Green Biotechnology

Department: Bioinformatics and Biosciences

Dr. Erum Dilshad

Designation: Head/Supervisor

Research Group Head Profile

PhD in Plant Biotechnology, with a main focus on Molecular Biology, genotyping, and phytochemistry.

Introduction of the Group

Research is focused on producing transgenics of both medicinal and edible crops for enhancement of secondary metabolites, tolerance against biotic and abiotic stress, and their phytochemical analysis. It also involves establishing plant tissue culture, biological evaluation of synthetic and natural compounds, cancer cell line studies, Nanobiotechnology, and crop genotyping.

Members

S. No Name Email Designation
1 Dr. Erum Dilshad dr.erum@cust.edu.pk Head/Supervisor
2 Dr. Sohail Ahmad Jan sohail.jan@cust.edu.pk Member
3 Dr. Muhammad Asad Anwar asad.anwar@cust.edu.pk Member
4 Dr. Samiullah Jan samiullah.jan@cust.edu.pk Member

Research Areas

  1. Nanobiotechnology
  2. Genetic Engineering and Plant Tissue Culturing
  3. Phytochemistry
  4. Plant Genotyping

Projects

S. No Title Year Cost Funding Agency Status
1 Optimization and establishment of In-vitro Cultures of banana and potato for commercialization. 2021-2022 0.375 million CUST Completed
2 Use of DVD writer drives for precision laser micro-drilling of nano-metals 2017-2018 1 billion University of Malaysia Sarawak Completed