Curriculum Vitae - Niamat Khan
Niamat Khan
Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Date of birth: 01-02-1975
Engineering, Kohat University of Science Place of birth: Kohat, Pakistan
and Technology, Kohat-26000, KPK, Nationality: Pakistani
Pakistan
E-Mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION:
2013_ 2016: PhD (Biology)
Department of Clinical Chemistry, UMG, Goettingen, Germany.
Research Topic: Comparative DNA-Protein Interaction and Epithelial Tight
Junctions Modulation Potential of Immunosuppressive Regime. (PhD student grant
funded by the HEC/DAAD)
2011 – 2012: Laboratory for Molecular Hematology and Oncology, Dept. of Medicine II,
Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main. Topic: “The
degradation of receptor tyrosine kinases in leukemia” (PhD student grant funded
by the HEC/DAAD)
2005 – 2007 Degree/Diploma: MPhil (Genetics),
Quaid-i- Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Diploma thesis: Estimation of genetic diversity among commercial varieties and
primitive cultivars of Pakistani Rice (Oryza sativa L.) on the basis of Morphological
characteristics, Molecular and Biochemical markers.
2000 – 2002 Degree/Diploma: M.Sc (Genetics)
University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
1996 – 1998 Degree/Diploma: B.Sc (Pre- Medical)
University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
CURRENT AFFILIATION:
2007 – date Department of Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering,
Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, NWFP, Pakistan.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2007 – 2018 Lecturer in the Department of Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering,
Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, KPK, Pakistan.
2018 – date Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering,
Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, KPK, Pakistan.
Scientific Contribution:
Published
1. Ahmed, A. N., Rawlins, L. E., Khan, N., Jan, Z., Ubeyratna, N., Voutsina, N., Azeem, A., Khan, S., Baple,
E. L., Crosby, A. H., & Saleha, S. (2024). Expanding the genetic spectrum of hereditary motor sensory
neuropathies in Pakistan. BMC neurology, 24(1), 394. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-024-03882-y
2. Azeem, A., Ahmed, A.N., Khan, N. et al. Investigating the genetic basis of hereditary spastic paraplegia and
cerebellar Ataxia in Pakistani families. BMC Neurol 24, 354 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-024-
03855-1
3. Yasin, N., Rahman, H., Qasim, M., Nisa, I., Sarwar, Y., Khan, N., Alzahrani, K. J., Alsuwat, M. A.,
Alzahrani, F. M., & Aljohani, A. (2024). Metabolic Proteins Expression Up-Regulated in Blood-Borne
Extensively Drug-Resistant Salmonella Typhi Isolates from Pakistan. Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 60(9),
1404. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60091404
4. Yasin, M., Licchetta, L., Khan, N., Ullah, I., Jan, Z., Dawood, M., Ahmed, A. N., Azeem, A., Minardi, R.,
Carelli, V., & Saleha, S. (2024). Genetic heterogeneity in epilepsy and comorbidities: insights from Pakistani
families. BMC neurology, 24(1), 172. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-024-03671-7
5. Hussain, H, Naeem, R, Khattak, B, Rehman, Z ur, Khan, N, Qureshi, M K, Deeba, F, Ali, I, and Khan, M D
2023 Physiological and Metabolic Changes in Maize Seedlings in Response to Bisphenol A Stress. Journal
of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 23(4): 6551–6572. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-023-01510-1
6. Hussain, S I, Muhammad, Nazif, Shah, S U D, Fardous, F, Khan, S A, Khan, Niamatullah, Rehman, A U,
Siddique, M, Wasan, S A, Niaz, R, Ullah, H, Khan, Niamat, Muhammad, Noor, Mirza, M U, Wasif, N, and
Khan, S 2023 Structural and functional implications of SLC13A3 and SLC9A6 mutations: an in silico
approach to understanding intellectual disability. BMC Neurology, 23(1). DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-023-03397-y
7. Yasin, N, Rahman, H, Sarwar, Y, Qasim, M, Nisa, I, Ikram, A, Zaman, G, Khan, Z, Mirza, M R, Khan, N,
Safi, A U R, and Alzahrani, K J 2022 Salmonella Typhi from Northwest Pakistan: Molecular Strain Typing
and Drug Resistance Signature. Microbial Drug Resistance. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/mdr.2020.0304
8. Ullah, F, Zaman, S, Ullah, W, Ali, S, Qasim, M, Muhammad, N, Mehmood, M, Ali, N, and Khan, N 2022
Elucidation of antibacterial activity of Bacillus sp. and Alcaligenes sp. metabolites against multidrug-
resistant bacteria. Nova Biotechnologica et Chimica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36547/nbc.1337
9. Shahid, R, Yasin, M, Rehman, Z U, Jadoon, H, Tahir, H, Meraj, N, Khan, N, Zubair, M, Zulfiqar, I, Nowshid,
M, Azeem, A, Jabeen, M, Hameed, A, and Saleha, S 2023 Maternal FMR1 alleles expansion in newborns
during transmission: a prospective cohort study. Pediatric Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-
022-02128-2
10. Meraj, N, Yasin, M, Rehman, Z U, Tahir, H, Jadoon, H, Khan, N, Shahid, R, Zubair, M, Zulfiqar, I, Jabeen,
M, Neelam, S, Hameed, A, and Saleha, S 2022 Fragile X premutation carrier screening in Pakistani
preconception women in primary care consultation. BMC Women’s Health. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-01632-1
11. Marwan, M, Dawood, M, Ullah, M, Shah, I U, Khan, N, Hassan, M T, Karam, M, Rawlins, L E, Baple, E L,
Crosby, A H, and Saleha, S 2023 Unravelling the genetic basis of retinal dystrophies in Pakistani
consanguineous families. BMC Ophthalmology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-023-02948-8
12. Dawood, M, Lin, S, Din, T U, Shah, I U, Khan, N, Jan, A, Marwan, M, Sultan, K, Nowshid, M, Tahir, R,
Ahmed, A N, Yasin, M, Baple, E L, Crosby, A H, and Saleha, S 2021 Novel mutations in PDE6A and CDHR1
cause retinitis pigmentosa in Pakistani families. International Journal of Ophthalmology. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18240/ijo.2021.12.06
13. Awais, S, Shah, S A, Khan, Niamat, Khan, Naeem, Jamila, N, Nishan, U, Jan, M I, Hwang, I M, and Ali, E
A 2023 Hydroxyquinoline sulfanilamide ameliorates STZ-induced hyperglycemia-mediated amyleoid beta
burden and memory impairment in adult mice. Open Chemistry. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/chem-2022-
0346
14. Khan,N.;Shahid,S.; Asif, A.R. Current Analytical Strategies in Studying Chromatin-Associated-Proteome
(Chromatome). Molecules 2021, 26, 6694. https://doi.org/10.3390/ molecules26216694
15. Zabih Ullah, Shafaqat Ali & Niaz Muhammad, Naeem Khan, Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Daud
Khan, Niamat Khan, Baharullah Khattak, Haifa Abdulaziz S. Alhaithloul, Mona H. Soliman, Hamid Ullah,
Dilnaz Begum, Navid Ali, Hashmatullah (2020). Biochar impact on microbial population and elemental
composition of red soil. Arabian Journal of Geosciences (2020) 13: 757 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-
05671-6
16. Sher Alam Khan , Muhammad Adnan Khan, Nazif Muhammad, Hina Bashir, Niamat Khan, Noor
Muhammad, Rüstem Yilmaz , Saadullah Khan and Naveed Wasif (2020). A novel nonsense variant in
SLC24A4 causing a rare form of amelogenesis imperfecta in a Pakistani family. BMC Medical Genetics
(2020) 21:97 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12881-020-01038-6
17. Khan N and Abdul R. Asif, “Transcriptional Regulators of Claudins in Epithelial Tight Junctions,”
Mediators of Inflammation, vol. 2015, Article ID 219843, 6 pages, 2015. doi:10.1155/2015/219843
18. Khan N, Lenz C, Binder L, Pantakani1 DVK, Asif AR (2015). Active and repressive chromatin associated
proteins profiling after MPA treatment and the role of midkine in epithelial monolayer permeability.
Int.J.Mol.Sci. 17(4). 2016
19. Khan N, Binder L, Pantakani1 DVK, Asif AR (2017). MPA modulates tight junctions’ permeability via
midkine/PI3K pathway in Caco-2 cells: A possible mechanism of leak-flux diarrhea in organ transplanted
patients. Front. Physiol., 26 June 2017 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2017.00438
20. Khan N, Asif AR (2014) Tight Junction Integrity: Need for Non-Invasive Markers. J Clin Cell Immunol
5:e115. doi: 10.4172/2155-9899.1000e115
21. Mufti FU, Ullah H, Bangash A, Khan N, Hussain S, Ullah F, Jamil M, Jabeen M. Antimicrobialactivities of
Aerva javanica and Paeonia emodi plants, Pak J Pharm Sci. 2012 Jul; 25(3):565-9.
Students Supervision/Cosupervision (Undergrade/Postgraduate)
Year Degree Name
2025 PhD Asif Naveed Ahmed
2025 PhD Arfa Azeem
2024 PhD Muhammad Yaseen
2024 PhD Sajid Awais
2022 PhD Nusrat Yasin
2025 MS Abdur
2023 MS Sajid Iqbal
2022 MS Maria Talib
2022 MS Muhammad Yunas khan
2022 MS Najma Fazal
2022 MS Sedra Sajid
2021 MS Madeha Zeb
2021 MS Asma Naz
2020 MS Salma Zeb
2020 MS Arfa Azeem
Submitted
Khan N, Zahur M, Asif AR (2015). Mechanism of Tight Junction Regulation in Leak-Flux Diarrhea
(Submitted)
