Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yasir Zahoor
DVM, MPhil, PhD
Professor
Tel: +92-42-99211449-450 ext: 347
Email: yasir.zahoor@uvas.edu.pk
HEC Approved Supervisor
Honor : Fulbright Alumnus
Biography
Dr. Zahoor holds PhD in molecular biology from National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, Lahore. He got postdoctoral training from Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Boston USA through Fulbright award. He served as faculty of pediatric genetics at Harvard Medical School, Harvard University Boston USA. He is working on molecular genetics, forensic genetics and evolutionary conservation genetics. He has many national and international collaborations. Dr. Zahoor worked on cognitive dysfunction, inborn error of metabolism and population genetics.
Areas of interest
- "Molecular Genetics of Inherited Disorders, Evolutionary & Conservation Genetics"
Publication
- Manual "Basic Cell Culture Techniques" Authors; Zahid MN, Shabir MZ, Ahmad A, Nzair J, Zahoor MY & Avais M. June 2014; Nexus Academic Publishers (NAP) Lahore Pakistan.
- Manual "DNA Extraction from Experimental Samples" Authors; Ullah I, Zahoor MY, Imran M & Zahid MN. November 2014; Nexus Academic Publishers (NAP) Lahore Pakistan.
- Editor; Proceeding International Conference on "Bioethics in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology" July 05-06, 2017
- Molecular and Genetic Basis of Mental Retardation: Basic Information, Genetic Aspects and Homozygosity Mapping in Mental
- Description of novel variants in consanguineous Pakistani families affected with intellectual disability. (2023)Rasool IG, Zahoor MY*, Ahmed I, Iqbal M, Shafqat S, Anjum AA, Shehzad W. Genes & Genomics45(4):457-465 doi: 10.1007/s13258-022-01219-y. *Corresponding author
- OXGR1 is a candidate disease gene for human calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis. (2023) Majmundar AJ, Widmeier E, Heneghan JF, Daga A, Wu CHW, Buerger F, … Zahoor MY, …….Hildebrandt F. Genetics in Medicine 25(3):100351 doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.11.019.
- Whole exome sequencing revealed novel variants in consanguineous Pakistani families with intellectual disability. (2022) Rasool IG, Zahoor MY*, Iqbal M, Anjum AA, Ashraf F, Abbas HQ, Baig HM, Mahmood T, Shehzad W. Genes & Genomics 43(5):503-512. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13258-021-01070-7 *Corresponding author
- Association study of CLDN14 variations in patients with kidney stones. (2022) Ullah I, Murtaza K, Ammara H, Misbah, Bhinder MA, Riaz A, Shehzad W, Zahoor MY*. Open Life Sciences 17(1): 81–90 doi.org/10.1515/biol-2021-0134. *Corresponding author
- Disruption of RFX family transcription factors causes autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, intellectual disability, and dysregulated behavior. (2021) Harris HK, Nakayama T, Lai J, Zhao B, Argyrou N, Gubbels CS, Soucy A, Genetti CA, Suslovitch V, Rodan LH, Tiller GE, --- Zahoor MY, et al., Genetics in Medicine 23(6):1028-1040 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41436-021-01114-z
- Sequencing the CaSR locus in Pakistani stone formers reveals a novel loss-of-function variant atypically associated with nephrolithiasis. (2021) Ullah I, Ottlewski I, Shehzad W, Riaz A, Ijaz S, Tufail A, Ammara H, Mane S, Shril S, Hildebrandt F, Zahoor MY*, Mujmundar AJ*. BMC Medical Genomics 14(1):1-7. *Corresponding author
- Genetic Analysis of Tyrosinemia Type 1 and Fructose-1, 6 Bisphosphatase Deficiency Affected in Pakistani Cohorts. (2020) Zahoor MY*, Cheema HA, Ijaz S, Fayyaz Z. Fetal and Pediatric Pathology 39(5):430-40. *Corresponding author
- Mutational spectrum of SMPD1 gene in Pakistani Niemann-Pick disease patients. (2020) Cheema HA, Rasool IG, Anjum MN, Zahoor MY*. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences 36(3):479. *Corresponding author
- Mapping of IDUA gene variants in Pakistani patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type 1. (2019) Zahoor MY*, Cheema HA, Ijaz S, Anjum MN, Ramzan K, Bhinder MA. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism 32(11):1221-1227. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2019-0188. *Corresponding author
Molecular Diagnostics & Animal Sciences
- Molecular identification of Coxiella burnetii in raw milk samples collected from farm animals in districts Kasur and Lahore of Punjab, Pakistan. (2024) Shujat S, Shehzad W, Anjum AA, Hertl JA, Gröhn YT, Zahoor MY. PLoS One 19(6), e0301611.
- Effect of supplementing epinephrine in maturation media on in-vitro developmental competence of cattle and buffalo oocytes. (2024) Khaliq A, Hamza MA, Ashraf T, Husnain A, Yaseen M, Rehman A, Binyameen M, Zahoor MY, Riaz A. Theriogenology.
- Successful application of modified crude DNA extraction from muscle tissues for various types of PCR amplifications. (2024) Jafar S, Jamil S, Yasin MS, Naseem A, Zahoor MY, Shehzad W, Imran M. Molecular Biology Reports 51(1): 490.
- Ameliorative effect of crocin on post-thaw quality, fertility-associated gene expression and fertilization potential of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) bull sperm. (2024) Khan GS, Tahir MZ, Zahoor MY, Rahman HU, Riaz A. Reproduction in Domestic Animals 59(1):e14519. doi: 10.1111/rda.14519. PMID: 38268214.
- Development and validation of a universal primer pair for the taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of vertebrates. (2024) Jafar S, Anjum KM, Zahoor MY, Shehzad W, Naseem A, Imran M. Molecular Biology Reports 51(1):332.
- Molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in raw meat samples collected from different abattoirs in districts Kasur and Lahore of Punjab, Pakistan. (2023) Shujat S, Shehzad W, Anjum AA, Hertl JA, Zahoor MY*, Gröhn YT. PLoS One 11;18(8):e0289944. *Corresponding author
- Mitochondrial DNA diversity and maternal origins of Pakistani donkey. (2022) Earnist S, Nawaz S, Ullah I, Bhinder MA, Imran M, Rasheed MA, Shehzad W, Zahoor MY*. Brazilian Journal of Biology 4;84.*Corresponding author
- DNA-Based Gender Identification of Punjab Urial (Ovis vignei punjabiensis) using Non-Invasive Sampling. (2021) Bajwa AA, Islam S, Imran M, Ashraf K, Khan A, Khan MF, Rashid I, Zahoor MY, Khan WA, Shehzad W. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 53(1):387-89.
- Demographic history of the Punjab urialand implications for its management. (2022) Bajwa AA, Shehzad W, Islam S, Imran M, Ashraf K, Khan A, Zahoor MY, Rashid MI, Khan WA, Rehman HU, Orozco‐Terwengel P. Journal of Wildlife Management e22426. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.2242618 .
- Single tube multiplex PCR assay for the identification of banned meat species. (2020) Iqbal M, Saleem MS, Imran M, Khan WA, Ashraf K, Zahoor MY, Rashid I, Rehman HU, Nadeem A, Ali S, Naz S, Shehzad W. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part B 13(4):284-91.
- Population demographic history and population structure for Pakistani Nili-Ravi breeding bulls based on SNP genotyping to identify genomic regions associated with male effects for milk yield and body weight. (2020) Islam S, Reddy UK, Natarajan P, Abburi VL, Bajwa AA, Imran M, Zahoor MY, Abdullah M, Bukhari AM, Iqbal S, Ashraf K, Nadeem A, Rehman H, Rashid I, Shehzad W. PLOS One 24;15(11):e0242500.
- Invited speaker, talk title; "Nanotechnology in Molecular Diagnosis and Therapeutics" at 3rd International Conference on Infectious Diseases and Nanomedicine, December 15-18, 2022, Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Invited speaker, two days international workshop on "Role of Animal Genetic Resources in Ensuring Food Security and Improving Livestock Production" Islamic Organization for Food Security 6-7 September 2021, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
- Oral presentation "Conservation of local livestock breeds with description of molecular markers" at Global Genome Biodiversity Network Meeting on 22-25 May 2018 Vienna Austria.
- Invited speaker at "Asian Bioethics in Genomics Review Research Seminar" May 23-27, 2017 at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
- "Elucidation of Ethical Impasses in Genome Research" Presented in International Conference on "Bioethics in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology" on July 05-06, 2017 (Oral) UVAS, Lahore (Organizing Secretory)
- "Issues relating to diagnosis of nephrolithiasis and forwarding towards molecular analysis" Presented in International Conference on "Recent Advances in Clinical Research" on December 19-20, 2017 (Oral), UVAS Lahore
- Invited speaker at "The first dialogue/preparatory work group of Asia-Oceania Genomics Bioethics Network" November 6th-7th, 2016 at China National GeneBank (CNGB)/BGI Shenzhen, China.
- "Mapping of novel homozygous loci for cognitive dysfunction in consanguineous families" at 13th International Congress of Human Genetics" held at Kyoto JAPAN from 3-7 April 2016. (Travel Award by International Society of Human Genetics & Asia Pacific Society of Human Genetics)
- "Experimental Analysis of Mendelian Inheritance" at National Conference on Cutting-Edge Techniques in Molecular Research 12th March, 2015 IBBT UVAS, Lahore (Oral)
- "Molecular depiction of CLDN14 gene encoding a cell tight junction protein in irregular paracellular permeability with calcium de-homeostasis and nephrolithiasis"; American Society of Cell Biology Meeting 2015(ASCB) December 12-16, 2015 San Diego, USA.
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