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Dr. Sameera Hassan

Associate Professor Plant Genomics Lab

Plant molecular biologist studying abiotic and biotic stress tolerance genes in cotton, with three decades at CEMB spanning phage display, biopharmaceuticals and transgenic crop research.

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Associate ProfessorCEMB · University of the Punjab
2PhDs supervised to completion
15MPhils supervised to completion
10Publications reported

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Plant Genomics Scientist, Molecular Biologist and Educator

Dr. Sameera Hassan joined CEMB in 1997 after a national-competition Masters selection in Zoology. Her early research involved phage display of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxin protein, before she moved into the Biopharmaceutical lab to work on recombinant human erythropoietin expression in E. coli and Chinese Hamster Ovary cells, and later studied multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from bovine mastitis samples.

In 2010 she enrolled in the MPhil-leading-to-PhD programme; her PhD, notified in 2016, was titled "Cellular Characterization, Cloning & Expression of Universal Stress Protein Gene (GUSP1) in Cotton and its Role in Drought Tolerance." Since then her work has focused on isolating, cloning and characterising abiotic and biotic stress-tolerance genes for transgenic cotton development.

Two PhDs and 15 MPhils have completed their theses under her supervision so far, and a total of 10 full-length genes and 8 partial cDNAs were submitted to NCBI during 2022-2023.

Selected contributions

Science translated into capability

01

Cotton stress genetics

PhD research characterised the Universal Stress Protein gene (GUSP1) and its role in drought tolerance in cotton.

02

Research mentorship

Supervised 2 completed PhDs and 15 completed MPhils at CEMB.

03

Genomic data contribution

Submitted 10 full-length genes and 8 partial cDNAs to NCBI during 2022-2023.

04

Early biopharmaceutical work

Worked on recombinant human erythropoietin expression and multidrug-resistant S. aureus isolation earlier in her career.

Research output

Selected publications

A selection of publications listed on the official CEMB faculty profile.

  1. 01
    2023 · Scientific Reports

    Transformation and expressional studies of GaZnF gene to improve drought tolerance in Gossypium hirsutum

  2. 02
    2022 · OBM Genetics

    Abiotic Stress: Interplay Between ROS Production and Antioxidant Machinery, Signaling, and ROS Homeostasis

  3. 03
    2022 · Biology Bulletin

    Transient Expression Analysis of Agave sisalana Heat Shock Protein Gene (AsHSP70) in Model Species (Nicotiana benthamiana) under Heat Stress

  4. 04
    2021 · Scientific Reports

    Mutant Gossypium universal stress protein-2 (GUSP-2) gene confers resistance to various abiotic stresses in E. coli BL-21 and CIM-496-Gossypium hirsutum

  5. 05
    2021 · Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

    Genetic Modification of Gossypium arboreum Universal Stress Protein (GUSP1) Improves Drought Tolerance in Transgenic cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

  6. 06
    2021 · Phyton

    Identification, isolation and characterization of GaCyPI gene in Gossypium arboreum under cotton leaf curl virus disease stress

  7. 07
    2021 · Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology

    Heat shock protein gene identified from Agave sisalana (AsHSP70) confers heat stress tolerance in transgenic cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

  8. 08
    2020 · Indian Journal of Agricultural Research

    Embryogenic Capabilities of Cotton through Tissue Culture and Expression Analysis of SERK3 for Regeneration Potential

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