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PROSPECTUS 2013

Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology

87-West Canal Bank Road, Thokar Niazbaig, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, Phone: +92 (42) 5293141-46, Fax: +92 (42) 5293149,

Email: director@cemb.edu.pk, URL: www.cemb.edu.pk

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Vice Chancellor’s Message

University of the Punjab is the prestigious,

largest and highest seat of learning in Pakistan,

providing the work force with skilled employees.

It is playing a distinctive role in furthering the

nation’s social, cultural, scientific, business and

economic development. Centre of Excellence in

Molecular Biology (CEMB) being the part of

University since 1986 and established itself as

well renowned hub in the field of molecular

Biology. The research-focused teaching in the

Centre ensures our students receive the highest

quality education which introduces them to the

frontiers of science and technology provides with

the skills and discipline to contribute fully to

whatever career they follow. Our researchers remain committed to the mission of

conducting basic and applied research that will have significant impact on the health

and agricultural communities in Pakistan, as well as making significant contributions

in healthcare worldwide.

We believe that every student has the requisite potential and our aim is to see that

this potential is realized and fulfilled. Such a committed, learner-centered approach

to education means that we have a happy and purposeful community that strives for

excellence in all academic activities.

We are all proud of our achievements.

Prof. Mujahid Kamran

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Director’s Message

It gives me immense pleasure to highlight

the research life and activities during the

year 2012 at the Centre of Excellence in

Molecular Biology (CEMB). The dedication

and hard work of the faculty members and

the students helped to achieve many new

findings in different research domains of

the CEMB like stem cells, plant genomics,

plant biotechnology, hereditary diseases,

applied and functional genomics,

biopharmaceuticals, forensic, molecular

virology and bioinformatics group.

The group has discovered the first

dominant modifier DFNM1, which

suppresses DFNB26 deafness phenotype.

Stem cell research scientists in collaboration with LRBT have successfully

achieved ocular repair in patients by cultured limbal stem cells and amniotic

membrane with improvement in visual acuity. The seed biotechnology lab

developed first Pakistani transgenic sugarcane containing four transgenes i.e.

Glyphosate tolerance gene to control all weeds, SCMV tolerance gene for virus

tolerance and two Bt genes (Cry1Ac + Cry2A) for borer resistance. Furthermore,

advanced Bt cotton lines containing CEMB-double Bt genes has also been

developed and approved by the National Biosafety Committee, Government of

Pakistan. One of these advanced double gene Bt-cotton lines, CEMB-44 stood

first in NCBT field trials 2011 conducted by the Pakistan Central Cotton

Committee (PCCC). There is growing collaboration and partnerships between our

scientific staff and faculty. They share facilities, equipment, and also scientific

findings through seminars, colloquia, and lectures. We expect that collaboration

within and outside CEMB will continue to expand to our mutual benefit in the years

ahead. Science at CEMB is flourishing not just in terms of publication output but

also with work that truly breaks new grounds. In the coming years we will try

everything to make it even better.

Prof. Tayyab Husnain

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INTRODUCTION

Recent break-through discoveries in chemistry, biology and recombinant DNA

have made molecular biology as the most exciting of sciences and the basis of a

new technology which will have far-reaching economic implications. To gain a

firm footing in the new and emerging science, University of the Punjab, Lahore

established a Centre for Advanced Studies in Molecular Biology for advanced

teaching and research in the newly emerging science. Later, the Centre was

upgraded by the Federal Ministry of Education into a National Centre of

Excellence under the 1974 Act of the Parliament. Recognizing the economic

potential of the newly emerging science, the Ministry of Science & Technology

also established a Centre namely Centre for Applied Molecular Biology, physically

located back-to-back with the National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology,

Lahore. The two Centers have been working in a symbiotic relationship and have

together addressed the following objectives:

Teaching and Training: To generate a cadre of specifically trained manpower which can be used to apply the new bioscience to solve specific

problems of national economic importance.

International and National meetings: To arrange symposia, seminars in the frontier areas of molecular biological research related to national and

regional problems.

Research Activities: To undertake goal-oriented research in agriculture, health, industry and environmental molecular biology.

Production Activities: To produce critical laboratory materials needed in molecular biological research.

PREVIOUS PROGRESS:

Teaching and Training: Produced 327 M.Phil and 119 Ph.Ds with present

enrollment at 125. The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS),

Trieste, Italy and Asia Pacific International Molecular Biology (A-IMBN), Seoul,

South Korea has selected CEMB as the regional Centre of Excellence for the

training of young scientists from Africa/ Asia. At present, five young researchers

from Bangladesh, Indonesia and Sudan are enrolled for Ph.D. in Molecular

Biology.

International and National meetings: The Centre has organized 52 national and

international symposia/seminars, meetings and specialized training courses. 575

scientists from Pakistan, and member countries of OIC & SARC (Bangladesh,

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Egypt, India, Iran, Jordan, Nepal, Sri-Lanka, Turkey) have passed through the

corridors of the Centre to learn various methodologies and/ or spend sabbatical

assignments.

Research Activities: The scientists at the Centre have addressed themselves to

both basic and applied research.

The work in basic research, in the field of hearing and vision impairment, has led

to discovery of 17 new deafness loci, 10 new vision impairment loci, 24 new

genes and one novel deafness modifier gene. The results of these studies have

been published in high impact factor, internationally peer reviewed journals with a

total impact of 517.439.

Total publication upto 2012 = 350

Impact Factor upto 2012 = 1011.726

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RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Plant Biotechnology:

Biotechnology is a tool through which, gene manipulation can be achieved easily

compared with conventional breeding tools. Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is an

important cash crop of Pakistan. Despite expansion in cultivation area over years,

increase in productivity per unit area has been very low in Pakistan. Bollworms

are the major pests of cotton crop. It is estimated that about 20-40% loss occurs

annually due to different pests of cotton. Currently the pest is controlled by the

application of pesticide. This control method not only increases the cost of

production but is also hazardous for the labours applying the pesticide. With the

advent of Bt technology, it has now become possible to inbuilt borer resistance

within the cotton plant.

In Pakistan yield losses due to Cotton leaf curl virus (CLCuV) may go upto 100%.

Many strategies have been devised to develop resistance in plants against Gemini

viruses including pathogen derived resistance through the expression of viral

protein i.e., associated proteins and movement proteins, pathogen derived

resistance without expression of viral protein i.e., Gene silencing and RNAi and

resistance due to expression of the non- pathogen derived antiviral agents.

Despite of all these efforts only moderate resistance has been developed which

can be easily overcome by the high genetic recombination and mutations of

geminiviruses.

Plant Genomics Group

Cotton an important cash crop and contributes 7.6% value added in agriculture

and 1.6% to GDP. G.hirsutum (tetraploid) is most widely grown species in

Pakistan. Abiotic stress, such as drought and high salinity is a major cause of crop

loss worldwide, reducing average yields more than 50% for major crop plants. G.

arboreum diploid cotton sp. is the reservoir of biotic and abiotic resistant gene.

Plant Genomics group is using different techniques like differential display,

microarray for finding of the new target genes. Differential display is a technique

which detects the differences in gene expression under specific conditions.

Microarray is high throughput study for gene expression profiling under particular

condition.

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These techniques offer better opportunities to study the structure, function and

isolation of the biotic and abiotic stress tolerant genes in important plants.

Seed Biotechnology Group

Seeds are the delivery systems for agricultural biotechnology. High quality seed

leads to excellent seedling performance in the field. It is the ultimate goal of

successful companies to breed crop plants for seed production. Seed quality is a

complex trait that is determined by interactions between multiple genetic factors

and environmental conditions. Modern approaches to improve seed quality

therefore combine classical genetics, plant molecular biology and a variety of

seed technologies. These "seed biotechnologies" enhance physiological quality,

vigor and synchrony to establish a crop in the field under diverse environmental

conditions.

Scientist in seed biotechnology group are working on the generation and

improvement of transgenic seed Potato, Sugarcane and hybrid corn. Potato has

emerged as important cash crop in Pakistan. It is propagated by taking the

vegetative part of the plant and planting it in soil. Pathogens like viruses that

establish a systemic infection persist in the vegetative parts of the plant and are

transmitted generation after generation through the vegetative propagative cycle.

Therefore, it is necessary to prevent the infection by these pathogens which result

in severely depressed yields.

Another important cash crop of Pakistan is sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum).

Despite expansion in production over years, increase in productivity per unit area

has been very low in Pakistan. The average sugarcane production in the country

remained static between 45-50 tons/ha. A number of biotic and abiotic factors are

limiting yield of sugarcane. Weeds are one of the major problems causing

reduction in yield. Weeds are of various types and any one weedicide is not able

to control all.

Hybrid maize is cultivated in Punjab on about 150,000 ha using almost 4,000 tons

of seed which is all imported at a very high cost. The current situation calls for

immediate steps for development and commercialization of local maize hybrids for

higher yields, better adaptability & genetic diversity. Corn stem borer is one of the

major pests of maize crop. Currently this pest is controlled by application of

granulated pesticide in the plant whorl manually which is extremely hazardous for

the small farmers.

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Plant Biosafety and Biotechnology Group

Biosafety evaluation of genetically modified foods is the identification and

characterization of unexpected changes which may have taken place in the

organism as a result of the genetic modification process, which could affect the

safety or nutritional status of the modified organism. Animal experimentation with

complex foods with the purpose to assess unintended effects has been done to

access the dietary deficiencies, sensitivity, and small margins of safety. Therefore,

methods are under development to identify unintended effects through DNA

sequence and mRNA analysis, analysis of protein expression, or analysis of

problems of secondary metabolites.

The Asiatic G. arboreum is resistant to CLCuV, and the group intended to study

whether the wax plays a critical barrier in transmission of CLCuV by whitefly in

Asiatic G. arboretum. In 2009, CEMB produced a wax deficient mutant GaMW3

from Asiatic G. arboreum which has 50% less wax than Asiatic G. arboretum. By

using this wax mutant plant it has been observed that whiteflies are able to

transfer virus in wax mutant GaWM3 but not in G.arboreum.

Cotton is an important fiber crop that is grown throughout the world. It is grown as

a source of fiber and feed. Lint, the most economically important product from the

cotton plant, provides a source of high quality fiber for the textile industry. Cotton

seed is an important source of oil and cotton seed meal is a high protein

product used as livestock feed. Cotton is the main cash crop of Pakistan which

contributes significantly to the national economy of the country for being the chief

source of foreign exchange and for forming the basis of the national textile

industry. Pakistan has a paramount position as the leading exporter of yarn, the

third largest exporter of raw cotton and as the fourth largest producer of cotton in

the whole world.

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Stem cell Research Group

The ability of stem cells to differentiate into tissue specific cells and thus repair

various organs damaged by different diseases, has opened new avenues in the

field of regenerative medicine.

The microenvironment in different tissues has profound influence on the

qualitative and quantitative levels of tissue specific regeneration. The specific

microenvironment in an organ, differ in healthy, and diseased tissues. A stem cell

modulates different behavior under the influence of different environment and thus

exhibit different phenotypic expressions. Thus the study of stem cell

organogenesis in different microenvironment present in various organs has

become an important research endeavour. Stem cells may hold the potential to

form needed cell types in cases where disease or injury has destroyed the original

cells and can eventually lead to their practical use in the therapy of some of the

fatal diseases.

Keeping in mind the importance of stem cells in the regeneration of diseased

organs the group has selected seven major organs (heart, liver, kidney, pancreas,

skin, cartilage and eye) to study the regeneration potential of stem cells in various

disease conditions of these organs mainly in rat/mouse models. The sources of

stem cells in use are bone marrow, adipose tissues, umbilical cord blood and

Wharton’s jelly of umbilical cord.

Applied and Functional Genomics Group

The research program at applied and functional genomics group is focused on

hepatitis disease caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV). There are two main goals of

this group 1) To identify the molecular mechanism of HCV action in the major

genotypes of Pakistani population and 2) To identify novel therapeutic host targets

against HCV disease.

In the previous years, the group has reported in preliminary studies the molecular

understanding of the mechanisms involved in HCV pathogenesis. The group

provided leadership in gene expression profiling of human liver tissues containing

more than 22000 known genes and identified 219 differentially regulated genes

using microarray. These findings represent a broad portrait of genomic changes

during early HCV associated fibrosis and cirrhosis. The group has also identified

small interference RNA (siRNA) targets against HCV genome as therapeutic tool

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along with host targets. The group has shown that using siRNA against the

different genotypes of HCV, 70-90% inhibition of viral replication was achieved in

hepatoma cell lines. Furthermore, the group has generated HCV 3a infectious cell

culture model system.

Presently, researchers are focused on viral-host interaction, both in vivo and in

vitro. The group has expanded preliminary studies to include large population

samples and also in other diseased samples like cancer to identify genes which

can help in future to act as prognostic and diagnostic markers. And also to study

the individual HCV gene interaction with the host machinery during HCV disease

in hepatoma cell line as well as in infectious 3a cell line that is generated

previously by the group. These molecular studies seek to define novel interactions

between HCV genes and cellular targets and address basic mechanisms such as

viral persistence and antiviral resistance. Researchers in this group has expanded

their therapeutic target studies to further explore the therapeutic effects of host

cellular targets and silencing effects of HCV genes in in-vitro models. Gene

expression profiling has been carried out to understand the molecular mechanism

behind RNA interference mechanism against HCV and host targets. The overall

goal of the laboratory is to bridge basic and applied research, in a manner that

results in the identification of improved therapeutic options for the chronic hepatitis

C patients.

Genetic Diseases Research Group

In Pakistan, there is a high rate of consanguinity which leads to confined and

multigenerational families. The consanguineous marriage pattern with other

factors such as religion, ethnicity, language and geography have significant

implication for increasing the prevalence rate of recessive genetic disorders.

These extended pedigrees provide a rich genetic source for linkage studies and

for the identification of genes implicated in many monogenic autosomal recessive

and X-linked disorders. In this regard, Pakistani population has played a

prominent role in identifying the novel gene mutations in rare and common genetic

disorders. The Genetic Diseases Research Group has carried out studies on

different genetic disorders in Pakistani population such as Hearing impairment

(HI), Vision impairment and Intellectual disability (ID) / Mental retardation (MR).

The only approach at present, to reduce the prevalence of genetic disorders is

prevention. It can be achieved through mandatory carrier screening and genetic

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counseling in high risk families and continuous educational campaigns for general

population awareness of genetic disorders. Newborn screening can also help to

identify genetic disorders early in life so that the treatment can be started as early

as possible.

Molecular Virology Group:

Therefore, the aim of the project is to strengthen research and development

efforts by improving/adding necessary infrastructure including trained manpower

to promote the applications of molecular biology, in animal and medical virology

areas with emphasis on hepatitis and tuberculosis. Efforts are devoted to study

DNA and RNA viruses of humans and animals prevalent in different geographical

regions of Pakistan, their life cycles, structure, attachments, entry to host cell,

uncoating, gene expression, replication, assembly coupled with the development

of antiviral vaccines. New cost effective and sensitive assays to rapidly detect the

presence of viruses in variety of specimens of infected persons.

Any reagents including detection kits, antibodies, cell lines and viral vectors

successfully developed in the lab will be used for research and commercial

purposes. Funds generated from these products will be used to support research

endeavors in the lab and centre.

Bioinformatics Group

Bioinformatics Lab of this centre was established in 1998 as Computer Group to

support the different Labs/Groups of the Centre to access the DNA/Protein

databases and the repositories of scientific information through the internet. Since

2005, its role has been expanded to establish as a Bioinformatics resource unit of

this country.

Bioinformatics group has a state of the art 5-node HPC Cluster, each node have

dual Intel Xeon quad core processors, with an FPGA accelerated card in the

master node. This cluster hold the entire DNA/Protein database available at NCBI

and have the tools for sequence alignment, database search, literature search

and EMBOSS applications (more than 250 applications covering the whole range

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of biological sciences) accessible through JEMBOSS. It also conducts basic

research, application development and information service in the field of

bioinformatics. The group consists of eight scientists, working in their area of

specialty in bioinformatics, has a highly multi-disciplinary profile (molecular

biology, genetics, statistics, physics, and computer science).

CEMB Bioinformatics Lab is one of the oldest bioinformatics groups in Pakistan. It

tries to build a network with which other Pakistani bioinformatics groups from

universities, medical centers, research institutes and industry can closely

collaborate. Its three major collaborative programs are research, support and

training. This group has the honor to sequence and analyze Pakistan human

genome.

Biopharmaceutical Group

Biopharmaceuticals are therapeutic or preventative medicines that are derived

from living cells, using recombinant DNA technology. Conventional

pharmaceuticals are generally small molecules, whereas biopharmaceuticals are

typically proteins, peptides, nucleic acids or inactivated viruses/bacteria. Protein

drugs are the principal focus of current biotechnology commercialization efforts.

The aim of CEMB biopharmaceutical research group is to develop indigenous

technology for the commercial production of recombinant human proteins for

therapeutic use. The therapeutic impact of cytokines has been felt mainly in the

field of cancer, blood disorders and infectious diseases like Hepatits B and

Hepatitis C infections. The group has developed state of the art technology to

overproduce recombinant human proteins and downstream processing for the

purification of therapeutic products. Biopharmaceutical group is working on

recombinant human proteins of cytokines, growth factors and hormones.

Forensic Research Group

Forensics Research Lab of this centre was established in 1995 as a separate

research Group to perform Forensic DNA analysis. Forensic scientists are

primarily concerned with the improvement and utilization of different types of

techniques to be utilized in crime investigation. A fast and accurate way for

paternity and pedigree related cases is DNA testing. But DNA testing depends on

availability of population databases for statistically accurate results. Therefore,

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there is a constant need to profile all major populations of Pakistan. Moreover, it

will help in determining STR (X, Y and autosomal) frequency of different

populations of Pakistan for the formation of a DNA database which will be useful

in future forensic casework. Establishment of protocol for accurate DNA profiling

from highly degraded DNA samples is also in process, especially from highly

degraded bones. This will help in increased utilization of DNA testing in mass

disaster victim identification cases.

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FACILITIES AT CEMB

DNA sequencing and Primer Synthesis: The institutional DNA core facility is equipped with one ABI-3730, three ABI-3100 and one ABI-310 sequencers. CEMB also offers customized synthesis of DNA primers on ABI-3900 high throughput DNA synthesizer. Insectary:

The insectary is well equipped with insect rearing facilities. Insect pests, such as American boll worm, spotted boll worm, pink boll worm, rice leaf folder and yellow stem borer are being reared on artificial diet which are used to infest transgenic crop plants. Animal House:

The animal facility is housed in a separate building comprising of 12 animal rooms, with washing area and feed preparation room. Currently the facility houses different strains of mice and rats. Surgical techniques, pre and post operational care, animal handling procedures are followed according to the Guidelines of Care and use of Laboratory animals prepared by the Centre.

Library: The Centre houses a moderate-sized library that receives national and international journals and periodicals relevant to Biology. The Centre's library also provides the Internet and electronic Mail facility to communicate with foreign labs and to retrieve the required information from the international data repositories. Bioinformatics/Computer Section: A Local Area Network of computers has been laid down (by the scientists of the Centre) that is also connected to the world wide web through PERN connectivity provided by HEC through PTCL to access the databases and repositories of scientific information, such as GenBank, EMBL, DDBJ, Swiss-Prot, Genome Data Base.

LINKAGE WITH INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY/ORGANIZATION

S.# Name of the Foreign Institution

1. John Hopkins University Baltimore, 2. Cold Spring Harber Labs, New York, U.S.A. 3. University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A. 4. Rockefeller Foundation, US NSF, U.S.A. 5. Department of Biochemistry, Ohio State University 484 W, 12th Avenue,

Columbus, U.S.A. 6. Department of Entomology, North California State University U.S.A. 7. John Innes Centre, Norwich, Research Park, Colney Lane Norwich,

NR47UH U.K. 8. National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology, Tsukuba, Japan. 9. Department of Biochemistry University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 10. International Rice Research Institute, Philippines.

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11. National Institute of Biotechnology, (GBF) Germany. 12. Plant Genetic Systems, Belgium. 13. Institute of experimental medicine, CNR, ROME, Italy. 14. Institute of Clinical and Biological Research, Microcitemie Hospital,

University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. 15. Korea Research Institute of BioSciences and BioTechnology, South Korea. 16. Korean Bioinformation Center, South Korea. 17. Personal Genomics Institute, Suwon, South Korea. National Institute of Deafness & other communication disorder, National Institute of health, Laboratory of Molecular genetics 5-Research court, Rockville, MD.

LINKAGE WITH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY/ORGANIZATION

Sr. # NAME of the Institution 1. Pakistan Agriculture Research Council. 2. Centre for Applied Molecular Biology, Ministry of Science & Technology. 3. Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad. 4. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Islamabad. 5. Centre for Molecular Genetics, University of Karachi, Karachi. 6. Centre Cotton Research Institute, Multan.

EXTRA CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES AND REKNOWN ALUMNI

Following extra curriculum activities are being undertaken in the Centre. 1. The Journal Club of the Centre arranges study/excursion tours to the

various areas of the Country. 2. The Journal Club also arranges Cricket matches within the members of the

Centre from time to time. 3. A table tennis court is available in the Centre to play table tennis by the

members of the Centre. 4. A badminton court is also available in the Centre for playing badminton by

the members/research scholars of the Centre.

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DEGREES PROGRAMME AND ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

DURATION, SCHEME OF STUDY (SUBJECT ETC) AND NUMBER

OF SEATS.

The Centre offer’s M.Phil/Ph.D degree programme in Molecular Biology. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: -

Following are the admission requirements in the M.Phil/Ph.D programme of the Centre. a) Having 1st Class or Minimum CGPA-2.5 in Master Degree and Ist Class or

minimum CGPA-3.00 in M. Phil in Agriculture, Bio-Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Bio-Technology, Botany, B-Pharmacy, Chemistry, DVM, Environmental Sciences, Medical technology, Microbiology, Microbiology & Molecular genetics, Molecular Biology and Zoology or equivalent qualification.

b) Desire to pursue future teaching/research career in Molecular Biology and recombinant DNA technology.

c) Not above the age of 30 year. d) Not more than two 2nd divisions in academic career. Duration:-

Ph.D. (four to five year) M.Phil (two years) Scheme of Study: - Research plus Theoretical Work. Number of Seats: - Number of seats is not fixed it depends upon ongoing research programmes in the Centre.

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FEE SCHEDULE FOR M.PHIL 2013-2015

SR.NO DESCRIPTION 1st

Semester 2nd

Semester 3rd

Semester 4th

Semester

1 Admission Fee 300 300 300 300

2 BenchFee/Tution Fee etc. 14,000 10,850 12,500 10,850

3 Journal Club 1,050 1,050 1,050 1,050

4 Examination Fee 3,475 3,475 3,475 3,475

Total 18,825 15,675 17,325 15,675

Registration Fee (if applicable) Rs.2,200/= Hostal Dues (if applicable) Rs.4,500/=

FEE SCHEDULE FOR P.HD 2013-2018

SR.NO DESCRIPTION 1st

Semester 2nd

Semester 3rd,5th,7th,9th

Semester 4th,6th,8th,10th

Semester

1 Admission Fee 300 300 - -

2 BenchFee/Tution Fee etc. 17,900 14,750 16,400 16,225

3 Journal Club 1,050 1,050 1,050 1,050

4 Examination Fee 3,475 3,475 - 14,600

Total 22,725 19,575 17,450 31,875

Registration Fee (if applicable) Rs.2,200/= Hostal Dues (if applicable) Rs.4,500/=

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TEACHING FACULTY

SR.NO NAME DESIGINATION Qualification

1. DR. TAYYAB HUSNAIN ACTING DIRECTOR PhD

2. DR. SHAHEEN N. KHAN PROFESSOR PhD

3. DR. AHMAD ALI SHAHID ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PhD

4. DR. IDREES AHMAD NASIR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PhD

5. DR. MUHAMMAD IDREES ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PhD

6. DR. ZIAUR RAHMAN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PhD

7. DR.BUSHRA RASHID ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PhD

8. DR.MOHSIN AHMAD KHAN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PhD

9. DR. NADEEM AHMAD ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PhD

10. DR. ABDUL QAYYUM RAO ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PhD

11. DR. AZRA MEHMOOD ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PhD

12. DR. NOREEN LATIEF ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PhD

13. DR. BUSHRA TABASSUM LECTURER PhD

14. DR.AFSHAN YASMIN LECTURER PhD

15. SAMEERA HASSAN LECTURER M.Phil

16. RASHID BHATTI LECTURER M.Phil

17. MUHAMMAD SHAFIQUE LECTURER M.Phil

18. AYESHA LATIF LECTURER M.Phil

19. SAIRA AZAM LECTURER M.Phil

20. MARIAM SHAHID LECTURER M.Phil

21. BUSHRA IJAZ LECTURER M.Phil

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CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

87-West Canal Bank Road, Thokar Niazbaig, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan,

Phone: +92 (42) 5293141-46, Fax: +92 (42) 5293149 Email: director@cemb.edu.pk, URL: www.cemb.edu.pk