Day wise programme-BSD-2014
2nd International Conference on
“Biotechnology for Sustainable Development”
26-28th November, 2014
Day wise programme
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
8:00-9:30 Hrs
Registration
Inaugural Ceremony
 Recitation of Holy Quran
 Welcome Address by Chief Organizer
9:30-10:30 Hrs
 Address by Chief Guest Prof. (M) Dr. Khaleeq-ur-Rehman, Izaz-e-Kamal
 Distribution of Soveniers
 Vote of thanks by Director/Co-Organizer
Key Note Lecture Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary: Creating Novel Chemical Space from Existing One10:30-11:00 Hrs
Biotransformation for New Pharmacophores
11:00-11:30 Hrs
Refreshment/Poster Session
Joint Session: KEY NOTE LECTURES
Chairperson: Dr. Anwar Nasim
Co-Chairperson: Dr. Masoom Yasinzai
11:30-12:00
Dr. Robert Gunsalus: Genomics and Proteomics of Biohydrogen Production from
Renewable Resources
12:00-12:30
Prof. Dr. Kausar Abdullah Malik: Plant Biotechnology for Sustainable Development
12:30-13:00
13:00-13:30
13:30-14:15
14:15-16:35
Hrs
14:15-14:35
Lead
Lectures
14:35-14:50
14:50-15:05
15:05-15:20
15:20: 15:35
15:35:15:50
15:50-16:05
16:05-16-20
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Dr. Zhiyou Wen: Algal production for fuel and chemical – A novel algal cultivation
system witheasy biomass harvest and high productivity
Dr. Shahid Mansoor: Biotech-driven Food Security & Socio-economic Development
Lunch/Prayer Break/Poster Session
Technical Track I
Industrial Biotechnology and
Microbiology
Bukhari Auditorium
Chairperson: Dr. Kausar Abdullah Malik
Co- Chairperson: Dr. S. M. Saqlan Naqvi
Dr. Naeem Rashid: Single step
liquefaction and saccharification of corn
starch using an acidophilic, calcium
independent and hyperthermophilic
pullulanase
BSD-2014: 05-O: Gull-e-Faran
BSD-2014: 11-O: Umar Farooq Gohar
BSD-2014: 12-O: Ayesha Razzaq
BSD-2014: 16-O: Mobina Ulfat
BSD-2014: 35-O: M. Mohsin Javed
BSD-2014: 38-O: Sumaira Mehboob
BSD-2014: 53-O: Muhammad Naeem
Technical Track II
Agribiotechnology
Faiz Hall
Chairperson: Dr. Shahid Mansoor
Co- Chairperson: Dr. Shagufta Naz
Dr. Masroor Ellahi Babar: Genome
Investigation Studies of Livestock Species
in Pakistan
BSD-2014: 04-O: M. Ashraf
BSD-2014: 14-O: Zafar Iqbal
BSD-2014: 17-O: Shazia Erum
BSD-2014: 20-O: Waheed Akram
BSD-2014: 21-O: Syeda Umaimah Hashmi
BSD-2014: 26-O: Shagufta Naz
BSD-2014: 30-O: H. L. Shaheen
Day wise programme-BSD-2014
16:20-16:35
16:35-17:00
BSD-2014: 58-O: Ziauddin
BSD-2014: 33-O: Nadir Ali Rind
Tea/ Prayer Break/ Poster Session
17:00-18:50
Hrs
Technical Track III
Industrial Biotechnology and
Microbiology
Bukhari Auditorium
Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Amin Athar
Co- Chairperson: Dr. Arifa Tahir
Dr. Sheikh Ajaz Rasool:
ENZYMES: The Molecular Biorobots
17:00:17:20
Lead
Lectures
17:20-17:35
17:35:17:50
17:50:18:05
18:05: 18:20
18:20-18:35
18:35:18:50
BSD-2014: 59-O: Asma Zafar
BSD-2014: 13-O: Amjed Hussain
BSD-2014: 43-O: Anam Nasir
BSD-2014: 36-O: M Usman Ahmed
BSD-2014: 15-O: Ikram ul Haq
Technical Track IV
Agribiotechnology
Faiz Hall
Chairperson: Dr. Aftab Bashir
Co- Chairperson: Dr. M. Saleem Haider
Dr. Muhamad Shahid: Bacteriocins from
LAB as Biopreservatives by exploiting
different Biotechnological approaches
BSD-2014: 34-O: Waseem Akhter Shamshari
BSD-2014: 47-O: Mehmood Jan
BSD-2014: 49-O: Muhammad Javed
BSD-2014: 51-O: Salma Mukhtar
BSD-2014: 52-O: Mahrukh Falah
BSD-2014: 55-O: Asma Zia
Thursday, November 27, 2014
9:00-11:00
Hrs
9:00-9:30 Hrs
9:30-10:00
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:00
Joint Session: KEY NOTE LECTURES
Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Talat Naseer Pasha
Co-Chairperson: Dr. Robert Gunsalus
Dr. Laura R Jarboe: Enabling robust production of biorenewable fuels and chemicals
from biomass
Dr. M. Hafizur Rahman: Insulin ‘the First Biotech Drug’ - Pathophysiology in the
Development of Diabetes in Animal Models
Dr.Arshad Ali: Pestiferous Aquatic Midges (Diptera:Chironomidae): A Global
Perspective And Selected Research Highlights
Dr. Abid Azhar: Role of Biotechnology in Sustainable Development of Pakistan
11:00-11:30
11:30-13:00
11:30-11:50
Lead
Lectures
11:50 -12:05
12:05-12:20
12:20-12:35
12:35-12:50
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Refreshment/Poster Session
Technical Track V
Environmental
Biotechnology/Bioremediation
Chairperson: Dr. Naeem Rashid
Co- Chairperson: Dr. Qurat-ul-Ain
Dr. Waheed S. Khan:
Chalcogenide Based Nanomaterials
for Photocatalytic Degradation of
Organic Compounds/Pollutants
BSD-2014: 09-O: Mehwish Iqtedar
BSD-2014: 32-O: Muhammad Saif
Ur Rahman
BSD-2014: 42-O: Razia Kanwal
BSD-2014: 46-O: Muhammad Akram
Technical Track VI
Animal Biotechnology
Chairperson: Dr. Khalid Javed Ch.
Co- Chairperson: Dr. Shah Jahan Baig
Dr. Moazur Rahman: Structural Biology of
Membrane and Viral Proteins as Drug Targets
BSD-2014: 03-O: Asma Jabeen
BSD-2014: 18-O: Farah Naz
BSD-2014: 24-O: Tahira Kamal
BSD-2014: 44-O: Asif Nadeem
Day wise programme-BSD-2014
12:50-13:05
13:05-14:00
14:00-16:50
14:00-14:20
Lead Lectures
14:20-14:35
14:35-14:50
14:50-15:05
15:05-15:20
15:20-15:35
15:35-15:50
15:50-16:05
16:05-16:20
16:20-16:45
16:45-18:20
16:45-17:05
Lead Lectures
17:05-17:20
17:20-17:35
17:35-17:50
17:50-18:05
18:05-18:20
20:00 Hrs
BSD-2014: 45-O: Umer Farooq Awan
Lunch/Prayer Break/Poster Session
Technical Track VII
Bioprocess Technology
Chairperson: Dr. Ajaz Rasool
Co- Chairperson: Dr. Seemi Khan
Technical Track VIII
Bioprocess Technology
Chairperson: Dr. Waheed Akhtar
Co- Chairperson: Dr. M. Saleem
Dr. Anjum Nasim Sabri: Overview
of Nickel Resistant Biofilm Forming
Bacteria and Their Capabilities of
Biocorrosion
BSD-2014: 01-O: Zarrin Basharat
BSD-2014: 02-O: Asad Karim
BSD-2014: 07-O: Iram Ashfaq
BSD-2014: 10-O: Izzah Shahid
BSD-2014: 19-O: Haneef
Ur Rehman
BSD-2014: 22-O: Shazia Erum
BSD-2014: 25-O: Ikram ul Haq
Dr. Zafar Mahmood Khalid: Interaction Of
Heterotrophic And Autotrophic Bacteria
Durnig Leaching of Sulphidic Ore
BSD-2014: 27-O: Muhammad Sohail
BSD-2014: 29-O: Muhammad Nazeer Abbasi
BSD-2014: 39-O: Mussarat Saleem
BSD-2014: 40-O: Mubasshir Hassan
BSD-2014: 48-O: Mariam Younus
BSD-2014: 54-O: Alina Goheer
BSD-2014: 60-O: Muhammad Ishfaq
Tea/ Prayer Break/ Poster Session
Technical Track IX
Biofuels and Biorefineries
Chairperson: Dr. Arshad Ali
Co-Chairperson: Dr. Waseem
Shahzad
Dr. Muhammad Umar Dahot:
Production, Purification And
Characterization Of Xylanase By
Pleurotus eryngii
BSD-2014: 06-O: Muhammad Umer
BSD-2014: 08-O: Madiha Nazir
BSD-2014: 31-O: Khizar Hayat
Bhatti
BSD-2014: 41-O: Fakhra Aslam
BSD-2014: 57-O: Aroosh Shabir
Gala Dinner
Technical Track X
Health Biotechnology/Nano Biotechnology/
Biosafety and Biosecurity
Chairperson: Dr. Shahida Husnain
Co- Chairperson: Dr. Anjum Nasim Sabri
Dr. Muhammad Nauman Aftab: Depletion
of SRP associated proteins by RNAi down
regulates the SRP RNAs in Caenorhabditis
elegans
BSD-2014: 28-O: Muhammad Shoaib Siddiqui
BSD-2014: 37-O: Ishtiaq Ahmad
BSD-2014: 56-O: Ahmad Ali Shahid
BSD-2014: 23-O: Rizwan Younis
BSD-2014: 50-O: Farwa Mazhar
Friday, November 28, 2014
9:00-13:00
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City Tour