Jawaid Ahsan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Biotechnology

Central University of South Bihar (CUSB)

Panchanpur, Gaya, Bihar

E-mail: jahsan@cub.ac.in

Contact No. 8521627799

Research experience and Academic

qualification

Postdoctoral research: Linnaeus Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Neuroethology, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany (Prof. Bill Hansson’s Laboratory; Director, MPI for Chemical Ecology) from January 2010 till August 2011.

Ph.D.: PhD from National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore/Hamdard University, New Delhi under the supervision of Prof. Obaid Siddiqi and Prof. S. K. Jain, on the topic ‘Genetic and Molecular correlates of olfactory conditioning in Drosophila melanogaster’.

M. Sc.: M. Sc. in Biotechnology from the Department of Biotechnology, Hamdard University, New Delhi in 2002 with 71.25% marks.

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor: At the Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) from September 2011 till date.

Area of Research

Broad area: Neuroscience

Drosophila olfaction, learning and memory

Major Awards and Recognitions

1. Received the fellowship of EMBL and MARIE CURIE ACTIONS to give an oral talk (among FOUR such speakers selected worldwide) about my research work at the 10th International EMBL PhD Student Symposium in Heidelberg, Germany, October 23-25, 2008.

2. Received grant by European Commission, Research Directorate General, Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses to participate in the first NEUROTRAIN (Neuroscience Training in Europe) program, Austria Center Vienna, Austria, July 7-12, 2006.

3. Received the financial assistance/travel grant by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India for attending the 5th Forum of European Neuroscience (FENS Forum 2006), Austria Center Vienna, Austria, July 8-12, 2006.

4. Qualified CSIR-UGC JRF (NET) two times on 22nd of June 2003 and 22nd of December 2002.

5. Qualified GATE-2003 with 93.42 percentile, All India Rank 228.

6. Qualified ICMR JRF on 7th of July 2002 (All India Rank 9).

Research Grant

Received the research grant of INR 6 Lakhs under the UGC scheme “Start-Up-Grant for Newly Recruited Faculty” from the University Grant Commission (UGC), Government of India, for research project entitled “Role of Ionotropic receptors (IRs) in olfaction in Drosophila melanogaster.”

Research Supervision

Supervising Four Ph.D. students

Research Interests: Studying the mechanism of olfaction, learning and memory using Drosophila as model system. Also, exploring the neurological effects of Arsenic on Drosophila.

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Publications:

1. Ahsan J., Knaden M., Strutz A., Sachse S., Hansson B.S. (2017). Sense or Non-sense? Decision making in Drosophila melanogaster. Mechanisms of Development. 145:S115-S116

2. Ashraf G.M., Perveen A., Zaidi S.K., Tabrez S., Shakil S., Ahmad A., Haque R., Ahsan J., Kamal M.A. and Banu N. (2015). "Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Tools for the Detection and Identification of Lectins in Major Human Diseases". Protein & Peptide Letters. 22(11):954-62. PMID: 26419242 (Impact Factor: 1.124)

3. Sadaf N., Ahsan J., Ahmad S. and Haque R. (2015). "Mitochondria: A Key Player in Stem Cell Fate". Cell Biology. Special Issue: Mitochondria: Implications in Human Health and Diseases. Vol. 3, No. 2-1, 2015, pp. 31-37. ISSN Print: 2330-0175, ISSN Online: 2330-0183 (Impact Factor: NA)

4. Knaden M., Strutz A., Ahsan J., Sachse S. and Hansson B.S. (2012). “Spatial Representation of Odorant Valence in an Insect Brain”. Cell Reports 1, 1-8, April 19, 2012. PMID: 22832228 (Impact Factor- 8.4)

5. Ahsan J., Jain S.K. and Siddiqi O. (2012). “Behavioral characterization of P-element insertion lines of Drosophila melanogaster”. Dros. Inf. Serv. Vol. 95 (2012)

http://www.ou.edu/journals/dis/DIS95/Ahsan%203.pdf

6. Ahsan J., Jain S.K. and Siddiqi O. (2008). ‘Molecular localization of P elements in GAL-4 lines of Drosophila melanogaster’. Drosophila Information Service Journal (DIS Journal), Vol. 91 (2008)

http://www.ou.edu/journals/dis/DIS91/Ahsan%20111.pdf

GenBank Accessions:- (Total 9 Nucleotide Sequences)

JF739354, JF739355, JF739356, JF739357, JF739358, JF739359, JF739360, JF739361, JF739362

Invited Seminars/Talks:-

1. Delivered an Invited Talk on 'Studying olfaction in Drosophila melanogaster' at the 3rd Biennial InDRC (Indian Drosophila Research Conference) 2017 Meeting organized by Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal during December 6-9, 2017.

2. Delivered an Invited Talk 'Sense or Non-sense? Decision making in Drosophila melanogaster' in the 2nd National Seminar on 'Current Trends in Life Science', organized by Life Science Programme, Central University of South Bihar, Patna during February 20-21, 2017.

3. Delivered an Invited Lecture on the theme 'Clinical Research Methodology', by REGIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF UNANI MEDICINE (CCRUM, New Delhi, Ministry of ‘AYUSH’, Govt. of India), Patna, on June 8, 2016.

4. Delivered an Invited Talk about my research work at the 10th International EMBL PhD Student Symposium, organized by EMBL and MARIE CURIE ACTIONS, in Heidelberg, Germany from 23rd to 25th of October 2008.

5. Delivered an Invited Seminar at Lehrstuhl für Genetik und Neurobiologie, Theodor-Boveri-Institut, Biozentrum, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, hosted by Prof. Dr. Martin Heisenberg on 24th of July 2006.

6. Delivered an Invited Seminar at the Neurobiologie, Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, hosted by Prof. Dr. Randolf Menzel on 17th of July 2006.