Dr. Qaiser Akram  

Assistant Professor
DVM (UVAS), M.Phil (UVAS), PhD (UVAS) 
Tel:+92-333-4676269
Email: qais_vet@yahoo.com

HEC Approved Supervisor

Biography

Dr. QaiserAkram(HEC approved supervisor), is serving as an Assistant Professor in Department of Microbiology, KBCMA, UVAS, Narowal Campus. He completed his PhD degree in Microbiology from University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore under indigenous Ph.D fellowship awarded by HEC, Pakistan. His Doctoral dissertation title was “Biomass production of oil based trivalent FMDV vaccine using roller bottle culture system”. Dr. QaiserAkram had been the visiting scientist at Animal Diagnostic Lab (ADL), Penn State, USA; there he performed diagnostic procedures for various animal diseases. He was also trained on use of cell culture for viral diagnosis and molecular techniques for identification of infectious agents. Before joining UVAS, Dr. QaiserAkram has served as Assistant Professor in Department of Microbiology atBaha-Ud-Din zakariyaUniversity (BZU), Multan. Along with teaching activities, he also has supervised M.Phil, MS and B.S students.His research focuses on the development of multivalent vaccines against prevalent diseases in Pakistan.  

Research Interest:

  • Investigate the role entry mechanism of virusesin host cells.
  • Production and evaluation of multivalent cell culture based viral Vaccines against devastating diseases in the field.

Publication


 

 

  1. Muhammad Anees, Khushi Muhammad, MasoodRabbani, Muhammad Younas, JawadNazir, KashifHanif, QaiserAkram and Muhammad Hassan Raza. 2013. “In process quality control factors effecting potency of Peste Des PetitisRuminitis virus vaccine in goats. The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 24(3): 749-754.
  2. Akram. Q, Khushi Muhammad, MasoodRabbani, JawadNazir, Muhammad Nawaz, KashifHanif and ZaneeraShakoor. 2013.Augmentation of Biological Titer of Foot and Mouth Disease virus In In Vitro culture. The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 23(3): Page: 771-774.
  3. Khushi Muhammad, Munir Ahmad Tariq, Imran Altaf, MasoodRabbani, Rashid MunirKhawaja, Qaiser Akram, Muhammad Asad Ali and KashifHanif. 2013. Effect of Different Adjuvants used in Foot and Mouth Disease virus vaccine on Antibody Response in Buffalo calves.The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 23(3):  Page: 736-739.  
  4. Akram. Q, Khushi Muhammad, MasoodRabbani, Kamran Ashraf, JawadNazir and    Muhammad Anees. 2014. Optimization of Physico-Chemical factors for augmenting biomass Production of Baby Hamster Kidney Cell (BHK-21) in Roller Bottle. Int. J. Agric. Biol., Vol. 16(2): 353-358.
  5. Muhammad MudasserNazir, Muhammad MazharAyaz, AtifNisar Ahmed, Imran Rasheed, AsimFaraz, QaisarAkram, SaleemAkhtar, AzharMaqbool, ShahidaTabassum, YadongZheng, David S. Lindsay. 2018. Prevalence and risk factors for IgG antibodies to Neosporaspp. in three types of equids from Southern Punjab, Pakistan.          ActaTropica 188 (2018) 240-243.

 

 

 

 

Local Trainings, Workshops Attended:

Name of Institution

Training Title

Duration

UVAS, Lahore

Primer designing for microbial identification using PCR

2 days

UVAS, Lahore

Serodiagnosis of animal microbial diseases

4 days

UVAS, Lahore

Production and evaluation of cell cultured base FMD and HS Vaccine

5 Days

UVAS, Lahore

Biomass production of Pasturellamultocida for vaccine preparation

5 Days

UVAS, Lahore

Biologics production using indigenous isolates of Mycoplasma gallisepticum

2 days

Membership of Professional Societies:

  1. Pakistan Veterinary and Medical Council (PVMC) (Lifetime Member)
  2. American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
  3. International society for infectious diseases

Projects:

  1. Production of combined oil based vaccine against Mycoplasma gallisepticum and ND and its evaluation in poultry.                                   (Completed)
  2. Molecular characterization of Foot and Mouth disease virus from local field isolates.                                                                        (Ongoing)