DR. SHAZIA MANNAN

Assistant Professor

Department of Biosciences

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology

COMSATS Road, off GT Road,Sahiwal,Pakistan

Phone: Cell: +92-03317782179

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ACADEMICS

Degree / Year / Univ./ Board / Division / Subjects
Post Doc. / 2008 / CSL,UK / NA / Molecular Biology
Ph.D / 2007 / Q.A.U Islamabad / NA / Biochemistry/ Mol. Biology
M.Phil / 2001 / Q.A.U Islamabad / 1st / Biochemistry/ Mol. Biology
M.Sc / 1998 / B.Z.U Multan Pakistan / 1st / Biochemistry
B.Sc / 1996 / B.Z.U Multan Pakistan / 1st / Chemistry, Zoology, Botany
F.Sc / 1994 / Multan BoardPakistan / 1st / Pre-Medical
S.S.C / 1991 / Multan BoardPakistan / 1st / Science

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor/ Head Department of Biosciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Sahiwal since July 14, 2008 –December 7, 2015.

Research Associate for two years under Pakistan Science Foundation project on“Isolation, Identification, and characterization of Potato Phytoplasma in Pakistan”from August 2001 – September 2003 at CDRP at NARC, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Research Fellowat CDRP, NARC, Islamabad in ALP funded project on“Investigations of BYD Virusesof Wheat in Pakistan” from June 2005 to September 2007.

AWARDS

Charles Wallace Fellowship awarded by British Council for research at Central Science Laboratory, York, UK.

Certificate awarded in Recognition of Voluntary Services rendered to Pakistan Phytopathological Society for the organization of 3rd National Conference of Plant Pathology at NARC, Islamabad, Pakistan from October 1-3, 2001.

Certificate of excellence awarded on selection as “Star Girl 1997” in the field of extra curricular activities by the Star Girls and Women Foundation, Karachi, Pakistan

Projects Funded

  1. Identification and Molecular Characterization of Citrus Phyoplasma in Citrus Orchards of Sahiwal district. 0.2M. CIIT
  1. Molecular Characterization of Begomoviruses in Cotton crop. 0.2M. CIIT.

TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS

Title / Date / Institution/country
  1. Surveillance, Identification and Management of Citrus Diseases
/ 22nd Feb – 4th March 2011 / GMU Java, Indonesia
  1. Development of microarray for Potato Viruses
/ January-March 2008 / CSL Yorkshire, UK
  1. Molecular Diagnostics of Citrus Greening
/ 25 – 27th September 2009 / UWS, Australia
  1. “Biochemical Engineering and Fermenter Applications”
/ 3-4 March 2006 / QAU, Islamabad

MEMBERSHIP

“Australian Plant Pathology Society”

“Pakistan Phytopathological Society”

“Pakistan Society of Biochemistry”

PUBLICATIONS

  1. S. Mannan, A. Ihsan and S. Kanwal. Comparative analysis of protein profile of vaccinal strain and local isolates of avian infectious bursal disease virus by western blot. 2015. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 25(5). 1297-1302.
  2. Sheikh Arslan Sehgal, Shazia Mannan,Sumaira Kanwal, Ishrat Naveed1 Asif Mir. Adaptive evolution and elucidating the potential inhibitor against schizophrenia to target DAOA (G72). 2015. Drug Design, Development and Therapy. 9: 3471-3480
  3. Shazia Perveen, Shazia Mannan, Abrar Hussain, Sumaira Kanwal Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A disease from patient to laboratory. 2015. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association. 65(2): 206-212.
  4. Bin, Li., Li Wang, Muhammad Ibrahim, Mengyu, Ge., Yanli Wang, Shazia Mannan Muhammad Asif, Guochang Sun, Proteome analysis of membrane proteins from Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae under various growth conditions. 2015. BMC Microbiology. 197(5): 673-682.
  5. Fatima Tariq,Muhammad Asif and Shazia Mannan. In Silico Analysis of Smad4 Involved In Hepatocellular Carcinoma. 2014. Asian J. Agri Biology. 2(1): 28-33
  6. Awais Ihsan, Shazia Mannan. Genotoxicity evaluation of Mequindox in different short-term tests. 2013. Food and Chemical Toxicology.. 51: 330–336.
  7. Shazia Mannan and Shahid Hameed. A molecular tool for differentiation of Xanthomonas oryzae pathovars isolated from rice. 2013. Journal of Agric. Res., 51(1).
  8. Shafique Shahid and Shazia Mannan.Infectivity analysis of the cloned component of a monopartite begomovirus-betasatellite complex causing tomato leaf curl disease in Pakistan. 2012. J. of Agriculture science. 57(3), 139-145.
  9. Shazia Mannan and Shahid Hameed.Identification of Pakistani Isolates of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae by Insertion Sequence based polymerase chain reaction (IS-PCR). 2012. Journal of Phytology. 4(5): 53-54.
  10. Shazia Mannan, Muhammad Ibrahim, Shahid Nadeem Chohan, Paul Holford. Detection of phytoplasma in citrus orchards of Pakistan. 2010. Journal of phytology, 2(1): 49–54
  11. Shazia Mannan, Muhammad Aslam Shad and Asia Perveen. Detection of a toxic phenolic Compound in cottonseed extract and its products”. 2010. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition. ISSN 1680-5194. 9:
  12. Shazia Mannan, Salman Akbar Malik, Iftikhar Ahamad, Javed Iqbal Mirza and Muhammad Afzal Akhtar. Studies on virulence reactions of local isolates of Xanthomonas Oryzae pv. Oryzae Bacteria. 2009. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 41(1): 391-402
  1. Shazia Mannan, Muhammad Ibrahim, Salman Akbar Malik, Khalid Naeem Khwaja. Comparative susceptibility of different cell cultures and Embryo organ cultures to viruses. 2009. Recent Research in Science and Technology, 1(6): 294–298 ISSN: 2076-5061
  2. Shazia Mannan and Farukh Jamil. Possible roles of the pseudogenes of Salmonella Typhimurium. 2016. Volume 48,Pakistan Journal of Zoology. Accepted
  3. Shazia Mannan"Pharmacoinformatics and Molecular Docking studies reveal potential novel anti-depressants against neurodegenerative disorders by targeting HSPB8" Drug Design, Development and Therapy. Submitted.
  4. Shazia Mannan. Classification of local isolates ofXanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae bacteria of rice based on their aggressiveness. Submitted.

Research Papers Presented in National and International Conferences

  • “Phytoplasma Diseases in Citrus Orchards of Pakistan” presented in the 17th Australian Plant Pathology Society conference held from 29th September-1st October 2009 at Newcastle, Australia.
  • “Incidence of Phytoplasmal Diseases in Potato Growing Areas of Punjab Confirmed Through Fluorescent Microscopy. Presented in 3rd National Conference of Plant Pathology conducted from 1st-3rd Oct. 2001.
  • “Detection and Characterization of phytoplasma by Electron Microscopy” presented in the 8th National Conference of Sciences conducted from 24th -28th February 2003.
  • Prevalence of Xanthomonas Oryzae pv. Oryzae, cause of Bacterial blight disease in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan province”. Presented in 4th National conference of Phytopathology conducted from 14th to 16 October 2003
  • “Comparative hypersensitive responses of local strains of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae” Presented in International Symposium on Recent Trends in Disease Management, Fifth Meeting of Pakistan Phytopathological Society, at the University of Karachi. Pakistan from 20th - 22nd December 2005.
  • “Field based evaluation of bacterial leaf blight disease in main agro-ecological rice zones of Pakistan” presented in International Symposium on Recent Trends in Disease Management, Fifth Meeting of Pakistan Phytopathological Society. University of Karachi, Pakistan from 20th - 22nd December 2005.

References:

Prof. Dr. Raheel Qamar

Head Biosciences

COMSATS Islamabad

Prof. Dr. Mehmood Ahmad Bodla

Vice Chancellor

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