Dr. Mohsin Tassawar Cheema
Assistant Professor
Mohsin.tassawar@ucp.edu.pk
Dr Mohsin is focusing on microbial natural product discovery from unique ecological niches. His expertise includes actinobacterial biodiversity and new species identification. He has been working as Visiting research scholar at the Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Peking Medical Union College Beijing, and Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, USA. Currently he is focusing on molecular basis of antimicrobial resistance.
| PhD | Microbiology and Molecular Genetics | University of The Punjab | 2021 |
| MS | Microbiology and Molecular Genetics | University of The Punjab | 2014 |
| BS (Hons) | Applied Microbiology | University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences | 2012 |
| Senior Lecturer | The University of Lahore | Feb 2020-Nov 2022 |
| Research Scholar | Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Peking University, P.R. China | May 2019-Nov 2019 |
| Research Scholar | College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, USA | Sep 2018-March 2019 |
| Visiting Lecturer | The University of Punjab | Feb 2018-Oct 2018 |
| Research Associate | The University of Punjab | April 2014-Jan 2018 |
| 1 | Ilyas, U., Alkury, L.T., Naaz, S., Muhammad, S.A., Nadeem, H., Altaf, R., Faheem, M., Sajid, I., Cheema, M.T., Mannan, A. and Shah, F.A., 2022. Cytotoxic Evaluation and Molecular Docking Studies of Aminopyridine Derivatives as Potential Anticancer Agents. Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry (Formerly Current Medicinal Chemistry-Anti-Cancer Agents), 22(14), pp.2599-2606. I.F 2.5 |
| 2 | Sher, S., Hussain, S.Z., Cheema, M.T., Hussain, A. and Rehman, A., 2022. Efficient removal potential of Microbacterium sp. strain 1S1 against arsenite isolated from polluted environment. Journal of King Saud University-Science, 34(5), p.102066. I.F 3.8 |
| 3 | Cheema, M.T., Ponomareva, L.V., Liu, T., Voss, S.R., Thorson, J.S., Shaaban, K.A. and Sajid, I., 2021. Taxonomic and metabolomics profiling of actinobacteria strains from Himalayan collection sites in Pakistan. Current Microbiology, 78(8), pp.3044-3057. I.F 2.5 |
| 4 | Zhang, Y., Cheema, M.T., Ponomareva, L.V., Ye, Q., Liu, T., Sajid, I., Rohr, J., She, Q.B., Voss, S.R., Thorson, J.S. and Shaaban, K.A., 2021. Himalaquinones A–G, Angucyclinone-Derived Metabolites Produced by the Himalayan Isolate Streptomyces sp. PU-MM59. Journal of natural products, 84(7), pp.1930-1940. I.F 4.8 |
| 5 | Cheema, M.T., Ye, J.J., Li, F.N., Lu, Q.P., Abbas, M., Sajid, I., Huang, D.L., Liu, S.W. and Sun, C.H., 2020. Auraticoccus cholistanensis sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from soil of the Cholistan Desert, and emended description of the genus Auraticoccus. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 70(5), pp.3179-3185. I.F 2.7 |
| 6 | Liu, S.W., Ye, J.J., Lu, Q.P., Cheema, M.T., Abbas, M., Huang, D.L., Sajid, I. and Sun, C.H., 2020. Motilibacter deserti sp. nov. and Motilibacter aurantiacus sp. nov., two novel actinobacteria isolated from soil of Cholistan Desert and emended description of the genus Motilibacter. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 43(6), p.126150. I.F 4.0 |
| 7 | Noureen, N., Cheema, M.T., Anwar, S., Hasnain, S. and Sajid, I., 2020. PCR-based screening approach: a rapid method to detect the biosynthetic potential of antimicrobials in actinobacterial strains. Polish Journal of Microbiology, 69(2), pp.139-149. I.F 2.0 |
| 8 | Saleem, M., Cheema, M.T., Hassan, A., Shaukat, S. and Sajid, I., 2020. Endophytes And Plant Extracts Of Carica Papaya Linn. Exhibit Promising Antibacterial And In-Vitro Antitumor Activity. JAPS: Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 30(4). I.F 0.5 |
| 9 | Ye, J.J., Liu, S.W., Lu, Q.P., Cheema, M.T., Abbas, M., Sajid, I., Huang, D.L. and Sun, C.H., 2020. Arthrobacter mobilis sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from Cholistan desert soil. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 70(10), pp.5445-5452. I.F 2.7 |
| 10 | Javed, S., Sarwar, A., Tassawar, M. and Faisal, M., 2015. Conversion of selenite to elemental selenium by indigenous bacteria isolated from polluted areas. Chemical Speciation & Bioavailability, 27(4), pp.162-168. I.F 2.5 |