Research Interest

• My areas of research include Food and Nutritional Biotechnology, Proteomics and Clinical Research. I am currently engaged in both teaching and research.

Research Publications

• • Gul A, Khan S, Arain H, Khan H, Ishrat U, Siddiqui M. Three‐phase partitioning as an efficient one‐step method for the extraction and purification of bromelain from pineapple crown waste. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 2022 Aug 12.
   
• • Gul A, Siddiqui M, Arain H, Khan S, Khan H, Ishrat U. Extraction, Partial Purification and Characterization of Bromelain from Pineapple (Ananas Comosus) Crown, Core and Peel Waste. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology. 2021 Jul 5;64.
   
• • Ali S, Uddin SM, Shalim E, Sayeed MA, Anjum F, Saleem F, Muhaymin SM, Ali A, Khan S, Ali MR, Ahmed I, Mushtaq T. Hyperimmune anti-COVID-19 IVIG (C-IVIG) treatment in severe and critical COVID-19 patients: A phase I/II randomized control trial. EClinicalMedicine. 2021 Jun 4:100926.
   
• • Amin R, Khan S, Zeb TF, Ali S, Baqai N, Baqai M, Shuja S. Knowledge and attitudes toward genetically modified (GM) food among health sciences university students in Karachi, Pakistan. Nutrition & Food Science. 2021 May 5.
   
• • Rafique S, Khan S, Ahmed S, Qureshi MA, Amin R. Case-control study for assessment of factors associated with periodontitis among adults attending university hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2020 Sep 24:1-4.
   
• • Khan S, Aziz B, Ishrat U, Zeb T, Amin R, Ali S. Comparative evaluation of salivary protein profile and oxidative stress status among young healthy adult smokers and non-smokers. Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences. Oct–Dec 2020, Vol. 14, NO. 4.
   
• • Khan S, Amin R, Ali S, Zeb TF, Haider MS, Tarar OM. Comparative analysis of the nutritional components of different parts of Moringa oleifera from Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Sciences. December 2020, Vol. 72, No. 4.
   
• • Amin R, Zaidi MB, Bashir S, Khanani R, Nawaz R, Ali S, Khan S. Microbial contamination levels in the drinking water and associated health risks in Karachi, Pakistan. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. 2019 Jun 1;9(2):319-28.
   
• • Khan S, Zaheer S, Safdar NF. Determinants of stunting, underweight and wasting among children< 5 years of age: evidence from 2012-2013 Pakistan demographic and health survey. BMC public health. 2019 Dec;19(1):358.
   
• • Cannon AM, Gridneva Z, Hepworth AR, Lai CT, Tie WJ, Khan S, Hartmann PE, Geddes DT. The relationship of human milk leptin and macronutrients with gastric emptying in term breastfed infants. Pediatric research. 2017 Jul;82(1):72-8.

   

Others

Oral Presentation

• • 52nd Annual Medical Symposium, 2017, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi.
   
• • APPNA-DUHS Winter Meeting, Seminar on Molecular Pathology & Biotechnology, 24th December 2016, Dow Medical College, KARACHI
   
• • Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia, November 30- December 3, 2010, Perth, Australia.
   
• • Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia, December 8-11, 2009, Newcastle, Australia.

Poster Presentation

• • 5th International Conference on “Current Approaches and Emerging Trends for the Development and Discovery of Drugs”. 2018, COMSATS, Abbottabad.
   
• • DUHS 9th Annual Research Day 2018, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi.
   
• • DUHS 8th Annual Research Day 2017, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi.
   
• • 1st Invention to Innovation Summit 2016-Sindh, University of Karachi, Karachi.
   
• • DUHS 7th Annual Research Day 2016, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi.
   
• • DUHS 6th Annual Research Day 2015, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi.
   
• • International Conference of the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation (ISRHML), September 28-October 1,2012, Trieste, Italy.
   
• • 15th International Conference of the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation (ISRHML), October 8-12, 2010, Lima, Peru.

Grants

• • HEC NRPU Research Grant (2021 as Co-PI) on “Development of pilot scale system for phycoremediation of textile effluent with concomitant production of algal biomass” Project # NRPU 20-16273
   
• • HEC NRPU Research Grant (2019 as Co-PI) on “Heterologous expression of streptokinase from beta hemolytic streptococcal strain for pilot scale production of recombinant streptokinase.” Project # NRPU 7319
   
• • SRGP-HEC Research Grant (2018 as Co-PI) on “Extraction, purification and characterization of bromelain from pineapple waste.” Project # SRGP 2278

Teaching and Research Supervision

I teach both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

• Under graduates Course: Biochemistry I and II, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genomics and Proteomics
• Post graduate Courses:  Fundamentals of Biotechnology, Advances in Biotechnology, Fundamentals of Molecular Biology

BS Thesis Supervised

• • Evaluation of oxidative stress status by expression analysis of NOS-2, HuR and SOD-2 in COVID-19 patients (2022).
   
• • Expression analysis of apoptotic signaling pathway biomarkers (P53, AKT, MAPK) in patients at various stages of SARS-CoV2 infection (2022).
   
• • Extraction, purification and characterization of milk coagulant enzyme from different parts of Moringa oleifera (2020).
   
• • Evaluation of salivary protein profile and oxidative stress status among young healthy smokers and non-smokers (2020).

M.Phil. Thesis Supervisor

• • Study on selenium and selenoprotein levels in idiopathic generalized epileptic patients (2022 as Co-PI).
   
• • Investigating the relationship between vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms, vitamin D levels and cardiovascular risk factors in young healthy Pakistani adults (2022 as Co-PI).
   
• • Comparison between commercial cleaners and Miswak extracts against Candida Albicans on heat cured acrylic denture base resin (2022 as Co-PI).

Honors & achievements

• Overseas Ph.D. Scholarship (2007), Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan