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Dr. Usama Sarwar

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Dr. Usama Sarwar

Assistant Professor (IPFP)

Ph.D. Biotechnology (Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad - 2023)

Specialization

Nanomedicine, Molecular Genetics, Natural Product Isolation & Bioimaging

6 years of experience

Affiliation

University Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (UIBB), PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi

WoS/ ORCID / Google Scholar /Scopus / ResearchGate/Personal Web

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9907-0102
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=F6e5mLcAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Usama-Sarwar-2

Research Group

Industrial Biotechnology

Research Interest

  • Nanobiotechnology
  • Cancer Therapeutics
  • Biomedical Sciences

No. of Research Projects

On Going

0

Completed

1

Research Supervision

PhD

0

MPhil/MS/M.Sc.(Hons)

1

Area(s) of Consultancy Services

Nanomedicine & Formulation Development; Molecular Biology Techniques, Mammalian Cell Culture, Ultrasound mediated drug delivery, Isolation and characterization of bioactive compounds

Research Papers (Latest Ten)

  • Nurjis F., Sarwar U., Ali J.S., Fayyaz M., Mazhar S., Shahzad S. Ultrasound triggered in vitro release of co-loaded nanomicelles-based doxorubicin and curcumin delivery in cancer. Tradit Med Res 10(6) (2025): 32. (2025)
  • Nurjis F., Sarwar U., Ali J.S., Fayyaz M., Munir F., Shahzad S. Synergistic combinatorial delivery system based on nanoliposome encapsulating doxorubicin and sorafenib for broad-spectrum cancer treatment. J. Microencapsulation (2025): 1-13. (2025)
  • Saeed S., Sarwar U., Tariq I., Amir A., Raza A. Ultrasound-responsive hybrid liposome-polymer nanoparticles for enhanced stability and cytotoxicity of chemotherapeutic agent. J. Microencapsulation 42(7) (2025): 721-735. (2025)
  • Naveed A., Shahzad J., Ali J.S., Sarwar U., Sajjad A., Zia M. Bioassay guided Triterpene isolation and its biological evaluation using branches extract of Monotheca buxifolia. Pharmacological Research-Natural Products (2024): 100026. (2024)
  • Nurjis F., Sarwar U., Ali J.S., Fayyaz M. Doxorubicin and Curcumin-Loaded Nanomicelles Targeting Multidrug Resistance in Cancer. BioNanoScience (2024): 1-11. (2024)
  • Fayyaz M., Sarwar U., Nurjis F., Ali J.S., Tabassum S., Raza A. In vitro Anti-Cancer Effect of Polymeric Nanoparticles Encapsulating Caralluma tuberculata in Cancer Cells. Int. J. Advanced Nano Computing and Analytics 2(1) (2023): 22-38. (2023)
  • Saeed S., Sarwar U., Yasinzai M., Raza A. Glycol chitosan amphiphile nanotheranostic system for ultrasound-mediated localized release and biodistribution of doxorubicin. J. Nanoparticle Research 25(9) (2023): 194. (2023)
  • Shabbir R., Raza A., Liaquat A., Shah S.U., Saeed S., Sarwar U., et al. Nanoparticles as a novel tool to inhibit inflammatory cytokines in human lymphocytes and macrophages of coronary artery disease. J. Pharmaceutical Sciences 111(5) (2022): 1509-1521. (2022)
  • Sarwar U., Naeem M., Nurjis F., Karim S., Raza A. Ultrasound-mediated in vivo biodistribution of coumarin-labeled sorafenib-loaded liposome-based nanotheranostic system. Nanomedicine 17(25) (2022): 1909-1927. (2022)
  • Bilal M, Bilal M, Tabassum S, Saleem M, Mahmood H, Sarwar U, Bangush H et al. "Optical screening of female breast cancer from whole blood using Raman spectroscopy." Applied Spectroscopy 71, no. 5 (2017): 1004-1013. (2017)

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