Rashid Aman, Ahmed Mahas, Haroon Butt, Zahir Ali, Fatimah Aljedaani and Magdy Mahfouz (2018). Engineering RNA virus interference via the CRISPR/Cas13 machinery in Arabidopsis. Viruses.2018 Dec 19; 10:732. doi: 10.3390/v10120732.
Hee Jin Park*, Rashid Aman*,Francisco Gamez-Arjona*, Irene Villalta, Raul Carranco, Marika Lindahl, Damaso Hornero-Mendez, Elena García, Ray A. Bressan, Sang Yeol Lee, Clara Sánchez-Rodriguez, Jose M Pardo, Woe-Yeon Kim, Francisco J. Quintero, and Dae-Jin Yun (2019). A Calcium/Palmitoylation Switch Interfaces the Signaling Networks of Stress Response and Transition to Flowering (*Equal contribution- Under 2ndrevision in Nature Communication)
Rashid Aman, Zahir Ali, Haroon Butt, Ahmed Mahas, Fatimah Aljedaani, Muhammad Zuhaib Khan, Shouwei Ding and Magdy Mahfouz (2018). RNA virus interference via CRISPR/Cas13a system in plants. Genome Biology. 2018 Jan 4; 19(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s13059-017-1381-1.
Akhtar Ali, Natalia Raddatz, Rashid Aman, Songmi Kim, Hyeong Cheol Park, Dongwon Baek, Masood Jan, Dong-Ha Oh, Irfan Ullah Khan, Sang Yeol Lee, Ray A.Bressan, Keun Woo Lee, Jose M. Pardo, Albino Maggio, Hans J. Bohnert, Dae-Jin Yun (2016). A keystone Mutation in Plant Sodium Transporter HKT1 Enabling the Evolution of Salt Tolerance. Plant Physiology.2016 Jul; 171(3):2112-26. doi: 10.1104/pp.16.00569.)
Qiguang Xiea, Ping Loua, Victor Hermand, Rashid Aman, Hee Jin Park, Dae-Jin Yun, Woe Yeon Kim, Matti Juhani Salmela, Brent E. Ewers, Cynthia Weinig, Sarah L. Khan, D. Loring P. Schaible, and C. Robertson McClung (2015) Allelic polymorphism of GIGANTEA is responsible for naturally occurring variation in circadian period in Brassica rapa. Proc Natl Acad Sci 112:3829–3834. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1421803112
Zahir Ali, Akhtar Ali, Hyeong Cheol Park, Dong ha Oh, Rashid Aman, Hans J. Bohnert, Woe Yeon Kim, Dae-Jin Yun (2012) TsHKT1;2, a HKT1 homolog from the extremophile Arabidopsisrelative Thellungiella salsuginea, shows K+-specificity in the presence of NaCl. Plant physiology; 158(3):1463-74.
Research Interests Keywords
Genome engineering CRSIPRS/Cas systems Synthetic nucleases
Education
2009 - 2015: Ph. D. Environmental Biotechnology: Gyeongsang National University, South Korea
2007- 2009: M.S. of Biotechnology: Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
2002-2006: B.Sc. (Hons)Biotechnology: University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Professional Profile
July 2017- present: Postdoctoral: Genome Engineering Laboratory, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (22/07/2017- present)
May 2016 – April 2017: Visiting Scientist: Genome Engineering Laboratory, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
September 2015 – April 2016: Postdoctoral: Cell Signaling Lab, Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, South Korea
Awards
World Class University program, Gyeongsang National University, South Korea, 2009-2011
Brain Korea Scholarship (BK-21), Gyeongsang National University, South Korea, 2012-2014
