & reported SARS-CoV-2 genome sequence to GenBank (NCBI). His research focus areas include health biotechnology, human and microbial genomics, gut microbial classification and developing molecular diagnostic kits for various diseases in human.
Experience
Tutor/Instructor Molecular Biology
Virtual University of Pakistan
From Apr 05, 2021 To present
Technologist Genomic Sciences
Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar
From Mar 16, 2016 To Apr 02, 2021
Honors And Awards
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 isolate SARS-CoV-2/human/PAK/KP-RMI-01/2020, complete genome GenBank Accession number: MW242667.1
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Memberships
Member
Genomics Society
Publications
Category: Research Paper
Afridi, O.K., Bibi, N., Haider, S.A., Sabiha, B., Jan, H., Khan, A.A., Akhter, S., Khan, V. and Ali, J., 2022. Genomic Characterization of SARS-CoV2 from Peshawar Pakistan Using Next-Generation Sequencing. Current microbiology, 79(2), pp.1-7.
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Category: Research Paper
Sabiha, B., Haider, S. A., Jan, H., Afridi, O. K., & Ali, J. (2019). Large scale differences of gut microbiome between 16S amplicon and shallow shotgun sequencing. Journal of Rehman Medical Institute, 5(2).
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Category: Research Paper
Sabiha, B., Haider, S. A., Jan, H., Yousafzai, Y. M., Afridi, O. K., Khan, A. A., & Ali, J. (2020). Development of the Next Generation Sequencing-Based Diagnostic Test for ß-Thalassemia and its Validation in a Pashtun Family. Hemoglobin, 44(4), 254-2
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Category: Review Article
Ali, J., Sabiha, B., Jan, H. U., Haider, S. A., Khan, A. A., & Ali, S. S. (2017). Genetic etiology of oral cancer. Oral oncology, 70, 23-28.
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