Assistant Professor
University of the Punjab
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Dr. Imran Tariq has completed his Ph.D. and Postdoc in the field of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology and Gene delivery at the Department of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceuticals, University of Marburg, Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Udo. Bakowsky.
Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor at the Punjab University College of Pharmacy, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan since January 1, 2013.
His area of research includes the following:
• Development of colloidal drug formulations based on polymeric carrier systems (including dendrimers and ethylenimines).
• Development of modern biodegradable Nanoparticles and Liposome-based systems.
• Optimization and characterization of non-viral nano-carriers for therapeutic gene delivery.
• Surface modification of particulate system for drug targeting using aptamers and ADAM8 antibody ligand-based systems.
• Photodynamic therapy, ultrasound-triggered chemotherapy and their combination
• Development of stem cell-based photodynamic and Gene therapy approaches.
• 3D tumor modeling and bioprinting of tumor cells.
• Biodistribution and acute in vivo toxicity studies in rodents.
Different analytic techniques including Confocal laser scanning microscopy, immunofluorescence, and Atomic force microscopy are his major areas of expertise. He has already published around 50 research articles in well-reputed journals. He has also supervised many M. Phil and Undergraduate students in his department.
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