VU Virtual University of Pakistan
Department of English
Dr. Ammad Aslam Khan
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science and Technology


PhD (Medical Science)


Evolutionary Bioinformatics/Molecular Evolution
Official Email ammad.aslam@vu.edu.pk
Contact +92 (42) 111 880 880 (Ext: 2721)
I believe in doing original research and always insist my students to do so.
Experience
Assistant Professor
Virtual University of Pakistan
From Dec 23, 2018 To present
Assistant Professor
Barrett Hodgson University, Karachi
From Feb 21, 2017 To Dec 19, 2018
Postdoc
University of Chicago, USA
From Sep 01, 2016 To Feb 28, 2017
Assistant Professor
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
From Aug 01, 2013 To Aug 01, 2015
Publications
Category: Original Research
Khan, A.A., Fatima, A., 2024. CpG Islands, Gene Expression and Pseudogenization: A Case for a Potential Trilogy. Front. Biosci. 2024, 16(1), 2 16, 2. https://doi.org/10.31083/J.FBS1601002
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Category: Original Research
Khan AA, Ali MS, Babar F, et al (2021) Lack of CpG islands in human unitary pseudogenes and its implication. Mamm Genome 2021 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1007/S00335-021-09893-1
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Category: Original Research
Gao, J. et al. 2013. “A Feedback Regulation between Kindlin-2 and GLI1 in Prostate Cancer Cells.” FEBS Letters 587(6).
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Category: Original Research
Khan A.A, and Muhammad Ashraf. 2005. “Use of Corel Photo-Paint®for Chromosome Karyotyping: An Inexpensive, Semiautomatic Approach.” Journal of the Association of Genetic Technologists 31(2): 52–54.
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Category: Original Research
Khan A.A. 2021. “The Human ADAM1A Gene Is Affected by the Transcriptional Readthrough of MAPKAPK5, Which May Have Evolutionary Implications.” Gene Reports: 101071.
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Category: Popular Science article
Essence of Science, Hamsafar Mag., QAU, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Category: Conference Abstract
Transcriptional regulation of Kindlin-2 (Molecular Biology of the Cell)
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Category: Original Research
Khan A.A., T. Shimokawa, S. Strömblad, and H. Zhang. 2011. “Functional Characterization of Human Kindlin-2 Core Promoter Identifies a Key Role of SP1 in Kindlin-2 Transcriptional Regulation.” Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters 16(4).
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Category: Original Research
Khan A.A, Axel Janke, Takashi Shimokawa, and Hongquan Zhang. 2011. “Phylogenetic Analysis of Kindlins Suggests Subfunctionalization of an Ancestral Unduplicated Kindlin into Three Paralogs in Vertebrates.” Evolutionary Bioinformatics.
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Category: Original Research
Ali, R.H., and Khan A.A. . 2014. “Tracing the Evolution of FERM Domain of Kindlins.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80(1).
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Category: Original Research
Khan A.A, Raja Hashim Ali, and Bushra Mirza. 2020. “Evolutionary History of Alzheimer Disease-Causing Protein Family Presenilins with Pathological Implications.” Journal of Molecular Evolution.
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Research Grants
DateTitleAgency / OrganizationHeadingAmount (Rs.)
2022NRPU-HECHECFunded and in progress3600000.0000
2012Lundberg grant for tumor researchRobert Lundberg FoundationCompleted500000.0000
2011Lundberg grant for tumor researchRobert Lundberg FoundationCompleted500000.0000
2011KI Travel GrantKarolinska InstitutetCompleted300000.0000