Dr. Muhammad Muddassir Ali

DVM, MS (Sweden), PhD (Turkey)
Assistant Professor

Email muddassir.ali@uvas.edu.pk  

HEC approved supervisor

Biography:

Dr. Muhammad Muddassir Ali earned his  PhD in Molecular biology from Afyonkocatepe University, Turkey and Masters in Bioinformatics from Skovde University, Sweden. He conducted his post-graduate research in collaboration with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala. He is author and co-author of a number of peer-reviewed publications. He is also serving as a reviewer of many peer-reviewed journals. His research interests cover a broad range of areas of veterinary medicine, Molecular Biology genotoxicology, applicable in gene expression analysis, infection biology, and disease prevention.

Areas of Interest

Molecular epidemiology of diseases, Genotoxic assessment of carcinogenic agents.

 

Publications


  1. Iqra Muzammil, Muhammad Ijaz, Hassan Saleem, Muhammad Muddassir Ali. Molecular characterization of vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bovine milk. Zoonosis and Public Health. 2023 
  2. Muhammad Hasaan Aziz, Muhammad Zubair Shabbir, Muhammad Muddassir Ali* , Zian Asif and Muhammad Usman Ijaz. Immunoinformatics Approach for Epitope Mapping of Immunogenic Regions (N, F and H Gene) of Small Ruminant Morbillivirus and Its Comparative Analysis with Standard Vaccinal Strains for Effective Vaccine Development. . Vaccines 2022, 10, 2179. https://doi.org/10.3390/ vaccines1012217 
  3. Xiushuang Chen, Xiaoxiao Zhao, Chenxi Zhao, Hassan Ashfaq, Muhammad Fakhar-e-Alam Kulyar, Zeeshan Ahmad Bhutta, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Muhammad Khalid Mansoor, Kun L. Cryptosporidium infection induced the dropping of SCFAS and dysbiosis in intestinal microbiome of Tibetan pigs. Microbial Pathogenesis. 174 (2023) 105922 (IF: 3.84). 
  4. Chen X, Saeed NM, Ding J, Dong H, Kulyar MFEA, Bhutta ZA, Mehmood K, Ali MM, Irshad I, Zeng J, Liu J, Wu Q, Li K, 2022. Molecular epidemiological investigation of Cryptosporidium sp., Giardia duodenalis, Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Blastocystis sp. infection in free-ranged yaks and tibetan pigs on the plateau. Pak Vet J. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2022.060. (IF: 1.8) 
  5. Iqra Muzammil, Muhammad Ijaz, Muhammad Hassan Saleem, Muhammad Muddassir Ali (2022). Drug repurposing strategy: An emerging approach to identify potential therapeutics for treatment of bovine mastitis. Microbial Pathogenesis 171 (2022) 105691 ((IF: 3.84)) 
  6. *Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Areej Fatima, Sadia Nawaz, Abdul Rehman, Maryam Javed, Asif Nadeem Cytotoxic and genotoxic evaluation of bisphenol S on onion root tips by Allium cepa and comet tests. Environmental Science and Pollution Research https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-21888-2 ((IF:5.1))  
  7. Recep Liman· Yaser Acikbas,· İbrahim Hakkı Ciğerci, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Meltem Demirel Kars. Cytotoxic and Genotoxic Assessment of Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticles by Allium and Comet Tests. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (2020) 104:215–221. (1.67)Sehrish firyal,  muhammad muddassir ali,  ghulam muhammad, muhammad saqib , immad rashid, muhammad zeeshan tahir et al. Bovine herpes mammillitis (gulwaddee) - a less known disease of cows and buffaloes in pakistan. Review Aarticle. Buffalo bulletin (october-december 2019) vol.38 no.4
  8. Haider· M. Ijaz · M. Imran, M. Naz· H. Majeed· J. A. Khan · M. M. Ali· M. Ikram6. 2019. Enhanced bactericidal action and dye degradation of spicy roots extract‑incorporated fine‑tuned metal oxide nanoparticles. Applied nanoscience. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-019-01188-x 
  9. Akhtar R, Iqbal MZ, Ullah A, Ali MM, Zahid B, Ijaz M, Ullah A and Taseer SA, 2019. Comparative association of slc11a1 (Nramp1) gene with susceptibility and resistance to brucellosis in various cattle and buffaloes breeds of Pakistan. Pak Vet J. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2019.(If: 1.3)
  10. Muhammad Muddassir Ali, and İbrahim Hakkı Ciğerci. Genotoxic Evaluation of an Endemic Plant Thermopsis turcica Extracts on Liver Cancer Cell Line. pak j zoology 2019. Vol 51 (1) (IF: 0.7)
  11. Abbas G, Nadeem A, Javed M, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Aqeel M, Babar ME, Tahir MS, Tabassum S, Shahzad W: Mitochondrial cytochrome-b, cytochrome-c and d-loop region based phylogenetic and diversity analysis in blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra). Kafkas Univ Vet Fak Derg, 2019 (Article in Press). DOI: 10.9775/kvfd.2019.22108.
  12. Fahima Drif,  Cherif Abdennour,  İbrahim Hakkı Ciğerci. Muhammad Muddassir Ali· Ouarda Mansouri, Mahfoud Messarah. Preliminary Assessment of Stress and Genotoxicity Biomarkers in Bivalve Molluscs from the Gulf of Annaba, Algeria. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-019-02583-4Received: 21 January 2019
  13. Sehrish Firyal, Samia Tanveer, Ali Raza Awan, Muhammad Tayyab, Muhammad Wasim, Muhammad Nawaz,  Huma Sattar1, Sadia Nawaz, Shagufta Saeed and Muhammad Muddassir Ali. 2019. Association of Bovine Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Gene Polymorphism with Mastitis in Nili Ravi Buffaloes. Pak vet J. IF: 1.397
  14. Sehrish firyal,  muhammad muddassir ali,  ghulam muhammad, muhammad saqib , immad rashid, muhammad zeeshan tahir et al. Bovine herpes mammillitis (gulwaddee) - a less known disease of cows and buffaloes in pakistan. Review Aarticle. Buffalo bulletin (october-december 2019) vol.38 no.4
  15. Haider· M. Ijaz · M. Imran, M. Naz· H. Majeed· J. A. Khan · M. M. Ali· M. Ikram6. 2019. Enhanced bactericidal action and dye degradation of spicy roots extract‑incorporated fine‑tuned metal oxide nanoparticles. Applied nanoscience. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-019-01188-x 
  16. Akhtar R, Iqbal MZ, Ullah A, Ali MM, Zahid B, Ijaz M, Ullah A and Taseer SA, 2019. Comparative association of slc11a1 (Nramp1) gene with susceptibility and resistance to brucellosis in various cattle and buffaloes breeds of Pakistan. Pak Vet J. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2019.(If: 1.3)
  17. Muhammad Muddassir Ali, and İbrahim Hakkı Ciğerci. Genotoxic Evaluation of an Endemic Plant Thermopsis turcica Extracts on Liver Cancer Cell Line. pak j zoology 2019. Vol 51 (1) (IF: 0.7)
  18. Abbas G, Nadeem A, Javed M, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Aqeel M, Babar ME, Tahir MS, Tabassum S, Shahzad W: Mitochondrial cytochrome-b, cytochrome-c and d-loop region based phylogenetic and diversity analysis in blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra). Kafkas Univ Vet Fak Derg, 2019 (Article in Press). DOI: 10.9775/kvfd.2019.22108.
  19. Fahima Drif,  Cherif Abdennour,  İbrahim Hakkı Ciğerci. Muhammad Muddassir Ali· Ouarda Mansouri, Mahfoud Messarah. Preliminary Assessment of Stress and Genotoxicity Biomarkers in Bivalve Molluscs from the Gulf of Annaba, Algeria. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-019-02583-4Received: 21 January 2019
  20. Sehrish Firyal, Samia Tanveer, Ali Raza Awan, Muhammad Tayyab, Muhammad Wasim, Muhammad Nawaz,  Huma Sattar1, Sadia Nawaz, Shagufta Saeed and Muhammad Muddassir Ali. 2019. Association of Bovine Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Gene Polymorphism with Mastitis in Nili Ravi Buffaloes. Pak vet J. IF: 1.397

  21. Zhang H, Chang Z, Mehmood K, Yang MK, Liu Z, Duan Z, Yuan F, Ali MM, Adnan M, Qasim MU, Shaheen S, Abbas RZ, Tian Y, Guo RTetramethylpyrazine inhibited hypoxia-induced expression of calcium-sensing receptors in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells in chickens. J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2018 May-Jun;32(3):489-495  IF: 1.397

  22. M. Azmat, M. Ijaz, S.H. Farooqi, A. Ghaffar, A. Ali, A. Masud , S. Saleema, A. Rehman, M.M. Ali, K. Mehmoode, Amjad Khanc, H. Zhang. Molecular epidemiology, associated risk factors, and phylogenetic analysis of anaplasmosis in camel. Microbial Pathogenesis 123 (2018) 377–384. If 2.332
  23. İbrahim Hakkı Ciğerci,· Muhammad Muddassir Ali, · Şöhret Yüksek Kaygısız,  Bülent Kaya,  Recep Liman. Genotoxic Assessment of Different Sizes of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Ionic Iron in Earthworm (Eisenia hortensis) Coelomocytes by Comet Assay and Micronucleus Test. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (2018) 101:105–109 (1.480 IF)
  24. Amjad Islam Aqiba, Muhammad Ijaz, Shahid Hussain Farooqib, Rais Ahmed, Muhammad Shoaibd, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Khalid Mehmoodf, Hui Zhang. Emerging discrepancies in conventional and molecular epidemiology of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bovine milk.  Microbial Pathogenesis 116 (2018) 38–43 If  2.332
  25. Muhammad Ijaz,  Syed Nazar Abbas, Shahid Hussain Farooqi, Amjad Islam Aqib, Ghulam Ali Anwar, Abdul Rehman, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Khalid Mehmood. Amjad Khan.. Sero-epidemiology and Hemato-biochemical study of Bovine Leptospirosis in Flood Affected Zone of Pakistan.  Acta Tropica. Acepted. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica. 2017.09.032. (Impact factor: 2.218) 
  26. SulimanQadirAfridi, NasarKhan, MuhammadAkmal, SardarAli, Attaullah  Sulaiman, Bahadar, AbdulAziz, NasirAli, FirasatHussain, FurqanAwan, andMuhammadMuddassirAli. Distributionof HCV Genotypes and RNA Viral Load Along with Hemato-Biochemical Analysis of HCVPatientsinRahimYarKhan, Okara and TobaTek Singh Districts of Punjab, Pakistan. Hepatitis monthly, e58442, 2017. (Impact factor: 1.67) 
  27. Furqan awan, Muhammad Muddassir ali, Muhammad Hassan Mushtaq, Muhammad Ijaz, Mamoona chaudhry, Abdullah awan. Identification of Risk Factors for Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour (CTVT) in Owned Dogs in Pakistan. Kafkas Univ Vet Fak Derg 23 (2): 305-310, 2017. (Impact factor : 0.432)
  28. Iqra Mahmood, Asif Nadeem, Masroor Ellahi Babar, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Maryam Javed, Aisha Siddiqa, Tanveer Hussain and Muhammad Tariq Pervez. Systematic and Integrated Analysis Approach to Prioritize Mastitis Resistant Genes. Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 49(1), pp 101-106, 2017 (Impact factor: 0.491)
  29. Muhammad Muddassir Ali and İbrahim Hakkı Ciğerci. Anti-Cancerous Efficacy of Alcoholic and Aqueous Extracts from an Endemic Plant Thermopsis turcica on Liver Carcinoma. British journal of pharmaceutical research. 16(3): 1-5, 2017.
  30. Ciğerci İH, Ali MM, Kaygısız ŞY, Liman R. Genotoxicity assessment of cobalt chloride in Eisenia hortensis earthworms coelomocytes by comet assay and micronucleus test. Chemosphere. 2016 Feb;144:754-7. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.09.053. (Impact factor:3.67)  
  31. Mustafa Volkan Yaprakci, İbrahim Hakkı Ciğerci, Muhammad Muddassir Ali,and Mustafa Kabu. DNA Damage, Total Antioxidant and Oxidant  Status in Gunshot Wounded Wild Falcons. Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 48(5), pp. 1417-1421, 2016. (Impact factor: 0.478).
  32. Sadaqat Ali, Muhammad Ijaz, Aneela Zameer Durrani, Azhar Maqbool,  Muhammad Mudassir Ali and Khalid Mehmood. Epidemiological Aspects of Bovine Tick Infestation  in the River Ravi Region, Lahore. Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 48(2), pp. 563-567, 2016. (Impact factor: 0.478)
  33. Kabir Ahmed Chohan, Furqan Awan, Muhammad Muddassir Ali,  Umair Iqbal  and Muhammad Ijaz. Assessment of Aflatoxin in Dairy Concentrate Feeds, Total Mixed Rations, Silage and Various Feed Ingredients in Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 48(1), pp. 277-280, 2016 (Impact factor: 0.478)
  34. Mustafa Jamil, Muhammad Ijaz, Muhammad Muddassir Ali. Prevalence, Hematology and Treatment of Balantidium coli among Small Ruminants in and Around Lahore, Pakistan Kafkas Univ Vet Fak Derg 21 (1): 123-126, 2015. (Impact factor: 0.418)
  35. Muhammad Ijaz, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Khalid Mehmood and Sadaqat Ali. Molecular Diagnosis of Streptococcus equi subsp. equi along with Carrier Potential in Clinically Affected Horses. Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 47(3), pp. 870-873, 2015. (Impact factor: 0.478)
  36. ME Babar, T Hussain, MS Ahmad, A Ali, K Abbas, MM Ali. Evaluation of Pakistani goat breeds for genetic resistance to Haemonchus contortus. Acta Veterinaria Brno 84 (3), 231-235.2015. (Impact factor: 0.414).
  37. Salman Khalid, Muhammad Ijaz, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Abdul Rehman and Khalid Mehmood Prevalence and Chemotherapy of Canine Diabetes Mellitus in and Around Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 47(3), pp. 895-898, 2015. (Impact factor: 0.418)
  38. Ali, M. M.; Aslam, R.; Hussain, F.; Ali, N. Molecular identification of hepatitis c virus in different districts of punjab, pakistan: a preliminary study. Pakistan Journal of Science . Jun2015, Vol. 67 Issue 2, p222-224. 3p.
  39. M. Ali, M. Baber, T. Hussain, F. Awan and A. Nadeem. The contribution of donkeys to human health. EquineVeterinaryJournal. 46(2014)766–767. (Impact factor: 2.374).
  40. Ayesha Tariq, Tanveer Hussain, Muhammad Muddassir Ali and Masroor Ellahi Babar. Camels Adaptation to Desert Biome. Global Veterinaria 12 (3): 307-313, 2014.e
  41. Z. Ahmed, M. E. Babar, T. Hussain, A. Nadeem, F. I. Awan, A. Wajid, S. A. Shah and M. M. Ali. Genetic diversity analysis of kail sheep by using microsatellite markers. J. Anim. Plant science. 24(5):2014. (Impact factor: 0.448)
  42. Muhammad Azhar, Muhammad Ijaz and Muhammad Muddassir Ali. Prevalence and Chemotherapy of Theileriosis in Clinical Affected Equines of Lahore District, Pakistan -A Review of 300 Cases. Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 46(3), pp. 870-873, 2014. (Impact factor: 0.404).
  43. F. Awan, M.M. Ali, M. Ijaz and S. Khan.Comparison of Different Therapeutic Protocols in the Managemen of Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour: Review of 30 Cases. Global Veterinaria 12 (4): 499-503, 2014
  44. Furqan Awan, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Umair Iqbal, Irfan Khattak, Muhammad Hassan, Mushtaq. Some challenges in progressive control of livestock originated zoonotic diseases in Pakistan. a pilot survey. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2014; 4(10): 816-819.
  45. A. Younas, M. S. Khan, M. Ijaz, K. Ashraf, M. M. Ali, I. Khan and b A. Rehman. prevalence and chemotherapy of coccidiosis in dogs in and around lahore- pakistan. The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 24(1): 2014, Page:350-353. (Impact factor 0.638).
  46. Akhtar Ali, Muhammad Ijaz, Aneela Zameer Durrani, Muhammad Mudassir Ali, Khalid Mehmood and Ahmad Jawad Sabir. Prevalence and therapeutic trials against anaplasmosis in sheep and goat in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 46(3), pp. 876-880, 2014. (Impact factor: 0.404).
  47. Khadija Javed, Muhammad Ijaz,  Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Iahtasham Khan, Khalid Mehmood and Sadaqat Ali. Prevalence and Hematology of Tick Borne Hemoparasitic Diseases in Equines in and Around Lahore . Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 46(2), pp. 401-408, 2014. Impact factor: 0.404).
  48. Safdar A, M. Arif Khan, M. M. Ali, M. H. Saleem and M. Ijaz. Y-U advancement pyloroplasty as an alternative to transverse pyloroplasty to relieve pyloric stenosis in dogs. J. Anim. Plant Sci. 2013. 23(3). Page: 666-669  (Impact factor 0.638).
  49. A.S. Baloch, M.H. Saleem, M. Ijaz, M.M. Ali and A.S. Chaudhry. Determination of Multiple Drug Resistance Against Field Isolates of Pasteurella multocida from Bovines in District Naseerabad, Baluchistan, Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 46(2), pp. 272-275, 2014. (Impact factor: 0.404).
  50. S.Q.Afridi, M.M.Ali, F. awan, N. Zahid. Molecular epidemiology and viral load of HCV in different regions of Punjab, Pakistan.   The virology journal. 11. 14.2014.  (Impact factor 2.17)
  51. M. E. Babar, T. Hussain, M. Abdullah, A. Ali, A. Nadeem, Z. Kamran and M. M. Ali 2013. Evaluation of genetic resistance to haemonchus contortus infection in Pakistani sheep breeds. The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 23(5): 2013, Page: 1219-1222. (Impact factor 0.638).

 

  1. Khalid Mehmood,  Akhtar Ali. Muhammad Ijaz, AneelaZameer Durrani , Azhar Maqbool , Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Ahmad Jawad Sabir.  Prevelance and therapeutic trials against anaplasmosis in sheep and goat in Lahore, Pakistan. 25th  international conference of the world for the advancement of veterinary Parasitology. Association.p. 16-20 Aug 2015. University of Liverpool.
  2. Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Muhammad Yasin Tipu and Asim Aslam. Application Of Genotyping To Tuberculosis Prevention And Control, proceedings “National Awareness Conference On Tuberculosis a Zoonosis ” Sponsored by HEC held on 16th April, 2013  at UVAS, Lahore.
  3. Fernando Lopes-Pinto, Chloe Pass, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Vicky Macrae, Chris Haley, Simon Horvat, Colin Farquharson and Dirk-Jan de Koning, Towards in-vitro genetics; a case study of SOCS2. (4th international conference on quantitative genetics, 17-22 June Edinburgh). (2012).
  4. M. M. Ali, M. A. Khan, A. S. Chaudhary and M. Ijaz. Basal Cell tumor in Nili Ravi buffalo. National conference on Pakistan Agriculture challenges and opportunities held at Rawalakot AJK Pakistan. July 29-30. (2010)
  5. M. Ijaz, M.S. Khan, M. Avais, K. Ashraf, M.M. Ali and M.Z.U. Khan.Proc. 35th All Pakistan Science Conference. December 20-23, 2008. University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.

Project:

  1. Project Title:    Genotoxic and carcinogenic assessment of Heavy Metal–Contaminated Soil and water in human blood and bovine milk samples from the different industrial zones of Punjab, Pakistan.
    Funding Agency:  Higher Education Commission
    Total Approved amount: 2.645632 Million/-PKr
    Principle Investigator:  Dr. Muhammad Muddassir Ali
  2. Project Title:     Cytotoxic and genotoxic evaluation of Calotropis procera  on bovine peripheral blood lymphocytes.
    Principle Investigator:  Dr. Muhammad Muddassir Ali
    amount:  0.5 million  (HEC funded)
  3. Project Title: Human Health Impacts Of PM2.5 and Photochemical Smog from Lahore through Carcinogenic and Genotoxic Assessment. 
    Funding agency: National Clear production Centre (NCPC) 
    Total Approved amount: 0.15 Million-Pkr 
    Principle Investigator: Dr. Muhammad Muddassir Ali 
    Duration: 1 year