Resume
Researcher
Rana Muhammad
Atif
Associate Professor at University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Labs
Principal Investigator at Chickpea Biotechnology Lab
Labs
Contact Info
Resume
Research Interests
Professional Skills
Biochemistry
PCR
Flow Cytometry
Pulse legumes
Microscopy
Life Sciences
Cell Culture
TILLING mutants characterization
Molecular Biology
Plant genetic transformation
Research
Media Preparation
Plant genomics
Genetic transformation
Biotechnology
Plant Tissue Culture
Genetics
Genomics
Plasmid Isolation
Plant Breeding
Bioinformatics
Transcription factors
Gene cloning
Gene Cloning
Cell Biology
Stress tolerance
Hybridization
Work Experience
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
Full-time · 10 yrs 2 mos - Present
My responsibilities include teaching and research work. Teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students. Genetic improvement of pulse legumes. Identification of salt-tolerant chickpea genotypes under hydroponics-based screening system. Identification of drough-tolerant chickpea genotypes under field conditions.
Visiting Research Scientist
University of California, Davis August 2016 - April 2017
Davis, California
PhD Scholar
French National Institute for Agricultural Research · Full-time October 2009 - December 2012
Dijon, France
PhD in Plant Molecular Biology and BiotechnologySkills: Flow Cytometry · Molecular Biology · Biotechnology · Genomics · Plant Breeding
Post Graduate Student
Université de Bourgogne · Full-time September 2008 - September 2009
Dijon, France
Masters in "Plant Productions and Biotechnology"Skills: Plasmid Isolation · TILLING mutants characterization · Gene Cloning · Genetic transformation · Plant Tissue Culture
Research Intern
Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute (ABRI) · Internship February 2007 - June 2007
AARI, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan
I have worked on the following aspects during my internship. 1-Development of Wheat Doubled Haploids through Wheat x Maize crossing system. 2-Haploid Embryo rescue and Tissue culture of Wheat. 3-Chromosome doubling of Haploid plants through colchicine treatment. 4-Selection of elite segregating lines of Wheat from segregating populations.Skills: Hybridization · Plant Tissue Culture · Media Preparation · Plant Breeding
Education
Université de Bourgogne
2009 - 2012
Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Université de Bourgogne
2008 - 2009
Plant Biotechnology
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
2003 - 2007
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Licenses
Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)
Issued on Oct 2016
Coursera Course Certificates
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