Asma Basheer
Professor
Biography
Ms. Asma Bashir has completed her Bachelor’s in the field of Microbiology and later completed her Master’s in Basic and Molecular Microbiology and Virology from Department of Microbiology, University of Karachi. She is a lecturer of Biosciences Department, SZABIST. She has published more than 15 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute. She served a couple of years as a Research Scholar in a very reputed and well equipped laboratory; Immunology and Infectious Disease Research Laboratory (IIDRL), Department of Microbiology, University of Karachi, where she got a chance to carry out a number of projects in the area of Immunology and Diagnostics of infectious diseases. She has presented her research piece of work at various National and International forums like Pakistan, USA, UK, Spain, Ireland, Miami-USA, Poland, etc. Apart from microbiological aspects, one of her specialty is the development of Biosafety concepts in Microbiology, pathology & research laboratory and for this she got a special training in Biosafety and Biosecurity from Bangkok, Thailand. She has also earned a number of professional memberships of National and International repute in Medical, Microbiology and other Allied Health care societies including; Pakistan Society of Microbiology (PSM), Biosafety Association of Pakistan (BSAP), American Biosafety Association, American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Infection Control Society of Pakistan (ICS), etc. She has organized a number of National conferences, workshops and seminars and also participated in them as a resource person and trainer.
Abstract
Abstract : Bactericidal Activity of the Human Skin Fatty Acid cis-6-Hexadecanoi Acid on Staphylococcus aureus.