About

Research Interests

Medical genetics , Developmental biology, Molecular cell biology, Human molecular genetics, Cancer genetics, Investigative Biomedical Science, Translational Medicine, Personalized Medicine, Integrative Health Science

Awards and Honors

Fully funded HEC, Pakistan Scholarship for PhD

Honorary Cambridge commonwealth scholarship

Wingate trust scholarship for 4th year of PhD

College Senior Scholarship Award from my college (Fitzwilliam College)

Gold medal for my MPhil degree from the Quaid i Azam University, Pakistan

Publications

International: 05

1. Sir JH, Barr AR, Nicholas AK, Carvalho OP, Khurshid M, Sossick A, Reichelt S, D'Santos C, Woods CG, Gergely F (2011). A primary microcephaly protein complex forms a ring around parental centrioles. Nat Genet. 43:1147-1153
2. Bakircioglu M, Carvalho OP, Khurshid M, Cox JJ, Tuysuz B, Barak T, Yilmaz S, Caglayan O, Dincer A, Nicholas AK, Quarrell O, Springell K, Karbani G, Malik S, Gannon C, Sheridan E, Crosier M, Lisgo SN, Lindsay S, Bilguvar K, Gergely F, Gunel M, Woods CG (2011). The essential role of centrosomal NDE1 in human cerebral cortex neurogenesis. Am J Hum Genet. 88:523-535
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5. Nicholas AK, Khurshid M, Désir J, Carvalho OP, Cox JJ, Thornton G, Kausar R, Ansar M, Ahmad W, Verloes A, Passemard S, Misson JP, Lindsay S, Gergely F, Dobyns WB, Roberts E, Abramowicz M, Woods CG (2010). WDR62 is associated with the spindle pole and is mutated in human microcephaly. Nat Genet. 42:1010-1014
6. Kousar R, Nawaz H, Khurshid M, Ali G, Khan SU, Mir H, Ayub M, Wali A, Ali N, Jelani M, Basit S, Ahmad W, Ansar M (2010). Mutation analysis of the ASPM gene in 18 Pakistani families with autosomal recessive primary microcephaly. J Child Neurol. 25:715-720.
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8. Hassan MJ, Khurshid M, Azeem Z, John P, Ali G, Chishti MS, Ahmad W (2007). Previously described sequence variant in CDK5RAP2 gene in a Pakistani family with autosomal recessive primary microcephaly. BMC Med Genet. 8:58.

Affiliations

Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

University of Cambridge, UK