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United Kingdom

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Expert in RNA Therapeutics, Cancer Biology, Scientific Writing, Translational Research and Consulting

Profile Summary

I am a PhD-trained biomedical researcher with over 15 years of academic and applied experience in RNA therapeutics, cancer biology, molecular diagnostics, and translational medicine. My work has spanned from molecular virology and gene regulation to RNAi/miRNA-based therapeutic strategies, with a strong record of scientific publishing, grant writing, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. I offer expert support in: Scientific writing & editing (research articles, reviews, proposals) Data interpretation & experimental design Literature reviews, RNA biology teaching, and bio-consulting Translating complex research into accessible, impactful language My academic training, combined with deep interests in ethics, science-religion dialogue, and public understanding of science, enables me to serve a wide range of clients—from academic labs to biotech startups and educational platforms. If you're seeking a meticulous, insightful, and dependable collaborator for your next research, writing, or consulting project, let’s connect.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Nanobiotechnology
• ☆ Drug Discovery
• ☆ High Throughput Screening (HTS)
• ☆ Drug Target Identification
• ☆ Phenotypic Assays
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Preclinical Research
• ☆ Vaccine Development
• ☆ Human Biology
• ☆ Precision Medicine
• ☆ Endocrinology
• ☆ Diabetes
• ☆ Gene Therapy
• ☆ Cancer Research
• ☆ Cancer Biology
• ☆ Carcinogenesis
• ☆ Drug Delivery Technologies
• ☆ Liposomes

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Medical Writing, Creative Writing, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research User Research, Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Text Mining & Analytics

Work Experience

Research Scientist II

Tropic Bioscience UK

October 2022 - September 2023

Associate Professor

Lahore University of Management Sciences

March 2019 - August 2022

Scientific assistant

Inselspital Universitätsspital Bern Universitätsklinik für Kardiologie

February 2016 - February 2019

Scientist

Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

June 2007 - August 2015

Praktikum/Trainee

Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research

April 2002 - May 2003

Education

PhD (Biology and Medicine)

University of Lausanne

June 2003 - May 2007

M.Phil Biotechnology (NIBGE)

Quaid-i-Azam University

January 2000 - February 2002

Certifications

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  January 2025 - January 2025

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Afzal M. Dogar, Murat Oz, Waheed Shabbir, Keun-Hang Susan Yang, Dmytro Isaev (2023). Probing the Ubiquitination-Mediated Function of Epithelial Sodium Channel in A549 Cells . Current Molecular Pharmacology.

Theo Arthur Meister, Rodrigo Soria, Afzal Dogar, Franz H. Messerli, Ariane Paoloni-Giacobino, Ludwig Stenz, Urs Scherrer, Claudio Sartori, Emrush Rexhaj (2022). Increased Arterial Responsiveness to Angiotensin II in Mice Conceived by Assisted Reproductive Technologies . International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

(2021). In vitro fertilization exacerbates stroke size and neurological disability in wildtype mice . International journal of cardiology.

(2018). Short-lived AUF1 p42-binding mRNAs of RANKL and BCL6 have two distinct instability elements each . PLoS One. 2018 Nov 12;13(11):e0206823.

Destabilization of interleukin-6 mRNA requires a putative RNA stem-loop structure, an AU-rich element, and the RNA-binding protein AUF1 . Mol Cell Biol. 2006 Nov;26(22):8228-41.

Iron availability modulates aberrant splicing of ferrochelatase through the iron- and 2-oxoglutarate dependent dioxygenase Jmjd6 and U2AF(65.) . Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2013 Oct;51(3):151-61.

Multiple microRNAs derived from chemically synthesized precursors regulate thrombospondin 1 expression . Nucleic Acid Ther. 2014 Apr;24(2):149-59.

Properties of N(4)-methylated cytidines in miRNA mimics . Nucleic Acid Ther. 2012 Apr;22(2):109-16.

Properties of short double-stranded RNAs carrying randomized base pairs: toward better controls for RNAi experiments . RNA. 2015 Dec;21(12):2132-42.

RNAi dependent epigenetic marks on a geminivirus promoter . Virol J. 2006 Jan 30;3:5.

Suppression of latent transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 restores growth inhibitory TGF-beta signaling through microRNAs . J Biol Chem. 2011 May 6;286(18):16447-58.

Synthetic pre-microRNAs reveal dual-strand activity of miR-34a on TNF-α . RNA. 2014 Jan;20(1):61-75.

PATENT

New medical uses of TGF-β1 specific iRNA .