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Dr. Razza Ashraf

  • Dr. Razza Ashraf

  • Assistant Professor
    PhD
  • raza.sbs@pu.edu.pk
  • 0333-6378383

Profile Summary

I take it as my responsibility to give best theoretical knowledge and experimental skills to my students. 

My field of research is thermostable Archaeal proteins. Right now I am working on proteins from 4 different hyperthermophiles, Thermococcus kodakarensis, Pyrobaculum calidifontis, Sulfolobus acidocaldarium and solfolobus solfataricus.  I am studying the possible beta oxidation pathway in Archaea. I also established an in vivo protein folding system which is based on chaperones and co chaperones from thermophilic bacterial source, Geobacullus thermopakistaniensis, which was isloated by my previous group from warm waters of Pakistan.

And I am also working of nanocage forming proteins from these hyperthermophiles. Other than these proteins I am also working on the production of thermostable biosurfactants and their application. 

Qualifications

DegreeBoard/UniversityYear of Passing
SSCBoard of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Bahawalpur1999-01-01
FSc Pre-MedBoard of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Bahawalpur2002-01-01
BS (hons) BiochemistryUniversity Of Punjab2006-01-01
M.S BiochemistryUniversity Of Punjab2009-01-01
PhDUniversity of the Punjab2017-01-01

Experience

LecturerThe University of Faisalabad, Pakistan0 Years 10 Months 29 Days
Guest ResearcherKyoto University, Japan0 Years 12 Months 4 Days
Visiting LecturerUniversity of the Punjab, Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology , Pakistan1 Years 0 Months 2 Days
Visiting LecturerUniversity of Education, LHR , Pakistan0 Years 5 Months 2 Days
Assistant professor/HODMinhaj University, LHR , Pakistan2 Years 10 Months 3 Days
PostdocStockholm University, Sweden0 Years 3 Months 1 Days
Assistant professorDepartment of Biochemistry, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, BahawalpurJanuary, 2021 - Present
PostdocUniversity of Duisburg-Essen, GermanyOctober, 2023 - Present

Publications

Glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase homolog from Bacillus subtilis strain R5 is a propanol preferring alcohol dehydrogenase
Cloning and characterization of thermostable GroEL/GroES homologues from Geobacillus thermopakistaniensis and their applications in protein folding
Pcal_1311, an alcohol dehydrogenase homologue from Pyrobaculum calidifontis, probably is an NADH-dependent aldehyde reductase
Pcal_0111, a highly thermostable bifunctional fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase/phosphatase from Pyrobaculum calidifontis
Identification of a novel copper-activated and halide-tolerant laccase in Geobacillus thermopakistaniensis
Pcal_0632, a phosphorylating glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Pyrobaculum calidifontis

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