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The multiple drug resistant (MDR) S. aureus causes simple skin infection to lethal pneumonia, endocarditis, and sepsis. The ever-increasing antimicrobial resistance is a grave concern worldwide and the wave of resistance may occur post covid-19 due to excessive antimicrobial and biocide usage which may cause higher death than the cancer. While the world is gearing towards understanding the AMR status in their countries, to better design and develop the novel therapeutics the detection kits, Pakistan is lagging in the race. Therefore, the current proposed research is aimed at assessing the AMR status in Pakistan and develop rapid inexpensive and easy-to-score detection kits for the detection of vancomycin and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA) in nosocomial infections, milk, and meat industries.

Selected Publications

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RESEARCH ARTICLES 1. Saba Imdad, Nayab Batool, Subhra Pradhan, Akhilesh Kumar Chaurasia and Kyeong Kyu Kim*, Identification of 2´,4´-Dihydoxychalcone as an Antivirulence Agent Targeting HlyU, a master Virulence Regulator in Vibrio vulnificus, Molecules, 2018.
2. Jin-Hahn Kim, Akhilesh Kumar Chaurasia, Nayab Batool, Kwan Soo Ko and Kyeong Kyu Kim*, Alternative Enzyme Protection Assay To Overcome the Drawbacks of the Gentamicin Protection Assay for Measuring Entry and Intracellular Survival of Staphylococci, Infection and Immunity, 2019.
3. Nayab Batool, Kwan Soo Ko, Akhilesh Kumar Chaurasia and Kyeong Kyu Kim*, Draft Genome Sequences of Lysostaphin-Resistant (K07-204) and Lysostaphin-Susceptible (K07-561) Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type 72 Strains Isolated from Patients in South Korea, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2020.
4. Nayab Batool, Kwan Soo Ko, Akhilesh Kumar Chaurasia and Kyeong Kyu Kim*, Functional Identification of Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase as a Key Gene Involved in Nayab Lysostaphin Resistance and Virulence Potential of Staphylococcus aureus Strains, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020.
5. Nayab Batool, Amen Shamim, Akhilesh Kumar Chaurasia and Kyeong Kyu Kim*, Genome-wide Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type 72 Isolates Provides Insights into Resistance Against Antimicrobial Agents and Virulence Potential, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021.
6. Nayab Batool, Seokyoung Yoon, Saba Imdad, Minsuk Kong, Hun Kim, Sangryeol Ryu, Jung Heon Lee, Akhilesh Kumar Chaurasia and Kyeong Kyu Kim*, An Antibacterial Nanorobotic Approach for the Specific Targeting and Removal of Multiple Drug‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Small, 2021.
7. Hafiza Azka Mumtaz, Unsa Saleem, Arif Muhammad and Nayab Batool*, Investigation of antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation ability of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from urinary catheters, Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2024.
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Muhammad Khurram, Rida Khalid, Safia Ehsan, Muqdas Fatima, Hafiza Azka Mumtaz, Unsa Saleem, Fatima Sarwar and Nayab Batool*, Epidemiology of Zoonotic Tuberculosis and its Implications in Asia, 2023.
2. Tehreem Rana, Ayesha Sarwar, Afaq Mahmood, Nayab Batool*, Riffat Shamim, Sehrish Gul, Iqra Arshad, Fariha Iftikhar, Abdullah Ali and Fatima Sarwar, Molecular Techniques Used for Diagnosis of Zoonotic Diseases, 2023.
3. Muqdas Fatima, Safia Ehsan, Rida Khalid, Muhammad Khurram, Samran Ahmad, Asma Ihtasham-ul-Haq, Noor-ul-Huda, Riffat Shamim Aslam and Nayab Batool*, Use of Prebiotics and Probiotics to Improve Gut Health in Pregnant Women, 2024.
4. Rida Khalid, Muhammad Khurram, Safia Ehsan, Muqdas Fatima, Muhammad Junaid Akber, Asma Ihtasham-ul-Haq, Noor-ul-Huda, Fatima Sarwar and Nayab Batool*, Innovative Nanomaterials: Applications and Challenges in Molecular Diagnostics, 2024.
5. Fatima Sarwar, Afaq Mahmood, Ayesha Sarwar, Tehreem Ajmal Rana, Nayab Batool, Sara Mahmood, Gul Naz, Abdullah Ali, Muhammad Umar Zafar Khan and Riffat Shamim Aslam, Nanotechnology: A Synergistic Approach for Enhanced Therapeutic Outcomes in Alternative Medicine, 2024. PATENT PCT/KR2021/017267 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS IN CONFERENCES
1. Oral Presentation on International symposium on Nanobiology: Integrating Nanotechnology & Microbiology for Sustainable Future (ISNB2024), IOM, GCUF, February 28-29, 2024.
Nayab 2. Poster presentation “Functional Identification of Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase as a Key Gene Involved in Lysostaphin Resistance and Virulence Potential of Staphylococcus aureus Strains at Global Antibiotic research and Development Partnership (GARDP & BSAC) at Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Virtual Conference (ACC) February 2, 2022.
3. Targeting microbial metabolism to combat the AMR in Staphylococcus aureus, Akhilesh Kumar Chaurasia, Nayab Batool, and Kyeong Kyu Kim, in JPIAMR Therapeutics Workshop 2021: Feeding the Antimicrobial Pipeline.
4. Member of organizing committee of the workshop held at School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, South Korea, during December 4-5, 2019, focus at “JPIAMR Workshop in Asia: Fostering knowledge on Clinical Epidemiology, AMR policy, Therapeutics and Diagnostics to combat AMR in Asia”
5. Nanobiorobotic based Antibacterial Approach for Targeted Eradication of Multiple Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Nayab Batool, Saba Imdad, Seokyoung Yoon, Jung Heon Lee, Akhilesh Kumar Chaurasia, and Kyeong Kyu Kim, in CLINAM 11 European and Global Summit for Clinical Nanomedicine, Targeted delivery and Precision Medicine-The Building Block to Personalized Medicine, 2018.
GUIDED MASTERS STUDENTS
(Degree awarded)
1. Faiqa Fateh
2. Unsa Saleem
3. Hamza Shahid
4. Maham Mustafa
5. Hafiza Azka Mumtaz
6. Rida Khalid
7. Muqadas Fatima
8. Samran Ahmad
9. Muhammad Khurram
10. Safia Ehsan
(Degree Ongoing)
1. Asma Ehtsham
2. Sana Parveen
3. Muhammad Ukasha Ahmer
4. Muhammad Junaid Akber
5. Noor Ul Huda
COURSE TEACHING (BS, M. PHIL, PH.D. STUDENTS) IN ENGLISH
(2). AC-motif: a DNA motif containing adenine and cytosine repeat plays a role in gene regulation.