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Ahmed, Sibtain

Post doc Scholar

Degrees:

• B.S., University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
• M.S., University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
• Ph.D., University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan

Research Interests:

• Natural Products and drug discovery. Industrial and Fermentation Microbiology. Genetics and Molecular Microbiology. Vaccine production.

Selected publications

Ahmed, S, S. S. Imdad and A. Jamil. 2012. Comparative study for the kinetics of extracellular xylanases from Trichoderma harzianum and Chaetomium thermophilum. Electron J. Biotechnol. DOI: 10.2225/vol15-issue3-fulltext-2.

Ahmed S, Byrd W, Li Y, Boedeker E. 2011. A Truncated Intimin Mutant of the O103 Rabbit Enteropathogenic E. coli E22 (REPEC) is Attenuated, Immunogenic and Elicits Serogroup Specific Protection. Front. Immun. Conference Abstract: ECMIS - E. coli and the Mucosal Immune System: Interaction, Modulation and Vaccination. doi: 10.3389/conf.fimmu.2011.01.00015

Rajoka, M.I, Ahmed, S, Athar, M and Hashmi. A.S. 2012. Production of microbial biomass protein from mixed substrates by sequential culture fermentation of Candida utilis and Brevibacterium lactofermentum. Ann. Microb. 62(3):1173-1179.DOI: 10.1007/s13213-011-0357-8.

Ahmed, S., F. Ahmad and Abu Saeed Hashmi. 2010. Production of Microbial biomass protein by sequential culture fermentation of Arachniotus sp. and Candida utilis. Pak. J. Bot. 42(2): 1225-1234.

Ahmed, S., S. Riaz and A. Jamil. 2009. Molecular cloning of fungal xylanases: an overview. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 84(1):19-35. DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2079-4

Wagner, I. D., S. Ahmed, W. Zhao, C. L. Zhang, C. S. Romanek, M. Rohde, and J . Wiegel. 2009. Caldanaerovirga acetigignens gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic xylanolytic alkalithermophilic bacterium isolated from Trego Hot Spring, Nevada, USA. INT J SYST EVOL MICR. 59 (11): p. 2685-2691. DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.005207-0.

Ahmed, S., A. Bashir, H. Saleem, M. Saadia and A. Jamil. 2009. Production and purification of cellulose-degrading enzymes from a filamentous fungus Trichoderma harzianum. Pak. J. Bot. 41(3): 1411-1419.

Irshad, M., S. Ahmed, F. Latif and M. I. Rajoka. 2008. Regulation of Endo- β-D- Xylanase and β- Xylosidase synthesis in Humicola lanuginosa. J. Chem. Soc. Pak. 30 (6): 913-918.

Ahmed, S., A. Jabeen and A. Jamil. 2007. Xylanase from Trichoderma harzianum: Enzyme characterization and gene isolation. J. Chem. Soc. Pak. 29(2): 176-182.

Ahmed, S., N. Aslam, F. Latif, M. I. Rajoka and A. Jamil. 2005. Molecular cloning of cellulase genes from Trichoderma harzianum. Atta-ur-Rehman/ Choudhary/ Khan, Eds.), Frontiers in Natural Product Chemistry. Vol 1: 73-75. Bentham Science Publishers, The Netherlands.

Ahmed, S., Qurrat-ul-Ain, N. Aslam, S. Naeem, Sajjad-ur-Rehman and A. Jamil. 2003. Induction of xylanase and cellulase genes from Trichoderma harzianum with different carbon sources. Pak. J .Biol. Sci. 6: 1912-1916.