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Hi, I have done my PhD from world's top 50 university in life/ biological sciences. I have more than 15 years plus research writing and publishing experience with global publishers like Elsevier, Springer, BMC etc. I will use state of the art programs like Graphpad prism, microsoft office, SPSS, genomics analysis, cytoscape, video editors adobe and Canva to create high resolution graphics with detailed bio-statistic analysis. I have access to EndNote for referencing. I am multi- tasking Molecular Biologists with more than 15 years of research around the globe and teaching experience in the field of life and health sciences as well industrial research. Currently, I am working on breast cancer, aging and neurodegeneration. I have extensive background in biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, virology, bioinformatics, proteomics, genomics, big data analysis, biostatistics and lab bio-safety. During all my academic/ research career, I demonstrated excellent academic and research skills with multiple awards and excellences (attached). I was involved in supervision of many post graduate students and collaborated many research projects. I have published several research articles in international peer-reviewed highly ranked journals (attached in the list of publications).

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Biostatistics
• ★ Alzheimer's Disease
• ★ Cancer Research
• ☆ Vaccine Development
• ☆ Gastroenterology & Hepatology
• ☆ Hepatitis
• ☆ Liver Cancer
• ☆ Endocrinology
• ☆ Diabetes
• ☆ Infectious Disease
• ☆ Viral Diseases
• ☆ Antibiotic Resistance Research
• ☆ Public Health
• ☆ Global Health
• ☆ Complementary & Alternative Medicine
• ☆ Herbal Medicine
• ☆ Cancer Biology
• ☆ Carcinogenesis
• ☆ Metabolism & Metabolic Disease
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Survey Design & Methodology
• ☆ Meta-Research
• ☆ Feasibility Studies
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Gap Analysis
• ☆ Continuing Medical Education (CME) Training
• ☆ Skills Training
• ☆ Research Summaries & Abstracts
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Instructional Materials
• ☆ Release Notes
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ Spec Sheets
• ☆ Case Studies
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review
• ☆ Screenwriting
• ☆ Creative Writing
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting

Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Processing

Product Development Formulation, Product Evaluation, Material Sourcing, Concept Development

Work Experience

Medical Research Specialist

UAE University

October 2017 - Present

Medical Research Specialist I

UAE University

October 2017 - Present

Research Officer

University of Queensland

2015 - 2015

Research officer

Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology

2007 - 2012

Researcher

Institute of Molecular Sciences and Bioinformatics

2006 - 2007

Executive Chemist

Qarshi Industries (PVT)

2003 - 2004

Education

PhD

The University of Queensland Australia

February 2012 - April 2017

PhD (Neurosciences, Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry, Biochemistry and Cell Biology )

University of Queensland

February 2012 - April 2017

MPhil (Chemistry)

Government College University Lahore

2004 - 2006

M.Sc (Chemistry)

Government College University Lahore

2001 - 2003

B.S.Ed (Science Education)

University of the Punjab

1997 - 2001

Certifications

• Graphic Designing

  UAE University

  January 2022 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Waqar Ahmad, Khadija Shabbiri (2022). Two years of SARS-CoV-2 infection (2019–2021): structural biology, vaccination, and current global situation . The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine.

Waqar Ahmad and Bushra Gull and Jasmin Baby and Farah Mustafa(2021). A Comprehensive Analysis of Northern versus Liquid Hybridization Assays for mRNAs, Small RNAs, and miRNAs Using a Non-Radiolabeled Approach . Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 43. (2). p. 457--484. {MDPI} {AG}

Umber Iqrar and Hira Javaid and Naghmana Ashraf and Aftab Ahmad and Noreen Latief and Ahmad Ali Shahid and Waqar Ahmad and Bushra Ijaz(2020). Structural and Functional Analysis of Pullulanase Type 1 (PulA) from Geobacillus thermopakistaniensis . Molecular Biotechnology. 62. (8). p. 370--379. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Waqar Ahmad and Paul R. Ebert(2020). Suppression of a core metabolic enzyme dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (dld) protects against amyloid beta toxicity in C. elegans model of Alzheimer's disease . Genes & Diseases. Elsevier {BV}

Waqar Ahmad, Dr, Khadija Shabbiri, Dr, Ishtiaq Ahmad(2020). Prediction of human tau 3D structure, and interplay between O-β-GlcNAc and phosphorylation modifications in Alzheimer’s disease: C. elegans as a suitable model to study these interactions in vivo . Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 528. (3). p. 466--472. Elsevier {BV}

Waqar Ahmad, Sameera Omar Mohammed Saeed Balhamar, Neena Gopinathan Panicker, Shaima Akhlaq, Mohammed Mansoor Qureshi, Najeeb Ur Rehman, Liaqat Ali, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Javid Hussain, Farah Mustafa(2019). Differential Cytotoxic Potential of Acridocarpus orientalis Leaf and Stem Extracts with the Ability to Induce Multiple Cell Death Pathways . Molecules. 24. (21). p. 3976. {MDPI} {AG}

Waqar Ahmad, Sameera Omar Mohammed Saeed Balhamar, Neena Gopinathan Panicker, Shaima Akhlaq, Mohammed Mansoor Qureshi, Dr. Najeeb Rehman, Liaqat Ali, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Javid Hussain, Farah Mustafa (2019). Differential Cytotoxic Potential of <i>Acridocarpus orientalis</i> Leaf and Stem Extracts with the Ability to Induce Multiple Cell Death Pathways . Molecules.

Waqar Ahmad, Bushra Ijaz, Trina Das, Khadija Shabbiri, Tayyab Husnain, Sajida Hassan(2019). HCV infection causes cirrhosis in human by step-wise regulation of host genes involved in cellular functioning and defense during fibrosis: Identification of bio-markers . Genes & Diseases. 6. (3). p. 304--317. Elsevier {BV}

Waqar Ahmad(2018). Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase suppression induces human tau phosphorylation by increasing whole body glucose levels in a C. elegans model of Alzheimer’s Disease . Experimental Brain Research. 236. (11). p. 2857--2866. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Waqar Ahmad, Paul R. Ebert(2018). 5-Methoxyindole-2-carboxylic acid (MICA) suppresses Aβ-mediated pathology in C. elegans . Experimental Gerontology. 108. p. 215--225. Elsevier {BV}

Waqar Ahmad, Bushra Ijaz, Khadija Shabbiri, Fayyaz Ahmed, Sidra Rehman (2017). Oxidative toxicity in diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease: mechanisms behind ROS/ RNS generation . Journal of Biomedical Science.

(2017). Role of alternative phosphorylation and O-glycosylation of erythropoietin receptor in modulating its function an in silico study. TURKISH JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY.

Ahmad W, Ebert PR, Molecular neurobiology, 2016, 2016 .

Shabbiri K, Botting CH, Adnan A, Fuszard M, Naseem S, Ahmed S, Shujaat S, Syed Q, Ahmad W, The Journal of membrane biology, 2014, vol. 247, no. 4, pp. 345-355, 2014 .

Jahangir Z, Ahmad W, Shabbiri K, Advances in bioinformatics, 2014, vol. 2014, pp. 324753, 2014 .

Jahangir, Z., Ahmad, W., Shabbiri, K.(2014). Alternate Phosphorylation/O-GlcNAc Modification on Human Insulin IRSs: A Road towards Impaired Insulin Signaling in Alzheimer and Diabetes . Advances in Bioinformatics. 2014.

Shabbiri, K., Botting, C.H., Adnan, A., Fuszard, M., Naseem, S., Ahmed, S., Shujaat, S., Syed, Q., Ahmad, W.(2014). An investigation into membrane bound redox carriers involved in energy transduction mechanism in brevibacterium linens dsm 20158 with unsequenced genome . Journal of Membrane Biology. 247. (4). p. 345-355.

Shahid I, Gull S, Ijaz B, Ahmad W, Ansar M, Asad S, Kausar H, Sarwar MT, Khan MK, Hassan S, Journal of virological methods, 2013, vol. 189, no. 1, pp. 65-69, 2013 .

Ahmad W, Molecular neurobiology, 2013, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 399-424, 2013 .

Ahmad, W.(2013). Overlapped metabolic and therapeutic links between Alzheimer and diabetes . Molecular Neurobiology. 47. (1). p. 399-424.

Ahmad W, Ebert P, Molecular Neurodegeneration, 2013, vol. 8, no. Suppl 1, pp. P3-P3, 2013 .

Shabbiri K, Adnan A, Jamil S, Ahmad W, Noor B, Rafique HM, Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology], 2012, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 1051-1061, 2012 .

Ahmad W, Shabbiri K, Adnan A, The Journal of membrane biology, 2012, vol. 245, no. 2, pp. 89-95, 2012 .

Asad S, Ijaz B, Ahmad W, Kausar H, Sarwar MT, Gull S, Shahid I, Khan MK, Hassan S, Virology journal, 2012, vol. 9, pp. 11, 2012 .

Ahmad W, Ijaz B, Hassan S, Journal of translational medicine, 2012, vol. 10, pp. 41, 2012 .

Shabbiri, K., Adnan, A., Jamil, S., Ahmad, W., Noor, B., Rafique, H.M.(2012). Medium optimization of protease production by Brevibacterium linens DSM 20158, using statistical approach . Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 43. (3). p. 1051-1061.

Khaliq S, Jahan S, Ijaz B, Ahmad W, Asad S, Hassan S, Archives of virology, 2011, vol. 156, no. 3, pp. 433-442, 2011 .

Ahmad W, Ijaz B, Gull S, Asad S, Khaliq S, Jahan S, Sarwar MT, Kausar H, Sumrin A, Shahid I, Hassan S, Virology journal, 2011, vol. 8, pp. 53, 2011 .

Ijaz B, Ahmad W, Javed FT, Gull S, Sarwar MT, Kausar H, Asad S, Jahan S, Khaliq S, Shahid I, Sumrin A, Hassan S, Virology journal, 2011, vol. 8, pp. 361, 2011 .

Ahmad W, Ijaz B, Javed FT, Gull S, Kausar H, Sarwar MT, Asad S, Shahid I, Sumrin A, Khaliq S, Jahan S, Pervaiz A, Hassan S, BMC gastroenterology, 2011, vol. 11, pp. 44, 2011 .

Ahmad W, Shabbiri K, Ijaz B, Asad S, Sarwar MT, Gull S, Kausar H, Fouzia K, Shahid I, Hassan S, Virology journal, 2011, vol. 8, pp. 229, 2011 .

Jahan S, Samreen B, Khaliq S, Ijaz B, Khan M, Siddique MH, Ahmad W, Hassan S, Genetic vaccines and therapy, 2011, vol. 9, pp. 15, 2011 .

Ahmad W, Ijaz B, Javed FT, Kausar H, Sarwar MT, Gull S, Asad S, Shahid I, Hassan S, Virology journal, 2011, vol. 8, pp. 293, 2011 .

Kausar H, Gull S, Ijaz B, Ahmad W, Sarwar MT, Iqbal Z, Nawaz Z, Riazuddin S, Hassan S, Journal of translational medicine, 2011, vol. 9, pp. 186, 2011 .

Ahmad W, Shabbiri K, Nazar N, Nazar S, Qaiser S, Shabbir Mughal MA, Cell division, 2011, vol. 6, pp. 15, 2011 .

Sarwar MT, Kausar H, Ijaz B, Ahmad W, Ansar M, Sumrin A, Ashfaq UA, Asad S, Gull S, Shahid I, Hassan S, Virology journal, 2011, vol. 8, pp. 317, 2011 .

Jahan S, Khaliq S, Ijaz B, Ahmad W, Hassan S, Virology journal, 2011, vol. 8, pp. 155, 2011 .

Ahmad W, Shabbiri K, Ijaz B, Asad S, Nazar N, Nazar S, Fouzia K, Kausar H, Gull S, Sarwar MT, Shahid I, Hassan S, Virology journal, 2011, vol. 8, pp. 208, 2011 .

Ijaz B, Ahmad W, Javed FT, Gull S, Hassan S, Virology journal, 2011, vol. 8, pp. 86, 2011 .

Ahmad W, Ijaz B, Javed FT, Jahan S, Shahid I, Khan FM, Hassan S, World journal of gastroenterology, 2010, vol. 16, no. 34, pp. 4321-4328, 2010 .

Shabbiri K, Ahmad W, Syed Q, Adnan A, Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology], 2010, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 796-804, 2010 .

Khaliq S, Jahan S, Ijaz B, Ahmad W, Asad S, Pervaiz A, Samreen B, Khan M, Hassan S, Virology journal, 2010, vol. 7, pp. 318, 2010 .

Shabbiri, K., Ahmad, W., Syed, Q., Adnan, A.(2010). Isolation and purification of complex ii from proteus mirabilis strain atcc 29245 . Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 41. (3).

Ahmad, I., Ahmad, W., Evelyne-Walker-Nair, Saleem, M., Shakoori, A.R., Nasir-Ud-Din(2007). Histone H1 sub-types in mouse: Interplay between phosphorylation and O-glycosylation . Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 39. (4). p. 245-257.

Kaleem, A., Ahmad, W., Khan, T.S., Ahmad, I., Shakoori, A.R., Nasir-Ud-Din(2007). In silico post-translational modification of histone H1: Regulation of transcription . Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 39. (2). p. 87-93.

Kaleem, A., Saleem Khan, T., Ahmad, W., Saleem, M., Khawaja, A.R., Hussain, S.A., Shakoori, A.R., Nasir-Ud-Din(2007). Post-translational modifications of non-histone high mobility group nucleosomal proteins . Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 39. (1). p. 57-64.

PREPRINT

Waqar Ahmad and Khadija Shabbiri and Nazarul Islam(2020). <strong>O-&beta;-GlcNAcylation,</strong><strong> Chloroquine and </strong><strong>2-Hydroxybenzohydrazine May Hamper SARS-CoV-2 entry to Human via Inhibition of ACE2 Phosphorylation at Ser787 but Also Induce Disruption of Virus-ACE2 Binding</strong> . []. {MDPI} {AG}

OTHER

Waqar Ahmad(2017). Suppression of the dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase gene (dld-1) protects against the toxicity of human amyloid beta in C. elegans model of Alzheimer’s disease . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Waqar Ahmad(2017). Glucose facilitates Aβ oligomerization and tau phosphorylation in C. elegans model of Alzheimer’s disease . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Waqar Ahmad(2017). Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase suppression induce human tau phosphorylation by increasing whole body glucose levels in a C. elegans model of Alzheimer’s Disease . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory