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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2010 - Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences

Overview

Wasim Ahmad is affiliated with Quaid-i-Azam University in Pakistan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Their research work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their recent publications cover a variety of topics and were published in several scientific venues. Notable papers include:

  • Genetic Defects in DNAH2 Underlie Male Infertility With Multiple Morphological Abnormalities of the Sperm Flagella in Humans and Mice (2021) published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Autosomal Dominantly Inherited GREB1L Variants in Individuals with Profound Sensorineural Hearing Impairment (2020) in Genes
  • Biallelic variants in four genes underlying recessive osteogenesis imperfecta (2020) in European Journal of Medical Genetics
  • Comparative analysis of deep neural network architectures for renewable energy forecasting: enhancing accuracy with meteorological and time-based features (2024) in Discover Sustainability
  • Clinical and genetic characterization of congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia (2020) in Clinical Dysmorphology

Their research focuses on diverse topics, including:

  • Congenital limb and hand anomalies
  • Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer

Wasim Ahmad has frequently published in these venues:

  • Journal of Human Genetics
  • Clinical Genetics
  • Molecular Syndromology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Genes

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Asmat Ullah, Shabir Hussain, Shoaib Nawaz, Hammal Khan, and Khurram Liaqat.

They have been recognized with awards including:

  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (2015)
  • Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences (2010)

Best Publications

  • Alopecia Universalis Associated with a Mutation in the Human hairless Gene

    Wasim Ahmad;Muhammad Faiyaz ul Haque;Valeria Brancolini;Hui C. Tsou

  • Desmoglein 4 in Hair Follicle Differentiation and Epidermal Adhesion: Evidence from Inherited Hypotrichosis and Acquired Pemphigus Vulgaris

    Ana Kljuic;Hisham Bazzi;John P Sundberg;Amalia Martinez-Mir

  • WDR62 is associated with the spindle pole and is mutated in human microcephaly

    Adeline K. Nicholas;Maryam Khurshid;Julie Désir;Ofélia P. Carvalho

  • Exposing the human nude phenotype

    Jorge Frank;Claudio Pignata;Andrei A. Panteleyev;David M. Prowse

  • Alterations of the CIB2 calcium- and integrin-binding protein cause Usher syndrome type 1J and nonsyndromic deafness DFNB48

    Saima Riazuddin;Inna A Belyantseva;Arnaud P J Giese;Kwanghyuk Lee

  • Perrault Syndrome Is Caused by Recessive Mutations in CLPP, Encoding a Mitochondrial ATP-Dependent Chambered Protease

    Emma M. Jenkinson;Atteeq U. Rehman;Tom Walsh;Jill Clayton-Smith

  • Autosomal recessive primary microcephaly (MCPH): clinical manifestations, genetic heterogeneity and mutation continuum

    Saqib Mahmood;Wasim Ahmad;Muhammad J Hassan

  • Mutations in Orthologous Genes in Human Spondyloepimetaphyseal Dysplasia and the Brachymorphic Mouse

    Faiyaz ul Haque M;King Lm;Krakow D;Krakow D;Cantor Rm

  • Molecular and functional aspects of the hairless (hr) gene in laboratory rodents and humans.

    A. A. Panteleyev;R. Paus;W. Ahmad;J. P. Sundberg

  • Mutations of ESRRB Encoding Estrogen-Related Receptor Beta Cause Autosomal-Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Impairment DFNB35

    Rob W.J. Collin;Ersan Kalay;Ersan Kalay;Muhammad Tariq;Theo Peters

  • Loss-of-Function Mutations of ILDR1 Cause Autosomal-Recessive Hearing Impairment DFNB42

    Guntram Borck;Atteeq Ur Rehman;Atteeq Ur Rehman;Kwanghyuk Lee;Hans Martin Pogoda

  • Functional Null Mutations of MSRB3 Encoding Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase Are Associated with Human Deafness DFNB74

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Rizwan Yousaf;Rizwan Yousaf;Byung Cheon Lee;Shaheen N. Khan

  • Mutations in KARS, Encoding Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase, Cause Autosomal-Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Impairment DFNB89

    Regie Lyn P. Santos-Cortez;Kwanghyuk Lee;Zahid Azeem;Patrick J. Antonellis

  • Genomic organization of the human hairless gene (HR) and identification of a mutation underlying congenital atrichia in an Arab Palestinian family.

    Wasim Ahmad;Abraham Zlotogorski;Andrei A. Panteleyev;HaMut Lam

  • Noncoding Mutations of HGF Are Associated with Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss, DFNB39

    Julie M. Schultz;Shaheen N. Khan;Zubair M. Ahmed;Saima Riazuddin

  • Mutation in the cartilage-derived morphogenetic protein-1 (CDMP1) gene in a kindred affected with fibular hypoplasia and complex brachydactyly (DuPan syndrome).

    M Faiyaz-Ul-Haque;W Ahmad;S H E Zaidi;S Haque

  • A Missense Mutation in the Zinc-Finger Domain of the Human Hairless Gene Underlies Congenital Atrichia in a Family of Irish Travellers

    W Ahmad;Alan D Irvine;H Lam;C Buckley

  • Congenital atrichia in five Arab Palestinian families resulting from a deletion mutation in the human hairless gene

    Abraham Zlotogorski;Wasim Ahmad;Angela M. Christiano

  • Low prevalence of Connexin 26 (GJB2) variants in Pakistani families with autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing impairment.

    Regie Santos;Regie Santos;M. Wajid;Thanh Pham;J. Hussan

  • A locus for autosomal recessive hypodontia with associated dental anomalies maps to chromosome 16q12.1.

    Wasim Ahmad;Valeria Brancolini;Muhammad Faiyaz ul Haque;HaMut Lam

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne M. Leal
Suzanne M. Leal Columbia University Medical Center
Angela M. Christiano
Angela M. Christiano Columbia University
Deborah A. Nickerson
Deborah A. Nickerson University of Washington
Michael J. Bamshad
Michael J. Bamshad University of Washington
Saima Riazuddin
Saima Riazuddin University of Maryland, Baltimore
Zubair M. Ahmed
Zubair M. Ahmed University of Maryland, Baltimore
Sheikh Riazuddin
Sheikh Riazuddin University of Health Sciences Lahore
Joshua D. Smith
Joshua D. Smith University of Washington
Jay Shendure
Jay Shendure University of Washington
Robert J. Morell
Robert J. Morell National Institutes of Health

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