Prof. Dr. Bushra Rashid

Professor

Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology
PhD (Molecular Biology)

Prof. Dr. Bushra Rashid
Plant Genomics Lab
Professor Dr. Bushra Rashid has 30 year’s research experience in the field of Plant Molecular Biology with expertise in plant genetic transformation, gene cloning, genomic applications and studying the abiotic stress tolerance mechanism in different plant species including Cotton- a major cash crop in Pakistan. Main goal of her research is to comprehend the intricate and intriguing messages hidden within the genomes of different plant species for production of abiotic stress tolerant crop plants, biofuel production to minimize environmental pollution.
Plants’ metabolism behaves differently for physiological and biochemical pathways under the climate change scenarios or abiotic stresses. Therefore, understanding plant genetic diversity will explain diversity in plants’ phenotyping is indispensable to understand crop plants’ life cycle.
Next Generation Sequencing or RNA Sequencing technologies in plant biology have modernized the field of genomics, providing new platforms to explore the plant metabolism. Hence, understanding such processes will be helpful to develop crops for sustainable agriculture with effective conservation approaches, under the prevailing circumstances of extreme weather conditions or climate change, to meet increasing demand of food and bioenergy crops for rapidly growing population.
Some salient and recent publications showing the research outcome are mentioned below
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Identification, characterization and expression profiling of salt-stress responsive proteinase inhibitor in Gossypium arboreum L. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2023.07.006
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Transformation and expressional studies of GaZnF gene to improve drought tolerance in Gossypium hirsutum. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32383-0
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Comparative drought stress mitigating morphological, physiological, biochemical and molecular responses of Guava (Psidium guajava L.) cultivars. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.878616.
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Genetic modification of Gossypium arboreum Universal Stress Protein (GUSP1) improves drought tolerance in transgenic cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-021-01048-5
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Overexpression of nicotinamidase 3 (NIC3) gene and the exogenous application of nicotinic acid (NA) enhance drought tolerance and increase biomass in Arabidopsis.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-021-01179-z.
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Identification, isolation and characterization of GaCyPI gene in Gossypium arboreum under cotton leaf curl virus disease stress. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2021.016154.
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Transcriptomic analysis of root specific drought mediated response of G. arboreum and G. hirsutum. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-019-00382-0
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De novo assembly of Agave sisalana transcriptome to drought stress provides insight to the tolerance mechanisms. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35891-6.
Area(s) of Research:
Plant Biology, Plant Tissue Culture, Plant Physiology, Plant Molecular Biology, Molecular Plant Physiology

PhD (Molecular Biology)

CV of Prof. Dr. Bushra Rashid

Publication of Prof. Dr. Bushra Rashid

Phone Number:  92-42-35293141-46
E-mail Address:  bushra.cemb@pu.edu.pk

Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology