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Assoc Prof Dr Niyaz Ahmed, BVSc MS PhD
Editor-in-Chief
Associate Professor of Biotechnology
University of Hyderabad
School of Life Sciences
Hyderabad
India
Tel: 91 40 2313 4585
Fax: 91 40 6679 4585
Email: niyazsl@uohyd.ernet.in Dept website: http://www.isogem.org/niyaz.html Search for items in PubMed by Ahmed_N
| Specialist area(s): | Pathogen biology, microbial genomics, molecular epidemiology, genome sequencing, molecular host-pathogen interaction | | Personal home page: | http://niyazahmed.blogspot.com | | Professional activities: | Niyaz leads a long-term program in Pathogen Biology at the University of Hyderabad and supervises a team of 7 PhD students and 2 post-doctoral fellows. Current research interests of his lab include diversity, evolution and biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Helicobacter pylori in the context of evolution of survival mechanisms, acquisition and optimization of virulence, and their impact on dissemination dynamics, invasion, persistence, signaling events, molecular pathogenesis, strain evolution and prevention measures. To address these issues he uses a host of genomic and cellular microbiology approaches.
Amidst his busy research career Niyaz is an ardent supporter of the PLoS and BMC-lead contemporary approaches to Open Science, Open Access to Science and Open Evaluation of Science. He is a Section Editor (Microbiology and Genomics) of PLoS ONE and has overseen/handled peer review of dozens of landmark articles there. Niyaz is also associated with the International Society for Genomic and Evolutionary Microbiology and the European Helicobacter Study Group. More recently he has championed the cause of Gut Pathogens, a specialized Open Access journal of which he is an Editor-in-Chief.
Niyaz teaches at post-graduate and doctoral levels and is In-charge of a Laboratory Course in Molecular Biology. He is also a member of the curriculum development committee for PhD course-work. | | Collaborations: | We have a long-term open ended collaboration with Prof. Leonardo A. Sechi, University of Sassari (Italy)> | | Society memberships: | General Secretary, International Society for Genomic and Evolutionary Microbiology | Member, Committee on Publication Ethics (UK) | Member -Secretary, Biosafety Committee of the University of Hyderabad, India | | Grants/Support/recognition: | Research in Ahmed laboratory is funded by grants from the Department of Biotechnology of the Indian Government and support from the University of Hyderabad under OBC/XI-Plan and UoH-DBT CREBB funds. The School of Life Sciences at the University of Hyderabad has been recognized as 'Centre of Advanced Studies' and supported under SAP program (UGC-SAP-CAS-I) of the University Grants Commission (India). | | Awards or Honours: | Section Editor, PLoS ONE
Member, PLoS International Advisory Group | | Please note: Gut Pathogens is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites |
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