The core of prioritizing threatened species for conservation lies in moving away from arbitrary choices and instead implementing strategies that offer explicit and quantifiable conservation objectives.
Dr. Rida Ahmad was awarded a PhD in Zoology on December 15, 2023. She presented her Thesis titled “Vulnerability assessment of Pakistan’s threatened species using the Habitat Suitability Index” supervised by Prof. Dr. Farkhanda Manzoor and co-supervised by Prof. Dr. Zulfiqar Ali.
Her study was first attempt in Pakistan to assess the species vulnerability using the Integrated Assessment Approach, Multisource Data Integration and Strategic Conservation Prioritization.
Prof. Dr. Saima Sharif attended the Laboratory Medicine Congress and Exhibition and the KSLM 64th Annual Meeting at Suwon Convention Center Suwon, South Korea. She presented her research work highlighting the role of metabolic genes in atrial fibrillation (October 18-20, 2023).
Ms. Maha Maqsood from Department of Zoology, has successfully completed her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Saima Sharif in study of the role of proinflammatory cytokines & fibrinogen was evaluated in subjects suffering from diabetic nephropathy.
Faculty of the Department of Zoology, LCWU Lahore attended the first day of the "Training program for the newly inducted faculty" (July 17th - August 1st, 2023). Organised by the faculty of Education and STEM.
Ms. Hania Ramzan, PH.D. scholar at the Department of Zoology successfully defended her thesis on the 14th of July, 2023 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Farkhanda Manzoor and Co-supervision of Asst. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Oneeb (Dept. Of Parasitology, UVAS, Lahore).
Ph.D. thesis defense of Dr. Afia Iqbal.
Supervisor: Dr. Shagufta Naz (Associate Professor)
Thesis Title: IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SLC4A11 GENE INVOLVED IN CONGENITAL HEREDITARY ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY