Written by Ivan Dulgerov

Dr. Muhammad Kamran Qureshi

 

 

 

 

 

Position: Postdoctoral researcher

Department: Molecular Stress Physiology, CPSBB

The main area of Qureshi’s research is the identification and characterization of novel genes involved in the regulation of programmed cell death in the model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana. Forward and reverse genetics were employed to unravel the mechanisms of programmed cell death induced by fungal toxins, disrupting sphingolipid metabolism, and reactive oxygen species induced by herbicides. His studies provided a genetic link between sphingolipid metabolism and reactive oxygen species during programmed cell death

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Munir S., Shahzad A.N., Rai A., Petrov V., Gechev T., Shokat S., Qureshi M.K. (2025) Reactive oxygen species production and signal transduction in response to stress triggered by Alternaria elicitors in Brassicaceae. Plant Molecular Biology (accepted) (IF 3.8)

Qureshi M.K., Gawronski P., Munir S., Jindal S., Kerchev P (2022) Hydrogen peroxide-induced stress acclimation in plants. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 79: 129. (IF 9.234)

Manzoor H., Anjam M.S., Saeed F., Rasul S., Yousaf S., Kirn A., Qureshi M.K., Zafar Z, Ashraf M, Athar H (2021) Photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidant defence potential are key players in inducing drought tolerance in transgenic tobacco plants over-expressing AVP1. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. (IF 4.640)

Munir S., Shahzad A.N, Qureshi M.K. (2020) Acuities into tolerance mechanisms via different bioassay during Brassicaceae–Alternaria brassicicola interaction and its impact on yield. PLOS ONE. 15: e0242545. (IF 3.240)

Sujeeth N., Mehterov N., Gupta S., Qureshi M.K., Fischer A., Proost S., Omidbakhshfard M.A., Obata T., Benina M., Staykov N., Balazadeh S., Walther D., Fernie A.R., Mueller-Roeber B., Hille J., Gechev T. (2020) A novel seed plants gene regulates oxidative stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 77: 705–718. (IF 9.261)

Shahzad A.N., Qureshi M.K., Wakeel A., Misselbrook T. (2019) Crop production in Pakistan and low nitrogen use efficiencies. Nature Sustainability. 2: 1106-1114. (IF 27.157)

Shahzad A.N., Rizwan M., Asghar MG, Qureshi M.K., Bukhari SAH., Kiran A., Wakeel A. (2019) Early maturing Bt cotton requires more potassium fertilizer under water stress to augment seed- cotton yield but not lint quality. Scientific Report. 9: 73-78.  (IF 4.997)