Dr. Syed Sarfraz Hussain

KAUSER ABDULLA MALIK SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES

Ph.D. Molecular Biology (National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of The Punjab Lahore, Pakistan)
MSc (Hons) Plant Breeding & Genetics (University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan)

Dr. Syed has over 15 years of Teaching and Research Experience in National and International Universities; 2002-2004:  Teaching & Research at CEMB, University of The Punjab;  2004-2009: Dept of Biosciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad; 2007-2010: IMBIO, University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universitat Bonn) Germany; 2010-2016: ACPFG, University of Adelaide Australia

Research interests:

Molecular biology and biotechnology, genome editing techniques, plant genomics, small RNAomics, and system biology.

Publications:

Over 34 publications in national and international journals of repute.

  • Hussain SS, Asif MA, Rashid B, Shi BJ. 2016. Plant Aquaporin Biotechnology: Challenges and Prospects for abiotic stress tolerance under changing global environment. In: Water Stress and Crop Plants: A Sustainable Approach. Editors: Ahmad P, Rasool S. P. 151-164, (Chapter 11) Elsevier USA
  • Hussain SS, Asif MA, Sornaraj P, Ali M, Shi BJ. 2016. Towards integration of system based approach for understanding drought stress in plants. In: Water Stress and Crop Plants: A Sustainable Approach. Editors: Ahmad P, Rasool S. P. 227-247, (Chapter 16) Elsevier USA
  • Shi BJ, Hussain SS. 2016. MiRNA/siRNA-based approaches to enhance drought tolerance of barley and wheat under drought stress. In: Water Stress and Crop Plants: A Sustainable Approach. Editors: Ahmad P, Rasool S. P. 248-260, (Chapter 17) Elsevier USA
  • Ferdous J, Hussain SS, Shi BJ. 2015. Role of microRNAs in plant drought tolerance. Plant Biotechnology Journal 13: 293-305.
  • Hussain SS, Ali M, Shi B. 2015. MiRNA mediated regulatory functions under abiotic stresses in legumes. In: Legumes under environmental stress: yield, improvement and adaptation. (Chapter 14) pp. 231-245. Editors: Ahmad P; Azoozor M. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, UK
  • Hussain SS, Shi B. 2014. Role of miRNAs in abiotic and biotic stresses in plants. In: emerging technologies and management of crop stress tolerance: Vol 1: Biological techniques. (Chapter 07). Pp. 181-207. Editors: Ahmad P, Rasool S. Elsevier USA
  • Hussain SS, Siddique, KHM Lopato S. 2014. Towards Integration of Bacterial Genomics in Plants for Enhanced Abiotic Stress Tolerance: Clues from Transgenics. Advances in Enviromental Research 33: 65-122.
  • Hussain SS, Raza H, Afzal I and Kayani MA. 2012. Transgenic plants as vital approach for enhanced drought tolerance: Potentials and Perspective. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 57:693-721 (DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2010.540010)
  • Hussain SS, Ali M, Maqbool A, Siddique KHM. 2011. Polyamines: Natural and engineered abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in plants. Biotechnology Advances 29: 300-311. (DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.01.003).
  • Hussain SS, Kayani MA, Amjad M. 2011. Transcription factors as tools to engineer enhanced drought stress tolerance in plants. Biotechnology Progress 27:297-306 (DOI: 10.1002/btpr.514)
  • Hussain SS, Iqbal MT, Arif MA and Amjad M. 2011. Beyond Osmolytes and Transcription Factors: Drought tolerance in plants via protective proteins and aquaporins. Biologia Plantarum 55:401-413.
  • Bartels D. Hussain SS. 2011. Resurrection plants: Physiology and Molecular biology. In: Desiccation tolerance in plants: Ecological studies. (Eds: Beck Erwin & Luttge Ulrich). Springer Verlag (Chapter 16) 339-364.
  • Maria Cristina Suarez Rodriguez, Daniel Edsgärd, Hussain Syed Sarfraz, David Alquezar, Morten Rasmussen, Bjørn H. Nielsen, Dorothea Bartels, John Mundy. 2010. Transcriptomes of the desiccation tolerant resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum. The Plant Journal 63:212-228 (DOI:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04243.x)
  • Hussain, SS., Rao, AQ., Husnain, T. and Riazuddin, S. 2009. Cotton somatic embryo morphology affects its conversion to plant. Biologia plantarum 53(2): 307-311
  • Hussain, SS., Makhdoom, R., Husnain, T., Saleem, Z. and Riazuddin, S. 2008. Toxicity of snowdrop lectin protein towards cotton aphids Aphis gossypii (Homoptera, Aphididae). Journal of Cell & Molecular Biology 7(1): 29-40
  • Bartels D, Hussain SS. 2008. Current status and implications of engineering drought tolerance in plants using transgenic approaches. CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Sciences 3, 020.  Also Available online, click here
  • Zhou H, Hussain SS, Hackenberg M, Bazanova N, Eini O, Gustafson P, Shi BJ. 2018. Identification and characterization of a previously unknown drought tolerance-associated miRNA in barley. The Plant Journal 95: 138-149
  • Luang S, Sornaraj P, Bazanova K, Ji W, Eini O, Hussain SS, Kovalchuk N, Agarwal PK, Hrmova M, Lopato S. 2018. Tabzip2 from wheat is a part of the signalling pathway that mobilises plants to respond to nutrient starvation under drought. Plant Molecular Biology 96: 543-561.
  • Hussain SS, Hussain M, Irfan M, Siddique KM. 2018. Legume, microbiome and regulatory functions of miRNAs in systematic regulation of symbiosis. In: Microbiome: stress response and microbes for sustainable agriculture, Ahmad P, Egamberdieva D (eds).pp: 255-282 (Chapter 12) Springer Singapore. (ISBN 978-981-10-5514-0)
  • Hussain SS, Mehnaz S, Siddique KM. 2018. Harnessing the plant microbiome for improved abiotic stress tolerance. In: Microbiome: stress response and microbes for sustainable agriculture, Ahmad P, Egamberdieva D (eds). pp.21-43 (Chapter 2) Springer Singapore. (ISBN 978-981-10-5514-0)

Some of articles accepted for 2019 and in Press:

  • Hussain SS (2019). Towards understanding the regulation of photosynthesis under abiotic stresses: recent developments. In: Photosynthesis, productivity and environmental stress. Ahmad P. Ahanger MA, Jajoo A, Alam P (Eds). Wiley-Blackwell publishers UK, (Book in Press; Chapter 05)
  • Hussain SS, Shi B (2019). Towards elucidating the functions of miRNAs in drought stress tolerance in plants. In: Plant Small RNA: Biogenesis, Regulation and Application. Guleria P, Kumar V (Eds). Elsevier (Book in Press; Chapter 17)
  • Hussain SS, Hussain M, Shi B (2019). MicroRNA-mediated regularity functions under salinity stress in plants. In: Plant Small RNA: Biogenesis, Regulation and Application. Guleria P, Kumar V (Eds). Elsevier (Book in Press; Chapter 18)
  • Hussain SS, Hussain M, Irfan M, Shi BJ (2019). Current understanding of the regulatory roles of miRNAs for enhancing photosynthesis in plants under environmental stresses. In: Photosynthesis, productivity and environmental stress. Ahmad P. Ahanger MA, Jajoo A, Alam P (Eds). Wiley-Blackwell publishers UK, (Book in Press; (Chapter 11)
  • Hussain SS (2019). Microbe-mediated tolerance in plants against biotic and abiotic stresses. In: Microbial Interventions in Agriculture and Environment. Singh DP, Gupta VK, Prabha R (Eds) Springer-Nature, Singapore. (Book in Press; Chapter 09)
Address
ROOM | 346, Armacost Science Building
Dr. Syed Sarfraz Hussain

KAUSER ABDULLA MALIK SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES

Ph.D. Molecular Biology (National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of The Punjab Lahore, Pakistan)
MSc (Hons) Plant Breeding & Genetics (University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan)

Dr. Syed has over 15 years of Teaching and Research Experience in National and International Universities; 2002-2004:  Teaching & Research at CEMB, University of The Punjab;  2004-2009: Dept of Biosciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad; 2007-2010: IMBIO, University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universitat Bonn) Germany; 2010-2016: ACPFG, University of Adelaide Australia

Research interests:

Molecular biology and biotechnology, genome editing techniques, plant genomics, small RNAomics, and system biology.

Publications:

Over 34 publications in national and international journals of repute.

  • Hussain SS, Asif MA, Rashid B, Shi BJ. 2016. Plant Aquaporin Biotechnology: Challenges and Prospects for abiotic stress tolerance under changing global environment. In: Water Stress and Crop Plants: A Sustainable Approach. Editors: Ahmad P, Rasool S. P. 151-164, (Chapter 11) Elsevier USA
  • Hussain SS, Asif MA, Sornaraj P, Ali M, Shi BJ. 2016. Towards integration of system based approach for understanding drought stress in plants. In: Water Stress and Crop Plants: A Sustainable Approach. Editors: Ahmad P, Rasool S. P. 227-247, (Chapter 16) Elsevier USA
  • Shi BJ, Hussain SS. 2016. MiRNA/siRNA-based approaches to enhance drought tolerance of barley and wheat under drought stress. In: Water Stress and Crop Plants: A Sustainable Approach. Editors: Ahmad P, Rasool S. P. 248-260, (Chapter 17) Elsevier USA
  • Ferdous J, Hussain SS, Shi BJ. 2015. Role of microRNAs in plant drought tolerance. Plant Biotechnology Journal 13: 293-305.
  • Hussain SS, Ali M, Shi B. 2015. MiRNA mediated regulatory functions under abiotic stresses in legumes. In: Legumes under environmental stress: yield, improvement and adaptation. (Chapter 14) pp. 231-245. Editors: Ahmad P; Azoozor M. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, UK
  • Hussain SS, Shi B. 2014. Role of miRNAs in abiotic and biotic stresses in plants. In: emerging technologies and management of crop stress tolerance: Vol 1: Biological techniques. (Chapter 07). Pp. 181-207. Editors: Ahmad P, Rasool S. Elsevier USA
  • Hussain SS, Siddique, KHM Lopato S. 2014. Towards Integration of Bacterial Genomics in Plants for Enhanced Abiotic Stress Tolerance: Clues from Transgenics. Advances in Enviromental Research 33: 65-122.
  • Hussain SS, Raza H, Afzal I and Kayani MA. 2012. Transgenic plants as vital approach for enhanced drought tolerance: Potentials and Perspective. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 57:693-721 (DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2010.540010)
  • Hussain SS, Ali M, Maqbool A, Siddique KHM. 2011. Polyamines: Natural and engineered abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in plants. Biotechnology Advances 29: 300-311. (DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.01.003).
  • Hussain SS, Kayani MA, Amjad M. 2011. Transcription factors as tools to engineer enhanced drought stress tolerance in plants. Biotechnology Progress 27:297-306 (DOI: 10.1002/btpr.514)
  • Hussain SS, Iqbal MT, Arif MA and Amjad M. 2011. Beyond Osmolytes and Transcription Factors: Drought tolerance in plants via protective proteins and aquaporins. Biologia Plantarum 55:401-413.
  • Bartels D. Hussain SS. 2011. Resurrection plants: Physiology and Molecular biology. In: Desiccation tolerance in plants: Ecological studies. (Eds: Beck Erwin & Luttge Ulrich). Springer Verlag (Chapter 16) 339-364.
  • Maria Cristina Suarez Rodriguez, Daniel Edsgärd, Hussain Syed Sarfraz, David Alquezar, Morten Rasmussen, Bjørn H. Nielsen, Dorothea Bartels, John Mundy. 2010. Transcriptomes of the desiccation tolerant resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum. The Plant Journal 63:212-228 (DOI:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04243.x)
  • Hussain, SS., Rao, AQ., Husnain, T. and Riazuddin, S. 2009. Cotton somatic embryo morphology affects its conversion to plant. Biologia plantarum 53(2): 307-311
  • Hussain, SS., Makhdoom, R., Husnain, T., Saleem, Z. and Riazuddin, S. 2008. Toxicity of snowdrop lectin protein towards cotton aphids Aphis gossypii (Homoptera, Aphididae). Journal of Cell & Molecular Biology 7(1): 29-40
  • Bartels D, Hussain SS. 2008. Current status and implications of engineering drought tolerance in plants using transgenic approaches. CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Sciences 3, 020.  Also Available online, click here
  • Zhou H, Hussain SS, Hackenberg M, Bazanova N, Eini O, Gustafson P, Shi BJ. 2018. Identification and characterization of a previously unknown drought tolerance-associated miRNA in barley. The Plant Journal 95: 138-149
  • Luang S, Sornaraj P, Bazanova K, Ji W, Eini O, Hussain SS, Kovalchuk N, Agarwal PK, Hrmova M, Lopato S. 2018. Tabzip2 from wheat is a part of the signalling pathway that mobilises plants to respond to nutrient starvation under drought. Plant Molecular Biology 96: 543-561.
  • Hussain SS, Hussain M, Irfan M, Siddique KM. 2018. Legume, microbiome and regulatory functions of miRNAs in systematic regulation of symbiosis. In: Microbiome: stress response and microbes for sustainable agriculture, Ahmad P, Egamberdieva D (eds).pp: 255-282 (Chapter 12) Springer Singapore. (ISBN 978-981-10-5514-0)
  • Hussain SS, Mehnaz S, Siddique KM. 2018. Harnessing the plant microbiome for improved abiotic stress tolerance. In: Microbiome: stress response and microbes for sustainable agriculture, Ahmad P, Egamberdieva D (eds). pp.21-43 (Chapter 2) Springer Singapore. (ISBN 978-981-10-5514-0)

Some of articles accepted for 2019 and in Press:

  • Hussain SS (2019). Towards understanding the regulation of photosynthesis under abiotic stresses: recent developments. In: Photosynthesis, productivity and environmental stress. Ahmad P. Ahanger MA, Jajoo A, Alam P (Eds). Wiley-Blackwell publishers UK, (Book in Press; Chapter 05)
  • Hussain SS, Shi B (2019). Towards elucidating the functions of miRNAs in drought stress tolerance in plants. In: Plant Small RNA: Biogenesis, Regulation and Application. Guleria P, Kumar V (Eds). Elsevier (Book in Press; Chapter 17)
  • Hussain SS, Hussain M, Shi B (2019). MicroRNA-mediated regularity functions under salinity stress in plants. In: Plant Small RNA: Biogenesis, Regulation and Application. Guleria P, Kumar V (Eds). Elsevier (Book in Press; Chapter 18)
  • Hussain SS, Hussain M, Irfan M, Shi BJ (2019). Current understanding of the regulatory roles of miRNAs for enhancing photosynthesis in plants under environmental stresses. In: Photosynthesis, productivity and environmental stress. Ahmad P. Ahanger MA, Jajoo A, Alam P (Eds). Wiley-Blackwell publishers UK, (Book in Press; (Chapter 11)
  • Hussain SS (2019). Microbe-mediated tolerance in plants against biotic and abiotic stresses. In: Microbial Interventions in Agriculture and Environment. Singh DP, Gupta VK, Prabha R (Eds) Springer-Nature, Singapore. (Book in Press; Chapter 09)
Address
ROOM | 346, Armacost Science Building
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