ALIA SADIQ
D/o Ch. Muhammad Sadiq Tarar
City: Islamabad
Country: Pakistan.
Contact
Cell#: 0923115012501
aliasadiq55@hotmail.com
Current status:
Field of Research:
Institute:
University:
Ph.D scholar (3rd semester)
Immunology & Medicinal Plants
Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences
National University of Science and Technology,
Islamabad, Pakistan.
Academic Qualification:
2010
2008
2005
2003
2001
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) Biochemistry
1st Division
PMAS Arid Agriculture University,
Rawalpindi. Pakistan.
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Biochemistry
1st Division
PMAS Arid Agriculture University,
Rawalpindi. Pakistan.
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
(Botany, Zoology, Chemistry)
1st Division
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Higher Secondary School Certificate (F.Sc.)
(Pre-Medical)
1st Division
Federal Board of Intermediate & Secondary
Secondary School Certificate (Matric)
(Science)
1st Division
Federal Board of Intermediate & Secondary
Education, Islamabad. Pakistan
Professional courses
2010
2005
Bachelor of Education (B.ed)
1st Div
Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad
Computer Course
Microsoft Window, Word, Excel, Power Point,
Grade-A, Currently using
Establishment Division Staff Welfare
Organization Trade Training Centre G-9/2,
Islamabad. Pakistan
English, Urdu,Punjabi
Languages
Research Work
M. Phil Thesis:
Bioactivity guided Isolation of Anti-allergic compounds from local medicinal plants.
Knowledge and experience of Biochemical Techniques, Like
Spectrophotometric Analysis
Oil extraction by Soxhlet Method
Biological Assays like Antimicrobial & Antioxident assay
Animal assay
Various extraction techniques employed for medicinal plants
Thin layer chromatography and Gas chromatography
SDS Poly Acrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
Basic Tissue Culture Techniques
Certificates:
2008
2008
2010
2011
2012
2012
9th Biennial PSBMB conference: Advances in Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology. Department of Biochemistry, Pir
Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi,
Pakistan.
Fresh flower arraignment certificate (National fresh flower
arraignment compitition held in Fatima Jinnah Women
University, The Mall, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Deliver Lecture in Training workshop on “Biofuel Production
from Agriculture Waste”. Department of Biochemistry, Pir
Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi,
Pakistan.
Research Paper Presentation in International seminar:
Title of paper: “Utilization of cellulosic biomass of agriculture
wastes for the production of Biofuel”
Complete name of conference and Address: International
seminar on “Alternate Sources of Energy: prospects and Options”.
14-15 October 2011. NASIC. Constitution Avenue, G-5/2.
Islamabad. Pakistan.
DNA Barcoding: A Promising tool for species identification
and Biodiversity Digitization”. National Institute for
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad,
Pakistan.
Poster Presentation at 12th National and 3rd International
Conference of Botany: Septemebr 1st to 3rd 2012. Quaid‐e‐Azam
University, ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
Title: “Qualitative and quantitative Determination of Secondary
metabolites and their Anti-allergic potential in Taraxacum
officinalis, Eruca sativa and Mentha arvensis”.
National Symposium on “Computational Biology in Pakistan Current
status and future challenges” held on Nov. 8, 2012 at COMSATS
Institute of Information Technology Islamabad. PAKISTAN.
2012
Research Publications.
1. Phytochemical analysis and antibacterial activity of Eruca Sativa seed. Muhammad
Gulfraz, Alia Sadiq, Hira Tariq, Muhammad Imran, Rehmat ullah Qureshi and Asia
Zeenat. Pakistan Journal of Botany., 43(2): 1351-1359, 2011.
2. Antidiabetic activities of leaves and root extracts of Justicia adhatoda linn, against
alloxan induced diabetes in Rats. Muhammad Gulfraz, Faiza Rasheed, Alia Sadiq,
Ummara afzal, Muhammad Imran, Asia Zeenat, Kashif Sarfarz Abbasi and Rehmat ullah
Qureshi. African Journal of Biotechnology. 10(32), pp. 6101-6106. 2011.
3.
Isolation and evaluation of antibacterial activity of bacteriocin produced by
Lactobacillus bulgaricus from yogurt. Maria Tufail, Shahzad Hussain1, Farnaz Malik,
Tahira Mirza, Ghazala Parveen, Shazia Shafaat, Amina Wajid, Rashid Mahmood,
Rafique A. Channa and Alia Sadiq. African Journal of Microbiology Research. Vol.
5(13).2011.
4. Bioethanol productions from rice polish by optimization of dilute acid pretreatment and
enzymatic hydrolysis. Zahid Anwar1, Muhammad Gulfraz, M. Javaid Asad, Muhammad
Imran, Zahid Akram, Sajid Mehmood, Abdul Rehman, Pervez Anwar and Alia Sadiq.
African Journal of Biotechnology., 2011.
5. Phyto-chemical analysis, anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory activity of Mentha arvensis
in animals. Farnaz Malik, Shahzad Hussain, Alia Sadiq, Ghazala Parveen, Amina Wajid,
Shazia Shafat, Rafique Ahmad Channa, Rashid Mahmood, Humayun Riaz, Muhammad
Ismail,and Fahadiya Yasin Raja.African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology.,
2012.
Submitted papers.
1. Development of Standards and Specification for Medicinal Plants. Under the WHO
guidelines (Quality Control Methods for Medicinal Plants Materials).
2. A Review: Tools, methods and challenges for effectively integrating CTM in public
health.
Work Experience:
2010-2011
2010-2011
Working experience, as intern at Drug Control and Traditional
Medicine Division, National institute of Health Chack shahzad,
Islamabad. Pakistan in reference with “National Internship
Program” here conducted and completed research project titled
as “Phytochemical screening and Anti-inflammatory activity of
Mentha arvensis”. Working session at institute was since March
2010 to March 2011.
Teaching experience for M.Sc. Biochemistry class
Subjects: i-Metabolism
ii-Biological Methods and Instrumentation,
Department of Biochemistry, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid
University Rawalpindi, Pakistan.