Member Profile
Samina Naz Mukry
Country of origin: Pakistan Currently in: Pakistan, Karachi General field of specialization: Biological Systems and Organisms-
Degrees
Biological Systems and Organisms -
Current Research Activities
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
• Research: Supervising three M. Phil/ Ph.D students working on immunological and molecular aspects of haematological malignancies. Train students and technologists to independently perform various experiments and diagnostic assays. Research includes; Isolation of DNA from blood and bone marrow, PCR amplification, and investigation of mutations and polymorphism via sequencing of genes with diagnostic and prognostic significance in myeloproliferative neoplasms, leukemias, aplastic anemia and immune thrombocytopenia purpura. Flow cytometric quantification of platelets redox potential, Th cells, Tc cells. ELISA based investigation of drug metabolizing enzymes and levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Designed and supervised project titled “Comparative study on routine diagnostic tests; to develop reference model for efficient and timely diagnosis of Malaria” sponsored by Pakistan Medical Research Council as Co-Principal Investigator of project. Responsible for technical write-ups of various research projects including technical reports and publications.
Publications resulting from Research:
Mukry, SN., Khan, SA., Ahmad A. (2010)Screening and partial characterization of hemolysins from Bacillus sp.: strains S128 & S144 are hemolysin BL (HBL) producers. Pakistan Journal of Botany42(1): 66 77
Naz, A., Zahid, D., Mukry, SN., et al., (2014) Evaluation of efficacy of various Dengue immunochromatographic rapid tests for Dengue diagnosis. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences 30 (1): 166-177.
Mukry, SN.,Rivi, B., Rasheed, M., et al.,Biological activities and chromatographic analysis of organic fractions of Bacillus thuringiensis S144 submitted.
Mukry SN., Saud, M., Sufaida, G. et al.,Laboratory diagnosis of malaria: comparison of manual and automated tests. submitted.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchAdministrationTeaching• Diagnostic Laboratory: Managed Stem-Cell laboratory at NIBD since joining until July 2015. Focal person at National Institute of Blood Diseases & BMT, Karachi for the collaborative work on the US AID funded “Enhanced HIV/ AIDS Control Program”, Govt. of Sind, Pakistan. Promoted as head of Div. of Immunology & Applied Microbiology at Centre of Excellence in Microbiology, (CEMM). • Teaching: Full time faculty member at the Dept. of Post Graduate Studies & Research (NIBD). Organize, teach, mark papers and oversee tutorials in Cell and Molecular biology (Course: 702), Immunology (Course: 705), Techniques and Updates in Stem Cell Transplant and hematology (Course: 803) and Presentation skills, literature review and thesis writing (Course: 801) from post-graduate students. Member of Board of Advanced Studies & Research (BASR) of NIBD. Designed and conducted laboratory sessions and quizzes for Course: 702 and Course: 705
Workshop and Conference Attended
2014 Boston, USA 114th General Meeting of American Society for Microbiology2014 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ASEAN Congress of Tropical Medicine & ParasitologyAffiliations
American Society for Microbiology -
Other Awards
Jan 2005HEC Indigenous PhD 5000 Scholarship (Batch II)Scholarship awarded by HEC, Govt. of Pakistan that covered complete tuition and bench fees for M.Phil/ Ph.D studies at University of Karachi.Jul 2013Research grant 4-22-10/11/RDC/NIBD, Karachi by Pakistan Medical Research CouncilProject titled “Comparative study on routine diagnostic tests; to develop reference model for efficient and timely diagnosis of Malaria” was funded by Pakistan Medical Research Council.Feb 2015HEC Approved Ph.D supervisorAuthorized by Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan to supervise MPhil and PhD students of Biological Sciences.
