Qasim mehdi

{{Infobox scientist | name = S. Qasim Mehdi | residence = Pakistan/United Kingdom | citizenship = Pakistan | nationality = Pakistan | field = Molecular biology, Genetics

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Biomedical & Genetic Engineering Division, Pakistan

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| thesis_title = Synthesis and Control of Bacterial Ribonucleic Acids | thesis_year = 1969 | thesis_url = http://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do;jsessionid=2121AB3322337C734E9C36C9B4E9E4DC | doctoral_advisor = Need Name

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Qasim Ayub

Aiysha Abid

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Hilal-e-Imtiaz

Sitara-e-Imtiaz

S. Qasim Mehdi (or Syed Qasim Mehdi) is perhaps the most renowned and internationally-recognized ^[1] ^[2] molecular biologist in Pakistan, with more than two hundred publications, 7745 citations, an H-index of 38 and I10-index of 67 ^[3], and having been fellow or member of a number of international and national scientific and professional bodies. He was one of the founding members of the Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP) at the Stanford University ^[4]. He has been a Fellow of the Wellcome Trust (1972-1974) and a Fellow of the Biochemical Society, UK (1972-1997), among having held other distinguished fellowships and honors.

Professor Mehdi is currently serving as the Chairman of the Center for Human Genetics at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan, as well as a Distinguished Visiting Professor with the University of Karachi, Karachi Pakistan. In past he has served as a Distinguished National Professor, Higher Education Commission Pakistan, and Director General of the Biomedical & Genetic Engineering Division, Islamabad ^[5]and the Institute for Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering, University of Karachi, Pakistan. He received his MS from MIT and then a D. Phil. (Doctorate) degree from the Oxford University, followed by a series of fellowships at the Oxford and the Wellcome Trust, till appointed by the Stanford University as a Research Associate in 1976 and later a Senior Research Fellow at the Stanford University Departments of Chemistry and Radiology and Stanford Cancer Biology Research Labs ^[6]. He is a recipient of a number of national and international honors, including the Government of Pakistan civil awards, Sitara-e-Imtiaz (1998) and Hilal-e-Imtiaz "Crescent of Distinction" (2003) conferred by the President of Pakistan. He is known for his significant ground-breaking work on the genetics of human populations ^[7] , especially on research work related to the human features of Light skin ^[8] and Dark skin ^[9].

He has been a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the New York Academy of Sciences, Prime Ministers Cabinet Committee for the Evaluation of Research, Development in Science and Technology in Pakistan, Advanced Studies Board, HEJ Research Inst. of Chemistry, Karachi University, 1993-, The World Bank Committee for Higher Education in Pakistan, elected member, Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, the International Retinitis Pigmentosa Society (Retinitis Pigmentosa International) and The Foundation Fighting Blindness society, Washington DC (1993-present), Human Genome Organization (HUGO), London (UK), Founding Member, Human Genome Diversity Project (HGDP) USA. (1994-present), Chairman, Southwest Asia Committee and Member International Executive Committee, HGDP and (1997-present), among a number of other professional bodies.

Fellowships

Fellow Wellcome Trust

Fellow Biochemical Society

Fellow Third World Academy of Sciences

Fellow Pakistan Academy of Sciences

FellowIslamic Academy of Sciences

Fellow Chemical Society of Pakistan

Famous and Highly-cited Publications

1. Y chromosome sequence variation and the history of human populations, Nature Genetics, 26, 358-261 (2000) https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=hwPz-LsAAAAJ&citation_for_view=hwPz-LsAAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C

2. Detection of numerous Y chromosome biallelic polymorphisms by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography, Genome Research, 7, 996-1005 (1997) https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=hwPz-LsAAAAJ&citation_for_view=hwPz-LsAAAAJ:u-x6o8ySG0sC

3. A human genome diversity cell line panel, Science, 296, 261-263 (2002) https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=hwPz-LsAAAAJ&citation_for_view=hwPz-LsAAAAJ:d1gkVwhDpl0C

4. 4. Pagani, Luca; Toomas Kivisild, Ayele Tarekegn, Rosemary Ekong, Chris Plaster, Irene Gallego Romero, Qasim Ayub, S. Qasim Mehdi, Mark G. Thomas, Donata Luiselli, Endashaw Bekele, Neil Bradman, David J. Balding, Chris Tyler-Smith (21 June 2012). "Ethiopian Genetic Diversity Reveals Linguistic Stratification and Complex Influences on the Ethiopian Gene Pool". American Journal of Human Genetics 91 (1): Volume 91, Issue 1, 83–96, 21 June 2012. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.05.015.

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