FACULTY PROFILE

Dr. Farkhanda Yasmin

Assistant Professor

Ph. D in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology



Dr. Farkhanda Yasmin completed her Ph.D in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore and completed her research project at CEMB,(Punjab University, Lahore) under supervision of Dr. Muhammad Idrees. She did her M.Phil from Quaide Azam University Islamabad. She joined University of Okara as Assistant Professor in January 2018. Before joining University of Okara, she was Consultant Molecular Biologist at Punjab AIDS Control Program(PACP)Lahore. She also worked as Assistant Professor at The University of Lahore, University of Central Punjab Lahore, Bahauddin Zakariya University Lahore Campus. Dr. Yasmin worked as Research Officer (R.O) at CEMB, Punjab University Lahore and NIBGE (National Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering), Faisalabad. She has published research articles in well reputed International and National journals.

HONOURS AND AWARDS

1

2015

Selected as Young Biotechnologist from Pakistan to present poster at ICGEB, Trieste Conference

2

2011

Awarded by Ph.D Fellowship by Higher Education Comission in 2011

3

2002

Awarded by Scientific Talent/ Grant of Substence Allowance in 2002.


PUBLICATIONS :


JOURNAL PAPERS

1

2019

Ali Raza; Arshia Majeed; Farkhanda Yasmin; Waqar Hussain; Nouman Rasool. In silico evaluation of the Novel Hybrid Efflux Pump Inhibitors for use against Mycobacterium tuberculosis" International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics

2

2018

Patho-biological studies of ppr virus in experimentally infectedgoats with reference to immunomodulatory activity of nigella sativa seeds.K. Aqil, Muti-ur-Rehman Khan, A. Aslam, A. Javeed, R. Qayyum, S. Masood, A. W. Manzoor, F. Yasmeen, M.L. Sohail, S. Umar.The J. Anim. Plant Sci. 28(2):2018, 474-484. IF: 0.7

3

2018

K. Aqil, Muti-ur-Rehman Khan, A. Aslam, A. Javeed, R. Qayyum, S. Masood, A. W. Manzoor, F. Yasmeen, M.L. Sohail, S. Umar. “In vitro antiviral activity of nigella sativa against peste des petits ruminants (ppr) virus. Pakistan journal of zoology.49(0)IF:0.491.

4

2018

Farkhanda Yasmin, Tahir Yaqub,, Idrees Khan, Wasim Shahzad, Abu Saeed Hashmi, ZarfishanTahir, Nadia Mukhtar, and Sajid Umar.Antiviral Activity of Thiazolide Derivatives Against Dengue Virus in Huh-7 Cell Line. Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology.2018 ;11(2):e62467.doi: 10.5812/jjm.62467.I.F:1.017

5

2018

Farkhanda Yasmin, Tahir Yaqub, Idrees Khan, Wasim Shahzad, Abu Saeed Hashmi,Kiran Aqil, Nadia Mukhtar,M.Yasir Zahoor,Naeem Akhtar , Sajid Umar. Cloning and expression of dengue NS3 gene of type 2 dengue virus of Pakistani isolates. Journal of Veterinary Research. 62,17-26.I.F 0.58.

6

2017

Farkhanda Yasmin , Shahid Baig , Shehzad Afzal , Javaid Irfan , J.A. Qureshi , M.I. Rajoka. “Polymorphism of the tissue plasminogen inhibitor-1 gene in Pakistani patients with mycocrdia infarction and hypertension”.2017( Accepted in Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences)IF:0.7.


WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

1

2019

One day national Conference on Analysis of Multispectral Radiometer and Satellite Data for better monitoring and management of crops and livestock production. organised by Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Virtual University of Pakistan , Lahore. July 30, 2019

2

2017

One day workshop Biosafety Cabinet Held on May 21, 2017 at LUMS Lahore

3

2017

International Presented Poster on “First Pass Perfusion Cardiac MRI Study to Diagnose and Investigate Ischemia.Gordean Research Conference, July 23-28, Masschusetts, USA”.

4

2017

Symposium Attended on Awareness on HIV/AIDS Held on March 30, 2017 organized by Punjab Aids Control Program (PACP) & University of the Punjab.

5

2005

International Training Course On “Molecular Aspects of Chromosomal Instability”,organized by CentralEuropean Initiative (CEI) September 15-17 th , 2005, at ICGEB, Trieste, Italy.

6

2004

NIBGE& IAEA jointly on conducted National Workshop “Molecular Detection and Genotyping of HBV/HCV by PCR & Quality Assurance Issues.2004.Faisalabad, Pakistan.




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