Dr. Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar

PROFILE SUMMARY

My research uses Molecular Genetics and computational biology approaches to understand the complexities of the inherited genetic diseases, their characterization at molecular level and strategies for control and prevention. I am also interested in infectious diseases, causative microbes and corresponding immune responses by the host. My research group also works on application of Bioinformatics and Computational biology approaches to analyze and interpret the vast amount of genomic data available on public databases and utilization of this data for its full potential to progress our scientific understanding focused on human health and disease.

QUALIFICATION
PhD	Human Molecular Genetics	National Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad. Quaid-i-Azam University	2014
MSc	Biochemistry	University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi	2005

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology, Islmabad	Since – 2022
Assistant Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology, Islmabad	2013 – 2021
Visiting Faculty	Quaid i Azam University Islamabad	2013 – 2013

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant	Department of Bioinformatics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brasil	2012 – 2012
Research Assistant	Wilhelm Johansen Center for Functional Genomics WJC, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Denmark	2009 – 2010

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Member	Quality Assurance Committee	2016
Member	University Health and Safety Commitee	2017
Coordinator	Final Year Projects	2016 – 2017
Coordinator	MS Thesis	2016-2017
Coordinator	Internship	2016 – 2018
Departmental Coordinator	Volunteer in service	2016 – 2018
Convener	Departmental Team for BS Biotechnology	2018
Convener	Convener Curriculum Review Committee	2017 – 2018

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Member	American Society of Microbiology

HONORS & AWARDS
1	European Molecular Biology Organization ( EMBO) short Term fellowship to Denmark, 2011)
2	HEC Indigenous PhD Scholarship 2006

RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS

My research interests include molecular understanding of inherited diseases/disorders and other infectious diseases more prevalent in Pakistan;
I am implementing integrated Molecular Genetics and Genomics approaches to understand the complexities of the inherited genetic diseases, their characterization at the molecular level and strategies for control and prevention.;
Similarly, in infectious diseases, I am particularly interested in pathogen-host interaction in analyzing the genomic data (sequencing).;
My research group also employing Bioinformatics and Computational biology approaches to analyze and interpret the vast amount of genomic data available on public databases and utilization of this data for its full potential to progress our scientific understanding in human health and disease.

RESEARCH SUPERVISION
1.	MS	Subtractive Genomics Analysis to Develop Treatment Stretegies for Streptococcus pneumonia
2.	MS	Networks and pathways analysis of bacteriocin producing gene in selected lactic acid bacterial species
3.	MS	Prevalence of Inflammatory Disorders in Obese and Non- Obese Subjects of Kahuta Region
4.	MS	Prevalence and Risk Factor Associated with Blood Borne Hepatitis in Kahuta Region of Pakistan
5.	MS	Impact Estimation of Inflammatory Genes IL-6, TNF-Alpha and ACE on Diabetes and Obesity as Comorbidity Of CAD
6.	MS	Genetic Heterogeneity in Pakistani Obese Individuals
7.	MS	Prevalence and Functional Analysis of Commonly Reported SNPs in Pakistani Obese Kindreds
8.	MS	Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori in Obese Subjects of Rawalpindi
9.	MS	Prevalence of Genetic and Non- Genetic Risk Factors for Diabetes Among Obese Individuals
10.	MS	Genome Mining and Pathway Analysis of Core Bacteriocin Produced by Selected Lactic Acid Bacteria

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1.	Riasat, I., Soomro, N. I., Noor, A., Iqbal, J., & Bakhtiar, S. M. (2022). Ace Gene And Its Associations With Inflammation Or Inflammatory. Int. J. Biol. Biotech, 19(4), 413–422.
2.	Imtiaz, S., Iqbal Soomro, N., Riasat, I., Hafeez, S., Javed Iqbal, D., & Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar, D. . (2022). Association of BDNF Gene (rs6265/G196A) Polymorphism with Depression. NUST Journal of Natural Sciences, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.53992/njns.v6i2.78
3.	SAMI ULLAH JAN, Maha Rehman, Tahmina Nazish, Sohail Ahmad Jan, Ayesha Liaqat, Mahmoud Moustafa, Alvina Gul, Noor Ul Huda, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiyar, Sarah Gul, Farees Ud Din Mufti, Muhammad Jamil. (2022). Genome-wide study and expression analysis of Nodule-inception-like protein (NLP) gene family in Physcomitrella patens reveal its role in nitrogen response. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 55:1. DOI: 10.30848/PJB2023-1(41).
4.	Imtiaz, S., Iqbal Soomro, N., Riasat, I., Hafeez, S., Javed Iqbal, D., & Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar, D. . (2022). Association of BDNF Gene (rs6265/G196A) Polymorphism with Depression. NUST Journal of Natural Sciences, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.53992/njns.v6i2.78
5.	Ayesha Safdar, Sobia Khurshid, Umme Farwa, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Analyzing miR-106b-5p and miR-93-5p as Promising Diagnostic Markers for Autism Spectrum Disorder. J. current trends in Omics. 1(2), 36-44( 2021). https://doi.org/10.32350/cto.12.02.
6.	Erum Dilshad, Ayesha Asif, Hina Arooj, Samra Hayat Khan, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Impact of BAP on in Vitro Regeneration of Potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.). Current Trends in OMICS, (2021)1(2), 67-79. https://doi.org/10.32350/cto.12.04
7.	Shabeen Fatima, Hina Aslam Butt, Ayesha Aftab, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Akkeremencia Muciniphila: From Normal Gut Microflora to probiotic against obesity. Pakistan Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2021, 2 (2), 75-86. https://doi.org/10.52700/pjbb.v2i2.46.
8.	Iqra Riasat, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar, Syed Babar Jamal. Application of pan genomics towards the druggability of Clostridium botulinum. Applied Nanoscience. Available online .
9.	Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar, Syeda Eeman Zahra Bokhari, Iqra Riasat, Erum Dilshad. Elucidating the Genetic Factors Contributing Towards Susceptibility and Severity Of Covid 19. Current Chinese Science Journal.accepted. August 2021
10.	Erum Dilshad , Zainab Nooruddin , Shadab Shaukat , Anum Munir , Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar and Hammad Ismail. Identification of Stress-induced miRNA and their Targets in Solanum lycopersicum. Current Chinese Science. Accepted in August 2021
11.	Qureshi NA, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar , Faheem M, Shah M, Bari A, Mahmood HM, Sohaib M, Mothana RA, Ullah R,Jamal SB*. Genome-Based Drug Target Identification in Human Pathogen Streptococcus gallolyticus.Frontiers in Genetics (2021), IF: 3.789
12.	Hajra Qayyum, Marriam Bakhtiar. Pathogenomic studies of Streptococcus sanguinis in infective endocarditis. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 5:4,. January 2021. Pp 52-63
13.	Ayesha Aftab, Syed Babar Jamal, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Identification of Functional Variants Associated with Obesity in Pakistani Kindred. Chinese Current Science Journal. 2021, 1 pp58-68.
14.	Afsheen Malik, Alvina Gul, Rabia Amir, Faiza Munir, Mustafeez Mujtaba Babar, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar, Muhammad Qasim Hayat, Rehan Zafar Paracha, Zoya Khalid, Hadi Alipour. Classification and Computational Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Sperm Cell-Specific F-Box Protein Gene 3p.AtFBP113. Frontiers in Genetics, section Plant Genomics. December. 2020.
15.	Hamza Arshad Dar, Tahreem Zaheer, Nimat Ullah, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar, Tianyu Zhang, Muhammad Yasir, Esam I. Azhar , Amjad Ali .: Pangenome analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis revealed potential core-drug targets and their promising lead compounds: A computer-aided drug discovery against tuberculosis. Antibiotics. November 2020, 9, 819;
16.	Naveed Iqbal Soomro, Saeed Iqbal, Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Imran, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. The Potential Impact of Helicobacter Pylori infection on the onset of metabolic Disease. Health Science Journal. October 2020. 14,6:769.
17.	T. Zaheer, M. Waseem, W. Waqar, H. A. Dar, M. Shehroz, K. Naz, Z. Ishaq, T. Ahmad, N. Ullah, S. M. Bakhtiar et al., “Anti-covid-19 multi-epitope vaccine designs employing global viral genome sequences,” PeerJ, vol. 8, p. e9541, 2020
18.	E. Dilshad, N. Zahra, Z. Nooruddin, A. A. Butt, and S. M. Bakhtiar, “Single-cell editing: The CRISPR/Cas9 and applications,” in Single-Cell Omics. Elsevier, 2019, pp. 397-415. 2019
18.	F. Nawaz, M. N. Khan, A. Javed, I. Ahmed, N. Ali, M. I. Ali, S. M. Bakhtiar, and M. Imran, “Genomic and functional characterization of enterococcus mundtii QAUEM2808, isolated from artisanal fermented milk product dahi,” Frontiers in Mi¬crobiology, vol. 10, 2019
20.	H. Qayyum and S. M. Bakhtiar, “Single Cell Omics in cardiovascular diseaes,” 2019.
21.	M. Nadeem, U. Naz, and S. M. Bakhtiar, “TNF: common culprit of inflammatory diseases,” International Journal of Bioautomation, 2019.
22.	S. A and S. M. Bakhtiar, “Etiology, prevalence, treatment of cusing syndrome and its involvement with other diseases,” Precision Medicine, vol. 3, 2019
23.	F. M and S. M. Bakhtiar, “Homochromatosis- the trigger of type ii diabetes,” Precision Medicine, vol. 3, 2019.
24.	H. A. Butt, S. Gul, A. Azam, A. Aftab, and S. M. Bakhtiar, “Nutrigenetics and pharmacogenetics approaches in management of obesity,” Precision Medicine, vol. 3, 2019.
25.	I. S. Naveed, N. Afzal, M. Fiyaz, M. Nadeem, and S. M. Bakhtiar, “Precision medicine for multifactorial disorders,” Precision Medicine, vol. 3, 2019.
26.	H. Saira, A. Noor, I. Riasat, M. Qasim, and S. M. Bakhtiar, “Etiology, genetics, clinical manifestations and possible treatments of acromegaly,” Precision Medicine, vol. 3, 2019.
27.	N. Farah, A. Mehdi, S. I. Soomro, N. I. Soomro, R. Tareb, N. Desmasures, J. P. Vernoux, S. M. Bakhtiar, and M. Imran, “Draft genome sequence of enterococcus mundtii QAUEM2808, isolated from dahi, a fermented milk product,” Genome an¬nouncements, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. e00 995–16, 2016
28.	N. Farah, A. Mehdi, S. I. Soomro, N. I. Soomro, R. Tareb, N. Desmasures, J. P. Vernoux, S. M. Bakhtiar, and M. Imran, “Implementation of mathematical models for HCV infection,” Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences, vol. 6, no. 2S, pp. 109–113, 2016.
29.	H. A. Butt and S. M. Bakhtiar, “Identiﬁcation and classiﬁcation of bacterial auto-transporters,” Jurnal Teknologi, vol. 78, no. 4-3, pp. 47–51, 2016.
30.	Amjad Ali, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar and Vasco Azevedo, “Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): From Diagnosis to Management (invited article)”, J Mol Genet Med, 2015
31.	Amjad Ali, Anam Naz, Siomar C Soares, Bakhtiar SM, Sandeep T, Hassan S, Hanan F, Ramos R, Pereira U, Barh D, Figueiredo HP, Ussery DW, Miyoshi A, Silva A Vasco Azevedo, “Pangenome Analysis of Human Gastric Pathogen H. pylori: Comparative Genomics and Pathogenomics Approaches to Identify Regions Associated with Pathogenicity and Prediction of Potential Core Therapeutic Targets”, Biomed Res Int, 2015
32.	Amjad Ali, Anam Naz, Siomar de Castro Soares, Bakhtiar M, Sandeep Tiwari, Shah Hassan, Fazal Hanan, Rommel Ramos, Ulisses Pereira, Debmalya Barh, Henrique César Pereira Figueiredo, David W. Ussery, Anderson Miyoshi, Artur Silva, Vasco Azevedo, “Pangenome Analysis of Human Gastric Pathogen H. pylori: Comparative Genomics and Pathogenomics Approaches to Identify Regions Associated with Pathogenicity and Prediction of Potential Core Therapeutic Targets “, BioMed Research International , (Article in Press)2014
33.	Bakhtiar SM, Ali A, Baig SM, Barh D, Miyoshi A, Azevedo V. , “Mini Review Identifying human disease genes: advances in molecular genetics and computational approaches.”, Genet Mol Res. , No: 13, Pages: 5073-87, 2014
34.	Barh D, Gupta K, Jain N, Khatri G, León-Sicairos N, Canizalez-Roman A, Tiwari S, Verma A, Rahangdale S, Shah Hassan S, dos Santos AR, Ali A, Guimarães LC, Thiago Jucá Ramos R, Devarapalli P, Barve N, Bakhtiar S.M, Kumavath R, Ghosh P, Miyoshi A, Silva A, Kumar A, Misra AN, Blum K, Baumbach J, Azevedo V., “Conserved host-pathogen PPIs. Globally conserved inter-species bacterial PPIs based conserved host-pathogen interactome derived novel target in C. pseudotuberculosis, C. diphtheriae, M. tuberculosis, C. ulcerans, Y. pestis, and E. coli targeted by Piper betel compounds”, Integr Biol (Camb)., 2013
35.	Soares SC, Silva A, Trost E, Blom J, Ramos R, Carneiro A, Ali A, Santos AR, Pinto AC, Diniz C, Barbosa EG, Dorella FA, Aburjaile F, Rocha FS, Nascimento KK, Guimarães LC, Almeida S, Hassan SS, Bakhtiar SM, Pereira UP, Abreu VA, Schneider MP, Miyoshi A, Tauch A, Azevedo V, “The Pan-Genome of the Animal Pathogen Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis Reveals Differences in Genome Plasticity between the Biovar ovis and equi Strains.”, PLoS One, 2013
36.	AR Carneiro, RTJ Ramos, H Dall’Agnol, AC Pinto, Franco LC DA, A Ali, SS Hassan, CIP Nunes, MS Barbosa, KK Fiaux, FF Aburjaile, EGV Barbosa, SM Bakhtiar, D Vilela, MA Cregger, CW Schadt, NG McDowell, WT Pockman, AT Classen. , “Further Readings in Geomicrobiology”, Geomicrobiology Journal , 2013
37.	Ali A, Soares SC, Barbosa E, Santos AR, Barh D, Bakhtiar SM, Hassan SS, Ussery DW, Silva A, Miyoshi A, Azevedo V , “Microbial Comparative Genomics: An Overview of Tools and Insights Into The Genus Corynebacterium. “, Journal of Bacteriology & Parasitology, 2013
38.	Ulisses de Pádua Pereira, Anderson Rodrigues dos Santos, Syed Shah Hassan, Flávia Figueira Aburjaile, Siomar de Castro Soares, Rommel Thiago Jucá Ramos, Adriana Ribeiro Carneiro, Luís Carlos Guimarães, Sintia Silva de Almeida, Carlos Augusto Almeida Diniz, Maria Silvanira Barbosa, Pablo Gomes de Sá, Amjad Ali, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar, Fernanda Alves Dorella, Adhemar Zerlotini, Flávio Marcos Gomes Araújo, Laura Rabelo Leite, Guilherme Oliveira, Anderson Miyoshi, Artur Silva, Vasco Azevedo, Henrique César Pereira Figueiredo, “Complete genome sequence of Streptococcus agalactiae strain SA20-06, a fish pathogen associated to meningoencephalitis outbreaks”, Stand. Genomic Sci. , 2013
39.	Sajid Hussain M, Bakhtiar SM, Farooq M, Anjum I, Janzen E, Reza Toliat M, Eiberg H, Kjaer K, Tommerup N, Noegel A, Nürnberg P, Baig S, Hansen L, “Genetic heterogeneity in Pakistani microcephaly families”, Clin Genet, No: 5, Pages: 446-51, 2013
40.	Bakhtiar SM, Leblanc JG, Salvucci E, Ali A, Martin R, Langella P, Chatel JM, Miyoshi A, Bermúdez-Humarán LG, Azevedo V, “. Implications of the human microbiome in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.”, FEMS Microbiol Lett., No: 1, Pages: 10-7, 2013
41.	Mahmood Baig S, Sabih D, Rahim MK, Azhar A, Tariq M, Sajid Hussain M, Saqlan Naqvi SM, Raja GK, Khan TN, Jameel M, Iram Z, Noor S, Baig UR, Qureshi JA, Baig SA, Bakhtiar SM., “ß-Thalassemia in Pakistan: a pilot program on prenatal diagnosis in Multan. “, J Pediatr Hematol Oncol., 2012
42.	Lopes T, Silva A, Thiago R, Carneiro A, Dorella FA, Rocha FS, dos Santos AR, Lima AR, Guimarães LC, Barbosa EG, Ribeiro D, Fiaux KK, Diniz CA, de Abreu VA, de Almeida SS, Hassan SS, Ali A, Bakhtiar SM, Aburjaile FF, Pinto AC, Soares Sde C, Pereira Ude P, Schneider MP, Miyoshi A, Edman J, Spier S, Azevedo V, “Complete genome sequence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis strain Cp267, isolated from a llama.”, J Bacteriol. , 2012
43.	Pethick FE, Lainson AF, Yaga R, Flockhart A, Smith DG, Donachie W, Cerdeira LT, Silva A, Bol E, Lopes TS, Barbosa MS, Pinto AC, Dos Santos AR, Soares SC, Almeida SS, Guimaraes LC, Aburjaile FF, Abreu VA, Ribeiro D, Fiaux KK, Diniz CA, Barbosa EG, Pereira UP, Hassan SS, Ali A, Bakhtiar SM, Dorella FA, Carneiro AR, Ramos RT, Rocha FS, Schneider MP, Miyoshi A, Azevedo V, Fontaine MC, “Complete genome sequence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis strain 1/06-A, isolated from a horse in North America.”, J Bacteriol., 2012
44.	Pethick FE, Lainson AF, Yaga R, Flockhart A, Smith DG, Donachie W, Cerdeira LT, Silva A, Bol E, Lopes TS, Barbosa MS, Pinto AC, dos Santos AR, Soares SC, Almeida SS, Guimaraes LC, Aburjaile FF, Abreu VA, Ribeiro D, Fiaux KK, Diniz CA, Barbosa EG, Pereira UP, Hassan SS, Ali A, Bakhtiar SM, Dorella FA, Carneiro AR, Ramos RT, Rocha FS, Schneider MP, Miyoshi A, Azevedo V, Fontaine MC, “Complete genome sequences of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis strains 3/99-5 and 42/02-A, isolated from sheep in Scotland and Australia, respectively.”, J Bacteriol., 2012
45.	Ali A, Soares SC, Santos AR, Guimarães LC, Barbosa E, Almeida SS, Abreu VA, Carneiro AR, Ramos RT, Bakhtiar SM, Hassan SS, Ussery DW, On S, Silva A, Schneider MP, Lage AP, Miyoshi A, Azevedo V, “Campylobacter fetus subspecies: comparative genomics and prediction of potential virulence targets. “, Gene. , 2012
46.	Hassan SS, Schneider MP, Ramos RT, Carneiro AR, Ranieri A, Guimarães LC, Ali A, Bakhtiar SM, Pereira Ude P, Dos Santos AR, Soares Sde C, Dorella F, Pinto AC, Ribeiro D, Barbosa MS, Almeida S, Abreu V, Aburjaile F, Fiaux K, Barbosa E, Diniz C, Rocha FS, Saxena R, Tiwari S, Zambare V, Ghosh P, Pacheco LG, Dowson CG, Kumar A, Barh D, Miyoshi A, Azevedo V, Silva A., “Whole-Genome Sequence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis Strain Cp162, Isolated from Camel”, J Bacteriol., 2012
47.	Carneiro AR, Ramos RT, Dall’agnol H, Pinto AC, de Castro Soares S, Santos AR, Guimarães LC, Almeida SS, Baraúna RA, das Graças DA, Franco LC, Ali A, Hassan SS, Nunes CI, Barbosa MS, Fiaux KK, Aburjaile FF, Barbosa EG, Bakhtiar SM, Vilela D, Nóbrega F, Dos Santos AL, Carepo MS, Azevedo V, Schneider MP, Pellizari VH, Silva A, “Genome Sequence of Exiguobacterium antarcticum B7, Isolated from a Biofilm in Ginger Lake, King George Island, Antarctica”, J Bacteriol., 2012
48.	Soares SC, Trost E, Ramos RT, Carneiro AR, Santos AR, Pinto AC, Barbosa E, Aburjaile F, Ali A, Diniz CA, Hassan SS, Fiaux K, Guimarães LC, Bakhtiar SM, Pereira U, Almeida SS, Abreu VA, Rocha FS, Dorella FA, Miyoshi A, Silva A, Azevedo V, Tauch A., “Genome sequence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis biovar equi strain 258 and prediction of antigenic targets to improve biotechnological vaccine production.”, J Biotechnol., 2012
49.	Sadia Nawaz, Muhammad Tariq, Aysha Azhar, Mahmood Rasool, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar, Ilyas Ahmad, Shoaib ur Rehman, Muhammad Jameel, Tahir Naeem Khan, Shehla Anjum Baig, Joakim Klar, Niklas Dahl, Shahid Mahmood Baig. , “Report of a recurrent mutation in ARS (component B) gene with severe Mal de Meleda in a large consanguineous Pakistani family”, Pak J Med Sci , 2011
50.	Muhammad Kashif Rahim, Durr-e-Sabih, Shahid Mehmood Baig, Ayesha Azhar and Marriam Bakhtiar., “Prenatal Diagnosis of Beta- Thalassemia at MINAR, Multan”, Nishtar Medical Journal, 2009
51.	Farooq, M., Troelsen, J.T., Boyd, M., Hansen, L., Eiberg, H., Hussain, M.S., Rehman, U.R., Azhar, A., Ali, A., Bakhtiar, SM., Tommerup, N., Baig, S.M. and Klaus, W.K., “Preaxial polydactyly/triphalangeal thumb is associated with changed transcription factor binding affinity in a family with a novel point mutation in the long range cis-regulatory element ZRS.”, Eur J Hum Genet , 2009
52.	Hammad Safdar, Rashid Ali, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Implementation of Mathematical Models for HCV Infection.J. Appl. Environ. Biol. Sci. 2016 6(2S): 109-113
53.	Hina Aslam Butt, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Identification and Classification of bacterial Auto transporters . Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering) 78: 4–3 (2016) 47–51
54.	Shifa Tariq Ashraf, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Exploring the Protein Interaction Related to Hepatitus C Virus. NUST J. Nat Sci. 3:1 (2015)13-18

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
1.	Shazina Pervez, Muhammad Qasim Khan, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Investigating Major APOE SNPs to determine their role in Cardiovascular Neuronal and deficiency disorders. 1st International Conference on Applied Engineering and Natural Sciences, ICEANS, Konya Turkey, November 2021.
2.	Ifra Ghous, Zoha Ghaous, Naveed Iqbal Soomro, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Role of Insuline Resistance in Onset of Metabolic Syndrome. 1st International Conference on Applied Engineering and Natural Sciences, ICEANS, Konya Turkey, November 2021.
3.	Umme Farwa, Sobia Khurshid, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Elucidation of Pathways Crosstalks and Prospective Therapeutic Targets in Autism Spectrum Disorder. 1st International Conference on Applied Engineering and Natural Sciences, ICEANS, Konya Turkey, November 2021.
4.	Ayesha Aftab, Sobia Khurshid, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Analysis of Gut Microbiome Interaction in Autism Spectrum Disorder. 1st International Conference on Water, Energy and Environmental for Sustainability (IC-WEES). NUST Pakistan. October 2021.
5.	Robana Hanif, Humaira Azmat, Hina Aslam Butt, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Genetic Elucidation of Acetic Acid Regulatory Gene Network in Low Grade Inflammation. 1st International Conference on Water, Energy and Environmental for Sustainability (IC-WEES). NUST Pakistan. October 2021.
6.	Anum Ayub, Naveed Iqbal Soomro, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Identification of Biomarkers Associated with Prediabetic Insulin Resistance. 1st International Conference on Water, Energy and Environmental for Sustainability (IC-WEES). NUST Pakistan. October 2021.
7.	Haleema Zeenat, Muhammad Qasim Khan, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Insilico Characterization of Insecticide Resistance in Different strains of Mosquito Gut Microbiota. 1st International Conference on Water, Energy and Environmental for Sustainability (IC-WEES). NUST Pakistan. October 2021.
8.	Hina Aslam Butt*, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar, Azka Farooq, Mahrukh Khalil, Saba Farooq, Zainab Bashir, Zuhra Ali khan . Exposure to DEET can Lead to Tumor Growth and Neuronal Growth: Toxicogenomic Analysis of DEET. 1st International Hybrid Mode Conference on Emerging Innovate Research Trends in Biology (EIRTB-2021). University of Kohat. Kohat Pakistan August 2021.
9.	Ayesha Safdar, Sobia Khurshid*, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Identification of miRNA as A Biomarker for the Efficient Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. 1st International Hybrid Mode Conference on Emerging Innovate Research Trends in Biology (EIRTB-2021). University of Kohat. Kohat Pakistan August 2021.
10.	Syeda Qurat-ul-Ain, Aiman Fatima* Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Retrospective Study on Recurrence of Tuberculosis in Pakistan. 1st International Hybrid Mode Conference on Emerging Innovate Research Trends in Biology (EIRTB-2021). University of Kohat. Kohat Pakistan August 2021
11.	Iqra Riasat, Saira Hafeez, Sehrish Imtiaz, Naveed Iqbal Soomro, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar*. Role of rs6265 (G196a) Polymorphism of BDNF Gene in Pathogenesis of Depression. 1st International Hybrid Mode Conference on Emerging Innovate Research Trends in Biology (EIRTB-2021). University of Kohat. Kohat Pakistan August 2021.
12.	Jaweria Zia, Muhammad Qasim Khan*, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Exploring DISC1 Protein Variants to Understand Their Role in Schizophrenia Pathophysiology. 1st International Hybrid Mode Conference on Emerging Innovate Research Trends in Biology (EIRTB-2021). University of Kohat. Kohat Pakistan August 2021.
13.	M. Qasim Khan, N. Afzal, I. Riasat, S. Hafeez, S. Imtiaz, and S. Marriam Bakhtiar, “Emerging trends of single cell omics in neuroscience research,” in 1st International Conference on Recent Updates in Biotechnology ICRUB 2019.
14.	S. Khurshid, M. Qasim Khan, N. A. Qureshi, I. Riasat, S. Hafeez, and S. M. Bakhtiar, “Prevention and management of cardiovascular disorders by the virtue of nuterigenetics and exercise training,” in 1st International Conference on Recent Updates in Biotechnology ICRUB 2019
15.	Faiz Q., Zarif S., Nadeem A., Ali A., Bakhtiar S.M., “Graphical Representation of Biological Regulatory Network Involved In Wnt Signaling.”, 1st Student Research Conference on Biological sciences, NIBGE, Faislabad, 2014
16.	Gulshad N., Azam S., , Nadeem A., Bakhtiar S.M, “Clinical Biomarker Based Prediction of Liver Carcinoma”, 1st Student Research Conference on Biological sciences, NIBGE, Faislabad. , 2014
17.	Zeb S., Bakhtiar S.M, “Genome Mining and Phylogenetic analysis for Bacteriocin produce by lactobacillus and lactococcus”, 1st Student Research Conference on Biological sciences, NIBGE, Faislabad. , 2014
18.	Ajaz H., Nadeem M., Nadeem A., Taj I.A., Bakhtiar S.M., “Gel Automation for Analysis of Multiplex-PCR visualization for the diagnosis of ß-thalassemia.”, 1st Student Research Conference on Biological sciences, NIBGE, Faislabad. , 2014
19.	Safdar H, Gulshad N, Azam S, Zeb S, Bakhtiar SM, “Identification of Biomarkers in hepatocellular carcinoma by using clinical and computational techniques.”, 2nd conference on emerging trends in bioinformatics and computational biology. MAJU. Islamabad, 2014
20.	Zarif S, Malik Q, Vaqar S, Ajaz H, Nadeem M, Bakhtiar SM, “Protein structure analysis of most common SNP in ASPM: Gene responsible ofr microcephaly.”, 2nd conference on emerging trends in bioinformatics and computational biology. MAJU. Islamabad, 2014
21.	Zeb S, Vaqar S, Bakhtiar SM,. , “Bacteriocin production and Niche specific evolution of Lactococcus lactis sub sp cremoris: computational insight into genome. “, 2nd conference on emerging trends in bioinformatics and computational biology. MAJU. Islamabad. , 2014
22.	Zeb S, Vaqar S, Bakhtiar SM, “Bacteriocin production and Niche specific evolution of Lactococcus lactis sub sp cremoris: computational insight into genome. “, 2nd conference on emerging trends in bioinformatics and computational biology. MAJU. Islamabad. , 2014
23.	Bakhtiar, M., Azhar, A., Tariq, M., Ali, A., Baig, S.M., “Establishemnt of first trimester prenatal diagnosis through chorionic villus sampling. “, Pakistan Society of Haematology, 11th Annual Haematology Conference,Peshawar, 2011
24.	Bakhtiar, S.M., Hansen L., Baig, S.M., Eiberg, H., Lind-Thomson, A., Tommerup, N, “Genetics of Stuttering.”, 7th Annual Meeting, ICMM, Cell Biology Cluster and Postgraduate School, LO Skolen, Helsingor, Denmark., 2011
25.	Rehman, S., Hansen, L., Bakhtiar, S.M., Tariq, M., Ahmed, I., Tpmmerup, N., Baig, S.M., “Molecular genetics of autosomal recessive mental retardation (ARMR) in consanguineous Pakistani families.”, European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2010
26.	Tariq, M., Azhar, A., Klar, J., Ahmad, I., Bakhtiar, S.M., Baig, S.M., Dahl, N. , “Isolated autosomal recessive hypotrichosis in Pakistan caused by P2RY5 and LIPH gene mutations.”, European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2010
27.	Bakhtiar, M., Azhar, A., Tariq, M., Ali, A., Baig, S.M., “Establishemnt of first trimester prenatal diagnosis through chorionic villus sampling. “, Pakistan Society of Haematology, 11th Annual Haematology Conference,Peshawar, 2009
28.	Bakhtiar, S.M., Sabih D., Ibrahim, K., Azhar, A., Tariq, M., Hussain, M.S., Baig, S.M, “First trimester prenatal diagnosis of ß –Thalassemia in Pakistan”, . 59th Annual meeting of American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), Honolulu, , 2009
29.	Ahmad, I., Tariq, M., Ali, A., Bakhtiar, M., Azhar, A., Baig, S.M. , “Inherited alopecia and ectodermal dysplasia in Pakistani Kindreds. “, European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) Conference May 31 – June 3, 2008, Barcelona Spain, 2008
30.	Rasool, M., Nawaz, S., Azhar, A., Ahmad,I. Ali. A,, Tariq,M., Bakhtiar,M.,., Baig,S.M., “Molecular genetic analysis of inherited skin disorders in consanguineous Pakistani families. “, 2nd National Conference on Health Biotechnology, 27-28 May, 2008. Pakistan Academy of Science, Islamabad. , 2008
31.	Baig, S.M., Nawaz, S., Azhar, A., Tariq, M., Bakhtiar, M., Ali, A., Rasool, M., “Molecular genetic analysis of inherited skin disorders in consanguineous Pakistani families”, 2nd National Conference on Health Biotechnology, 27-28 May, 2008. National Commission on Biotechnology, Islamabad, Pakistan., 2008
32.	Ahmad, I., Rehman, S., Tariq, M., Ali, A., Bakhtiar, M., Azhar, A., Baig, S.M., “Inherited alopecia and ectodermal dysplasia in families from Southern Punjab and Northern Pakistan. “, International conference on Medical and Community Genetics,Chandigarh, India., 2008
33.	Ahmad, I., Rasool, M., Ali, A., Bakhtiar, M., Baig, S.M., “Linkage study of Ectodermal Dysplasias in Pakistani Inbred Families.”, 58th annual meeting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ASHG, 2008
34.	Baig SM, Bakhtiar, M, “Controlling monogenic disorders through cascade testing, prenatal diagnosis and genetic counseling in a highly consanguineous population.”, . 3rd international workshop on “Genetics, history and public understanding” Barcelona Spain , 2008
35.	Baig, S.M., Bakhtiar, M, “Controlling Monogenic Disorders through Cascade Testing, Prenatal Diagnosis and Genetic Counseling in a Highly Consanguineous Population.”, 9th PSBMB conference,University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, Pakistan., 2008

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