Profile

• Time Zone

  UTC+05:00

  
  
• Organization

  GC University Faisalabad

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  During my Masters program, i did research entitled Effect of Lead nitrate (a heavy metal) and Kinetin (a hormone) on external and internal morphology of Brassica campestris.
  My Ph.D. research was focused on Plant Transformation Studies. It involves Plant Tissue Culture (PTC) as a prerequisite technique. PTC is a technique used to produce new plants from any part (root, stem, shoot, leaves) of a parent plant. This technique is used to study/improve
  i: the growth and development of plants
  ii: the effect of environmental changes on the plants morphology and physiology
  iii: plants and microbes interactions
  iv: the traits of plants
  As a teacher, i used to teach the following courses to under-graduate/master�s students
  1: Plant Anatomy
  2: Cell and Molecular Biology
  3: Microbial and Molecular Genetics

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  When and why did you decide to go into a science career?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 1 here (300 words):

  After completing my 14 years of education

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  What is best about being a scientist?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 2 here (300 words):

  To work with dedication for the betterment of all people without any prejudice.

  
  
• Profile Question 3

  What is tough about being a scientist?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 3 here (300 words):

  To secure a grant for smooth execution of research/experiments

  
  
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• Availability

  I am currently available for mentoring, please send me team match invitations

  
  
• In addition to English, I am comfortable communicating with students in the following languages:

  Urdu

  
  
• Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?

  2

  
  

Recent Posts

Los Tres Blancos Muhammad Sohail Akram Nov 21 at 01:28am

Hi Connor, Zach, Nolan!

My PhD research work involved sugarcane tissue culture (an in vitro technique to grow complete plants using a small piece of plant, explant) and genetic engineering to enhance insect tolerance. So, the work involved…

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Hi Connor, Zach, Nolan!

My PhD research work involved sugarcane tissue culture (an in vitro technique to grow complete plants using a small piece of plant, explant) and genetic engineering to enhance insect tolerance. So, the work involved gene clonning, promoter addition, gene transfer to explants, growth of plants, molecular characterization (PCR, qPCR, Nothern blotting) of transgenic plants. I did most part of the research at School of Biological Sciences (Punjab University Lahore, Pakistan) and few steps (molecular characterization) at Plant Transformation Core Facility, University of Missouri, USA.  After completing my PhD, I did visit USA again (in 2015) and worked with Prof. Judith Brown at University of Arizona. My work involved construction of gene expression cassettes to enhance virus resisance in cotton as well as molecular characterization of transgenic cotton (after transformation). Currently, I am serving at GC University Faisalabad where I am focusing on isolation, identification, characterization and application of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (for various crop plants). Hardest part (being a scientists); 1. time commitment, 2. getting publish your research findings, 3. and the big one, securing funds to conduct research. thanks for asking. I loved to recall what I did in past while answering you. Cheers!

Los Tres Blancos Muhammad Sohail Akram Nov 8 at 08:34pm

Thanks Connor, for the update. 

nhspandaposfall2023 project 2 Muhammad Sohail Akram Nov 6 at 08:38pm

Hi all, awaiting a response from you to get some update.