Research Publications
  1. M.E. Babar, A. Farid, B.F. Benkel, J. Ahmad, A. Nadeem & M. Imran. Frequencies of PrP genotypes and their implication for breeding against scrapie susceptibility in nine Pakistani Sheep Breeds. Mol. Biol. Rep. DOI 10.1007/s11033-008-9214-7

  2. M.E. Babar, A. Farid, B.F. Benkel, J. Ahmad, A. Nadeem, I.A.Sajid, M. Imran and T. Hussain. Genetic variability at seven codons of the prion protein gene in nine Pakistani sheep breeds. J. Genet. 2008. 87(2): 187-190.
  3. M.E. Babar, M. Nawaz, A. Naseem, M. Abdullah, M. Imran, R. Jabeen, S. A. Chatha, A. U. Haq, A. Nawaz, H. Mustafa and A. Nadeem. Prion protein genotypes in Pakistani goats. Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 2008. 21(7): 936-940.
  4. M.E. Babar, A. Farid, B.F. Benkel, M. Nawaz, R. Jabeen, A. Naseem, M. Abdullah, M. Imran and A. Nadeem. Comparative Sequence Analyses of PRKAG3 Gene in 3 Buffalo and 4 Cattle Breeds. Pak. J. Zool. (In Press).
  5. Adeela Shahid, Khalid P. Lone, Sadia Saeed, Muhammad Arslan. Male offspring of both diabetic parents have higher Insulin resistance and serum leptin levels compared to those with one diabetic parent. (Hormones 2008, 7(4): 313-319).
  6. Adeela Shahid, Sadia Saeed, Muhammad Arslan Insulin Resistance and levels of serum leptin, gonadotropin and testosterone in male children of diabetic parents. (Pak J Physiol 2008; vol 4 number 1(S-53)
  7. Sobia Rana, Ishrat Waheed, Muhammad Imran. Specific post transcriptional inhibition of ligand binding chain of IgE high affinity receptor. Mol. Biol. Rep. (Acknowledged)
  8. Asima Karim, M. Nasir Afzal. Pubertal development and growth among boys in a sample of local Pakistani population.J acta endocrinol. (Under review)
  9. M. E. Babar, M. Imran, M. Nawaz, B. F. Benkel, A. Farid, R. Jabeen, M. Abdullah. Genetic Identification of three Pakistani buffalo breeds through a homozygosity pattern in the PRKAG3 gene. Pak. J. Zool. (In Press).
  10. M.E. Babar, M. Nawaz, A. Farid, B.F. Benkel, R. Jabeen, M. Imran, M. Abdullah and A. Nadeem. Identification and association of novel D149N polymorphism in the PRKAG3 gene with production traits in cattle. Pak. J. Zool. (In Press).
  11. Sumra Afzal, Mahjabeen Saleem, Riffat Yasmin, Mamoona Naz and Muhammad Imran. Pre and Post Cloning Characterization of a beta-1,4-Endoglucanase from Bacillus sp. Mol. Biol. Rep. (acknowledged)
  12. Muhammad Imran. Delivered a lecture entitled “Genetic predisposition to prion diseases” in a conference “Prion diseases: a threat to livestock and humans in Pakistan” and attended this conference organized by Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore at 20 May 2008.

  13. Dr Adeela Shahid Research paper presentation in 1st SAARC Conference of Physiological Societies &11th Biennial Conference of Pakistan Physiological Society on Physiology updates 2008, Trends, Opportunities & Challenges held at Shifa College of medicine, Islamabad, Pakistan.

  14. Dr.Adeela Shahid Research Paper presentation in International Symposium on Reproductive Endocrinology, held on 13th -14th Feb 2007 at UHS LHR.
  15. Dr. Adeela Shahid Presentation on “Type 2 Diabetes The Pandemic of Recent Times” In Grand Rounds at UHS LHR.
  16. Dr. Adeela Shahid Presentation on “Causes of obesity” at CMH College Lahore.
  17. Muhammad Imran. Delivered a lecture entitled “Bioethical issues in transgenics” in a conference “Techniques in transgenics” and attended this conference organized by Department of livestock production and Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore at 02 September 2008.


  18. Imran M, Mahmood S, Babar ME, Hussain R, Yousaf MZ, Abid NB, Lone KP. Frequency distribution of BSE-associated PRNP indels’ polymorphisms in Pakistani cattle. Under review in BMC Veterinary Research
  19. Imran M, Mahmood S, Hussain R, Abid NB, Lone KP. Ethnic and geographic distribution of PRNP polymorphisms in the Pakistani population. Under review in BMC Genetics
  20. Imran M, Mahmood S. Molecular insights into prion diseases. Under review in Virology Journal
  21. Imran M, Mahmood S. An overview of human prion diseases. Under review in Virology Journal
  22. Imran M, Mahmood S. An overview of animal prion diseases. Under review in Virology Journal
  23. Imran M, Saeed MT, Mahmood S, Mohsin S, Sohail S, Munir A, Nazir H. A strategy for carrier detection in Pakistani hemophilia B families. Under review in Haemophilia
  24. Fatima W, Imran M, Shahid A, Manzoor J, Hasnain S, Rana S, Mahmood S. Leptin deficiency and leptin gene mutations in obese children from Pakistan. Under review in International Journal of Pediatric Obesity
  25. Mahmood U, Imran M, Naik SI, Cheema HA, Saeed A, Arshad M, Mahmood S. Detection of common mutations in the GALT gene through ARMS. Under review in GENE
  26. Bugvi SM, Imran M, Mahmood S, Sohail S. Screening of inversion I and three intragenic Factor VIII polymorphisms in Pakistani hemophilia A families. Under review in Blood coagulation and Fibrinolysis
  27. Babar ME, Hussain T, Imran M, Nagarajan M, Kumar S. Mitochondrial DNA diversity patterns in Pakistani buffalo. Accepted for publication in Animal Genetics
  28. Hussain A, Babar ME, Imran M, Haq IU, Javed MM. Detection of Four Novel Polymorphisms in PrP gene of Pakistani sheep (Damani and Hashtnagri) and goats (Kamori and Local Hairy) breeds. Virology Journal 2011; 8:246.
  29. 29. Mahmood S, Beetz C, Tahir M, Imran M, Mumtaz R, Bassmann I, Jahic A, Malik M, Nürnberg G, Hassan S, Rana S, Nürnberg P, Hübner C. First HPSE2 missense mutation in urofacial syndrome. Clinical Genetics 2011; doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2011.01649.x.

  30. Afzal S, Saleem M, Yasmin R, Naz M, Imran M. Pre and post cloning characterization of a beta-1,4-endoglucanase from Bacillus sp. Molecular Biology Reports 2010; 37(4):1717-23.
  31. Akram T, Hasan S, Imran M, Karim A, Arslan M. Association of polycystic ovary syndrome with cardiovascular risk factors. Gynecological Endocrinology 2010; 26(1):47-53.
  32. Saleem M, Rizwan Tabassum M, Yasmin R, Imran M. Potential of xylanase from thermophilic Bacillus sp. XTR-10 in biobleaching of wood kraft pulp. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 2009; 63:1119-24.

  33. Malik S, Hanif A, Khokher S, Iqbal Z, Rana S, Imran M, Bilal M, Arslan M. Association of genetic and non-genetic risk factors with specific BRCA mutation positive breast cancers in some akistani females. Pakistan Journal of Physiology 2009; 5(1): 51-57.

  34. Rana S, Mahmood S. Circadian rhythm and its role in malignancy. Journal of Circadian Rhythms 2010; 8: 3.
  35. Rana S, Waheed I. Specific post-transcriptional inhibition of mRNA for ligand binding chain of IgE high affinity receptor. Molecular Biology Reports 2011; 38(1): 675-81.
  36. Fatima W, Imran M, Shahid A, Manzoor J, Hasnain S, Rana S, Mahmood S. Leptin deficiency and leptin gene mutations in obese children from Pakistan. Under review in International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

  37. Mahmood S, Beetz C, Tahir M, Imran M, Mumtaz R, Bassmann I, Jahic A, Malik M, Nürnberg G, Hassan S, Rana S, Nürnberg P, Hübner C. First HPSE2 missense mutation in urofacial syndrome. Clinical Genetics 2011; doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2011.01649.x.
  38. Fakeha Rehman, A.H. Nagi, Mahwish Hussain. Immunohistochemical Expression and Correlation of Mammaglobin with the Grading System of Breast Carcinoma. Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology 53(4) 2010:25-29.