Dow College of Biotechnology


Faculty Profile


  • Anusha Amanullah
  • Designation
  • Lecturer
  • Department
  • Dow College of Biotechnology
  • Qualification
  • M.Phil. (Biotechnology) Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi

  • Office Location
  • Dow College of Biotechnology, Serobiology Building, 3rd Floor, DUHS, Ojha Campus

Research Publications

  • • Amanullah A, Arzoo S, Aslam A, Waqar I, Hussain M. 2023. Inbreeding-Driven Innate Behavioural Changes in Drosophila melanogaster. Biology. 12:926.
     
  • • Hussain. M, Siddiqui F, Muhammad SO, Amanullah A, Jabeen N, Kantarcioglu B and Fareed J. 2022. Molecular Systems Network Predicts Sars-Cov-2 NSP3 and Orf6 Role in COVID-19 Related Thrombotic Events. Blood. 140: 11216-11217.
     
  • • Hussain. M, Amanullah A, Aslam A, Raza F, Arzoo S, Waqar I, Waheed H, Jabeen N, Shabbir S, Sayeed MA and Quraishy S. 2022. Design and Immunoinformatic Assessment of Candidate Multivariant mRNA Vaccine Construct Against Immune Escape Variants of SARS-CoV-2. Polymers. 14:3263.
     
  • • Hussain M, Shabbir S, Amanullah A, Raza F, Imdad MJ and Zahid S. 2021. Immunoinformtic Analysis of Structural and Epitope Variations in Spike and Orf8 Proteins of SARS-CoV-2/B.1.1.7. J. Med. Virol.93:4461-4468.
     
  • • Hussain M, Jabeen N, Shabbir S, Uddin N, Aziz B, Amanullah A, Raza F and Baig AA. 2020. Dataset for Homologous Proteins in Drosophila melanogaster for SARS-CoV-2/Human Interactome. Data Br .32:106082.
     
  • • Hussain M, Jabeen N, Amanullah A, Baig AA, Aziz B, Shabbir S, Raza F, Uddin N. 2020. Molecular Docking Between Human TMPRSS2 and SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein: Conformation and Intermolecular interactions. AIMS Microbiol. 6: 350-360.
     
  • • Hussain M, Jabeen N, Raza F, Shabbir S, Baig AA, Amanullah A and Aziz B. 2020. Structural Variations in Human ACE2 may Influence its Binding with SARS‐CoV‐2 Spike Protein. J. Med. Virol. 92: 1580-1586.
     

Others

Prize Winning Posters

  • •  Aslam A, Amanullah A, Qureshi I, Alam F, Ghayas T, Tariq K, Javed U, Jabeen N and Hussain M*.2022. Development of First Fly Stock Centre of the Islamic World. In: 7th All Pakistan DUHS-DICE Health Innovation Exhibition, 4th November 2022. (Poster, 2nd Prize)

  • • Amanullah A, Shabbir S, Raza F, Arzoo Shabana, Waheed H, Jabeen N and Hussain M*. 2021. Design, Assesment and Development of multivariant mRNA Vaccine (DOW-21) against SARS- CoV-2 VOCs and VOIs. In: 6th All Pakistan DUHS-DICE Health Innovation Exhibition, 30th December 2021. (Poster, Special Prize)
  • •  Shabbir S, Amanullah A, D’Souza SE, Baig AA, Mehmood I, Raza F and Hussain M. 2019. Living Model System of Carcinogen Detection for Industries. In: 5th DUHS-DICE Health Innovation Exhbition, 16th-17th October 2019. (Poster, 1st Prize)
  • • Amanullah A, Moeed A. 2018. Production of commercially viable Cellulase by using bagasse a sugar industry waste. In: 3rd NTU DICE Textile Innovation Event, National Textile University, Faisalabad, 6th – 7th March 2018. (Poster, Special Prize)
  • • Moeed A, Amanullah A. 2017. Production of commercially viable Cellulase by using bagasse a sugar industry waste. In: 1st Biosciences Annual Research Symposium, SZABIST University, Karachi, 3rd May 2017. (Poster, 3rd Prize)

Oral Presentations

  • •  Inbreeding Improves Learning and Memory at the Cost of Loss of Total Genomic Diversity in Drosophila melanogaster Model. 2022. In: 4th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Bioinformatics and Biosciences, Department of Bioinformatics, Hazara University, Mansehra, 15th-17th September 2022.

  • • Modeling Congenital Neurological Disorders by Consanguineous breeding in Drosophila melanogaster. 2021. In: 1st International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Methods in Post Genomic Era. Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore. 9th – 10th November 2021.
  • • Effect of Bisphenol-A on the Brain Development in Drosophila melanogaster model. 2019. In: 5th Annual Neuroscience Conference, Aga Khan University, Karachi, 12th October 2019. (Paper, Ist Prize)
  • • Modelling Human Disorders in Drosophila melanogaster by Bisphenol-A Exposure 2019. In: 3rd National Conference on Emerging Trends in Bioinformatics and Biosciences, Department of Bioinformatics, Hazara University, Mansehra, 3rd-5th October 2019.

Workshops Attended

  • •  1st National Hands on Training on CRISPR/CAS Mediated Genome Editing. National Center for Genome Editing (NCGE), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. 21st – 25th February 2022.

  • • Python Basics for Health Professionals. Aga Khan University. 21th – 24th December 2020.
  • • Introduction to the principles and practice of clinical research. NIH clinical center. July 2019.
  • • Abridging Bioinformatics and Empirical Life Sciences. Department of Microbiology, University of Karachi, 3rd May 2019.
  • • Chemical Safety and Security in Pharmaceutical and other Interdisciplinary Chemical Laboratories. The International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and CRDF Global (USA). November 2018.
  • • 5th International Workshop for Capacity Building in Nematology. PSN and NNRC with ECOSF. 12th – 22nd February 2018.
  • •  Hands –on Workshop on Molecular Medicine. Bioinformatics and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Dow Research Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences, Dow University of Health and Sciences. September – October 2018.

Project Grant

  • VCSFI Grant (2021 – 2022) on “Error Rate and Coefficients Quantification of Neurological Defects due to Consanguineous Mating using Drosophila melanogaster model”.