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Dr Muhammad Ali

Dr Muhammad Ali

Tenured Associate Professor

Area of Interest: Bacterial Comparative and Functional Genomics

Email: [email protected]

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Academics / Degrees

  • Ph.D, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, 2016
  • M.Phil, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2010
  • M.Sc., Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2008
  • B.Sc., Government College University, Lahore,
    Pakistan, 2005

Profile / Bio

PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • January, 2018 till
    now. Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University
    Islamabad, Abbottabad, Pakistan 
  • September 2010 till December 2017. Lecturer
    Biotechnology, Department of Environmental, Sciences, COMSATS University
    Islamabad, Abbottabad, Pakistan

 

Research Interests

  • Gut microbiota and its role in human metabolic disorders
  • Application of bacterial strains for crop protection against
    nematode damage

 

 

Awards

  • First position in M. Phil Biotechnology (Merit certificate)

Journal Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Isolation, identification, andcharacterisation of the malachitegreen detoxifying bacterial strainBacillus pacificus ROC1 and theazoreductase AzrC, Scientific Reports, 2025
2. Kainat Saeed,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,SYED Kamarn ul Hassan Naqvi,Ismat Nawaz,Sania Riaz,Abdullah Adil Characterization of alkaline metalloprotease isolated from halophilic bacterium Bacillus cereus and its applications in various industrial processes, Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências | Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 2023
3. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=4826" title="Dr. Asim Ali">Ali A</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5850" title="Dr. Mian Basit Shah Kakakhel">Shah B</a> A novel NPHP4 homozygous missense variant identified in infertile brothers with multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella, Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 2023
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=641" title="Dr. Umer Rashid ">U. Rashid</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a> Prediction of Phytochemicals for Their Potential to Inhibit New Delhi Metallo β-Lactamase (NDM-1), Pharmaceuticals, 2023
5. Palwasha Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=182" title="Dr. JamshedIqbal">.JamshedIqbal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=513" title=" Dr Muhammad Azeem">M. Azeem</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=174" title="M. Arfat Yameen">Dr. M. Arfat Yameen</a>,Amara Waheed,Awal Noor,Sadaf Qayuum,Amna Parveen,Shiwei Wang Essential Oil from Tagetes minuta Has Antiquorum Sensing and Antibiofilm Potential against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain PAO1, ACS Omega, 2023
6. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a> Identification of the Genes of the Plant Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae MB03 Required for the Nematicidal Activity Against Caenorhabditis elegans Through an Integrated Approach, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
7. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> In-situ microaeration of anaerobic digester treating buffalo manure for enhanced biogas yield, Renewable Energy, 2022
8. Dr. Fazal Jalil,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a> Characterization of Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk-Associated SNPs and Identification of Novel Therapeutic Sites Using an In-Silico Approach, Biology, 2021
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a> Prediction of putative epitope-based vaccine against all corona virus strains for the Chinese population: Approach toward development of vaccine, Microbiology and Immunology, 2021
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=633" title="Dr. Habiba Zaffar">H.Zaffar</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=131" title="Dr. Raza Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Kinetic Modeling of Endosulfan Degradation by Mixed Bacterial Culture, Soil and Sediments Contamination, An international Journal, 2021
11. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a> Identification of the potential type 2 diabetes susceptibility genetic elements in South Asian populations, Meta Gene, 2020
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a> Diisonitrile-Mediated Reactive Oxygen Species Accumulation Leads to Bacterial Growth Inhibition, Journal of Natural Products, 2020
13. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a> Pyoverdine-Mediated Killing of Caenorhabditis elegans by Pseudomonas syringae MB03 and the Role of Iron in Its Pathogenicity, International Journal Molecular Sciences, 2020
14. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a> Data-mining Approach for Screening of Rare Genetic Elements Associated with Predisposition of Prostate Cancer in South-Asian Populations, Turkish Journal of Biochemistry, 2019
15. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz Vanadium toxicity in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) grown in red soil: Effects on cell death, ROS and antioxidative systems, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2018
16. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a> Tandem Hydration of Diisonitriles Triggered by Isonitrile Hydratase in Streptomyces thioluteus, Organic Letters, 2018
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,Xinfeng Li,Qing Tang,Xiaoyu Liu,Fang Chen,Jinfeng Xiao,Shan-Ho Chou,Jin He,Maria K. Ali Regulation of Inducible Potassium Transporter KdpFABC by the KdpD/KdpE Two-Component System in Mycobacterium smegmatis, Front. Microbiol., 24 April 2017, 2017
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz Interactive effects of vanadium and phosphorus on their uptake, growth and heat shock proteins in chickpea genotypes under hydroponic conditions, Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2017
19. Li L,Tian S,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,Xie L Genome‑sequence analysis of Acinetobacter johnsonii MB44 reveals potential nematode‑virulent factors, 4 July 2016, 2016
20. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,Dr. Li Lin Genome-sequence analysis of Acinetobacter johnsonii MB44 reveals potential nematode-virulent factors, SpringerPlus, 2016
21. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,Dr. Li Lin,Anum Bashir The Pathogenicity of Pseudomonas syringae MB03 against Caenorhabditis elegans and the Transcriptional Response of Nematicidal Genes upon Different Nutritional Conditions, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
22. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,Dr. Li Lin Surface Mn(II) oxidation actuated by a multicopper oxidase in a soil bacterium leads to the formation of manganese oxide minerals, Scientific Reports, 2015
23. Weihong Yang,Zhen Zhang,Zhongming Zhang,Hong Chen,Jin Liu,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,Fan Liu,Lin Li Population Structure of Manganese-Oxidizing Bacteria in Stratified Soils and Properties of Manganese Oxide Aggregates under Manganese–Complex Medium Enrichment, PLOS ONE, 2013
24. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=117" title="Dr. Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi">S.Naqvi</a>,Kanwal, M.,,Rasheed, F., ,Hameed, A.,,Ahmed, S. Detection of the organophosphate degrading gene opdA in the newly isolated bacterial strain Bacillus pumilus W1, Annals of Microbiology, 2012

Conference Publications

1. Adnan Adil,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=675" title="Dr. Muhammad Saqib Khan">M. S. Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1776" title="Jehanzeb Ali Shah">J.A.Shah</a>,Laiba Javed ,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=126" title="Dr. Muhammad Ali">M.Ali</a>,Tatheer Alam Naqvi,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=1777" title="Syed Mubashar Hussain Gardazi">S.M.H.Gardazi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a> Kinetics, Isotherm and Thermodynamic Study of Parthenium hysterophorus for the Adsorption and Microbial, , 2019
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