Mini Symposium on
"Contemporary Trends, Innovations & Biosafety in Biotechnology"
Exploring emerging innovations and ethical practices in biotechnology
Organized By
Department of Life Sciences, School of Science, UMT Lahore
23rd January 2026
9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
Speakers:
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Dr. Sajjad Khattak
School of Biological Sciences, Punjab University
“Protein engineering approaches to improve stability and catalytic efficiency of microbial enzymes”
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Dr. Noreen Shaukat (MBBS, FCPS, MRCOG)
Bajwa Hospital, Lahore
“Biosafety and Epidemics”
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Dr. Muaaz Aslam
Lübeck Interdisciplinary Platform for Genome Analytics (LIGA),
University of Lübeck, Germany
“Identification of lncRNAs differentially expressed in Alzheimer’s disease brains using RNA sequencing”
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Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Rashid (PhD, AFHEA)
Department of Biological Sciences, Virtual University of Pakistan
“The neurotoxic potential of chronic infection: Evaluating pyocyanin's role in oxidative brain damage”.
SDGs Covered:
3, 6, 7, 9, 13, and 19
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