Faculty Profile

Dr. Muther Mansoor Qaisrani
Assistant Professor
Ph.D Quaid-i-Azam University,Pakistan
Research Interests

  • Metagenomics and Metaproteomics studies of rain fed areas

Biography

  • Muther Mansoor Qaisrani received his Ph.D degree in Biotechnology from National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. He earned his B. Sc. (Hons) and M. Sc. (Hons.) degrees from University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.He has made contribution towards life science through research publications and production of products like Bio-fertilizers and micronutrients for crop improvement.

Awards and Honors

  • HEC Scholarship for Ph. D

Publications

  • Muther Mansoor Qaisrani, M. Sajjad Mirza, Ahmad Zaheer and Kauser A. Malik. 2014. Isolation and identification by 16S rRNA sequence analysis of AchromobacterAzospirillum and Rhodococcusstrains from the rhizosphere of maize and screening for the beneficial effect on plant growth. Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Vol. 51(1), 91-99.
  • Rasool M, Ashraf MA, Malik A, Waquar S, Khan SA, Qazi MH, Ahmad W, Asif M, Khan SU, Zaheer A, Qaisrani MM, Khan AR, Iqbal A, et al. Comparative study of extrapolative factors linked with oxidative injury and anti-inflammatory status in chronic kidney disease patients experiencing cardiovascular distress. PLoS One. 2017;12:e0171561. doi: 10.1371/ journal. pone.0171561.
  • M. Sajjad Mirza, Sohail Hameed, Ghulam Rasul, Fathia Mubeen, Asma Imran, Ahmad Zaheer, Muther Mansoor Qaisrani. 2013. Bacterial Identification and Metagenomics. (Course Manual, ISBN: 978-969-8189-20-4)
  • Muther Mansoor Qaisrani, M. Sajjad Mirza, Asma Imran and Kauser A. Malik. 2015. Bacterial culturing and culture-independent techniques reveal occurrence of diverse bacterial communities in the rhizosphere of maize (Submitted in “PLOS One”).
  • Aamna Basheer, Ahmad Zaheer, Muther Mansoor Qaisrani, Ghulam Rasul, Sumera Yasmin, M. Sajjad Mirza*. 2016  Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Vol. 53(1), 135-142
  • Qaisrani, T.B., M.M. Qaisrani and T.M. Qaisrani. 2016. Arabinoxylans from psyllium husk: A review. Journal of Environmental & Agricultural Sciences. 6: 33-39.
  • Qaisrani,T. B., M. S. Butt, K. M. Qaisrani. M. Ali, M. M. Qaisrani and M. Batool. Managing glycemic response in normal and hypercholesterolemic subjects using psyllium husk supplemented cookies. JUMDC. Published.
  • Qaisrani,T. B., M. S. Butt, K. M. Qaisrani. M. M. Qaisrani. 2016. Effect of psyllium husk based dietetic cookies on haematological parameters of normal and hypercholesterolemic subjects. Journal of environmental and Agricultural Sciences.
  • Mahmood R., Ahmad R., Rizwan R., Malik A., Asif M., Zaheer A., Jabbar A., Zain M., Qaisrani M. M.,Qaisrani T. B.,  Mehmood A., Hanif M. K., Helmi N., Zeyadi M., Choudhry H., Harlev A., Agarwal A., Jamal M. S. 2018Inter-relationship of circulating biochemical markers of oxidative stress and comorbid condition in polycystic ovary syndrome. Biomedical Research 2018; 29