VU
Virtual University of Pakistan
Federal Government University
Alishba Fayyaz
Tutor/Instructor
Department of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science and Technology


M.Phil (Biology)


Cell and Molecular Biology
Official Email alishba.fayyaz@vu.edu.pk
Alishba Fayyaz has graduated from School of Science and Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences with thesis research in Cancer Therapeutics Lab at LUMS where she worked on assay development for Aurora A kinase and Tubulin proteins. Her undergraduate degree was in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from University of the Punjab, where she worked on determining Antibiotic resistance pattern of Acinetobacter and their in-vitro growth inhibition by methanolic extracts of Streptomycetes.
Experience
Instructor/ Tutor Molecular Biology
Virtual University of Pakistan
From Mar 15, 2021 To present
Quality AssuranceMicrobiologist
Hadayat FoodStuffs Pvt Ltd (SUFI Group of Companies)
From Feb 18, 2019 To Feb 18, 2020
Honors And Awards
Secured 1st Position on Presenting Model “PROTEIN SECRETION SYSTEM IN GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA” in 10th Biennial International Conference of Pakistan Society for Microbiology “Exploring Microbes for Future Endeavours”
Year: 2015
Secured 3rd Position in Group Model Presentation of Human Impact on Forest Ecosystem arranged by Character Building Society, MMG, PU
Year: 2014
Got Merit Based Scholarship in 2014, 2015 And 2016 from Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (MMG), University of the Punjab.
Year: 2014
Memberships
Member
American Society of Microbiology
Publications
Category: Research Paper
Identification and Characterization of Natural and Semisynthetic Quinones as Aurora Kinase Inhibitors. Journal of Natural Products. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c01222
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Presentation
1 Poster presentation titled “Screening of Indigenous Streptomycetes for Identification of Antimicrobial Compounds against Extreme drug Resistant Acinetobacter species involved in Nosocomial Infections” in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Conference
2 Presented thematic poster named as “Fats don’t always make you fat, sometimes sugar does” in 10th biennial international conference of Pakistan society for Microbiology “Exploring Microbes for Future Endeavors”.
3 Presented poster titled as “Industrial Microbiology” in one day symposium on Diversity in Microbiology: A Cross Talk.
4 Oral Presentation titled “Screening of Indigenous Streptomycetes for Identification of Antimicrobial Compounds against MDR Acinetobacter species involved in Nosocomial Infections” in 13th Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Conference