Department of Zoology

Dr. Asma Abdul Latif
Dr. Asma Abdul Latif
Assistant Professor
Department of Zoology

 

Experience    

  • Asst. Prof.(TTS), Department of Zoology at LCWU, since May 15,2012 to date
  • Lecturer, Department of Zoology at Lahore College for Women University, Lahore from October 2, 2004 to May14, 2012
  • Lecturer, Aligarh H/S Public School, Gulberg III, Lahore from April 12, 1999 to October 1, 2004

Honor and Awards    

  • Travel Grant for ICOPA congress, South Korea, August 2018, granted by HEC
  • Admire the achievements as a Career Women on Women’s Day (Feb. 22, 2013) at Govt. Degree College for Women Gwalmandi Lahore 
  • Certificate for Best Performance in Education by Idara Frogh-e-Taleem Punjab, 2012
  • Selected for Productive Scientists of Pakistan in 2007 to onwards by PCST
  • Travel Grant  for WAAVP conference, Argentina, August 2011, granted by HEC
  • Selected by Govt. of the Punjab Higher Education Department as a Departmental Representative Officer for the selection of lecturer in Zoology on Nov.14th-15th 2011
  • Selected for “XXth Star Laureate 2009”  award in Science and Technology Lahore  by South Asia Publications
  • Scholarship (2008) for Univ. of Queensland, Australia under the IRSIP funded by HEC
  • Scholarship (2007) for University of Arizona, USA under the Training Program for  Scientific/Technical Staff & Researchers. funded by HEC
  • Scholarship for B.Ed. 1999
  • Merit certificate in M.Sc. Final Examination, 1998

Memberships

S.No.     

Years

Degree

Name

1.       

2019

MS.

Sara Iqbal

2.       

2019

MS.

Namra Salahudin

3.       

2019

MS.

Subahat Sajjad

4.       

2019

BS.

Alia Moqaddas

5.       

2019

BS.

Tooba Arooj

6.       

2019

BS.

Rimsha  Zaib

7.       

2019

BS.

Aamina Sajid “

8.       

2018

MS.

Sana Safdar

9.       

2018

MS.

Zounash Nazir

10.   

2018

BS.

Aqsa Iqbal

11.   

2018

BS.

Maria Batool

12.   

2018

BS.

Tahira Batool

13.   

2018

BS.

Amna Naveed

14.   

2017

MS.

Aqsa Ateeq

15.   

2017

MS.

Samina Rehmat

16.   

2017

MS.

Naila Kanwal

17.   

2017

BS.

Noor-al-ain Shakeel

18.   

2017

M.Sc.

Maira Waheed

19.   

2016

MS.

Shabana Ishaq

20.   

2016

MS.

RafiaTabassum

21.   

2016

BS.

Iqra Saher

22.   

2016

BS.

Sana Safdar

23.   

2016

BS.

Tehreem Asif

24.   

2015

MS.

Anam Butt

25.   

2015

BS.

Aqsa Ateeq

26.   

2015

BS.

Madiha Aziz

27.   

2014

MS.

Sidra Javed

28.   

2014

MS.

Kiran Saif

29.   

2014

BS.

Maryam Hamid

30.   

2014

BS.

RafiaTabassum,

31.   

2014

BS.

Azka Tabassum,

32.   

2013

BS.

Samia Nadeem

33.   

2013

BS.

Aqsa Aslam

34.   

2012

BS.

Saba Saeed,

35.   

2012

BS.

Kiran Saif

36.   

2012

BS.

Touba Gill

37.   

2011

BS.

Samreen Mushtaq

38.   

2011

BS.

Mehreen Ajmal

39.   

2011

BS.

Tayyaba Noureen

40.   

2010

BS.

Anam Butt,

41.   

2010

BS.

Irtifa Afzal

42.   

2010

BS.

Muqadas Masood

43.   

2009

BS.

Sana Arshad

44.   

2009

BS.

Saira Faisal

45.   

2009

BS.

Nargis Fatima

46.   

2006

M.Sc.

Asia Naheed

47.   

2005

B.Sc Hons

Sadia Ejaz (Env.Sci.)

Service Activity

Activities  included teaching (postgraduate, MS and Ph.D courses), research (supervision of students), member of Dengue Control committee, Supervisory Committee Technical Committee and various Departmental and University duties in different capacities.

Brief Statement of Research Interest


Areas of Research:     Parasitology, Molecular Parasitology, Developmental Biology, Toxicology

Publications

INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL ( Impacat Factor)  
  1. Asmatullah, Asma, A. Latif & Shakoori, A.R. 1999. Effect of Hexavalent Chromium on egg laying capacity, hatchability of eggs, thickness of egg shell and post-hatching development of Gallus domesticus. Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci., 12(6): 944-950.
ISSN: 1011-2367                                                                I F: 0.58
  1. Asma A. Latif, Akhtar Tanveer, Azhar Maqbool, Nasir Siddiqi, Myat K T. & Rebecca J. Traub. 2010. Morphological and molecular characterization of Echinococcus granulosus in livestock and humans in Punjab, Pakistan. Parasitol.170: 44-49 ISSN: 0304-4017                                       I F: 2.331                                                                                                                                                                    
  2. Muhammad Mansha, M. Wasim, C. Ploner, A. Hussain, Asma A. Latif, M. Tariq & A. Kofler. 2012. Problems encountered in bicistronic IRES-GFP expression vectors employed in functional analyses of GC-induced genes. Mol Biol Rep. 39(12):10227-34
ISSN: 0301-4851,                                                        I F: 2.024
  1. Sabiha F., Farkhanda M., Asma A. Latif , Neelma M., Izza & Mahnoor P. 2013. Larvicidal activities of five essential oils against Aedes aegypti (L.) Larvae (Diptera: Culicidae). Asian J. of Chem. 25(18): 10212-10216.  
ISSN:   0975-427X                                                      I F: 0.355   
  1. Asma, A. Latif., Tanveer, A., Aftab, A. A., Muhammad, A. A., Rana, M. S. & Muhammad Y. R. 2013.Characterization of hydatid cyst fluid from ruminants and humans by SDS-PAGE in Punjab,Pakistan. The J. of Animal & Plant Sciences 23(2): 405-410     ISSN: 1018-7081                         I F: 0.638 
  2. Saleem M. Rana., Ejaz A. Khan., Aashifa, Y., Asma A. Latif, and Abbasi, M. M. 2014. Susceptibility and irritability of adult forms of main malaria vectors against insecticides used in the indoor residual sprays in district Muzaffargarh, Pakistan: A field survey. Med.Entomol.51(2):387-391       
 ISSN:0022-2585.                                                        I F: 1.953                                                                    
  1. Muhammad M., Muhammad W., Ali R.A. & Asma A. Latif. 2014. Analysis of "Bimbam", a novel Glucocorticoid-induced BH3-only transcript in cell lines and children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Turkish of biology.38 (6): 906-915.                
ISSN:1300-0152                                                         I F: 1.216                                                                                 
  1. Sabiha F., Farkhanda M., Asma A. Latif. 2014. Evaluation of essential oil from common medical plants against Culex quinquefasciatus larvae (Diptera: Culicidae) in Pakistan. Asian J. of Chem. 26(9):2661-2663.
ISSN: 0970-7077                                                         I F: 0.355
  1. Asma A. Latif, Sabiha F., Farkhanda M., Azhar M., Sadaf A., Irma W. & Afia A. A Comparative study on Prevalence of Coccidian parasites in Broiler chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus), Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) and wild pigeon (Columba livia). Pak. J of Zoo.48(1):295-297 ISSN: 0030-9923                                                         I F: 0.491                   
  2. Numrah N., Salma M., Heraa N., Saman J., Zaira A., Nadia G., Akeem A. O., Rashad Q, Asma A. Latif, Sajid R.A., Munwar I., Mazhar A., 2018. Brassicaceae family oil methyl esters blended with ultra-low sulphur diesel fuel (ULSD): Comparison of fuel properties with fuel standards Renewable energy 117(2018):393-403
ISSN  0960-1481                                                         I F: 3.476                                                                                                                                               
  1. Sadia A., Aftab A. A., Ali A., Sehrish F. Saba S. and Asma Abdul Latif, 2018. In vitro activity of Nigella sativa against antibiotic resistant Salmonella enterica Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 58: 54–58                             ISSN:1382-6689                                                         I F:  084
  2. Shafaq F., Shadab I,, Zaeema U., Farzana R., Zakia K., Ghazala J., Asma Abdul Latif , Effects of High Stocking Density on Condition Factor and Profile of Free Thyroxine and Cortisol in Catla catla (Hamilton, 1822) and Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822) Turkish J. of Fisheries and Aquatic Sci. 18: 217-221.
       ISSN 1303-2712                                                          I F: 0.711
  1. Asma Abdul Latif ,, M. Mansha, K. Saif and S. Fatima, Histopathological effects of different artemisinin derivatives on liver of male albino mice.  The J. of Anim. Plant Sci. 28(6): 1701-1708.   ISSN 1018-7081                                     I F: 0.407                                                                                                                                           
Books.
 
  1. Tayyaba N., Asma A.Latif, Samreen M.“Zinc Level in Pre-Eclamptic Pregnant Women” LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany, 2012. ISBN: 978-3-659-14614-5.
  2. Samreen M., Asma A.Latif, Tayyaba N.“ Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Pregnant Women” LAP LAMBERT Acad. Publishing, Germany 2012. ISBN: 978-3-659-14338-0.
  3. Asma A.Latif, Tanveer A., M. S. Rana“Genotypic and Phenotypic Characterization of Echinococcus granulosus” LAP LAMBERT, Germany, 2012. ISBN: 978-3-659-11401-4
  4. S. Rana, Tanveer A., Asma A.Latif, “Treatment responses of uncomplicated falciparum malaria” LAP LAMBERT, Germany, 2013, ISBN: 978-3-659-43110-4
  5. Asma A.Latif, Aqsa A. Samreen M.”Toxoplasmosis in women of low socio-economic status Pakistan” LAP LAMBERT, Germany, 2015, ISBN: 978-3-659-70782-7
 
Articles published
  1. Asma A. Latif, Tanveer Akhtar and Asma Wahid Qureshi..Article “Mandatory Protection,details about the dangers of Hydatidosis “published in The Nation,Sunday plus August 26,2007.page no 35
 
NATIONAL (HEC Recognized Journals) 
  1. Asmatullah, Asma, A. Latif., Shahzad, A. M. & Shahan, A. M. 1998. Developmental defects induced by methamidiphos in chick embryos. Punjab Uni. J. Zool., 13: 127-133. ISSN 2313-8556      
  2. Asma, A. Latif., Tanveer, A., Riaz-ud-Din, S., Azhar, M. & Asma, W. Q. 2009. Morphometry of Protoscoleces Rostellar Hooks of Echinococcus granulosus Isolates from Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistan J. Sci., 61(4): 223-228.      ISSN 0030-9877
  3. Rana, M.S., Tanveer, A., Asma A. Latif & Ammara, H.T. 2011. Survival Probability of Plasmodium falciparum against Chloroquine and its Combination with Sulphadoxine-Pyremethamine in Punjab, Pakistan. Med.Forum 22(3): 8-13.               ISSN 1029-385X
  4. Rana, M.S., Tanveer, A., Asma A. Latif & Ammara, H.T. 2011. Antimalarial Drug resistance in Vitro Studies Against Plasmodium falciparum in Punjab, Pakistan. Med. Forum 22(6): 27-32.                                                     ISSN 1029-385X
  5. Rana, M.S., Tanveer, A., Asma A. Latif, Ammara H.T. & Hafeez, A., 2011. Significant reduction of malaria in the Punjab, Pakistan after introduction of roll back malaria strategy in 2003. Medical Forum 22(9): 54-59.                                    ISSN 1029-385X
  6. Rana, M.S., Asma A. Latif, Noreen, Z. & Muhammad A. Z., 2011. Infant mortality and its causes in three different districts of Punjab, Pakistan. Med. Forum 22(10):16-19.
  7. Asma A. Latif, Tanveer A. & Rana M. S., Shafaq F. & Muhammad, M. 2011. Prevalence of Hydatidosis in Animals in Different Abattoirs of Punjab, Pakistan from 2004-2008. Med. Forum 22(12):62-66.                                        ISSN 1029-385X
  8. Rana M. S., Asma A. Latif &Tanveer, A. 2012.  Predictors of dengue fever and dengue haemoreghic fever in Punjab, Pakistan. Med. Forum. 23(1): 26-30.               ISSN 1029-385X
  9. Sharif S.,  N. Fatima, T. Farasat & Asma A. Latif. 2012 “Effect of Nicotine on Reproductive  Hormones in Adult Male Mice (Mus musculus) J. Vet. Anim. Sci., Vol. 2: 83-88          ISSN: 1999-2343      
  10. Asma A. Latif, Muhammad M., Saima S., Saba S., Touba G., Kiran S. and Tasneem F. 2013. A study of histological changes in liver, lungs and testes of dermally nicotine treated albino mice. Med. Forum, 24(8):59-63.                     ISSN:1029-385X
  11. Asma A. Latif, Farkhanda M., Samreen M., Tayyaba N.4, Shafaq F., Numrah N., Farah A., Sabiha F., Muhammad M., Muhammad S,R,. 2016. Serum concentration of zinc healthy pregnant women versus pre-eclamptic pregnant women: A case control study in Lahore, Pakistan. MonthlyMed. Forum, 27(10):30-34                                                   ISSN:1029-385X.
  12. Shafaq F., Shadab I., Zaeema U., Farzana R., Zakia K., Ghazala J. and Asma A. Latif . 2016“The role of crowding stress on growth and level of thyroxine in major carp Labeo rohita”Lasbela J. of Sci. & Tech.5:1-6.         ISSN 2306-8256
  13. M.Mansha, R.Butt and Asma A. Latif ., 2017. Risk factors associated with head and neck cancer patients  Pak.J of Sci.   69(4): 384-391.                                               ISSN‎: ‎0030-9877  
  14. Asma A. Latif, Samreen M., Sabiha F., Muhammad M.,  & Atif Y. 2017. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii among Pregnant Women in Lahore, Pakistan. , Biologia(Pakistan) 2017, 63 (2), 141-146                                                ISSN 0006-3096                               
NATIONAL Journals
  1. Shafaq F., Asma, A. Latif & Maheen Z. 2015. Effects of high stocking density on condition factor and profiles of free T4 in Labeo rohitta. J.Innov.Sci. 1(2): 63-67.           ISSN 2411-2240
  2. Asma, A. Latif and Huma H. 2016. Water borne parasitic diseases in Pakistan. The Environ Monitor. XVI(1-3): 39-41.                                                                                                     ISSN 1684-8012
  3. Asma, A. Latif, Ejaz A.K., Khalid K., Maryam H., Rafia T., Azka T., Qamar S., Farkhanda M. and Saleem M. R. 2016. Prevalence of malaria in Lahore: A cross sectional study. Pak. J Public Health. 6(1): 61-65.                               ISSN 2225-0891
  4. Atiq U.R., Farkhanda M., Anwar R., Muhammad A., Asma, A. Latif, Muhammad   A. and Saleem M. R.2016. Knowledge and practices of first response physicians about dengue fever in Layyah district. J.Innov.Sci. 2(1): 39-54.          ISSN 2411-2240

Selected Professional Presentations

INTERNATIONAL

  1. Biochemical investigation of hydatid cyst fluid from ruminants and humans in punjab, Pakistan oral by Asma A. Latif  in ICOPA Congress, 19th -24th Aug. 2018 at Dague, Korea.
  1. Characterization of hydatid cyst fluid from ruminants and humans by SDS-PAGE. Asma A. Latif, Tanveer, A. Anjum. Oral by Asma A. Latif in 23rd International Conference of the WAAVP, 21st -25th Aug. 2011 at Buenos Aires, Argentina.

NATIONAL

As a Speaker Lecture on

  1.  “Water borne parasitic diseases” was given at Ambasder Hotel, Lahore in a seminar on World water Day on 19th March. 2016, arranged by The Environ Monitor.
  2.  “Hydatidosis” was given at Ambasder Hotel, Lahore in a seminar on World Health Day 11th April. 2015, arranged by The Environ Monitor.
  3. Biological Sciences to the subject specialist (BS-17) male & female were given at DSD, Education Department, Govt, Punjab on 21st -24th Aug. 2014.
  4. Biological Sciences to the subject specialist (BS-17) male & female were given at DSD,Education Department,Govt, Punjab on 13th Sep.1st Oct. 2013.
  5.  “Dengue fever prevention and control” was given at Govt. Gwalmandi College for Girls, Lahore on 7th Oct. 2011.                                                        
  6.  “Echinococcus granulosus transmission from dog to humans” was given at Queen Marry College for Girls, Lahore on 29th June 2011.
  7.  “Hydatid cyst implications on Humans Health” was given in 1st National conference on “Zoonotic Diseases” at UVAS, Lahore  on world veterinary day 27th April,2009.
  8. As a Resource person Lecture and Training on PCR equipment was given on 17-18th May, 2008 at LCWU arranged by British Council.