Lecturer
Ms Zainab Syed
051-9575283
zainab.syed@aiou.edu.pk

Education

M.Phil Microbiology

Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

Session (2016-2018)

 

B.S Hons Microbiology

Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat

Session (2012-2016)

Gold-medalist

Experience

Oct 2020- May 2022: Laboratory Technologist (Molecular Diagnostics); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation, Islamabad, Pakistan.

April 2019- March 2020: Research Assistant; National Reference Lab for Poultry Diseases, NARC, Islamabad, Pakistan.

March 2017- Feb 2018: Research Internee; Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

 

Publications

  • Prevalence and assessment of associated risk factors of hepatitis B and C infections in low- socioeconomic communities. Aisha Noreen, Naik Alam, Zainab Syed, Aroosa Aftab, Farah Shamim, Syed Najeebullah, Dilawar Khan, Salik Javed Kakar, Tahir Ahmed, and Fazal Adnan. Future Virology 17, no. 5 (2022): 291-303.
  • Abubakar, Muhammad, Zainab Syed, Shumaila Manzoor, and Muhammad J. Arshed. 2022. Deciphering Molecular Dynamics of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV): A Looming Threat to Pakistan’s Dairy Industry" Dairy 3, no. 1: 123-136. https://doi.org/10.3390/dairy3010010
  • Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence Traits (Genetic and Phenotypic) in Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates from Pakistan: Identification of Significant Levels
  • of Carbapenem and Colistin Resistance. Wajiha Imtiaz, Zainab Syed, Zara Rafaque, Simon Colin Andrews, Javid Iqbal Dasti. January 2021. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 14:227-236
  • Prevalence of Multiple Drug Resistance among Avian Pathogenic E. coli Isolates from Commercial Poultry. Abdul Latif, Abdul Wadood, Javid Iqbal, Zainab Syed, Durdana,
  • Saba Sabir Malik, Mehraj Gull, Zubair Luqman, Misbah Aslam and Hafiz Muhammad Ali. Pakistan-Euro Journal of Medical and Life Sciences, 2(4); 83-88
  • Abubakar, Muhammad, Zainab Syed, and Shumaila Manzoor. "Introductory Chapter: Understanding Bovine Science-An Emerging and Re-emerging Menace in the Growing Epoch. Bovine Science-Challenges and Advances. IntechOpen, 2022.

Project, Research Interests

Medical and Molecular Microbiology

Virology

Mycology

About

The Allama Iqbal Open University was established in May, 1974, with the main objectives of providing educational opportunities to masses and to those who cannot leave their homes and jobs. During all these past years, the University has more than fulfilled this promise.