Staff Scientist

Noor Ul Haq

Post-doctoral Associate

Room: 104

Tel: 54920490

Email: noorqu@gmail.com

Date of Arrival: 2013-05-17

Education

B.S.-(14 Years) Botany, Zoology Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 2004

M.S.-(16 Years), Biochemistry Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 2006

M.Phil -(18 Years), Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University 45320, Islamabad, Pakistan 2009

Ph.D.-Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University 45320, Islamabad, Pakistan Feb. 2013

Publications and Posters

Sitwat Aman, Noor Ul Haq, Dawn S. Luthe, Samina Shakeel (2013). Validation of Chenopodium album reference genes for gene expression studies under abiotic stresses. (Accepted for publication in Pakistan Journal of Botany).

Noor Ul Haq, Muhammad Ammar, Asghari Bano, Dawn S. Luthe, Scott A. Heckathorn, Samina N. Shakeel (2013). Molecular characterization of Chenopodium album chloroplast small heat shock protein and its expression in response to different abiotic stresses. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter DOI 10.1007/s11105-013-0588-x.

Noor Ul Haq, Sana Raza, Dawn S. Luthe, Scott A. Heckathorn, Samina N Shakeel (2013). A Dual Role for the Chloroplast Small Heat Shock Protein of Chenopodium album including Protection from Both Heat and Metal Stress. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 31: 398-408. DOI: 10.1007/s11105-012-0516-5.

Samina Shakeel, Sitwat Aman, Noor Ul Haq, Scott A. Heckathorn, Dawn S. Luthe (2013). Proteomic and transcriptomic approach to explore the molecular basis of adaptation of Agave americana to heat stress. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter DOI 10.1007/s11105-013-0555-6.

Samina N Shakeel, Noor Ul Haq, Scott Heckathorn, D. S. Luthe (2012). Analysis of gene sequences indicates that quantity not quality of chloroplast small HSPs improves thermotolerance in C4 and CAM plants. Plant Cell Reports 31(10): 1943-1957. DOI 10.1007/s00299-012-1307-z.

Sitwat Aman, Noor Ul Haq, Samina N. Shakeel (2012). Identification and validation of stable internal control for heat induced gene expression of Agave Americana. Pakistan Journal of Botany 44(4): 1289-1296.

Hall, B.P., Shakeel, S.N., Amir, M., Haq, N.U., Qu, X. and Schaller, G.E. (2012). Histidine-kinase activity of the ethylene receptor ETR1 facilitates the ethylene response in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 159: 682-695.

Shakeel S, Haq NU, Heckathorn SA, Hamilton EW, Luthe DS (2011). Ecotypic variation in chloroplast small heat-shock proteins and related thermotolerance in Chenopodium album. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 49: 898-908.

 

NOVAL SEQUENCE SUBMITTED TO GENE BANK

Aman, S., Haq, N. U. and Shakeel, S. Title: Sequencing of 18S rRNA Gene to use as an Internal Control in Agave Americana. Gene Bank Accession # HM991824

Ul Haq, N., Raza, S., Luthe, D. S., Heckathorn, S. A. and Shakeel, S. N. Title: A dual role for the chloroplast small heat shock protein of Chenopodium album including protection from both heat and metal stress. Gene Bank Accession # JX073659

Shakeel, S. N., Ul Haq, N., Heckathorn, S. and Luthe, D. S. Title: Analysis of gene sequences indicates that quantity not quality of chloroplast small HSPs improves thermotolerance in C4 and CAM plants. Gen Bank Accession # JQ671431, JQ671432, JQ671429, JQ671430

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Samina N Shakeel, Sitwat Aman, Noor Ul Haq, Scott A. Heckathorn and Dawn Luthe. Proteomic and transcriptomic approach to explore the molecular basis of adaptation of Agave americana to heat stress. 12th National and 3rd International Conference of Botany, Sept. 1st to 3rd 2012.

Samina N. Shakeel, Noor Ul Haq, Tahir M. Proteomics approach to study the abiotic stress on plants. International Thematic Workshop at International Thematic Workshop on Recent Advances in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants, October 9-11, 2009. COMSTECH Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan

Noor-Ul-Haq, Samina Shakeel. Gene identification of Chloroplast small heat shock proteins of Agave under heat stress. 9th Biennial PSBMB conference on advances in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, December 17-20, 2008

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

 12th National and 3rd International Conference of Botany. 1st–3rd September 2012. Quaid‐i‐Azam University 45320, Islamabad, Pakistan

 One day workshop on Bioinformatics in Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad Pakistan (8th May 2010)

 Workshop on "International thematic workshop on recent advances in plant Abiotic stress tolerance" COMSTECH secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan (8-10/9/2009)

 9th Biennial PSBMB conference on advances in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, December 17-20, 2008.

Research

1) Studying the Effect of Low CO2 on Anatomy and Biochemistry of Arabidopsis thaliana. 2) Measurement of Flux Distribution in Rice Leaves under different environmental conditions.