Member Profile
Membership type: full
Munazzah Meraj
Country of origin: Pakistan Currently in: Pakistan, Nawabshah General field of specialization: Other-
Degrees
2012 Doctorate Other2006 Master Other -
Current Research Activities
Chemical Sciences
currently work on protein biotechnology
Publications resulting from Research:
1. MI Rajoka, K Rehman, M Meraj, MW Akhtar and MA Zia. 2006. Purification and properties of a Bovine Uricase. Protein & peptide letters, 13: 365-368. (IF 0.86)
Munazzah Meraj, Khalil-ur-Rahman, Amer Jamil, Muhammad Ashraf, M Ibraheem Rajoka, Sadia Javed, Nazish Jahan. 2012. Bacillus subtilis Improvement through UV and Chemical Mutagenesis for Indigenously Hyperproduced Urate oxidase. Pak. j. life soc. Sci. 10(2): 123-12
3. Irfan R, Dayo A, Ghoto MA, Yousuf M, Arain MI, Meraj M, Rizwan M. Development and In Vitro Evaluation of Polymeric Responsive Transdermal Patches of Tizanidine Hydrochloride. Latin American Journal of Pharmacy. 2017 Jan 1;36(11):2250-2258. (IF 0.372)
4. Javed S, Ashraf MY, Mahmood S, Bukhari SA, Meraj M, and Perveen A (2013). Comparative Evaluation of Biochemical Changes in Different Safflower Varieties (Carthamus tinctorius L.) under Water Deficit. J Food Process Technol 4: 270. (IF 3.65)
5. Javed S, Ashraf MY, Meraj M, Bukhari SA, Zovia I, 2013. Salinity and Drought Induced Antioxidant Responses in Different Cultivars of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 14(9):814-819. (IF 2.63)
6. Sadia Javed, Shazia A. Bukhari, Iram Zovia and Munazzah Meraj. 2014. Screening of Indigenously Isolated Fungi for Lovastatin Production and Its in vivo Evaluation. Curr. Pharm. Biotech., 2014, 15, 422-427(IF 2.63)
7. M. Meraj, S. Javed*, S. Khaskhil, R. Irfan, M. A. Meraj. 2017 Diagnostic Potential of Indigenously Prepared Uric Acid Estimation Kit. Oxidation communication 2017, 40 (1): 239-247. (IF 0.6)
8. Sadia Javed, Munazzah Meraj, Saqib Mahmood, Arruje Hameed, Farah Naz, Sameera Hassan4 and Rao Irfan. 2017. Biosynthesis of lovastatin using agro-industrial wastes as carrier substrates. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research February 2017; 16 (2): 263-269. (IF 0.8)
9. Sadia Javed, Amair Raza, Saqib Mahmood, Munazzah Meraj, Farah Naz and Sameera Hassan. 2017. Strain improvement of Aspergillus terreus for hyper-production of lovastatin and immobilization of mutant atu-06 strain for repeated batch culture process. Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica & Drug Research, 74 (5):1485-1491. (IF 0.8)
10. Meraj M, Javed S, Khaskhili S, Irfan R. Kinetic and Thermodynamic Properties of Purified Wild and Mutant Derived Urate Oxidase. Current Science. 114(7) :1863-1872. (IF 0.86).
Current profession
Current professional activities type:AdministrationTeachingcurrently working as assistant Professor to teach M.Phil/ MBBS/DPT/ Pharm D/ Nursing students in biochemistry department "Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences Nawabshah, Pakistan. Also have additional charge as deputy director Research in the same university
Workshop and Conference Attended
2005 HEJ Karachi, Pakistan 8th international symposium “Protein Structure Function Relationship”2005 Punjab University Lahore, Pakistan 18th FAOBMB Symposium "Genomics and Proteomics In Health & Agriculture"2008 University of Agriculture Faisalabad Two days international conference on “future prospects of dairy production in Pakistan”2018 Govt. Collage University Faisalabad International conference on “Emerging strategies in exploration of natural products”2018 HEJ Karachi collaboration with Canada Pakistan Research & development Council 6th International Conference on “Endorsing Health Science Research”2010 Muhammad Medical college Mirpur Khas 8th annual medical symposium 20102013 Dubai women collage, Dubai 2nd Biotechnology World Congress2013 Turkish Chemical society Turkey 44th World Chemistry Congress2014 Boston, USA 3rd Biotechnology conference2014 Phuket, Thailand International Conference on Agricultural, Environmental and Biological Sciences2014 Pakistan Two days workshop on “Lecture Skills”2014 Pakistan 3 day workshop on “Research Methods & Techniques For Pure Sciences”2017 Pakistan 2 days international research workshop on ‘‘QSR International Course Outline-Nvivo Fundamental and Advanced Usage’’ -
Other Awards
Dec 2018SATHA AwardGold Medal awarded by South Asia Triple Helix Association