Dr Mehtab Alam

Dr Mehtab Alam

Associate Professor
PROFILE SUMMARY
Dr Mehtab Alam is a medical biochemist having speciality in protein chemistry, toxinology and protein bioinformatics. He has served in department of biochemistry of Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi and Azad Jammu & Kashmir Medical College, Azad Kashmir. He was also a visiting faculty member of various institutes. He got German scholarship and learnt peptide synthesis from IFIB, Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen, Germany. He has published 23 international and national research papers in well reputed impact factor journal and has chapter in 2 books on “Protein Structure Function Relationship” and “Antivenom Research” published from Pakistan and United Kingdom respectively.

 

QUALIFICATION
PhD Biochemistry International Center for Biological and Chemical Sciences, University, Karachi 2011
MSc . Bioinformatics University of Karachi, Pakistan 2001
BSc . Bioinformatics University of Karachi, Pakistan 2000

 

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
1. Training on peptide synthesis IUniversity of Tuebingen, Germany 2009
2. Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (MOODLE) Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 2013
3. Health Professionals, Short Specialist Training Course (HP-SSTC) Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 2016
RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS
  1. Protein Purification and Characterization
  2. Venomics
  3. Protein Bioinformatics
TEACHING INTERESTS
  1. Biochemistry
  2. Metabolism
  3. Proteomics
  4. Isolation Techniques
  5. Bioinformatics

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