Musarat Ishaq

Research Profile

Dr Musarat Ishaq was awarded his PhD in 2008 from Wuhan University, China. He did postdoctoral training at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, USA) from 2008-2010 and at Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden) from 2011-2012. He then worked as a Biomedical Scientist at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO, Sydney, Australia) from 2012-2015, at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Melbourne, Australia) from 2015-2016, and at St Vincent Institute of Medical Research (SVI)/University of Melbourne (Melbourne, Australia) from 2017-2023. His research focus was on Human Viruses (studying the role of host cellular factors involved in the transcription and replication of SARS-corona, HIV, HCV, and Influenza), Systems Biology, and Mathematical Modeling to study virus-host interaction (oncolytic viruses, e.g., VSV), Developmental Biology (developing transgenic animals to study genes involved in metabolic disorders, e.g., obesity), Radiotherapy to treat resistant tumors e.g., melanoma and colorectal cancer, Tumor Angiogenesis (studying role of lymphatic and blood vessels for tumor growth and metastasis) & Metabolic and Fat-disorders (role of adipose tissue in metabolic disorders e.g., obesity, diabetes & lipedema). He has published over 30 peer-reviewed research articles and presented his work at several international conferences. Dr Ishaq recently joined Health Services University, Islamabad, as a Consultant Professor.