In my earlier research work at NIBGE, I have worked on insect-virus and host interaction. I have worked on the diversity of whiteflies and characterization of Cotton Leaf curl virus. My expertise includes insect molecular biology, genetic engineering, genome editing, bioinformatics, and genome analysis. Currently I am working as a postdoctoral fellow in transformation lab, National Center for Genome Editing (NCGE), CAS-AFS with the objective of optimization of tissue culture technique in different plants particularly Banana and Date palm.

Publications

(1). Z. Iqbal, M. Masood, M. Shafiq, R. W. Briddon. “Temporal changes in the levels of virus and betasatellites DNA in Bemisia tabaci feeding on CLCuD affecting cotton during the growing season”. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024
(2). R. Asrar, M. Masood, I. Bodlah, G. Rasool, N. Suleman, S. Yousaf. “Molecular characterization of mitochondrial COI gene sequences in Micraspis allardi from Pakistan". PLoS ONE 18(12): e0294034, 2023
(3). M. Masood and R. W. Briddon " Transmission of cotton leaf curl disease answer to a long-standing question" Virus Genes, 54(6), pp. 743-745, 2018
(4). 4. M. Ashfaq, S. Prosser, S. Nasir, M. Masood, S. Ratnasingham and P. D. Hebert "High diversity and rapid diversification in the head louse, Pediculus humanus (Pediculidae: Phthiraptera),"Scientific reports, vol. 5, pp. 14188, 2015