University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF)

Dr. Aftab Ahmad

Associate Professor

Department of Biochemistry

2

Journal Articals

2

Books

3.70

Avg. Impact Factor

Full Name:	Dr. Aftab Ahmad
Designation:	Associate Professor
Qualification:	Ph.D.
Specialization:	Gene Editing, CRISPR-Cas mediated editing in plants
Research Areas:	Aftab Ahmad PhD is currently working as Associate Professor at Department of Biochemistry/Center for Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security (CAS-AFS), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF), Pakistan. Dr Aftab’s research interests include developing virus resistant and salt tolerant plants using CRISPR/Cas technology. He has published 2 books on CRISPR and more than 30 research articles in international peer reviewed journals including Journal of Biomedical Sciences, Scientific Reports-Nature, PLOS One, Journal of Translational Medicine, Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, Molecules, Journal of Cereal Science, and Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. Dr Aftab pursued his PhD and postdocs in Plant Molecular Biology from University of Shizuoka, Japan under Center of Excellence (COE, 21st Century) program. He is working as guest editor in Frontiers in Genome Editing and Frontiers in Plant Sciences. Dr Aftab also served as visiting scientist in department of plant sciences, University of California, Davis, USA. Dr Aftab has been teaching biochemistry and molecular biology at UAF and his research focuses on CRISPR/Cas based genome editing in plants.
Address:	Biochemistry/Center of Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security (CAS-AFS), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Phone (Office):	+92419200161 - Ext. 3313
Fax:	00000000000
EMail (Primary):	aftab.ahmad@uaf.edu.pk
HEC Approved Supervisor:	Yes

Sr#	Pub. Date	Title	Authors	Journals	Pages	Imp. Fact.	ISSN (Online)	ISSN (Print)	DOI	URL	HEC Cat.
1	2022-02-03	Founder transformants of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) obtained through the introduction of DS-Red, Rec, Rep and CRISPR/Cas9 expressing constructs for developing base lines of recombinase mediated gene stacking	Authors	PLOS ONE, ()		3.70	1932-6203		doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263219	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0263219	W
2	2023-10-20	Founder transformants of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) obtained through the introduction of DS-Red, Rec, Rep and CRISPR/Cas9 expressing constructs for developing base lines of recombinase mediated gene stacking	Authors	PLOS ONE, ()		3.70	1932-6203		doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263219	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0263219	W

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Sr#	Pub. Date	Title	Authors	Edition	Volume	Publisher	ISBN	URL
1	2023-10-20	CRISPR Crops: The Future of Food Security	Authors			Publisher-Springer Nature	978-981-15-7141-1	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-15-7142-8
2	2023-10-20	CRISPR Crops The Future of Food Security	Authors	1st		Publisher-Springer Nature	978-981-15-7141-1	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-15-7142-8