Marriam Bakhtiar

Dr. S. Marriam Bakhtiar

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR/ HoD BI & BS
PROFILE SUMMARY

She completed her Ph.D. in Biotechnology with a specialization in Human Molecular Genetics. Later, she delved into the domains of Bioinformatics and Sequence Analysis. Her primary research interests encompass the molecular understanding of inherited diseases/disorders and infectious diseases, particularly those more prevalent in Pakistan. Recognizing Pakistan’s high prevalence of consanguineous marriages, she is passionately committed to providing low-cost genetic screening and prenatal diagnosis to make a meaningful impact. She has successfully established prenatal diagnosis and genetic screening for beta-thalassemia and is currently extending her work to Metabolic syndrome. Implementing integrated Molecular Genetics, Genomics, and computational approaches, she aims to unravel the complexities of inherited genetic diseases, characterize them at the molecular level, and devise strategies for control and prevention. In the field of infectious diseases, she focuses on the pathogen-host interaction, analyzing genomic data through sequencing. Given the significant number of deaths during nosocomial infections caused by multi drug-resistant opportunistic bacterial species, she directs her efforts toward discovering new drug targets and vaccine candidates in this challenging context.

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
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
HoD Department of BI & Bio-Science Since – 2022
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
ACM Member American Society of Microbiology
RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS
1. Molecular Genetics
2. Molecular Genomics
3. Pathogen-host interaction
4. Genomic data
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
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.
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
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).
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
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.
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
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.
Iqra Riasat, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar, Syed Babar Jamal. Application of pan genomics towards the druggability of Clostridium botulinum. Applied Nanoscience. Available online .
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
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
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),
Hajra Qayyum, Marriam Bakhtiar. Pathogenomic studies of Streptococcus sanguinis in infective endocarditis. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 5:4,. January 2021. Pp 52-63
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.
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.
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;
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.
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
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
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
H. Qayyum and S. M. Bakhtiar, “Single Cell Omics in cardiovascular diseaes,” 2019.
M. Nadeem, U. Naz, and S. M. Bakhtiar, “TNF: common culprit of inflammatory diseases,” International Journal of Bioautomation, 2019.
S. A and S. M. Bakhtiar, “Etiology, prevalence, treatment of cusing syndrome and its involvement with other diseases,” Precision Medicine, vol. 3, 2019
F. M and S. M. Bakhtiar, “Homochromatosis- the trigger of type ii diabetes,” Precision Medicine, vol. 3, 2019.
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.
I. S. Naveed, N. Afzal, M. Fiyaz, M. Nadeem, and S. M. Bakhtiar, “Precision medicine for multifactorial disorders,” Precision Medicine, vol. 3, 2019.
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.
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
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.
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.
Amjad Ali, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar and Vasco Azevedo, “Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): From Diagnosis to Management (invited article)”, J Mol Genet Med, 2015
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hammad Safdar, Rashid Ali, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Implementation of Mathematical Models for HCV Infection.J. Appl. Environ. Biol. Sci. 2016 6(2S): 109-113
Hina Aslam Butt, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar. Identification and Classification of bacterial Auto transporters . Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering) 78: 4–3 (2016) 47–51
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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