Faculty & Staff
Dr Ruqia Mehmood Baig
Assistant Professor (HEC Approved Supervisor)
Ph. D, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
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Address : Department of Zoology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi. Muree road Rawalpindi Pakistan
Work Experience : 10 Year(s)
Research Interest :
  • Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Genetics
  • Cancer genetics
  • Cell Biology
  • Total Publications : 23
    Publications (Latest Ten)
    1. Rashida Khan, Samina Asghar Abbasi, Qaisar Mansoor, Mehvish Naseer Ahmed, Kahkashan Bashir Mir, Ruqia Baig. "Analysis of Rare Alleles of miRNA-146a (rs2910164) and miRNA-34b/c (rs4938723) as a prognostic marker in Thyroid cancer in Pakistani Population" Accepted for publication. Manuscript ID: Diagnostics-1936607

    2. Kausar M, Ain NU, Hayat F, Fatima H, Azim S, Ullah H, Mushtaq M, Khalid S, Hussain S, Naz S, Janjua J, Amjad SB, Baig RM, Makitie O, Qamar R, Ikegawa S, Gen N, Khor CC, Foo JN, Siddiqi S. Biallelic variants in CHST3 cause Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia with joint dislocations in three Pakistani kindreds. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2022 Aug 30;23(1):818. doi: 10.1186/s12891-022-05719-6. PMID: 36042462; PMCID: PMC9426025.

    3. Abbasi, Samina Asghar, Baig, Ruqia Mehmood, Ahmed, Mehvish Naseer, Ismail, Muhammad, Khan, Rashida, Mehmood, Humera and Mansoor, Qaisar. " MAP3K1 SNP rs889312 potential risk and MAP3K9 SNP rs11628333 menopause dependent association for breast cancer" Turkish Journal of Biochemistry, vol. 47, no. 4, 2022, pp. 417-423. https://doi.org/10.1515/tjb-2021-0161

    4. Khan R, Shaheen H, Mansoor Q, Abbasi SA, Fatima S, Ammar A, Baig RM. Genetic predisposition of SNPs in miRNA-149 (rs2292832) and FOXE1 (rs3758249) in thyroid Cancer. Mol Biol Rep. 2021 Oct 13. doi: 10.1007/s11033-021-06795-y.

    5. Riaz Aayesha, Dry Inga, Dalziel Robert, Saif Ur Rehman, Shah Muhammad, Akhtar Naeem, Yousaf Arfan & Baig Ruqia. Molecular detection and characterization of ovine herpesvirus-2 using heminested PCR in Pakistan. J Vet Sci. 2021 Jul;22(4): e51. doi: 10.4142/jvs.2021.22 .e51.

    6. Ahmed MN, Mansoor Q, Baig RM, Tahir T, Abbasi SA. Potential risk assessment of miR-143 gene polymorphisms rs41291957 and rs353292 in colorectal cancer. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 2020 Oct 31;66(7):169-173. PMID: 33287937.

    7. Samina Asghar Abbasi , Mazhar Qayum , Ruqayya Mehmood Baig , Mehvish Naseer Ahmad, Akbar Shah, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Haroon. Immunodiagnosis of anti-Toxocara vitulorum IgG antibodies by using commercially available bovine ELISA Kit in bovine of Potohar region Pakistan. Acta Ecologica Sinica 40 (2020) 97-101.

    8. Samina Asghar Abbasi, Ruqia Mehmood Baig, Akbar Shah, Mehvish Naseer Ahmad. The role of human papillomavirus in head & neck squamous cell carcinoma. Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences April-June 2017, Vol. 15, No. 2.

    9. Arslan Emmanuel, Kalim Ullah, Ruqia Mehmood, Muhammad Zubair Anjum. Effect of natural antioxidants on the growth and proximate analysis of common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Asian J Agri & Biol. 2017;5(4):158-164.

    10. Hassan MU, Iqbal MF, Riaz A, Zafar MA, Shamim A, Rehman SU, Kayani MFA, Baig RM. Prevalence and Chemotherapy of Warble Fly Infestation in Goat Population of District Khushab, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Science. Volume 68 (Issue No. 2) June 2016. 128-132.