Department of Biology

Thu, 2019-12-26
The LUMS Annual Dinner, held on Friday, December 13, 2019 at Marriot Hotel, Karachi, brought together the University’s esteemed donors and senior leadership for an engaging evening. Hosted by the Office of Advancement, guests were given an overview of the groundbreaking work being done by students...
Tue, 2019-11-12
As a testament to the societal impact of their research, Dr. Muhammad Tariq, Associate Professor, Department of Biology at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) at LUMS, and his team have recently been awarded a PKR 1 million grant by the Shahid Hussain Foundation (SHF...
Mon, 2019-10-21
LUMS continues to be at the forefront of research and discovery. Tariq Lab at LUMS, a pioneering epigenetics lab in Pakistan and the only fruit fly lab in the country, has discovered over 200 new genes which are involved in the maintenance of cell identities. These results are reported in a...
Mon, 2019-05-13
The Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering believes in the concept of “no boundaries” where faculty members from different fields can team up and unearth novel solutions to prevailing scientific questions. The field of cancer research provided a similar opportunity for the research...
Mon, 2019-05-06
The Biology Department at SBASSE organised a symposium and training workshop on Advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Techniques in Structural Biology and Chemistry as part of its Biosymposium Series on April 30. Around 50 people including 20 faculty members of different universities from...
Fri, 2019-01-18
A team of researchers working in the Medicinal Chemistry group of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) have published a research article, titled, Inhibition of Dengue Virus Protease by Eugeniin, Isobiflorin, and...
Thu, 2019-01-03
The National Outreach Programme (NOP) searches for the country’s top talent and facilitates it to qualify for admission into LUMS while providing full financial support including tuition, board and lodging expenses, as well as living and book allowances to ensure that talented students are not...
Tue, 2018-10-02
Dr. Muhammad Tariq, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) attended the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Conference, “Transcription and Chromatin” held on August 25-28 in Heidelberg, Germany. This Conference is the top...
Thu, 2018-09-06
Dr. Muhammad Tariq, Associate Professor, Department of Biology at Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE), LUMS presented his latest research work at Babraham Institute on August 17, 2018 in Cambridge, UK. As an invited speaker for Campus Seminars at Babraham Institute, Dr....