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Afsheen Arif

Country of origin: Pakistan Currently in: Pakistan, Karachi General field of specialization: Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology
Academic Background

Degrees

2013 Doctorate Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Biological Systems and Organisms

I am a Geneticist and Biotechnologist. Mainly working on rare genetic diseases in Pakistani population. I am interested for diversified collaborations.


Publications resulting from Research: 


Naz A, Arif A and Badar U (2020) “Effects of Magnesium, Calcium and Sodium salts on growth and
Luminescence of vibrio harveyi” International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology, 17 (1): 157-160, 2020.

Hanif MI, Mansoor Q, Arif A, Shoeb E, Ismail M, (2019) “Efficacy of short tandem repeat markers in molecular diagnosis of aneuploidies of spontaneous miscarriages and couples”
(JPMA-2019-11-1310).

Rizvi STF, Arif A, Azhar A (2019) “TNF gene promoter region polymorphisms and association with young-onset rheumatoid arthritis” Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 32 (5 Suppl),2295-2297

Hanif MI, Khan A, Arif A, Shoeb E (2019) “Cytogenetic investigation of couples with recurrent spontaneous miscarriages.” Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 35(5):1422-1427.

Changxing L, Galani S, Hasan F, Chishti AA, Naveed M, Arif A, Rashid Z, Ashraf A, Chenling M, (2018) Biotechnological approaches to the production of promising plant-derived anticancer agents: An update and overview (Accepted)

Naz A, Badar U, Arif A, Qureshi Z, Saeed S, Shoeb E, Ansari MA, Khan OY, (2017) “Isolation and characterization of bioluminescent strain isolated from Japanese threadfin bream (Nemipterus Japonicus) fish of Arabian sea” Pakistan Journal of Zoology (Accepted)

Hanif M, Ansari MA, Shoeb E, Imtiaz S, Arif A, (2017) “Estimation of β-lactamase in marine water isolates.” International Annals of Medicine;1(11).

Hanif MI, Arif A, Zehra S, Shoeb E, Khan A (2017), “Quantitative Fluorescent-PCR: Current Scenario and Future Approach for the Investigations of Spontaneous Miscarriages in Karachi Current scenario and future approach in Karachi”. International Annals of Medicine;1(6).

Zehra S, Arif A, Anjum N, Azhar A, Qureshi MA. (2015) “Depression and anxiety in women with polycystic ovary syndrome from Pakistan” Life Sci J;12(3s):1-4. http://www.lifesciencesite.com.

Arif A, Zehra S Patel N, Azhar A. (2015) “Two novel mutations in NKX 2.5 gene
untranslated regions in congenital heart diseases patients from Pakistan. Acta Medica International: 2(2):40-42.

Islam UI, Arif A, Zehra S, Khanani MR, Azhar A. (2015) “Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC), the surgeons and physicians dilemma in Pakistan”.Int. J. of Adv. Res. 3 (1): 851-855.




Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Research
Teaching
I am Assistant Professor, at Karachi Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, University of Karachi. I am mainly involved in M.Phil, PhD teaching and mentoring students with the study projects.

Workshop and Conference Attended

2013 Birmingham International Union of Physiology IUPS

Affiliations

New York Academy of Sciences

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