Teaching to M. Phil and Ph D students. Head of GMO testing lab.

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL INFORMATION Name Present Address UZMA QAISAR, PH.D Plant Functional Genomics, molecular microbiology and biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan Telephone Nationality Pakistani Date of birth 6 TH OF JULY, 1977 WORK EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor Dates (from to) Name of organization Main activities and responsibilities October 2014-To date School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan Research and Teaching of M Phil and Ph D students, Research projects Foreign Faculty Dates (from to) June October 2014 Name of organization National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan Main activities and responsibilities Senior Research Associate Teaching to M. Phil and Ph D students. Head of GMO testing lab. Dates (from-to) July 2010 April 2013 Name of Organization Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX Main Activities and Responsibilities Research on microbial toxins, quorum sensing and virulence factors. Teaching of Molecular Biology Techniques to post-graduate students.

2 Post-Doctoral Research Associate Dates (from-to) July 2008 July 2010 Name of Organization Plant and Soil Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Main Activities and Responsibilities Lab Manager in Cotton Functional Genomics Core Facility. Research on Verticillium Wilt resistance and investigation of suberin biosynthetic pathway in green fiber cotton. Visiting Research Fellow Dates (from-to) December 2007 July 2008 Name of Organization Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Main Activities and Training on Microarray Technology. Responsibilities Research on Functional Analysis of G. arboreum genome. RESEARCH PROJECTS Principal Investigator Principal Investigator Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator Identification and characterization of novel genetic factors for fiber quality improvement in Cotton Completed 0.5 million Controlling the virulence of pathogenic bacteria by local medicinal plants Ongoing 1.94 million Testing the Potential of Wrinkled1 transcription factor in fiber quality improvement of cotton Ongoing 2.46 million Identification of Molecular Factors Required for Regeneration of Cotton 2017 Ongoing 3.45 million EDUCATION AND TRAINING PhD M.Phil. Molecular Biology (Plant Genomics), National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, 2010 Dissertation: Identification and Characterization of Drought Tolerant Genes in Cotton by Gene Homology. Molecular Biology (Plant Genomics), CEMB, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, 2006.

3 HONORS AND AWARDS PUBLICATIONS HEC approved PhD supervisor HEC Indigenous scholarship Award Awardee of UNESCO Fellowship in Support of Priority Program Areas Won Medal in M Sc (Botany) by achieving first position in the Faculty of sciences with the CGPA- 4:00 1. Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Azeem, Muhammad Zubair, Uzma Qaisar, Asad Ali and Farrukh Azeem Phylogenetic analysis of the Trithorax homologs and related proteins in Cicer arietinum International Journal of Agriculture and Biology 20 (3), Impact factor Saba Khurshid, Amna Shoaib, Arshad Javaid, Uzma Qaisar Antifungal activity and GC-MS analysis of aerial parts of Cenchrus pennisetiformis against fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Lycopersici. Plant Daninha. Doi: /S Impact factor Uzma Qaisar, Fozia Akhtar, Muhammed Azeem and Samina Yousaf Studies on involvement of Wrinkled1 transcription factor in the development of extra-long staple in cotton. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (The) 77 (2), Impact factor Saba Khurshid, Amna Shoaib, Arshad Javaid, Fozia Akhtar, Muhammad Shafiq, Uzma Qaisar Management of Fusarium wilt of tomato by soil amendment with Cenchrus pennisetiformis under chromium stress. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 97, Impact factor Saba Khurshid, Amna Shoaib, Arshad Javaid, Uzma Qaisar Anitifungal activity of ethyl acetate extracts of Cenchrus pennisetiformis in the presence of Cr (III) and Cr (VI). Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology.28 (2), Uzma Qaisar, Cassandra J Kruczek, Muhammed Azeem, Nasir Javaid, Jane A Colmer-Hamood, Abdul N Hamood The Pseudomonas aeruginosa extracellular secondary metabolite, Paerucumarin, chelates iron and is not localized to extracellular membrane vesicles. Journal of Microbiology. 54 (8), Impact factor Saba Khurshid, Amna Shoaib, Arshad Javaid, Uzma Qaisar Fungicidal potential of allelopathic weed cenchrus pennisetiformis on growth of fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici under chromium stress. Planta Daninha. 34 (3), Impact Factor Cassandra Kruczek, Uzma Qaisar, Jane A. Colmer-Hamood, and Abdul N. Hamood Serum influences the expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing genes and QS-controlled virulence genes during early and late stages of growth. MicrobiologyOpen. doi: /mbo Impact Factor Cecily L. Haley, Uzma Qaisar, Jane A. Colmer-Hamood and Abdul N. Hamood Mucin inhibits Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation by significantly enhancing twitching motility. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 60: Impact Factor Uzma Qaisar, Liming Luo, Cecily L. Haley, Sean F. Brady, Nancy L. Carty, Jane A. Colmer-Hamood and Abdul N. Hamood The pvc operon regulates the expression of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa fimbrial chaperone/usher pathway (cup) genes. PLoS ONE 8(4): e doi: /journal.pone Impact Factor Uzma Qaisar*, Shu Wang*, Xiangling Yin, Paula Grammas

4 Gene Expression Profiling in Microvessels Isolated from Human Alzheimer s disease Brains. JAD. 31(1): Impact Factor Uzma Qaisar, Muhammad Irfan, Asma Meqbool, Muzna Zahoor, Muhammad Younas Khan, Bushra Rashid, Sheikh Riazuddin, and Tayyab Husnain Identification, sequencing and characterization of a stress induced homologue of fructose bisphosphate aldolase from cotton. Can. J Plant Sci. 90 (1), Impact Factor Roger A. Barthelson, Uzma Qaisar and David W. Galbraith Functional Analysis of the Gossypium arboreum Genome. Plant Mol Biol Rep. 28 (2): Impact Factor Muzna Zahur, Asma Maqbool, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Younas Khan Barozai, Uzma Qaisar, Bushra Rashid, Tayyab Husnain and Shiekh Riazuddin Functional analysis of cotton small heat shock protein promoter region in response to abiotic stresses in tobacco using Agrobacterium-mediated transient assay. Mol Biol Rep 36: Impact Factor Muhammad Younas Khan Barozai, Muhammad Irfan, Rizwan Yousaf, Imran Ali, Uzma Qaisar, Asma Maqbool, Muzna Zahoor, Bushra Rashid, Tayyab Hussnain and Sheikh Riazuddin Identification of micro-rnas in cotton. Plant Physi and Biochem. 46: Impact Factor Asma Maqbool, Muzna Zahur, Muhammad Irfan, Uzma Qaisar, Bushra Rashid, Tayyab Husnain and Shiekh Riazuddin Identification, Characterization and Expression of Drought Related alpha-crystalline Heat Shock Protein Gene (GHSP26) from Desi Cotton. Crop Sci 47: Impact Factor Note: *indicates both authors contributed equally. Cumulative Impact Factor: 25.20, Total Citations : 193 Books / Book Chapters Published 1. Uzma Qaisar, Samina Yousaf, Tanzeela Rehman, Anila Zainab, Asima Tayyeb Transcriptome Analysis and Genetic Engineering. Applications of RNA-Seq and Omics Strategies-From Microorganisms to Human Health. InTech.pp Asima Tayyeb, Fareeha Azam, Rabia Nisar, Rabia Nawaz, Uzma Qaisar, Gibran Ali Regenerative Medicine in Liver Cirrhosis: Promises and Pitfalls. Liver Cirrhosis-Update and Current Challenges Uzma Qaisar, Asima Tayyeb and Tariq Ahmad Bhat Techniques of chromosome studies. Chromosome Structure and Aberrations. Springer Abdul Qayyum Rao. Salah ud Din, Sidra Akhtar, Muhammad Bilal Sarwar, Mukhtar Ahmed, Bushra Rashid, Uzma Qaisar, Ahmed Ali Shahid, Idreees Ahmed Nasir and Tayyab Husnain. Genomics of Salinity tolerance in plants Intech Publishers. 5. Uzma Qaisar Drought Tolerance. Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG. ISBN-13: ( n= )

5 Student Supervision 1. Mahnoor Imran. M.Phil. Agrobacterium mediated complementation of Arabidopsis thaliana mutant (wri1-3) with wrinkled-1 gene of cotton Rida Khalid. M.Phil. Investigation of antimicrobial potential of medicinal plants based peptides on surgical and burn wound pathogens Maria Sohail. M.Phil. Interaction of wrinkled1 transcription factor with the promoters of potential targets through electro mobility shift assay Azka Asif. M.Phil. Uncovering the regulatory mechanism of isonitrile functionalized tryrosine in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 5. Tanzeela Rehman. M.Phil. Polyclonal antibody production for wrinkled-1 transcription factor Aneela Yasmeen. M.Phil. Silencing of fiber quality related transcription factor through RNA interference technology Rabia Nisar. Investigation of the hepato-protective role of azoles mediated cytochrome p450 pathway inhibition in liver fibrosis Jarrar Ahmed. M.Phil Student. Role of Pseudomonas syringae in suppression of charcoal rot disease caused by Macrophomina phaseolina in Zea mays L Samina Yousaf. M.Phil Student. Characterization and cloning of fiber-quality related transcription factor Sadia Batool. M.Phil Student. In-silico identification of potential targets of Gbwri1 transcription factor and and their role in fiber quality improvement Fozia Akhtar. M.Phil Student. Identification and characterization of novel genetic factors involved in fiber elongation in Gossypium barbadense MICROARRAY CHIPS DESIGNED Editor/Reviewer for scientific journals 1. An expression microarray chip design was created with the name Pseudomonas modified and ID on Jan 6, This design consists of 8 arrays and each array accommodates unique features representing all the genes present on genomic DNA of MPAO1 strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The design was published on earray database on Agilent portal (earray.chem.agilent.com) 2. Another expression microarray chip design was created with the name PA14_Pseudomonas and design ID On April 27, This design consists of 8 arrays and each array accommodates unique features representing all the genes present on genomic DNA of PA14 strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The design was published on earray database on Agilent portal (earray.chem.agilent.com) 1. Pure and Applied Biology (PAB) 2. Molecular Biology Reports, 3. African Journal of Biotechnology 4. Pakistan journal of Zoology 5. African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 6. PLOSone

6 MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES 1. International Cotton Genome Initiative (ICGI) Society 2. Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding 3. American Society for Microbiology 4. Canadian Society of Agronomy 5. International Cotton Researcher s Association