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Dr.Abdullah Shah

Dr.Abdullah Shah

Assistant Professor

Department:Department Of BioChemistry
Specialization: PhD-BioChemistry
Onboard Status: Available
Work Experience & Appointments
Assistant Professor
University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Swat
(2023 - Present)
• Teaching, academic research, and departmental responsibilities.
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D / Master / Bachelor
Recognized University / HEC (Graduated) – 1st Division / Merit
Research Papers
1. Abdullah Shah, Saira Rehmat, Muhammad Suleman et al., Comparative mutational analysis of SARS-CoV-2 isolates from Pakistan and structural-functional implications using computational modelling and simulation approaches. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 2022. (Q1; IF=6.698).
2. Abdullah Shah, Rashid F, Awan HM, et al. The DEAD-Box RNA helicase DDX3 interacts with m6A RNA demethylase ALKBH5. Stem cells International. 2017. (Q1; IF; 5.443).
3. Abdullah Shah, Rashid F, Aziz A, Suleman M, et al. Genetic characterization of structural and open reading Fram-8 proteins of SARS-CoV-2 isolates from different countries. Gene Reports. 2020. (IF; 0.610).
4. Farooq Rashid*, Awan HM, Abdullah Shah*, et al. Induction of miR-3648 upon ER stress and its regulatory role in cell proliferation. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2017. (Q1; IF; 6.208).
5. Abdullah Shah#, Aziz A, Ghafoor A, Suleman M, et al. Molecular Analysis of Callipyge Gene Mutation (C.267A>G) in Kajli, Lohi and Thalli Sheep breeds of Pakistan. Russ. J. Genet. 2017. (IF; 0.58)
6. Abdul Aziz, Muhmmad Suleman, Abdullah Shah et al., Comparative mutational analysis of the Zika virus genome from different geographical locations and its effect on the efficacy of Zika virus-specific neutralizing antibodies. (Frontiers in Microbiology. 2023 (Q1; IF=6.064).
7. Awan HM*, Abdullah Shah*, Rashid F*, et al. Comparing two approaches of miR- 34a target identification, biotinylated-miRNA pulldown vs miRNA overexpression. RNA Biol. 2017. (Q2; IF; 5.350).
8. Abdullah Shah, Abdul Aziz, et al. “Development of a Fusion Protein-Based Chimeric Multi-Epitope Subunit Vaccine to Combat Co-Infection by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and Human Metapneumovirus; Using In Silico Strategies” (Submitted to vaccines).
9. Farooq Rashid, Muhammad Suleman, Abdullah Shah, et al. Mutations in SARSCoV-2 ORF8 altered the bonding network with interferon regulatory factor 3 to evade host immune system. (Frontiers in Microbiology (Q1; IF=5.640).
10. Chen L, Rashid F, Abdullah Shah, Awan HM, et al. The isolation of an RNA aptamer targeting to p53 protein with single amino acid mutation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015, (Q1; IF; 11.205).
11. Farooq Rashid, Muhammad Suleman, Abdullah Shah, et al. Structural Analysis on the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Non-structural Protein 13 Mutants Revealed Altered Bonding Network with TANK Binding Kinase 1 to Evade Host Immune System. Frontiers in Microbiology (Q1; IF=6.064).
12. Abbas Khan,..Abdullah Shah…et al. SARS-CoV-2 (B.1.618) Variant Slightly Alter the Spike RBD-ACE2 Binding Affinity and is an Antibody Escaping Variant: (Computational Structural Perspective.2021. RSC Advances (Q2; IF=4.361)
13. Farooq Rashid, Muhammad Suleman, Abdullah Shah, et al. Roles and Functions of SARS-CoV-2 Proteins in Host Immune Evasion (Front.in Immunology 2022. (Q1; IF; 8.786).
14. Abbas Khan, Shaheena Umbreen…. Abdullah Shah et al. In Silico Mutagenesis based remodelling of SARs-CoV-1 peptide (ATLQAIAS) to inhibit SARs-CoV-2: Structural-dynamics and Free energy calculations. (Interdisciplinary sciences, computational life sciences (Q2; IF=2.223).
15. Zainib Babar, Mazhar Khan,…Abdullah Shah, et al. Drug similarity and structurebased screening of medicinal compounds to target macrodomain I from SARSCoV-2 to rescue the host immune system: a molecular dynamics study. (Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 2020. (IF=3.220).
16.Abdul Aziz, Treeza Pervaiz,……Abdullah Shah, # et al. Development of multiplex PCR for rapid detection of E.coli (APEC), Salmonella, Mycoplasma synoviae and Mycoplasma gallsepticum. 2021. Gene reports (IF; 0.610).
17. Rashid F, Abbas M.A,….Abdullah Shah, et al. Induction of Immunosuppression in Broiler Chicken upon Co-infection of Avian Adenovirus-4 with Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza H9N2. Pak. Vet. J. 2017. (IF; 1.318)
18. Farooq Rashid, Abdullah Shah*, Shan G. Long Non-coding RNAs in the cytoplasm. Genomics Proteomics and Bioinformatics. 2016, (Q1; IF; 7.691).
19. Awan HM, Abdullah Shah, Rashid F, and Shan G. Primate specific lncRNAs and miRNAs. Genomics Proteomics and Bioinformatics.2017. (Q1; IF; 7.691).
20. Amin Ullah Jan, Fazal Hadi, Abdullah Shah, et al. Plant growth regulators and EDTA improve phytoremediation potential and antioxidant response of Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants in a Cd-spiked soil. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2021. (Q2; IF=5.053).
21. Abdul Ghafoor, Aamir B. Z, Abdullah Shah, et al. Kappa-Casein (κ-cn) gene polymorphism in achai, sahiwal cow and nili-ravi buffalo breeds. Int. J. Dairy Technol. 2012, (Q1; IF; 4.374).
22. Rafaqat I, Suleman M,….Abdullah Shah, et al. Prolactin Gene Polymorphism in Nili-Ravi Buffaloes, Sahiwal and Achai Cattle. Int. J. Dairy Technol. 2012. (Q1; IF; 4.374).
23. Mushtaq Ahamd Khan, Ziaul Islam….and Abdullah Shah. Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma Gondii Infection in Child Bearing Age Women in Dir Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Pakistan. P.J.Z. 2019. (IF=0.970).
24. Amin Ullah Jan, ...and Abdullah Shah. Role of Potassium, Zinc and Gibberellic Acid in Increasing Drought Stress Tolerance in Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus L.) Pak. J. Bot., 2019. (IF=; 0.972).
25. Nasir Abbas, Aamer Bin Zahur,....Abdullah Shah#, et al. Molecular Analysis of Leptin Gene Polymorphism in Achai, Sahiwal Cattle and Nili-ravi Buffalo Breeds of Pakistan (International Journal of Genetics and Genomics).
26. Muhmmad Suleman, Abdul Ghafoor,….Abdullah Shah, et al. Calpastatin (CAST) gene polymorphism in Kajli, Lohi and Thalli sheep breeds. Afr. J. Biotechnol. 2012, (IF; 0.45).
Courses Taught

Projects

Completed Research Project (As principal Investigator)
▪ Analysis of DNA Polymorphism of Callipyge (CLPG) and Calpastatin (CAST) gene in endangered Kutta Sheep breed of Pakistan (SRGP Project; PKR= 0.484646 Million).
Ph. D. Research Projects
Thesis Project
The DEAD-Box RNA Helicase DDX3 interacts with ALKBH5 to regulate m6A RNA Demethylation
Other Projects:
1. Upregulation of miR-3648 upon ER stress and its regulatory role in cell proliferation
2. Identification of miR-34a targets using biotinylated-miRNA pulldown
3. The isolation of an RNA aptamer targeting to p53 protein with single amino acid mutation
M. Phil. Research Projects
Thesis Project
Study on Callipyge (CLPG) gene Polymorphism in Kajli, Lohi and Thalli Sheep Breeds.
Other Projects:
Genetic analysis of different Genes (CAST, PRL, k-CN, LEP and CAPN) in Pakistani Cattle and Bovine Breeds.

Conferences/Seminars

▪ The 8th Biennial meeting of Chinese RNA society, The Chinese Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, April 11-13, 2014, China.
▪ SAARC regional conference on new frontiers in Agricultural Genomics and Biotechnology (5-7 June, 2012) Islamabad Pakistan. 3ed one day workshop on Bioinformatics (June 18th, 2012) Department of Bioinformatics Mohammad Ali Jinnah University Islamabad.
▪ 1st National symposium on Biotechnology: Recent advances (21-24 may 2007), Department of Biotechnology, University of Malakand, Khyber Pukhton Khwa, Pakistan.
▪ National conference on “Recent Trends in Livestock Genomics” (24-25th June 2009), Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, UVAS, Lahore.