Dr. Asif Nadeem

B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc. (Hons.), M.Phil., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Cell: 0347 4446413
Email: asifnadeem@uvas.edu.pk
 

HEC approved supervisor

Biography

Asif Nadeem earned his B.Sc. (Hons) and M.Sc. (Hons) at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, M.Phil at Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore and Ph.D. at University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore. Prior to joining the faculty at UVAS in 2007, he served as Research Associate in different research projects. He has privileged of the research-training with Dr. Hasan Khatib, UW–Madison, USA. He is author and co-author of a number of peer-reviewed publications (impact factor=30). Dr. Asif’s research interests are to understand the genetic basis of quantitative trait variation.

Areas of Interest

Animal genetics and genomics

Publications


  1. Uddin RM, Babar ME, Nadeem A, Hussain T, Ahmad S, Munir S, Mehboob R, Ahmad FJ 2013. Genetic Analysis of the Prolactin gene in Pakistani cattle. Mol. Biol. Rep. 40(10):5685-9
  2. Pervez MT, Babar ME, Nadeem A, Aslam N, Raza A, Aslam M, Hussain T, Qadri S, Ahmad S and Shoaib M 2013. MQAT: An Efficient Quality Assessment Tool for Large Multiple Sequence Alignments. Life Science Journal 10(9s):9-16.
  3. Khosa AN, Babar ME, Nadeem A, Hussain T, Bilal F, Javed K and Muhammad K 2013. Identification of Molecular Markers in Bone Morphogenetic Protien15 (BMP15) Gene of Balochi Sheep. Pakistan J. Zool., 45(4): 1351-1357.
  4. Babar M E, Hussain T, Nadeem A , Ali A, Kamran Z, Ali MM 2013. Evaluation of Genetic Resistance to Haemonchus contortus Infection in Pakistani Sheep Breeds. The Journal of Animal and Plants Sciences. 23(5): 1219-1222.
  5. Nawaz A, Babar ME, Tanveer Hussain, Asif Nadeem, Farah Bilal, Khalid Javed, Khushi Muhammad. 2013. Identification of molecular markers in bmp15 gene of Pakistani goat breeds. International Journal of Advanced Research. 1(8):62-68
  6. Hussain T, Babar ME, Sadia H, Shaheen M, Nadeem A, Ali A, Wajid A and Shah SA 2013. Microsatellite Markers based Genetic Diversity Analysis in Damani and Nachi Goat Breeds of Pakistan. Pak Vet J,  33(4):520-522.
  7. Huang W, Nadeem A, Babar ME and Khatib H 2012. Characterization and comparison of the leukocyte transcriptomes of three cattle breeds. PLoS ONE. 7(1): e30244.
  8. Babar ME, Nadeem A, Hussain T, Wajid A, Shah SA, Iqbal A, Sarfraz Z and Akram M 2012. Microsatellite Marker Based Genetic Diversity among Four Varieties of Pakistani Aseel Chicken. Pak. Vet. 32(2):237-241.
  9. Maryam J, Babar ME, Nadeem A and Hussain T 2012. Genetic variants in Interferon Gamma (IFN-γ) gene are associated with resistance against ticks in Bos taurus and Bos indicus. Mol. Bio. Rep. 39(4):4565-4570.
  10. Saif R, Babar ME, Awan AR, Nadeem A, Hashmi AS, Hussain T 2012. DNA Fingerprinting Of Pakistani Buffalo Breeds (Nili-Ravi, Kundi) Using Microsatellite and Cytochrome b Gene Markers. Mol Biol Rep. 39(2):851-6
  11. Babar ME, Farid A, Benkel BF, Ahmad J, Nadeem A and Imran M  2009. Frequencies of PrP Genotypes and their Implication for Breeding against Scrapie Susceptibility in Nine Pakistani Sheep Breeds. Mol. Biol. Rep. 36:561–565.
  12. Babar ME, Abdullah M, Nadeem A and Haq AU 2009. Prion protein gene polymorphisms in four goat breeds of Pakistan. Mol Biol Rep. 36:141-144.
  13. Nadeem A, Babar ME, Hussain M and Tahir MA 2009. Development of pentaplex PCR and genetic analysis of X chromosomal STRs in Punjabi population of Pakistan. Mol Biol Rep. 36:1671–1675.
  14. Ali A, Abdullah M, Babar ME, Javed K and Nadeem A 2008. Expresion and identification of folate sensitive fragile sites in british suffolk sheep (Ovis aries). J. Genetics. 87 (3):219-227
  15. Babar ME, Nawaz M, Naseem A, Abdullah M, Imran M, Jabeen R, Chatha SA, Nawaz A, Mustafa H and Nadeem A 2008. Prion Protein Genotypes in Pakistani Goats. Asian-Australasian J. Anim. Sci. 21(7):936-940.
  16. Babar ME, Farid A, Benkel BF, Ahmad J, Sajid IA, Imran M, Hussain T and Nadeem A. 2008. Genetic variability at seven codons of the prion protein gene in famous Pakistani Sheep. J. Genetics.  87(2):187-190.
  17. Ahmad T, Ahmad T, Mushtaq T, Mirza MA, Nadeem A, Babar ME and Ahmad G 2008. Effect of potassium chloride supplementation in drinking water on broiler ‎performance under heat stress conditions‎ . Poult. Sci. 87:1276-1280.
  18. Babar ME, Hossain F, Benkel B, Abdullah M, Sajid IA, Nadeem A and Hussain T 2007. Evaluation of AMPK genes as candidates for production traits in buffalo breeds of Pakistan. Italian J. Anim. Sci., 6 (1):345-348.
  1. Wen Huang, Asif Nadeem, Masroor Babar, Hasan Khatib. Transcriptomic Characterization and SNP Discovery in Three Cattle Breeds Using RNA-Seq. Plant & Animal Genomes XIX Conference. Town & Country Convention Center San Diego, CA January 15-19, 2011
  2. Babar, M. E., A. Fatima., A. Nadeem, T. Hussain., A. Ali and K. Abbas. (2011). Haplotypic Diversity and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in thePRKAB1 Gene of Pakistani Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). The 7th Asia Pacific Conference on Clinical Nutrition. June 5-8, 2011
  3. Babar, M. E., T. Hussain, A. Nadeem, A. Ali and H. Sadia. (2011)   Molecular Characterization, Evaluation and Conservation of Indigenous Goat Breeds of Pakistan. RBI 8th Global Conference on the Conservation of Animal Genetic Resources. Turkey, October, 4-8.
  4. Babar, M. E., A. Fatima., A. Nadeem., T. Hussain., A. Ali and K. Abbas. (2011)  Haplotypic Diversity and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the PRKAB1 Gene of Pakistani Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). The Asia Pacific Conference on Clinical Nutrition. Thailand. June 5-8.
  5. Babar, M. E. A. Farid, M. A. Abdullah, Q. Khan, J. Ahmad, A. Nadeem and B. F. Benkel. 2006. Genetic variability at seven codons of the prion protein gene in nine sheep breeds of Pakistan. 30th International conference on Animal Genetics, Porto Seguro, Brazil, 20-25 August, 2006.
  6. Babar, M. E. A. Farid, M. A. Abdullah, Q. Khan, J. Ahmad, A. Nadeem and B. F. Benkel. 2006. Detection of polymorphisms on prion protein gene in 9 sheep breeds of Pakistan. National symposium on “Biotechnology for economic prosperity” organized by National Commission on Biotechnology, Ministry of science and technology Islamabad. 24-26 July, 2006.
  7. Anwar Saeed, Muhammad Irshad, Asif Nadeem, Tanveer Hussain, Sajjad Ali Shah and Tauseef Ahmad. 2014. Paternal Lineage Analysis in Sahiwal, Cholistaniand Dajal Cattle Breeds of Pakistan through SRY gene. Global Veterinaria 12 (4): 508-511.
  8. Amna Khan, Maryam J, Tahir Yaqub and A Nadeem. 2014. Human Hair Analysis among Four Different Castes Having Potential Application in Forensic Investigation. J Forensic Res 5: 215. doi:10.4172/2157-7145.1000215.
  9. Shah S. A., S. U. Din, N. Raheem, S. Daud, J. Mubeen, A. Nadeem, M. Tayyab, D. M. Baloch, M. E. Babar and J. Ahmad. 2014. Identification of a novel mutation (p.Ile198Thr) in gene TYR in a Pakistani family with nonsyndromic oculocutaneous albinism. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 39: 646–648.
  10. Tanveer Hussain, Kathiravan Periasamy, Asif Nadeem, Masroor Babar Ellahi, Rudolf Pichler and Adama Diallo. 2014. Sympatric species distribution, genetic diversity and population structure of Haemonchus isolates from domestic ruminants in Pakistan. Veterinary Parasitology. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.10.026
  11. Maryam Javed, Masroor Ellahi Babar, Asif Nadeem, Muhammad Wasim, Tanveer Hussain, Abu Saeed Hashmi. 2014. Biological Networking of Proteins Having Impending Role in Milk Fat Content of Bovines. Life Science J. 11(10s)
  12. Ali, M., T. Hussain, F. Awan and A. Nadeem. 2014. The contribution of donkeys to human health. Equine Veterinary Journal 46 (2014) 766–767 DOI: 10.1111/evj.12337
  13. Hussain, M., M. E. Babar, T. Hussain, A. Nadeem, S. Niaz, and R. Mehboob. 2014. Novel R42C mutation identified in early onset of Parkinson’s disease in Pakistani Patients. HealthMED. 8(9).
  14. Ahmed, Z., T. Hussain, A. Nadeem, F. I. Awan, A. Wajid, S. A. Shah and M. M. Ali. 2014. Genetic diversity analysis of kail sheep by using microsatellite Markers. The JAPS, 24(5): 1329-1333.
  15. Muhammad Tariq Pervez, Masroor Ellahi Babar, Asif Nadeem, Muhammad Aslam, Ali Raza Awan, Naeem Aslam, Tanveer Hussain, Nasir Naveed, Salman Qadri, Usman Waheed and Muhammad Shoaib. 2014. Evaluating the Accuracy and Efficiency of Multiple Sequence Alignment Methods. Evolutionary bioinformatics 10: 205.
  16. Shah, S. A., N. Raheem, S. Daud, J. Mubeen, A. A. Shaikh, A. H. Baloch, A. Nadeem, M. Tayyab, M. E. Babar and J. Ahmad. 2015. Mutational spectrum of the TYR and SLC45A2 genes in Pakistani families with oculocutaneous albinism, and potential founder effect of missense substitution (p.Arg77Gln) of tyrosinase. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. doi: 10.1111/ced.12612.
  17. Tahir, M. S., T. Hussain, A. Nadeem, M. Naseer, Z. Ullah, M. Intizar and S. M. Hussain. 2015. A panel of microsatellite markers for genetic diversity and parentage analysis of dog breeds in Pakistan. The JAPS, 25(2):351-356.
  18. Alia Tabassum, Abu Saeed Hashmi, Faiza Masood, Muhammad Aamir Iqbal, Muhammad Tayyab, Amber Nawab, Asif Nadeem, Zahra Sadeghi and Adeel Mahmood. 2015. Bioconversion of agriculture waste to lysine with UV mutated strain of brevibacterium flavum and its biological evaluation in broiler chicks. Pak. J. Pharm. Sci., 28(4):1401
  19. A chapter “clinical applications of molecular diagnostics” in Proceeding of National workshop on”Molecular diagnostics” held on  Jan, 2011. Published by University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore, Pakistan
  20. A chapter “Challenges and opportunities of next generation sequencing” in Proceeding of National Conference on “Bioinformatics - Opening Up New Frontiers in Molecular Biology Research” held on May. 2010. Published by University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore, Pakistan
  21. A chapter “Applied animal biotechnologies for improving farm livestock productivity” in Proceeding of National Conference on “Latest Trends in Livestock Genomics” held on June, 2009. Published by University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore, and Higher Education commission Islamabad, Pakistan
  22. A chapter “Stem cells: a potential source for the tendon repair” in Proceeding of National Conference on “Role of Stem Cell Technology in Animal Sciences” held on Dec. 2009. Published by University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore, Pakistan
  23. A chapter “Techniques of Producing Transgenic Animals” in Proceeding of National Conference “Techniques in Transgenics-The Science of The Future” held on Sep. 2008. Published by University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore, Pakistan
  24. A chapter “DNA / RNA extraction, purification and quantification” in Proceeding of National Conference “Application of Molecular Biology Tools for the Improvement of Livestock” held on Dec. 2006. Published by University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore, Pakistan