Zahir Ali et al. (2020). Fusion of the Cas9 endonuclease and the VirD2 relaxase facilitates homology-directed repair for precise genome engineering in rice (Accepted, Communication Biology)
Rashid Aman, Zahir Ali, Haroon Butt, et al (2018). RNA virus interference via CRISPR/Cas13a system in plants” Genome Biol. 19: 1. doi.org/10.1186/s13059-017-1381-1
Zahir Ali et al (2016). CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Immunity to Geminiviruses: Differential Interference and Evasion. Scientific Reports; 6:26912. DOI:10.1038/srep26912
Zahir Ali et al. (2015). CRISPR/Cas9-mediated viral interference in plants. Genome biology 16(1). DOI:10.1186/s13059-015-0799-6
Zahir Ali et al. (2015). Efficient Virus-Mediated Genome Editing in Plants using the CRISPR/Cas9 System. Molecular Plant 8(8). DOI:10.1016/j.molp.2015.02.011
Research Interests Keywords
Plant Genome Engineering CRISPR/Cas system
Education
2012 PhD., Gyeongsang National University, South Korea,MPhil. 2004,Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
2001 MSc., Islamia College, University of Peshawar,Pakistan
1999 BSc., University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Professional Profile
2018 – present Research Scientist, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
2013 – 2018 Postdoctoral fellow ,KAUST, Saudi Arabia
2011 – 2012 Visiting Research Scientist, KAU, Jeddah Saudi Arabia
2003 – 2007 Lecturer, Department of Biotechnology, University of Malakand, Pakistan