Muhammad Ansar obtained his Ph.D. from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. He currently holds as an Associate Professor in Department of Biochemistry at Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad. His Research interest mainly involved in the identification and characterization of genes responsible for retinal and neurological disorders. We are currently using commercially available SNP microarray platforms for the genetic analysis of large families with retinal and neurological disorders. Our pilot work on these disorders revealed the role of methylation and glycosylation in the human neuro developmental disorders. However exploration of additional players involved in multi component complexes involved in methylation and glycosylation will enable us to understand neurodevelopment processes in a better way. These players will be identified through genetic analysis of additional families and integration of data from expression studies and protein interaction maps. Additionally our group is also working on large scale genomic analysis, expression studies related to cancers and copy number analysis.
Genetic