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PROF. DR. RAHAM SHER KHAN

Professor

Biotechnology , Garden Campus

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Prof. dr. raham sher khan is working as Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM).

After getting master in Agriculture from The University of Agriculture, Peshawar Pakistan, was awarded with MEXT scholarship for PhD Program in Chiba University Japan. The got PhD in 2006, three postdoc fellowships, two from Japan and one from Qatar University. Currently am working as Professor in Department of Biotechnology,Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan. Read More...

Postal Address:

Abdul Wali Khan University
Garden Campus
Shiekh Maltoon Mardan KPK, Pakistan.

PROFILE

Academics

Year	Qualification	Institute
2009	Post Doc	Chiba University Japan
2011	Post Doc	Chiba University Japan
2016	Post Doc	Qatar University
2006	Ph.D	Chiba University Japan
2000	MS / M.Phil	The University of Agriculture, Peshawar
1998	BS Hons / Master	The University of Agriculture, Peshawar
1995	HSSC	Federal Board

Academic Experience

From	To	Post Held	Organization
2016-11-09		Professor	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
2014-08-20	2016-11-08	Associate Professor	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
2011-04-01	2013-03-31	Assistant Professor	Chiba University Japan
2009-08-01	2010-03-31	Assistant Professor	The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
2006-04-01	2007-03-31	Assistant Professor	The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
2013-05-13	2014-08-20	Assistant Professor	Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan

Publications (Total No. of Publications 55)

Title	Journal	DOI
Genetic Engineering Approaches for Enhanced Insect Pest Resistance in Sugarcane	Molecular Biotechnology	10.1007/s12033-021-00328-5
Transgene stacking as effective tool for enhanced disease resistance in plants	Molecular Biotechnology	10.1007/s12033-019-00213-2
Transgene stacking as effective tool for enhanced disease resistance in plants	Molecular Biotechnology	10.1007/s12033-019-00213-2
Introduction of Arabidopsis�s heat shock factor HsfA1d mitigates adverse effects of heat stress on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) plant	Cell Stress Chaperones	10.1007/s12192-019-01043-6
An in silico approach to characterize nonsynonymous SNPs and regulatory SNPs in human TOX3 gene	Journal of genetics	0
Improved production of industrially important essential oils through elicitation in the adventitious roots of Artemisia amygdalina	Plants (Basel)	10.3390/plants8100430
Antimicrobial peptides as effective tools for enhanced disease resistance in plants	Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC)	10.1007/s11240-019-01668-6
Detection of ROS and translocation of ERP-57 in apoptotic induced human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) cells	BioCell	doi:10.32604/biocell.2019.06729
Detection of ROS and translocation of ERP-57 in apoptotic induced human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) cells	BioCell	doi:10.32604/biocell.2019.06729
Plant defensins: types, mechanism of action and prospects of genetic engineering for enhanced disease resistance in plants	3Biotech	10.1007/s13205-019-1725-5
Inoculation of sunflower with endophytic fungi alters soil physico-chemical properties to nullify drought stress	Sarhad Journal of Agriculture	10.17582/journal.sja/2019/35.1.109.115
Production of biomass and medicinal metabolites through adventitious roots in Ajuga bracteosa under different spectral lights	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology	10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2019.02.010
Thidiazuron regulated growth, secondary metabolism and essential oil profiles in shoot cultures of Ajuga bracteosa	Industrial crops and products	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2018.05.043
Sofosbuvir ribavirin combination therapy response in chronic HCV patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences	0
Impacts of hormonal elicitors and photoperiod regimes on elicitation of bioactive secondary volatiles in cell cultures of Ajuga bracteosa	Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology	10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2018.04.044
Treated wastewater and diluted seawater in Qatar�Alternative irrigation resources for date palm	Global Advanced Research Journal of Agricultural Science	0
Efficient plant regeneration of Glossonema edule, a critically endangered desert plant	Glob J Agric Res Rev	0
Resistance to Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus (SLCMV) in genetically engineered cassava cv. KU50 through RNA silencing	PLOS one	10.1371/journal.pone.0120551
Transcript analyses of the gene associated with CMS in Brassica napus	Euphytica	0
Retransformation of marker-free potato for enhanced resistance against fungal pathogens by pyramiding chitinase and wasabi defensin genes	Molecular Biotechnology	10.1007/s12033-014-9760-2
RNAi-Mediated Resistance to Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV) in Genetically Engineered Tomato	American Journal of Plant Sciences	10.4236/ajps.2014.55071
PLANT REGENERATION FROM LIQUID CALLUS CULTURES DERIVED FROM MATURE SEEDS OF PAMPAS GRASS [CORTADERIA SELLOANA (SCHULT. & SCHULT. f.) ASCH. & GRAEBN.]	PROPAGATION OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS	0
Genotyping of HCV RNA reveals that 3a is the most prevalent genotype in mardan, pakistan	Advances in Virology	10.1155/2014/606201
Transgenic tobacco and tomato plants expressing Wasabi defensin genes driven by root-specific LjNRT2 and AtNRT2.1 promoters confer resistance against Fusarium oxysporum	Plant Biotechnology	https://doi.org/10.5511/plantbiotechnology.13.1209a
Transgenic tobacco lines expressing defective CMV replicase-derived dsRNA are resistant to CMV-O and CMV-Y	Molecular Biotechnology	10.1007/s12033-013-9681-5
Synthetic chitinase gene driven by root-specific LjNRT2 and AtNRT2. 1 promoters confers resistance to Fusarium oxysporum in transgenic tobacco and tomato	Plant Biotechnology Reports	0
Generation of selectable marker-free transgenic eggplant resistant to Alternaria solani using the R/RS site-specific recombination system	Plant Cell Reports	10.1007/s00299-013-1541-z
Efficient plant regeneration system from seed-derived callus of ravenna grass [Erianthus ravennae (L.) Beauv.]	Plant Biotechnology	10.5511/plantbiotechnology.13.0721a
Transgenic accumulation of a defective cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) replicase derived double stranded RNA modulates plant defence against CMV strains O and Y in potato	Transgenic Research	10.1007/s11248-013-9721-8
Inheritance of fertility restorer gene for cytoplasmic male-sterility in B. napus and identification of closely linked molecular markers to it	Euphytica	10.1007/s10681-013-0942-y
Genetic transformation of ornamental and vegetable crops	ISHS Acta Horticulturae	10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.974.15
Transgenic Petunia hybrida expressing a synthetic fungal chitinase gene confers disease tolerance to Botrytis cinerea	Plant Biotechnology	https://doi.org/10.5511/plantbiotechnology.12.0412a
Botrytis cinerea-resistant marker-free Petunia hybrida produced using the MAT vector system	Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC)	10.1007/s11240-010-9888-0
Production of marker-free disease-resistant potato using isopentenyl transferase gene as a positive selection marker	Plant Cell Reports	10.1007/s00299-010-0974-x
Development of disease-resistant marker-free tomato by R/RS site-specific recombination	Plant Cell Reports	10.1007/s00299-011-1011-4
Increased resistance to cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) in Lilium transformed with a defective CMV replicase gene	Biotechnology Letters	10.1007/s10529-011-0550-7
Callogenesis and organogenesis in three genotypes of Brassica juncea affected by explant source	Pakistan Journal of Botany	Corpus ID: 55214041
Stable integration and expression of wasabi defensin gene in �Egusi� melon (Colocynthis citrullus L.) confers resistance to Fusarium wilt and Alternaria leaf spot	Plant Cell Reports	10.1007/s00299-010-0880-2
An efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated genetic transformation of �Egusi� melon (Colocynthis citrullus L.)	Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC)	10.1007/s11240-010-9748-y
Production and selection of marker-free transgenic plants of Petunia hybrida using site-specific recombination	Biologia Plantarum	10.1007/s10535-010-0046-7
Development of an efficient regeneration protocol for three genotypes of Brassica juncea	Pakistan Journal of Botany	0
Macro elements in inoculation and co-cultivation medium strongly affect the efficiency of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in Lilium	Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC)	10.1007/s11240-010-9677-9
Rol (root loci) gene as a positive selection marker to produce marker-free Petunia hybrida	Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC)	0.1007/s11240-010-9685-9
Generation of phenotypically normal marker-free transgenic plants of Kalanchoe blossfeldiana through hairy root induction	Plant Biotechnology	10.5511/plantbiotechnology.27.147
Thidiazuron: an efficient plant growth regulator for enhancing Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in Petunia hybrida	Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC)	10.1007/s11240-009-9581-3
Isopentenyl transferase gene expression offers the positive selection of marker-free transgenic plant of Kalanchoe blossfeldiana	Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC)	10.1007/s11240-009-9519-9
Production of transgenic potato exhibiting enhanced resistance to fungal infections and herbicide applications	Plant Biotechnology Reports	10.1007/s11816-008-0043-x
PCR-based genetic diversity of rapeseed germplasm using RAPD markers	Biotechnology	10.3923/biotech.2007.334.338
Production of marker-free transgenic Nierembergia caerulea using MAT vector system	Plant Cell Reports	10.1007/s00299-006-0125-6
Transgenic Phalaenopsis plants with resistance to Erwinia carotovora produced by introducing wasabi defensin gene using Agrobacterium method	Plant Biotechnology	https://doi.org/10.5511/plantbiotechnology.23.191
Transgenic potatoes expressing wasabi defensin peptide confer partial resistance to gray mold (Botrytis cinerea)	Plant Biotechnology	10.5511/PLANTBIOTECHNOLOGY.23.179
Comparison of different methods of fertilizer (NPK) application	Asian Journal of Plant Science	10.3923/ajps.2002.140.141
Effect of mulching on growth and yield of potato crop	Asian Journal of Plant Science	10.3923/ajps.2002.132.133
Investigation and standardization of vegetative propagation methods in Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cv. Hawaiian	Asian Journal of Plant Sciences	10.3923/ajps.2002.410.411
Effect of different substrates on growth of Phlox drummondii.	Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences	10.3923/pjbs.2000.810.811

Conferences

Year	Level	Country	City	Conference
2019	International	Pakistan	Islamabad	7th International Conference on Biological and Computer Sciences, CUST, Islamabad
2019	International	Pakistan	Islamabad	Ist International Conference on Recent Updates in Biotechnology, Islamabad by AWKUM as Organizer
2019	National	Pakistan	Islamabad	National Dialogue on Ag-Biotech for Food security and Capacity building of Bio-safety Regulators
2018	International	Pakistan	Peshawar	3rd �Abasyn International Conference on Technology and Business Management�
2016	International	Pakistan	Islamabad	4th International Conference on Biological and Computer Sciences (C-BICS 2016)" at CUST
2014	International	Pakistan	Lahore	International Symposium on Molecular Forensic: Emerging Trends. University of Health Sciences
2014	National	Pakistan	Islamabad	Advances in Bioinformatics in Post-Genomic Era. National Center for Bioinformatics
2010	International	Thailand	Trang	International Conference on Biotechnology for healthy living. Prince of Songkla University, Trang Ca
2009	International	Spain	Cartagena	10th World Petunia Days, Cartagena, Spain. March 28-31 (as Speaker)
2008	International	South Korea	Jeju	1st Asian Horticultural Congress, Jeju, Korea. December 11-13 (as Speaker)
2008	International	Australia	Brisbane	6th International Symposium on In vitro Culture and Horticultural Breeding, as a Speaker
2007	International	Japan	Chiba	25th Symposium of the Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, as a Speaker
2005	International	Japan	Tsukuba	107th and 108th Joint Meeting of the Japanese Society of Breeding, Uni. Of Tsukuba, as Speaker

Awards

Year	Awarding Organization	Description
2000	The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan	University Silver Medal based on Overall 2nd position in academics with CGPA 3.95/4.00
2002	The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan	University Gold Medal based on Overall First position in academics with CGPA 4.00/4.00 in M.Sc (H)
2001	MEXT Japan	PhD Scholarship award from MEXT Japan
2006	Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) Japan	Award for Postdoctorate fellowship (2 years) in Chiba University, Japan.
2006	South Asia Publications	XVIITH Star Laureat e Award (2007)
2016	PCST (Pakistan Council for Science and Technology), Islamabad	Research Productivity Award (2014-15)
2017	Higher Education Commission Islamabad	NRPU (National Research Program for Universities) Research Project Award

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