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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDr Saad Tahir is Research Officer at the Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology\n(CEMB), University of the Punjab, Lahore. He is working in Biopharmaceuticals and\nProteomics Laboratory (ISO 9001:2015 Certified). His research interest is\nBiopharmaceuticals, Biosimilar, Anticancer proteins and fusion peptides, and drug\ndelivery systems like nano particles and exosomes. He is working is cell line lab and\ndeveloped cell line assays for different drugs. He has worked in project for\ndeveloping technology for indigenous production of Taq Polymerase, HotStart\nPolymerase, Pfu Polymerase, Reverse transcriptase, 2X PCR Mix, qPCR Mix, 2X\nHotStart Mix. He also worked in different projects for the development of Human\nrecombinants therapeutics like Interferon alpha, Filgrastim, PEGfilgrastim, Proleukin,\nThrombex. He has published more than 21 international publication. He supervised 2\nM.Phils. and many internship students at CEMB. He developed first ISO 9001-2015\ncertified protein production facility at CEMB.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    \n<\/ol>Selected Publications:<\/b>
    1. Muhammad Akram \u00b7 Nao Akusa Fujimura \u00b7 Saad Tahir \u00b7 Rabia Abbas \u00b7 Mohsin Ahmad Khan \u00b7 Kausar Malik \u00b7 Nadeem Ahmed Synergistic anticancer efects of interleukin21 combined with therapeutic peptides in multiple cancer cells Biotechnol Lett (2025) 47:7
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    2. Ahmed, A., Fujimura, N. A., Tahir, S., Akram, M., Abbas, Z., Riaz, M., … & Ahmed, N. (2024). Soluble and insoluble expression of recombinant human interleukin-2 protein using pET expression vector in Escherichia coli. Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, 1-13.<\/li>\n
    3. Abbas, Z., Afzal, S., Fujimura, N. A., Akram, M., Tahir, S., Malik, K., & Ahmed, N. (2024). Recombinant expression, downstream optimization, and therapeutic evaluation of recombinant human interleukin-37 for cancer therapy. Biotechnology Letters, 1-23.<\/li>\n
    4. Huda Shuaib, Muhammad Zafar Saleem, Mohammad Yahya Alshahrani, Muath Suliman, Umme Hani, Tariq Nadeem4, Saad Tahir, Muhammad Akram, Onaiza Samreen, Hamid Bashir (2024) Development and Bioactivity Assessment of a Recombinant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Azurin-BR2 Peptide Fusion Protein: A Novel Approach to Cancer Immunotherapy J. Biol. Regul. Homeost. Agents. 2024<\/li>\n
    5. Atif Ahmed, Nao Akusa Fujimura, Saad Tahir, Muhammad Akram, Zaheer Abbas, Maira Riaz, Ali Raza, Rabia Abbas & Nadeem Ahmed (02 Jun 2024): Soluble and insoluble expression of recombinant human interleukin-2 protein using pET expression vector in Escherichia coli, Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, DOI: 10.1080\/10826068.2024.2361146<\/li>\n
    6. Fujimura, N. A., Fatima, S. E., Ahmed, N., Akram, M., Tahir, S., Khan, M. A., Amirzada, I., Nadeem, T., Bashir, H., & Malik, K. (2023). Evaluation of exosomes encapsulated recombinant Interleukin-29 for its in vitro anticancer studies. Journal of Biotechnology, 373, 24-33. https:\/\/doi.org\/https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jbiotec.2023.06.008<\/li>\n
    7. Munir, A., Ahmed, N., Akram, M., Fujimura, N. A., Tahir, S., & Malik, K. (2023). Enhanced soluble expression of activerecombinant human interleukin-29 using champion pET SUMO system. Biotechnology Letters.
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    8. Aadil Sultan, Mohsin Ahmad Khan*, Nadeem Ahmed, Muhammad Hassan, Rashid Bhatti, Hafsa Naeem, Muhammad Islam Khan, Saad Tahir, Samia Afzal* and Ahmad Ali Shahi (2022). Gene Multimerization in Expression Vector: A Potential Strategy for Enhanced Protein Expression in E. coli DOI: https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.17582\/journal.pjz\/20211112071133<\/li>\n
    9. Rahman, Z. U., Ahmed, N., Fazal, N., Khan, M. I., Khan, M. A., Tahir, S., Akram, M., Ullah, S., & Zafar, A. U. (2023). Enhancing the Expression and Purification of IL-29: A study of autoinduction and one-step Purification Methods. Advancements in Life Sciences, 10(1), 122-128. http:\/\/www.als-journal.com\/proonlinefirst-1730\/<\/li>\n
    10. Akram, M., Khan, M. A., Ahmed, N., Bhatti, R., Pervaiz, R., Malik, K., Tahir, S., Abbas, R., Ashraf, F., & Ali, Q. (2023). Cloning and expression of an anti-cancerous cytokine: human IL-29 gene in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. AMB Express, 13(1), 1-9.
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