Our Research

We are based at Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), a lush green campus in the beautiful Capital City Islamabad. Our group mainly focuses on integrative genomics approaches — producing and analyzing public genomic data to study the genomic epidemiology, evolution, and transmission (genetic exchanges) of bacterial pathogens.

We are particularly interested in the regional crisis of growing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the dissemination of multidrug-resistant pathogens, both at the community and healthcare settings. We also develop tools and databases for pathogen genomic data analysis, prospective surveillance, and tracking of emerging pathogens in environmental and clinical settings using whole-genome sequencing and bioinformatics analysis. Employing reverse vaccinology and machine learning approaches, we work toward predicting potential immunogenic and therapeutic targets — vaccines and drugs.