ISSN: 2155-9899
Najam us Sahar Sadaf Zaidi
Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, H-12 Sector, 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan
Dr. Zaidi joined ASAB, NUST in September 2008 as a Post-Doctoral Fellow on a Pak/US grant. She was promoted as an Assistant Professor in April 2010 and appointed as the Head of Department in 2011. Prior to joining NUST, Dr. Zaidi served University of Wah as a Lecturer from 2007 to 2008. Dr. Zaidi earned her PhD from University of the Punjab, Lahore where she worked at School of Biological Sciences (SBS). Her PhD work revolved around molecular cloning, over expression and proteomics studies for cellulase producing bacteria utilized for biofuel production. During her Postdoctoral studies, she worked at the Pastuer Institute, Lille, France for development of Intragenotypic Chimeric Hepatitis C viruses. Dr Zaidi specializes in Biotechnology, Virology, Vaccinology, Molecular Biology,G Engineering and Nanobiotechnology. Dr. Zaidi is running collaborative projects with eminent professors in renowned universities like Rockefeller University, USA; Perdue University, USA; Oxford University, UK; University of Manchester, UK; University of North Carolina, USA and University of Lille II, France.
Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Flaviviruses, Avian Influenza Virus, Interferons