Dr. Iqbal Ahmed Alvi Biography
Deisgnation :
Assistant Professor
Email Address :
iqbalalvi@hu.edu.pk
Contact Number:
+92-333-5727987
Dr. Iqbal Alvi (alumnus of the Microbiology Department, Hazara University, Mansehra) has joined the Department of Microbiology, Hazara University, Mansehra in April 2008 and now serving as Assistant Professor . His research focuses on human and animal health with emphasis on bacteriophage therapy against multiple drug resistant bacteria. He has worked on Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa, antibacterial efficacy of different medicinal plants and Bacteriophage therapy of P. aeruginosa. He has a good command on screening bacteria, Isolation, genetic characterization, protein expression, gene editing using CRISPR and in-Vivo application of bacteriophages as therapeutic. Dr. Alvi is studying the ESKAPE group pathogens and is researching to devise alternative therapeutic approaches to treat MDR ESKAPE pathogens. During the Covid-19 pandemic he has conducted several online awareness sessions for the service of community. Dr. Alvi is a team member of an international consortium working on "Development and Commercialization of Antibiotic Alternatives for Pakistan Poultry Production" (https://ag.purdue.edu/poultryinpakistan/research-team.html). In the post doctoral fellowship, Dr. Alvi has worked on engineered phages, gene deletion using CRISPR-Cas system and learning bioinformatics tools for genome analysis. His area of interest include Bacteriophage Biology, Bacteriophage Therapy, Molecular Bacteriology, Molecular Virology, ESKAPE Pathogens, Poultry Pathogens, Molecular Genetics and Bioinformatics. Dr. Alvi has been the founder member of Pakistan Society for Bacteriophages (www.phagepakistan.com)
Academic Background
S.No | Degree Title | Institute | Degree Completion Year |
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1 | Post Doctorate | Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of the Punjab | 2023 |
2 | Ph.D | Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of the Punjab | 2020 |
3 | M.Phil Microbiology | Department of Microbiology, Hazara University, Mansehra | 2013 |
4 | B.S Microbiology | Department of Microbiology, Hazara University, Mansehra | 2007 |
Publications
S.No | Publication Title | Authors | Action |
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1 | • A Single dose of a virulent bacteriophage vB PaeP-SaPL, rescues bacteremic mice infected with multi drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Virus Research, 198250. | Alvi, I. A., Asif, M., & ur Rehman, S. | Click to View |
2 | (Characterization of a lytic EBP bacteriophage with large size genome against Enterobacter cloacae | Asif, M., Naseem, H., Alvi,I.A., Basit, A., & Rehman, S.U. | Click to View |
3 | RLP, a bacteriophage of the family Podoviridae, rescues mice from bacteremia caused by multi-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Archives of Virology, 1289-1297. | • Alvi, I. A., Asif, M., Tabassum, R., Aslam, R., Abbas, Z., & Rehman, S. U | Click to View |
4 | TAC1, an unclassified bacteriophage of the family Myoviridae infecting Acinetobacter baumannii with a large burst size and a short latent period. Archives of Virology, 165(2), 419-424. | • Asif, M., Alvi, I. A., Tabassum, R., & Rehman, S. U | Click to View |
5 | Storage of Bacteriophages at 4 C Leads to no Loss in Their Titer after One Year. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 50(6). | • Alvi, I. A., Asif, M., Tabassum, R., Abbas, Z., & ur Rehman, S. | Click to View |
6 | Insight into Acinetobacter baumannii: pathogenesis, global resistance, mechanisms of resistance, treatment options, and alternative modalities. Infection and Drug Resistance, 11, 1249 | Asif, M., Alvi, I. A., & Rehman, S. U. | Click to View |
7 | Assessment of biofilm removal capacity of a broad host range bacteriophage JHP against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Apmis, 125(6), 579-584 | • Shafique, M., Alvi, I. A., Abbas, Z., & ur Rehman, S. | Click to View |
8 | Complete genome analysis of a Siphoviridae phage TSK1 showing biofilm removal potential against Klebsiella pneumoniae. Scientific reports, 8(1), 1-11. | • Tabassum, R., Shafique, M., Khawaja, K. A., Alvi, I. A., Rehman, Y., Sheik, C. S., & Abbas, Z. | Click to View |
9 | TSP, a virulent Podovirus, can control the growth of Staphylococcus aureus for 12 h. Scientific reports, 12(1), 1-12 | Tabassum, R., Basit, A., Alvi, I. A., & Asif, M. | Click to View |
10 | Demographics and Critical Analysis of Smear-Positive Tuberculosis in District Abbottabad, Pakistan: Implementations for Future Challenges. Pak-Euro Journal of Medical and Life Sciences, 4(4), 319-326 | • Ahmad, J., Ahmad, F., Zareen, Z., Khalid, H., Akram, M. B., Khan, Alvi, I. A., & Javed, S. | Click to View |
11 | Other Applications of Bacteriophages (book Chapter) | Muhammad Saleem Iqbal Khan, Jinbiao Zhan, Zeeshan Umar, Kabeer Haneef, Sana Ghaffar and Iqbal Alvi | Click to View |
12 | In Vitro and In Vivo Studies of Phages Active Against Multidrug Resistant Bacteria | Alvi.I.,A. | Click to View |
13 | A K-17 serotype specific Klebsiella phage JKP2 with biofilm reduction potential | Muhammad Asif , Iqbal Ahmad Alvi, Muhammad Waqas , Abdul Basit, Faiz Ahmed Raza, Shafiq-ur Rehman | Click to View |
14 | Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Ganoderma Species and Their Activity against Multi Drug Resistant Pathogens | Iffraz Ali Syed, Iqbal Ahmad Alvi , Muhammad Fiaz , Junaid Ahmad , Sadia Butt , Amin Ullah , Iftikhar Ahmed , Zeeshan Niaz , Sayab Khan , Shubana Hayat, Sumel Ashique , Gokhan Zengin Arshad Farid | Click to View |
15 | BACTERIOPHAGE COCKTAIL EXHIBITED SUPERB ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIBIOFILM ACTIVITY AGAINST SELECTED UROPATHOGENS | Iqbal Ahmad Alvi Atia Ajaz, Shafiq Ur Rehman*, Zeeshan Niaz, Zahid Ahmad, Saman Saqib, Qazi Ajaz Ahmed | Click to View |
16 | Efficient Reduction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms Using the Myoviridae Lytic Bacteriophage vBPaeM MLG | Muhammad Fayaz Khan, Aamer Ali Khattak, Afshan Saleem, Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Asif , Iqbal Ahmad Alvi 5 | Click to View |
17 | Reducing Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae via the Efficient Use of Bacteriophages ZI3 and HI3 | Ullah, Z., Alvi, I. A., Niaz, Z., Ullah, I., Ullah, A., & Rehman, S. U | Click to View |
18 | Bacterial profile, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and associated risk factors of urinary tract infection among pregnant women attending tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi | Fahad Ishaq Ameer1, Waqar Habib1, Muhammad Yousef1, Aizaz Ajmal1, Muhammad Adeel2*, Obaid Ullah3, Iqbal Ahmad Alvi4, Muhammad Hassan4 | Click to View |
19 | Co-Incidence of Human Papillomavirus and Epstein-Barr virus in oral cancer Patients: A pilot study | Muhammad Ikram Iqra Bibi, Sumaira Sarwar, Afsheen Ishfaq, Iqbal Ahmad Alvi, Afshan Saleem, Maimoona Sabir | Click to View |
20 | Multiple drug resistance and ESBL production in bacterial urine culture isolates | Riffat Iqbal, Abdul Majid, Iqbal Ahmad Alvi, Azam Hayat, Farah Andaleeb, Saira Gul, Sabeena Irfan, Mujaddad Ur Rahman | Click to View |
21 | Distribution of Toxoplasma gondii in the pregnant women of district Swabi Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan | Iqbal Alvi Faisal, Asad Ullah Khan, Muhammad Waqar, Tauseef Ahmad, Tariq Shah, Muhammad Ilyas Khan, Niyaz Ali, Shah Faisal, Irfan Saif, Waqar Ahmad, Umar Javid | Click to View |