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Maria Ghani
Country of origin: Pakistan Currently in: Pakistan, Karachi General field of specialization: Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology-
Degrees
2014 Doctorate Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology -
Current Research Activities
Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology
Publications resulting from Research:
I. Maria Ghani, Haneef-Ur-Rehman, Nadir Naveed Siddiqui, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali-Ul-Qader. (2013). Strain improvement by mutation for enhanced production of starch-saccharifying glucoamylase from Bacillus licheniformis. Starch/Starke, 65: 875-884.
II. Maria Ghani, Asma Ansari,Afsheen Aman, Rashida Rahmat Zohra, Nadir NaveedSiddiqui, Shah Ali-Ul-Qader. (2013). Isolation and characterization of different strains of Bacillus licheniformis for the production of commercially significant enzymes. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 26: 691-697.
III. Rashida Rahmat Zohra, Afsheen Aman, Raheela Rahmat, Asma Ansari, Maria Ghani, Shah Ali-Ul-Qader. (2013). Dextranase: Hyper-production of dextran degrading enzyme from newly isolated strain of Bacillus licheniformis. Carbohydrate Polymer, 92: 2149-2153.
IV. Asma Ansari, Nadir Naveed Siddiqui, Maria Ghani, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali-Ul-Qader. (2015). Plasmid borne BAC-IB17: Localization of a potential antibacterial positive marker (Bac+) encoded broad inhibitory spectrum bacteriocin. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 28: 1331-1335.
V. Haneef-Ur-Rehman, Afsheen Aman, Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Asad Karim, Maria Ghani, Abdul Hameed Baloch, Shah Ali UlQader. (2016). Immobilization of pectin depolymerizing polygalacturonase usingdifferent polymers. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 82: 127-133.
VI. Maria Ghani, Asma Ansari, Muhammad Samee Haider, Tayyaba Asif, Fariha Ibrahim, Shah Ali Ul Qader, and Afsheen Aman, (2019). Purification and characterization of a thermostable starch-saccharifying alpha-1,4-glucan-glucohydrolase produced by Bacillus licheniformis. Starch/Stärke DOI: 10.1002/star.201800352.
CULTURE BANK COLLECTION (GenBank Deposition)
1. GenBank Accession # GU907668 (2010)
Iqbal, S., NaveedSiddiqui, N., Ansari, A., Ghani, M., Aman, A., Hameed, A., Ajmal, M., Ali UlQader, S. and Azhar, A.
“Identification and Characterization of Newly Isolated Dextran and Dextransucrase Producing Strain of Leuconostocmesenteroides KIBGE-IB6 by Sequencing the Gene Fragments.”
2. GenBank Accession # GU907669 (2010)
Iqbal, S., NaveedSiddiqui, N., Ansari, A., Ghani, M., Aman, A., Hameed, A., Ajmal, M., Ali UlQader, S. and Azhar, A.
“Identification and Characterization of Newly Isolated Dextran and DextransucraseProducing Strain of Leuconostocmesenteroides KIBGE-IB7 by Sequencing the Gene Fragments.”
3. GenBank Accession # GU907670 (2010)
Iqbal, S., NaveedSiddiqui, N., Ansari, A., Ghani, M., Aman, A., Hameed, A., Ajmal,M., Ali UlQader, S. and Azhar, A.
“Identification and Characterization of Newly Isolated Dextran and Dextransucrase Producing Strain of Leuconostocmesenteroides KIBGE-IB8 by Sequencing the Gene Fragments.”
4. GenBank Accession # GU907671 (2010)
Iqbal, S., NaveedSiddiqui, N., Ansari, A., Ghani, M., Aman, A., Hameed, A., Ajmal, M., Ali UlQader, S. and Azhar, A.
“Identification and Characterization of Newly Isolated Dextran and Dextransucrase Producing Strain of Leuconostocmesenteroides KIBGE-IB9 by Sequencing the Gene Fragments.”
5. GenBank Accession # GU907674 (2010)
Iqbal, S., NaveedSiddiqui, N., Ansari, A., Ghani, M., Aman, A., Hameed, A., Ajmal, M., Ali UlQader, S. and Azhar, A.
“Identification and Characterization of Newly Isolated Dextran and Dextransucrase Producing Strain of Leuconostocmesenteroides KIBGE-IB10 by Sequencing the Gene Fragments.”
6. GenBank Accession # GU907672 (2010)
Iqbal, S., NaveedSiddiqui, N., Ansari, A., Ghani, M., Aman, A., Hameed, A., Ajmal, M., Ali UlQader, S. and Azhar, A.
“Identification and Characterization of Newly Isolated Dextran and Dextransucrase Producing Strain of Leuconostocmesenteroides KIBGE-IB11 by Sequencing the Gene Fragments.”
7. GenBank Accession # GU907675 (2010)
Iqbal, S., NaveedSiddiqui, N., Ansari, A., Ghani, M., Aman, A., Hameed, A., Ajmal, M., Ali UlQader, S. and Azhar, A.
“Identification and Characterization of Newly Isolated Dextran and Dextransucrase Producing Strain of Leuconostocmesenteroides KIBGE-IB12 by Sequencing the Gene Fragments.”
8. GenBank Accession # GU907673 (2010)
Iqbal, S., NaveedSiddiqui, N., Ansari, A., Ghani, M., Aman, A., Hameed, A., Ajmal, M., Ali UlQader, S. and Azhar, A.
“Identification and Characterization of Newly Isolated Dextran and Dextransucrase Producing Strain of Leuconostocmesenteroides KIBGE-IB13 by Sequencing the Gene Fragments.”
9. GenBank Accession #HQ610927(2010)
Ansari,A., Iqbal,S., Siddiqui,N.N., Ghani,M., Aman,A., Hameed,A., Ajmal,M., UlQader,S.A. and Azhar,A.
“Production of commercial enzymes from Bacillus subtilis KIBGE-IB16”.
10. GenBank Accession #HQ588349(2010)
Ansari,A., Iqbal,S., Siddiqui,N.N., Ghani,M., Aman,A., Hameed,A., Ajmal,M., UlQader,S.A. and Azhar,A.
“Purification and characterization of bacteriocin from Bacillus subtilis KIBGE-1B17.
11. GenBank Accession #HQ588348(2010)
Iqbal,S., Ansari,A., Siddiqui,N.N.,Ghani,M., Aman,A., Hameed,A.,Ajmal,M., UlQader,S.A. and Azhar,A. Production of dextran from Leuconostocmesenteroides KIBGE-IB19 isolated from molasses.
12. GenBank Accession # JQ250612 (2011)
Ansari, A., Aman, A., Ghani, M., Zohra, R.R., UlQader, S.A.,Hameed, A., Ur Rehman, H. and Pervez,S.
“Micrococcus leuteusstrain KIBGE-IB20 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.”
13. GenBank Accession #KC465400 (2013)
Ansari,A., Siddiqui,N.N., Ghani,M., Rehman,H.U., Zohra,R.R., Aman,A. and UlQader,S.A.
“Identification of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus KIBGE-IB23”.
(N-Terminal Protein Sequence)
Universal Protein Knowledgebase Deposition (UniProtKB)
14. Protein (Glucoamylase) (2013)
Ghani, M., Rehman, H.U., Siddiqui, N.N., Aman, A., Qader, S.A.
Accession number:TrEMBL/UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot C0HJE2.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:TeachingPlan, schedule, and organize, co-ordinate and monitor Lectures and Practical's for the students for Bs program. Plan and organize Lectures and for the students for MS/MPhil program. Plan, deliver and evaluate theoretical / practical instructions. Encourage students to participate in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.
Presentation given
2012Mutational analysis: Enhanced production of glucoamylase by Bacillus licheniformisKIBGE-IB3.Dr. A. Q. Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (KIBGE), University of Karachi.Event: Presented in the series of lecture “Investment In Future” on September 2012 at KIBGEJuly 9-13, 2012Mutational analysis: Enhanced production of glucoamylase by Bacillus licheniformis KIBGE-IB3.The Department of Biochemistry, University of KarachiEvent: Presented in the BioCon 2012 Biochemistry in the Post-Genomic Era Golden Jubilee CelebrationsMarch 01-03, 2011Optimization of physico-chemical factors for glucoamylase production from newly isolated strain of Bacillus licheniformis KIBGE-IB3.The Department of Biochemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.Event: Poster presented at Symposium cum Workshop on tools in Biomedical ResearchDecember 1-5, 2010Partial characterization of starch degrading glucoamylase from Bacillus licheniformis KIBGE IB-3.at Dr. A.Q. Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (KIBGE), University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.Event: Poster presented at 10th Biennial Conference of Pakistan Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (PSBMB)
