The Women University Multan
Faculty Dr. Iqra Arooj

Faculty

Dr. Iqra Arooj

Dr. Iqra Arooj

Assistant Professor

  • Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

  • iqra.6051@wum.edu.pk

  • Doctorate

Summary

An enthusiastic geneticist and microbiologist who earned her Ph.D degree in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan in 2016. Research interests include human genetics, human diseases, antimicrobial resistance, nanotechnology and phage biology,

Academic Background
  • Graduate

    Doctorate

    University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

    - 2016

  • M.Sc.

    Postgraduate

    University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

    - 2008

  • B.Sc.

    Graduate

    University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

    - 2006

Honours and Awards
  • Faculty Development Program Scholarship

    2013

  • EC-Pakistan International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP) Scholarship

    2012

Research
  • The Women University, Multan: Research Project Grant for Fiscal Year 2015-2016

    1 Year

  • The Women University, Multan: Research Project Grant for Fiscal Year 2019-2020

    2 Years

  • The Women University, Multan: Research Project Grant for Fiscal Year 2019-2020

    2 Years

Publications
  • Sensing cardiac electrical activity with a cardiac myocyte–targeted optogenetic voltage indicator

    https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.117.306143

  • A single-nucleotide polymorphism in C12orf43 region is associated with the risk of coronary artery disease in a Pakistani cohort

    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-016-9746-9

  • Association of loci 6q25.1/rs6922269 and 9p21.3/rs1333049 with risk of coronary heart disease in patients visiting hospitals of Gujranwala and Lahore Divisions

    http://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.6.2295.2300

  • Successive use of microorganisms to remove chromium from wastewater

    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00253-020-10533-y

  • Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles and assay of their antibacterial activity

    http://dx.doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2022.110038

  • Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from flowers of Helianthus annus and Tagetes erecta and their antibacterial activity against MDR pathogens

    https://doi.org/10.37962/jbas.v12i2.418

  • Prevalence and antibiotic sensitivity pattern of bacterial isolates from catheterized UTI patients: a local study: Antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria isolated from UTI patients

    https://doi.org/10.52700/pjbb.v2i2.88

  • Psychosocial distress in Pakistani population during COVID-19

    https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/jbm/vol9/iss2/2/

  • Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility profiling of MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa from UTI patients of Southern Punjab, Pakistan

    https://doi.org/10.37962/jbas.v13i1.407

  • Estimation of genetic divergence in 40 elite cotton germplasm

    https://als-journal.com/submission/index.php/ALS/article/view/1330

  • Physical and mental implications of mobile phone addiction

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amp.2022.09.002

Experience
  • MMG Department, The Women University, Multan, Pakistan
    Assistant Professor

    6 Years

  • MMG Department, The Women University, Multan, Pakistan
    Lecturer

    5 Years

  • MMG Department, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
    Research Scholar

    3 Years

  • MMG Department, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
    Teacher (Part Time)

    4 Years