Initiative Program Agriculture

SHUMILA ISHFAQ

Email:***************@*****.***

Phone: +923*********

Address: NIBGE, Jhang Road Faisalabad, Pakistan

Skills

Technical expertise in disease assays, protocol development and disease diagnostics

Field maintenance, assessments, and sampling

Expertise in molecular biology (RNA and DNA Isolation, PCR, qPCR, DNA Fingerprinting)

Background in experimental design and statistics.

Outstanding organizational skills, result orientation and ability to balance multiple tasks and meet deadlines

Strong networking within a larger organization.

Good communication in English (written and verbal)

Experience

●Internship in Ayub Agriculture Research Institute Faisalabad on “Management of Lentil Rust through fungicides”

●Worked as a Researcher in Plant Genomic and Molecular Breeding Lab at Nuclear Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, under the project entitled with “Characterization of mutants derived from EMS-derived Gandum-1 for rust and drought tolerance for sustaining wheat yield in Pakistan”

●Working as a Research Associate in Plant Genomic and Molecular Breeding Lab at Nuclear Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, under the project entitled with “Development of Resilient Cotton through Bridging Conventional and Biotechnological Approaches"

Education

M.Phil Plant Pathology 3.74/4

University of Agriculture Faisalabad

2017

B.Sc(Hons.) Agriculture 3.54/4

University of Agriculture Faisalabad

2015

F.Sc (Pre-Agriculture) Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Agriculture 3.32/4

University of Agriculture Faisalabad

2011

Matriculation Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math 887/1050

PAEC Foundation School Faisalabad

2009

M.Phil Research Title

"Manipulation of Storage Environment for Controlling Postharvest Rots in Strawberries"

Language

●English – Conversational

●Chinese-HSK3

●Urdu – Fluent

Publications

Research Papers

●Zulfiqar, S., Ishfaq, S., Ikram, M., Nawaz, M. A., & Rahman, M. U. (2021). Characterization of Gamma-Rays-Induced Spring Wheat Mutants for Morphological and Quality Traits through Multivariate and GT Bi-Plot Analysis. Agronomy, 11(11), 2288.

●Zahra, S., Hussain, M., Zulfiqar, S., Ishfaq, S., Shaheen, T., & Akhtar, M. (2021). EMS-based mutants are useful for enhancing drought tolerance in spring wheat. Cereal Research Communications, 1-12.

Book Chapter

●Majeed, A., Zulfiqar, S., Ishfaq, S., Mohsan, M. and Ahmad, N., 2021. Genomic-Assisted Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance. In Cotton Precision Breeding (pp. 137-156). Springer, Cham.

Awards

●Merit Certificate based on Academic performance from University of Agriculture Faisalabad in 2012.

●Awarded with a Laptop on the basis of merit by the Government of Punjab in Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif Youth Initiative Program 2013.

●Merit Certificate based on Academic performance from University of Agriculture Faisalabad in 2016.

●Awarded with a Laptop on the basis of merit by the Government of Punjab in Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Laptop Scheme 2017

●7th International Conference of Pakistan: "Phytopathology: Current Scenario and Future Prospects". Nov 21-23:2021, University of Agriculture Faisalabad

Conferences and Seminars

●International Webinar on Mentoring: “How does it connect to research ethics” Sep 07-2021, University of Agriculture Faisalabad

●Training workshop on ‘’Molecular Assisted Breeding of Wheat”, Feb19-20:2020, PGMB Lab, NIBGE, Pakistan

●Seminar on “Slow Pace of Agricultural Biotechnology Adaptability: The Analysis and Way Forward”, Oct 10-2019, University of Agriculture Faisalabad

●Training workshop on “One Day Workshop On Laboratory Biosafety”, Feb 11-2019, University of Agriculture Faisalabad

Research and Computer Skills

●Software: Microsoft Office, SPSS, Statistix 8.1, Minitab, GENALEx, Power Marker

●Biotechnological Techniques: DNA Fingerprinting, PCR, DNA/RNA Isolation, Genetic Analyzer, IRGA, PAGE etc.

References

●Dr Abdul Rehman

Associate Professor

Department of Plant Pathology

University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

●Dr Mehboob-ur-Rahman (Pride of Performance)

Principal Scientist

Group Leader Plant genomics & Mol. Breeding Lab, National Institute for Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), PO Box 577, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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