Fariha Hasan
Associate Professor
Microbiology
Quaid-i-Azam University
Pakistan
Biography
Fariha Hasan obtained Ph.D. from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. She currently holds as an Assistant Professor in Department of Microbiology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. (since Jan. 2004). Her research of interest includes Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Biodegradation of synthetic polymers, Microbial enzymes, Microbial diversity, Biofilms, Geomicrobiology, Metagenomics, Glaciology, Extremophiles (Psychrophiles, Archaea) and Methanotrophs.
Research Interest
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Biodegradation of synthetic polymers, Microbial enzymes (Lipases, esterases, depolymerases), Extremophiles (Psychrophiles, halophiles, Archaea) and Methanotrophs, robial diversity, Geomicrobiology, Glaciology, Speleology, Astrobiology,Metagenomics,Biofilms
Publications
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Evaluation of various strategies for isolation and culturing of Helicobacter pylori. Khalid Mehmood, Saleeta Shoukat, Zobia Hameed, Masroor Hussain, Safia Ahmed, Aamer Ali Shah, Abdul Hameed, Fariha Hasan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 43(3): 427-435. 2011.
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Aminoglycoside resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms modulated by extracellular polysaccharide. Wajiha Khan, Steve P. Bernier, Sherry L. Kuchma, John H. Hammond, Fariha Hasan, George A. O’Toole. International Microbiology (2011) 13:207-212.
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Can phylogenetic type predict resistance development?Humera Nazir, Cao Sha, Fariha Hasan, Diarmaid Hughes. (Manuscript accepted for publication in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 66(4): 778-787. 2011.
