Name: Dr. Nosheen Masood
Designation: Assistant Professor/ Incharge
Department: Biotechnology
Qualification: PhD. (Cancer Genetics) 2012
COMSATS Institute of IT Islamabad
MPhil. (Reproductive Physiology) 2007
Quaid e Azam University Islamabad
Masters. (Animal Sciences) 2005
Quaid e Azam University Islamabad
Phone: +923345890589
Email: dr.nosheen@fjwu.edu.pk
Status: On Job
Dr. Nosheen Masood

Professional Experience

26th June 2024 – to date
Incharge, Dept of Biotechnology, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
Assistant Professor

27th December 2018 – to date
Dept of Biotechnology, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
Assistant Professor

14th April 2014 – 27th December 2018
Dept of Enviromental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
Assistant Professor

3rd October 2013 – 10th February 2014
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
Assistant Professor (Visiting)

3rd October 2012 - 2nd October 2013
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
Assistant Professor (IPFP)

PUBLICATIONS

Selected Publications

  1. Iqra, Nosheen Masood, Azra Yasmin. Correlation of ERCC5 Polymorphisms and linkage disequilibrium associated with overall survival and clinical outcome to chemotherapy in breast cancer. Frontiers in oncology 2023, 12:1091514.
  2. Nosheen Masood, San-Gang Wu. Editorial: An era of personalized medicine in breast cancer: integrating artificial intelligence into practice. Frontiers in oncology 2023, 13:1164808.
  3. Malik SS, Mubarik S, Aftab A, Khan R, Masood N, Asif M, Bano R. Correlation of MSH2 Exonic Deletions and Protein Downregulation with Breast Cancer Biomarkers and Outcome in Pakistani Women/Patients. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021, 28; 3066–3077. doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10717-z.
  4. Masood N, Malik SS, Raja MN, Mubarik S, YuC.  Unraveling the Epidemiology, Geographical Distribution, and Genomic Evolution of Potentially Lethal Coronaviruses (SARS, MERS, and SARS CoV-2). Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology August 2020, 10; 499.
  5. Malik SS, Zia A, Rashid S, Mubarik S, Masood N, Hussain M, Yasmin A, Bano R. XPC as Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene: Evidence from Genetic Profiling, Statistical Inferences and Protein Structural Analysis. Breast Cancer 2020, 27; 1168–1176.
  6. Malik SS, Zia A, Mubarik S, Masood N, Rashid S, Sherrard A, Khan MB, Khadim MT. Correlation of MLH1 Polymorphisms, Survival Statistics, In Silico Assessment and Gene Downregulation with Clinical Outcomes Among Breast Cancer Cases. Molecular Biology Reports 2020, 47; 683–692.

ACHIEVEMENTS

HARD COVER BOOK EDITOR

  • Masood, N., Yasmin, A., eds. (2024). The Microbiome and Cancer: Understanding the Role of Microorganisms in Tumor Development and Treatment. ISBN Springer.
  • Masood, N., Wu, S.-G., eds. (2023). An era of personalized medicine in breast cancer: Integrating artificial intelligence into practice. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. ISBN 978-2-8325-2767-2. doi: 10.3389/978-2-8325-2767-2
  • Breast cancer: From bench to personalized medicine. ISBN 978-981-19-0196-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0197-3. 2022 Springer.
  • Essentials of cancer genomic, computational approaches and precision medicine. Editors: Nosheen Masood and Saima Shakil Malik. ISBN 978-981-15-1067-0. Doi.10.1007/978-981-15-1067-0. 2020 Springer.

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Women Executive Leadership Course awarded by Australia Awards year 2024. Face to face in Australia by University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Organizer at 5th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Bioinformatics and Biosciences, September  15-16, 2023 at Hazara University, Mansehra.
  • Won gold medal titled as ‘2nd Prof Dr Muhammad Asghar Gold Medal in Biochemistry’ dated 8th December 2020
  • MoU signed between Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi and INOR, Abbottabad for research purpose in 2020.
  • Research Productivity Award 2014-2015 by Pakistan Council of Science and Technology (PCST) category D.
  • Award of MS/MPhil Leading to PhD under Indigenous 5000 PhD Fellowship Scheme, Batch III, 2006. Dated 23-12-2006
  • Paper Discussed in Newsletter (NewsRX).  Dated 09-01-2011
  • Research Productivity Awards from CIIT for successive Year 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
  • Travel Grant Sanction for Oral Presentation in “2nd National and 1st International Congress on Cellular and Molecular Advances in Non Contagious Diseases” in Iran. Dated 09-05-2011
  • MPhil merit based scholarship awarded by Quaid I Azam University Islamabad. 2007.