CURRICULUM VITAE
Khurshid Ahmad
Department of Biosciences
Integral University, Lucknow, India
Mobile No.: +91-8960523172, +91-8808677182
E-mail: ahmadkhursheed2008@gmail.com
Educational Qualifications
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Ph.D. in Bioinformatics (Thesis likely to submitted) Department of Biosciences, Integral
University, Lucknow
Masters of Sciences in Bioinformatics: 2008, Department of Biotechnology, Integral
University, Lucknow, India
Bachelor of Sciences in Zoology, Botany and Chemistry: 2005, D.D.U. University,
Gorakhpur India
Online Certificate in General Course on Intellectual Property: 2012, WIPO Academy,
Geneva.
Post Graduate Diploma in Nano-Biotechnology (Correspondence): 2013, Life Science
Foundation, India
Research Work Experience
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Senior Research Fellow (Maulana Azad National Fellow).
[October 2012-till
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Junior Research Fellow (Maulana Azad National Fellow) from 1st October 2010 to 30th
September 2012 [Work Experience: 2 Years]
Worked in the NAIP sub-project entitled “Understanding the mechanism of off-season
flowering and fruiting in mango under different environmental conditions” from
March 2009 - Sept 2010 at Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture (ICAR),
Rehmankhera Lucknow (U.P.)
Worked in the DBT project entitled “Development of Genetic Resource Database and
Information System for Mango” from July 2008- March 2009 at Central Institute for
Subtropical Horticulture (ICAR), Rehmankhera Lucknow (U.P.)
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Publications
1. Khurshid Ahmad, Vishal M. Balaramnavar, Mohd Hassan Baig, Ashwini Kumar
Srivastava, Saif Khan. Identification of potent caspase-3 inhibitors for treatment of multineurodegenerative diseases using Pharmacophore modeling and docking approaches. CNS
Neurol Disord Drug Targets. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets. 2014 Oct 23. [Epub ahead
of print] PMID: 25345515.
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Khurshid Ahmad, Saif Khan, Mohd. Adil, Mohd. Saeed, Ashwini Kumar Srivastava.
Structure based molecular inhibition of Caspase-8 for treatment of multi-neurodegenerative
diseases using known natural compounds. Bioinformation 10(4): 191-195 (2014)
3. Khurshid Ahmad, Mohd. Hassan Baig, Saif Khan, A. K. Srivastava. Identification of
Common Target Proteins for Multiple Neurodegenerative Disorders and Reconstruction of
Disease Pathway. IJCA, 2013.
4. Uzma Shahab, Shams Tabrez, M. Salman Khan, Firoz Akhter, Mohd Sajid Khan, Mohd
Saeed, Khurshid Ahmad, A.K. Srivastava, Saheem Ahmad. Immunogenicity of DNAadvanced glycation end product fashioned through glyoxal and arginine in the presence of
Fe3+: Its potential role in prompt recognition of diabetes mellitus auto-antibodies.
Chemico-Biological Interactions, 219 (2014) 229–240
5. M.Merad, W.Soufi, S.Ghalem, F.Boukli, M.H. Baig, K. Ahmad and MA Kamal. Molecular
interaction of acetylcholinesterase with carnosic acid derivatives: A neuroinformatics study.
CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets. 2013.
6. Khurshid Ahmad, Ashish Patel, Shuchi Smita, Sunil Naik, S.K. Gupta, M.K. Verma and
R.K. Tripathi. Comparative Analysis of the Migraine Pathway in Human and C. elegans.
Current Research Journal of Biological Sciences. 2010, 147-149.
7. Mohd Saeed, Mohd Hassan Baig, Preeti Bajpai, Ashwini Kumar Srivastava, Khurshid
Ahmad and Huma Mustafa. Predicted binding of certain antifilarial compounds with
glutathione-S-transferase of human Filariids. Bioinformation, 2013, 9(5): 233-237
8. Varish Ahmad, Azhar Kamal, Khurshid Ahmad & Mohd Sajid Khan. Protease
characteristics of bacteriocin producing Lysinibacilli, isolated from fruits and vegetable
waste. Bioinformation, 2014, 10(1): 013-018.
9. Mohd. Faheem Khan, Brijesh Singh Yadav, Khurshid Ahmad, Ajai Kumar Jaitly,
Mapping and analysis of the LINE and SINE type of repetitive elements in rice,
Bioinformation, 2011, 7(6): 276-279.
10. Kaushlesh K. Yadav, Mohd Shariq, Sarad K. Maurya , Md. Nasruddin Alam, Khurshid
Ahmad; Molecular Characterization of Cellulose Degrading Bacteria on the basis of 16S
rRNA, Journal Of Recent Advances In Applied Sciences(JRAAS) 2012,Vol:27,80-92.
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Oral/Poster/Abstract Presented/Published
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Ashwini Kumar Srivastava, Khurshid Ahmad, Construction of Virtual Library of Epitopes
for Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1), International Journal of Research and Development in
Pharmacy & Life Sciences (IJRDPL). National Seminar on Current Perspective in Drug
Discovery and Pharmacoinformatics at GIPER, Kashipur.
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Mohd Hassan Baig, Vishal M. Balaramnavar, Khurshid Ahmad, Importance of
Bioinformatics in Modern Drug Designing Era, International Journal of Research and
Development in Pharmacy & Life Sciences (IJRDPL). National Seminar on Current
Perspective in Drug Discovery and Pharmacoinformatics at GIPER, Kashipur.
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Khurshid Ahmad and Saif Khan; Interaction of mrp14 (s100a9) and Alzheimer betaamyloid peptide: An in silico approach, Seminar entitled Scientific Tribute to Country’s
first Education Minister Honourable Maulana Abul Kalam Azad at Integral University,
Lucknow on dated 8th Nov. 2012 (Oral)
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Khurshid
Ahmad, Saif Khan;
Identification of
common target
proteins
for
neurodegenerative disorders through metabolic pathway approach, 2nd International
conference on open source for computer-aided Translational medicine
at Institute of
Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, on dated 22-25th February 2012. (Poster)
Memberships/Achievements
o Associate Editor, Online International Journal of Biosolutions (OIJB)
o Awarded Maulana Azad National Fellowship by University Grant Commission, Govt. of
India
o Member of Science Advisory Board.
o Executive member of Department of Biosciences, Alumni Association, Integral University,
Lucknow
o Member of International Academy of Science.
o Member of the IAENG Society of Bioinformatics.
o Joint Secretary at Departmental Research Development Forum.
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Conferences/Symposium/Workshop Attended
o Presented Poster in National Seminar on Current Perspective in Drug Discovery and
Pharmacoinformatics 26th & 27st April 2014 at GIPER, Kashipur, Uttarakhand
o Attended National workshop on “Support Vector Machine in Pattern Recognition & its
Application in Biological Sciences” organized by National Institute of Technology,
Raipur in 2014.
o Invited to present a paper entitled “Impact of water borne diseases on public health” at
DST, Govt. of India sponsored national workshop at Riward Postgraduate College,
Sultanpur in 2013.
o Presented Poster at 5th International symposium entitled "CTDDR-2013: Drug
Development for Orphan/Neglected Diseases organized by CDRI, Lucknow.
o Attended three days National level workshop on “Fundamentals of Nanoscience &
Biotechnology” organized by LSFI and Integral University, Lucknow in year 2013.
o Attended three days Workshop cum Training Programme on “Use of Bioinformatics
Tools in Biotechnology” organized by Bioinformatics Centre, IVRI, Izatnagar in year
2012.
o Online Certificate in General Course on Intellectual Property: 2012, WIPO Academy,
Geneva.
o Workshop attended in “Bioinformatics: Principles, Techniques and Applications” in BioMedical Informatics Centre, School of Telemedicine and Bio- medical Informatics
(SGPGIMS) on 29-31 July, 2011.
o Workshop attended as expert in “Introduction to Drug/Vaccine Designing” Sub DIC
Bioinformatics Centre, N.I.T. Raipur. On 4-8th August2008.
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Computational/Bioinformatics skills
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Operating Systems: Working knowledge of Windows version of operating systems-XP,
NT, 2000, 98 etc. Knowledge of Linux –Ubuntu.
Programming Languages: C and PERL.
Database development: PHP and MySQL.
Drug Designing: 3D-QSAR studies, Pharmacophore modeling and virtual screening.
Data Mining Tools: R [Basics].
Sequence Alignment and Similarity Search Tools: Clustalw, Clustalx, Offline Blast,
Working knowledge of microarray data analysis and NGS.
Molecular modeling and docking: Modeller, Autodock, GOLD Suite (commercial),
LigandFit, LibDock
Visualization: Chimera, Pymol etc.
Phylogenetic Analysis: Mega, Phylip and TreeView
Molecular dynamics simulation: Gromacs and CHARMm
Protein-Protein Docking: Hex, FireDock
Others: Ligplot, PyRx, DOCK, Naccess, X-score
Excellent communication and writing skills. Sound theoretical knowledge of bioinformatics and
neuro-informatics aspects.
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