Research Areas
Research Interests
Graduate student researching the classification and identification of unculturable phytoplasma species, plant pathogens with elusive evolutionary backgrounds, and other factors influencing plant disease and leafhopper spread.
Research Description
Phytoplasma bacteria cause devastating diseases of agricultural crops worldwide but this group of bacteria is still relatively poorly known and the insect vectors of most previously known strains remain unknown. The planned dissertation research is important because it will reveal associations between insects, plants and plant-pathogenic bacteria, enabling us to develop models that predict the likelihood of disease outbreaks in specific regions based on the composition of the flora and insect fauna, and the distribution of phytoplasma bacteria.
Education
Bsc Biotechnology, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
- 3.81 CGPA, Silver Medalist
- Dissertation: Exploration of Bacterial Communities in Khewra Salt Mine Using 16s rRNA Sequencing
- 1 Chancellor Honor Roll, 7 Dean Honor Roll
Highlighted Publications
Abstract Publications:
- Syeda Wardah Noor, Sara Arshad, Syed Muhammed Abdullah, Sahar Fazal. "Mining of Khewra Salt Mine for Halophiles." 11th International Conference on Biological and Computational Sciences (CBICS-2023). October 28th, 2023
- Syeda Wardah Noor, Sara Arshad, Syed Muhammed Abdullah, Sahar Fazal. "Exploration of Bacterial Communities in Khewra Salt Mine Using 16S rRNA Sequencing." International Conference on Biological and Medical Sciences (ICBMS-2023). August 6th, 2023. https://pjmhsonline.com/index.php/pjmhs/issue/view/12
Recent Publications
Noor, S. W., Arshad, S., Abdullah, S. M., Kayani, B. K., & Fazal, S. (2024). 16S rRNA gene sequencing reveals bacterial diversity in Khewra Salt Mine walls. Access Microbiology, 6(12). https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000869.v4