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Mr. Ali Asgher Shuja
Designation
Lecturer
Department
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy
Specialization
Cancer Biology
Qualifications
M.Phil. (Pharmacology)
ali.asgher@shu.edu.pk
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Biography
Currently enrolled in PhD. Program in Pharmacology at International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi. Dr. Ali Asgher obtained his M. Phil in Pharmacology from Dow University of Health Sciences. Dr. Asgher is a health care professional, having a comprehensive experience of undergrad teaching and research. He is an energetic researcher, who is currently working on hematological malignancies and signaling pathway elucidation of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. He has worked on proto-oncogenes and proved their role in tumorigenesis. He has a strong grip on different imaging techniques including Atomic Force Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy and Phase Contrast Microscopy. Dr. Asgher used various molecular techniques to study the cancer markers including RT-PCR, Immunocytochemistry, Flow cytometry.
His research interests include, Cancer Biology, Bioinformatics and Toxicology. Dr. Ali Asgher is skilled in conducting basic and clinical research. He is likewise concerned in the scheming and pre-clinical testing of novel dosage forms.
Research Interest
Cancer Epigenetics
Cell Signaling pathway
Toxicology
Selected Publications
A novel cationic arginine-modified Self-Nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (SNEDDS) for improved anticancer and antioxidant activities of Naringin, Journal of Molecular Liquids.
Tasmina Kanwal a, Khadija Rehman a, Huzaifa Muhammad Hamid c, Ali Asgher Shuja a, Salim Saifullah a b, Tauseef Ahmed d, Muhammad Hasnain a, Shabana Usman Simjee a, Muhammad Raza Shah a. (2023) A novel cationic arginine-modified Self-Nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (SNEDDS) for improved anticancer and antioxidant activities of Naringin, Journal of Molecular Liquids. Volume 391, Part A, 1 December 2023, 123235
Synthesis and characterization of cinnamic acid based glyceride and its application for developing self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system for curcumin oral delivery, Journal of Molecular Structure.
Muhammad Abdullah, Tasmina Kanwal, Ali Asgher Shuja, Komal Rao, Khadija Rehman, Muhammad Kawish, Shabana Usman Simjee, Sirajuddin Muhammad, Raza Shah. (2022) Synthesis and characterization of cinnamic acid based glyceride and its application for developing self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system for curcumin oral delivery, Journal of Molecular Structure. Volume 1263, 5 September 2022, 133131