Zain Ul Abdin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zain-ul-abdin-44996549/
University of Agriculture, Pakistan
Currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, Prof. ZAIN have established a research group and Lab.“Insect Molecular Biology Lab” in the Department of Entomology, University of Agricultur e, Faisalabad, Pakistan; The major research focus of his Lab/group is cloning and expression of bioactive genes and peptides with potential insecticidal activity derived from parasitic Hymenoptera and study of gene regulation.
He is serving as a member/associate editor and reviewers of editorial board of many journals, some representative are presented below:
1. Pakistan Entomologist
2. Biochemistry and Biotechnology Research.
3. PCST’s Journal of Science, Technology and Development
4. Member of editorial board of STM journals, India
5. Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, David Publishing company, USA
Publications:
1. Tahir Shafeeq, Zain UlAbdin, Kyeong-Yeoll Lee, 2017. Induction of stress- and immune-associated genes in the Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella against envenomation by the ectoparasitoid Bracon hebetor. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. https://doi.org/10.1002/arch.21405 wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/arch
2. Atif Manzoor, Zain UlAbdin* , Bruce A. Webb, Muhammad Jalal Arif , Amer Jamil, 2016. De novo sequencing and transcriptome analysis of female venom glands of ectoparasitoid Bracon hebetor (Say.) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics. Vol. 20 PP: 101-110. Publisher: Science Direct (Elsevier) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbd.2016.08.002
3. Hoor Shaina, Zain UlAbdin *, Bruce A. Webb, Muhammad Jalal Arif , Amer Jamil, 2016. De novo sequencing and transcriptome analysis of venom glands of endoparasitoid Aenasius arizonensis (Girault) (=Aenasius bambawalei Hayat) (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae). Toxicon, Vol. 121, pp. 134-144. Publisher: Science Direct (Elsevier) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.08.022