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Mr. Rashid Hussain        

Instructor of department of biosciences

Rashid.dbs@stmu.edu.pk

+92-51-884-0600 EXT 714

Profile Summary

Mr. Rashid Hussain is serving as an Instructor in the Biosciences department of Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University Islamabad. Mr. Rashid has good scientific collaborative interactions with many researchers in diverse projects and has one published article plus many in-progress publications in reputed journals, such as original research articles, review papers, systematic review and meta-analysis, book chapters, and correspondence. Mr. Rashid has had six years of rigorous university-level training in the broad fields of molecular genetics. He is an expert in the extraction of RNA and DNA from blood and plants, lipid profiling, cDNA synthesis, real-time PCR, gel electrophoresis, designing primers, conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and conducting expression studies. He has also got expertise in Plant Biotechnology, Plant and Tissue Culture, and Industrial Biotechnology. He worked as a research assistant on the research project titled “Association of Telomere Length in Metabolic Syndrome” in the Biochemistry Laboratory at Shifa College of Medicine. Mr. Rashid got a certificate from the World Health Organization (WHO) on “Emerging Respiratory Viruses, including COVID-19”.

Qualification

MS Molecular Genetics COMSATS University Islamabad 2022
BS Biotechnology Bahaudin Zakariya University Multan 2019
 
Instructor Department of Biosciences, STMU Since – 2022
Research Assistant Shifa College of Medicine, Biochemistry Laboratory 2021 – 2022
Research Scholar COMSATS University Islamabad 2020-2022
Internship National Center for Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB) Punjab University, Lahore 2018-2018
Student Affairs Committee Department of Biosciences, STMU
Disciplinary Committee Department of Biosciences, STMU
Website & Social Media Platform Committee Department of Biosciences, STMU
 
1. Received certificate of Interdepartmental Faculty Development Series Workshop conducted by Shifa  College of Pharmaceutical Sciences from 20th Feb to 26th Feb, 2023 Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad.
2. Got a certificate from the World Health Organization (WHO) on “Emerging Respiratory Viruses, including COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response and control” in October 2020.
3. Participated in “Awareness Seminar on World Polio Day and Installation Ceremony of Rotaract Club” on 5th September 2017 at Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, BZU, Multan.
4. Got an Honoree Certificate as an organizer “Diagnostic Camp 2017” from Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
  1. Molecular Genetics
  2. Human Genetics
  3. Gene Expression Analysis
  4. Metabolic Diseases
  5. Sequencing
  6. Genomics
  7. Molecular Biology
  8. RNA Biology
  9. tRNA Core Modifications

 

 

1. Shabina Ishtiaq Ahmed, Sehrish Jamil, Humaira Ismatullah, Rashid Hussain, Shabana Bibi, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker, Aisha Naveed, Abubakr M. Idris, Talha Bin Emran. A comprehensive perspective of traditional Arabic or Islamic medicinal plants as an adjuvant therapy against COVID-19. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2023. [IF: 4.219, Q1]