MUHAMMAD SULAMAN NAWAZ
[Cell] +92.300.5096.825, [Email] [email protected]
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Male, Single, Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1983
Lecturer for Bioinformatics, COMSATS, Islamabad (Sep
2011 – Continue)
Total Impact Factor ~ 11.24
Total No of Published Article = 6
Total No of Accepted Articles = 1
Total No of Articles in review = 5
EXECUTIVE SUMM ARY
A visionary and committed professional with 4 years of research and teaching experience, I’m capable of
delivering task with high anticipation on the subject.
ACEDAM IC ACCOMPLISHM ENTS
 2009-2011
 2004-2008
 2001-2003
M. Phil in Bioinformatics
Functional Informatics Lab., National Center for Bioinformatics, Quaid-i-Azam
University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics
Mohammad Ali Jinnah University (MAJU), Islamabad, Pakistan
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Higher Secondary School (Majors with Biology, Physics & Chemistry)
Govt. Zamindar Degree College Gujrat.
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BISE, Gujranwala, Pakistan
PUBLICATIONS
1. Exploring N1-p-fluorobenzyl-cymserine as an inhibitor of 5-lipoxygenase as a candidate for type 2
diabetes and neurodegenerative disorder treatment. Qurrat ul Ain, Nigel H. Greig, Nawaz MS,
Mohammad A Kamal, , CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets, 2013 (In Press)
2. Prediction of Structure of Human Wnt-CRD (Fzd) Complex for Computational Drug Repurposing. Qurrat U
Ain, Umair Seemab, Sajid Rashid, Nawaz MS, Muhammad A Kamal. PloS ONE, 2013. [View
Publication]
3. Molecular Interaction study of N1-p-fluorobenzyl-cymserine with TNF-, p38 kinase and JNK kinase. Sidra
Batool, Nawaz MS, Nigel H. Greig, Mohd Rehan, Mohammad A. Kamal. Anti-Inflammatory &
Anti-Allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, 2013. [View Publication]
4. TrFAST: prediction of signaling pathway specific TFBSs. Seemab U, Ain QU, Nawaz MS, Saeed Z,
Rashid S, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Elsevier, 2012. [View Publication]
5. Molecular Docking Study of Catecholamines and [4-(Propan-2-yl) Phenyl]Carbamic acid with Tyrosine
Hydroxylase. Zahida Parveen, Nawaz MS, Shazi Shakil, Nigel H. Greig, Mohammad A. Kamal, CNS &
Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets, 2012, 11-4: [View Publication]
6. MotViz: a tool for Protein Motif Searching, Visualization and analysis. Nawaz MS, Rashis S, Genomics,
Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Elsevier, 2012. [View Publication]
7. Integrative analyses of Conserved WNT Clusters and their Co-operative Behavior in Human Breast
Cancer. QT Ain, Seemab U, Nawaz MS, Rashid S. Bioinformation, Vol 7, 2011. [View Publication]
ACTIVE COLLABORATIONS
1. King Fahd Center For Medical Research, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2. Functional Informatics Lab., Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistant
WORK EXPERIENCE
Lecturer for Bioinformatics, COMSATS, ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, (Sep 2011 – Continue)
Teaching biological ALGORITHMS AND PHYLOGENY COURSES
Courses Teaching
Thesis Supervised
Introduction to Biological Algorithms &
 1 MS Thesis
Phylogeny
 10 BS Thesis
Literature search in Bioinformatics
Biological Database Development
Research Associate, Functional Informatics Lab. Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, (April
2011 – Aug 2011)
Sr. Software Engineer, SOFT IDEAS, Pvt. Islamabad, (Oct 2007 – June 2009)
RESEARCH SKILLS IN-VITRO & IN-VIVO
1. Bioinformatics Software Expertise
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a. Molecular Modeling & Structure Analysis : Modeller9v8, 9.9, AutoDcok 4.2, HuperChem, ,
MOE, GOLD
b. Molecular Visualization: Chimera 1.6, VMD
Algorithmic & Program Development
a. Algorithms Designing and Implementations
Bioinformatics Analysis
a. Phylogenetic analysis, Genome, transcriptome and Proteome Annotation
Data Analysis, Manuscript Write Up.
Wet Lab
a. RNA Extraction, PCR, GEL Electrophoresis
Online Bioinformatics Tools & Databases
a. NCBI Tools, Expasy, EnSembl, PDB, ePDB, PDBsum, UniProt, InterProScan, Phyre, MolProb,
NIH MBI, Strings, GENEMANIA, Annotathon
Programming Languages
a. Java, C#, C++ Matlab, Python
b. Developments IDE: NetBeans 7.1, Eclipse 3.0
Web Applications (Technologies)
a. ASP.NET 3.5, AJAX, Web-Services (SOAP)
Database
a. SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, My SQL.
10. Designing & Modeling
a. UML 2.0 (Tools explored: Together6.0, Visual Paradigm)
11. Productivity Tools
a. BioLinux, Unix (Centos and Open Suse), MS Windows XP, MS Server 2003
PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATION AL/ NATIONAL CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS/
SYMPOSIOUMS
1. Organized 1st National Symposium on Computational Biology in Pakistan, 8th Nov, 2012.
2. Attended “National Workshop on in-silico tools in Medicinal Chemistry”, 22-25 Dec. 2011, Quaid-i-Azam
University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
3. Attended workshop of “Molecular Modeling in Chemistry & Beyond”, 27-29th May, 2011
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
4. Attended workshop of “Application of Structural Bioinformatics”, organized by Dr. Panjwani Center
for Molecular Medicine, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences. Karachi, Pakistan.
5. Attended 1st International youth conference & festival, PNCA, Islamabad Dec, 10.
6. Participated in 9th Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Symposium 26-28, Nov, 10.
7. Poster Presentation at NATIONAL BIOFORUM, CEMB LAHORE, PAKISTNAN, March 2008
8. Attended National Conference on Biotechnology, NCB Islamabad. March 2008
9. HEC Workshop on “Integration of Industry with Academia and Clinical Study”, 27-28 Nov 2007
EXTRA CURRICULAR
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Props Manager and Lead role in play "Winds of Destiny", PNCA, Islamabad, Jan 2010.
The Phantom of the OPERA, Islamabad Club, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Brame Stroke Dracula, NIC Building, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Organized Inter & Intra University Workshops, Seminars, Quiz Competition, Farewell, Welcome Parties
at Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad,
ACHIVEMENT & AWARDS
1. COMSATS Research Productivity Award for year 2011
2. Received souvenir from President of Pakistan (Gen. Pervaiz Musharraf) on presenting the Phantom of
the Opera.
3. Publisher & Compiler of University News Magazine (GENIX).
4. Certificate on representing MAJU, Islamabad at Higher Education Commission's Core Group of Life
Sciences forum.
5. Distinction in open competition for Biology while studying at college
6. Received a participation certificate from district boy scout association Nathya Gali, Murree, Pakistan
LANGUAGES
English (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening), Urdu (Native Language), and Chinese (Speaking
and listening)