Associate Professor
University of the Punjab
I have completed PhD in “Biomolecular Sciences” from The University of Manchester, UK in 2008 under Membrane Protein Structure Initiative (MPSI) program sponsored by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), UK. A consortium of highly experienced membrane protein research groups from universities of Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, UMIST, Oxford, Sheffield, Imperial, Birkbeck, and CCLRC Daresbury UK carried out this MPSI program. During my PhD, I have worked on structural and functional characterization of ABC transporters and membrane proteins from type IV pilus biogenesis system of Gram-negative bacteria. In 2008 after completion of my PhD, I was offered five years Post-Doctoral fellowshipby The University of Manchester. During my Post-doctoral research, we worked in collaboration with research groups at Churchill Hospital and Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford and also with research group from National Institute for Biological Standards & Control (NIBSC) UK with focus on protein-based meningococcal vaccine research. In June 2013, I moved to Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics (LIGHT), recently re-named Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM), University of Leeds where I worked till November 2015 eukaryotic expression of human blood clotting factor. I then joined as a Post-Doctoral Research scientist in the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Structural Biology at the Centre for Biomolecular Sciences (CBS), School of Pharmacy, The University of Nottingham, UK to study the novel mechanism of thrombosis that is crucial for the development of antithrombotic therapeutics. In September 2017, I moved to Laboratory of Nanomedicine at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia to work on the impact of aggregation triggering motifs on the solubility of proteins and viral vaccine research. Later, I started working at the Biodiscovery Institute, The University of Nottingham, UK to study the structure of membrane proteins involved in Quorum sensing.
Saturday, July 9, 2022
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM