Dr. Madiha Kanwal
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December 12, 2022
| PERSONAL INFORMATION | ||
| Campus | Bahria University Medical & Dental College, karachi |  |
| Department | Multidisciplinary Research Laboratory (MDRL) | |
| Designation | Senior Scientific Officer | |
| Name | Dr. Madiha Kanwal | |
| madihakanwal.bumdc@bahria.edu.pk | ||
| Phone (Office Ext) | 021-35319491-9-1048 | |
| Research Area | Epigenetics and Genetics | |
| Number of publication | 2 | |
| QUALIFICATION | |||
| Degree | Passing Year | Majors | University |
| PhD | 2021 | Biotechnology | Dr. A. Q. Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Engineering (KIBGE), University of Karachi |
| M.Sc. | 2013 | Biotechnology | University of Karachi |
| B.Sc. (Hons.) | 2012 | Biotechnology | University of Karachi |
| TEACHING EXPERIENCE | |||
| Designation | From | To | Organization |
| Senior Scientific Officer | March 2021 | Till to date | Bahria University Health Sciences Campus Karachi |
| Teaching Assistant | August 2015 | March 2021 | Dr. A. Q. Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Engineering (KIBGE), University of Karachi |
| PUBLICATION | |||
| Sno. | Author (s) | ||
| 1. | Kanwal, M., Haider, G., Zareef, U., & Saleem, S. (2019). Addiction of tobacco chewing and smoking in the patients of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: A descriptive epidemiological study in Pakistan. Pakistan journal of medical sciences, 35(6), 1712. https://doi: 10.12669/pjms.35.6.1309 | ||
| 2. | Fatima, F., Saleem, S., Hameed, A., Haider, G., Zaidi, S. A. A., Kanwal, M., … & Azhar, A. (2019). Association analysis and allelic distribution of deletion in CC chemokine receptor 5 gene (CCR5Δ32) among breast cancer patients of Pakistan. Molecular biology reports, 46(2), 2387-2394. https://doi: 10.1007/s11033-019-04699-6 | ||
| RESEARCH | |||
| Sno. | Author (s) | ||
| Research team of Dr. Kanwal is currently involved in the study of epigenetically and genetically alteration of various cell signaling pathways that regulate cell growth and development in different medical conditions. This includes sample collection, DNA extraction from blood, tissue, bacterial cells and viruses, primers designing, bisulfite modification, tissue culturing, conventional, T-ARMS, allele specific, methylation-specific PCR, PCR product purification, gel purification, and DNA sequencing results analysis. Dr. Kanwal is also involved in biofouling project for the identification of bacterial strains isolated from sea water. | |||