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Dr. Ahmed Akrem: Qualifications

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Dr. Ahmed Akrem: Qualifications

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Dr.

AHMED AKREM

Assistant Professor of Botany


Regular Faculty Member
HEC approved Supervisor
Date of Birth: 30-01-1976
Email Address: [email protected],
[email protected]
Mobile No: +00923124659831
Contact Address: Institute of Pure & Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya
University, Multan, Pakistan

Qualifications:

Degree Year Marks Grade/Div. Subject Board/University


obtained

Matric 1991 665/850 1st Science Group Lahore

F.Sc. 1994 672/1100 1st Pre-Medical Lahore

B.Sc. 1997 473/800 2nd Botany, Chemistry, Punjab University


Zoology.
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M.Sc. 1999 3.87/4.00 1 Botany University of Agriculture,
Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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M.Phil. 2001 4.2/5.00 1 Biotechnology Quaid-i-Azam University,
Islamabad, Pakistan.
PhD 2011 Very good Structure Biology University of Hamburg, Germany

M.Sc. Thesis Title:


Ø Effect of Benzyl Aminopurine (Cytokinins) on morphological and yield
characteristics of canola (Brassica napus L.).
M. Phil Thesis Title:
Ø Production and development of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxin
formulation.
PhD Thesis Title:
Ø Crystallographic structure analysis of selected pharmaceutically important plant
compounds and protein complexes.
Employment Experience:
Ø Three year Biotechnology field research experience at National Institute for
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Ø From 2004, as permanent faculty member, in Department of Botany, Institute of Pure
and Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
Conferences Attended:
Ø Participation in 7th International Conference “Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology”April 2-5, 2003, Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of
the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Ø Participation in HEC Workshop on “Current Trends in Flowering Plant Taxonomy”
August 29-September 1, 2005 organized by Department of Botany, University of
Karachi, Pakistan.
Ø Participation in “International workshop on modern techniques in Structural
Biology’’ October 1-4, 2011, PCMD, International Center for Chemical and
Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
Ø Participation in “ International workshop on Crystallography and Nano-materials
(IWCN)’’ October 19-21, 2011, Department of Chemistry, Government College
University Lahore, Pakistan
Membership:
Ø Executive member of ´´Pakistan Association of Crystallography (PAC)``.
Research Projects:
Ø Completion of Research Project entitled “Growth responses of sunflower on
exogenous foliar application of glycinebetaine at contrasting levels of NaCl” funded
by the Research and Planner Group, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan,
Pakistan comprising of 95000 rupees for one-year duration dated 07-06-2005.
Ø Research project entitled ´´ Identification & characterization of anti-cancerous protein
among different plant species`` funded by the Directorate of Research, Bahauddin
Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan comprising of 150,000 rupees for one-year
duration dated 13-04-2012.
Expertise:

Ø HPLC, FPLC, PCR, Gene Cloning and Expression, Transformation (gene gun,
Electroporation) Spectrophotometry, Native, SDS-PAGE, Activity staining &
Fermentation biotechnology, X-ray Crystallography (Imosflm; Scala, Denzo;
Scalepack, CCP4i Suite, Molecular Replacement; Molrep, Phaser, Mrbump, Homer,
COOT, Refmac5, Protein Data Bank, Pdbsum, Pdb goodies, Chimera, Pymol, Auto-
Rickshaw).

Publications:
Ø Purification and Characterization of a Xylanase Produced by Chaetomium
thermophile NIBGE. Farooq Latif, Muhammad Asgher, Rabia Saleem, Ahmed
Akrem and R.L. Legge. World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology (2006)
22:45–50 IF: 1.2
Ø Isolation, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of a
chitinase from Crocus vernus. A. Akrem, S. Iqbal, F. Buck, A. Meyer, M. Perbandt,
W. Voelter and C. Betzel. Acta Cryst. (2011). F67, 340-343 IF: 0.56
Protein Data Bank ID
Ø Crystallographic structure analysis of family 18 Chitinase from Crocus vernus.
Akrem, A., Iqbal, S., Buck, F., Negm, A., Perbandt, M., Betzel, C. PDB ID: 3SIM
Ø X-ray structural analysis of a mannose specific lectin from dutch Crocus (Crocus
vernus). Akrem, A., Meyer, A., Perbandt, M., Voelter, W., Buck, F., Betzel, C.
PDB ID: 3MEZ
Ø Crystal structure of Cysteine protease from bulbs of Crocus sativus at 1.3 Å
resolution. Iqbal, S., Akrem, A., Buck, F., Perbandt, M., Banumathi, S., Betzel, C.
PDB ID: 3U8E
Ø One Lectin-Mannose complex is still to deposit.
Abstract:
Ø Crystallization and structure determination of a C. sativus Cysteine protease. Sadaf
Iqbal, Ahmed Akrem, Friedrich Buck, Markus Perbandt, Sankaran Banumathi, M.
Iqbal Choudhary, and Christian Betzel. 27th European Crystallographic Meeting.
August 6-11, 2012. Bergen, Norway.

References:
1. Professor Dr. Dr. Christian Betzel
Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY)
University of Hamburg, Germany
Ph: No: 040 / 42838 - 2840/6069, Fax: - 7818
E-Mail: [email protected]

2. Prof.Dr.Dr.h.c.mult. Wolfgang Voelter


Interfakultäres Institut für Biochemie
Universität Tübingen
Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 4 / 72076 Tübingen
Tel.: 07071/2973041 - Fax: 07071/650016
E-Mail: [email protected]

3. Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Rajoka (SI)


Senior Technical Editor
Dept. of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics,
Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
E-Mail: [email protected]

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