Mehak Rafiq

Assistant Professor
School of Interdisciplinary Engineering & Sciences
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Dr. Mehak Rafiq is working as Assistant Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Engineering & Sciences . Dr. Mehak Rafiq has a PhD in Computational Biology . Dr. Mehak Rafiq has published 14 research articles & conference papers having a citation count of 199 , carried out 6 projects and filed 0 intellectual property.

Research Tags

Big Data Engineering Bioinformatics Data Analytics Data-Driven Healthcare Generative AI Genomics Personalized Medicine Research Proteomics SMART Solutions Machine Learning

Research Projects

5

Industry Projects

1

Amount Granted

12.8 M

Publications

14

Citations

199

Intellectual Property

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Research Collaborators

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Maria Shabbir

Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences
5 Collaborations
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Yasmin Badshah

Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences
4 Collaborations
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Rumeza Hanif

Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences
2 Collaborations
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Shahzad Rasool

School of Interdisciplinary Engineering & Sciences
2 Collaborations
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Uzma Habib

School of Interdisciplinary Engineering & Sciences
2 Collaborations
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Rehan Zafar Paracha

School of Interdisciplinary Engineering & Sciences
2 Collaborations
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Nosheen Fatima Rana

School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
1 Collaboration
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Aneela Javed

Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences
1 Collaboration
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Masood Ur Rehman Kayani

School of Interdisciplinary Engineering & Sciences
1 Collaboration
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Zamir Hussain

School of Interdisciplinary Engineering & Sciences
1 Collaboration

Education

PhD Computational Biology 2012- 2015
University of Greenwich , United Kingdom
B.Sc (Hon) Bioscience 2008- 2011
University of Greenwich , United Kingdom

Experience

Assistant Professor 2024- Present
School of Interdisciplinary Engineering & Sciences , NUST
Assistant Professor 2022- 2022
School of Interdisciplinary Engineering & Sciences , NUST
Assistant Professor 2020- 2017
Research Centre for Modelling & Simulation , NUST
Assistant Professor 2018- 2022
Research Centre for Modelling & Simulation , NUST
Assistant Professor 2017- 2018
Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences , NUST
Assistant Professor 2016- 2020
Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences , NUST
Assistant Professor 2015- 2016
Research Centre for Modelling & Simulation , NUST
PostDoctoral Fellow 2012- 2012
University of Greenwich , London, United Kingdom ,

Awards

NRPU-HEC 2018
Understanding the role of iRhoms in EGFR signalling pathway and its role in Breast and Colorectal Cancer Amount: 1.5 Million PKR
DrTech Pvt/ Ltd 2018
Developing SMART – integrated waste labour management system Amount: 1.2 Million PKR
SRGP-HEC 2016
Structural Controls of urokinase-like receptors & Rhomboids; and variations introduced by boronic acid binding Amount: 0.3 Million PKR

Memberships

5
Research Projects
1
Industrial Projects
6
National Projects
0
International Projects
12.8M
Total Funding (PKR)
NUST Biomedical Data Bank (NBDB); A Roadmap to Personalized Medicine (Phase-I) 2023
ISHRAT JABEEN
Amjad Ali
Mehak Rafiq
Masood Ur Rehman Kayani
Muhammad Tariq Saeed
Project Status: Completed Rs: 1.0 M Approval Date: 2023-12-27 Completion Date: 2025-02-28
Funding Agency: NUST
In-depth analysis of predication & forecasting of sepsis in ICU patients using Deep Learning 2021
Mehak Rafiq
Maria Shabbir
Project Status: Completed Rs: 0.6 M Approval Date: 2021-07-02 Completion Date: 2022-08-02
Funding Agency: XpertFlow
Structural Controls of Urokinase-Like Receptor & Rhomboids: and variations introduced by Boronic Acid Binding 2016
Mehak Rafiq
Fouzia Perveen Malik
FO
Fouzia Malik (-)
Project Status: Completed Rs: 0.4 M Approval Date: 2016-04-12 Completion Date: 2019-04-26
Funding Agency: HEC
Understanding the Role of iRhoms in EGFR Signalling Pathway and its Role in Breast and Colorectal Cancer 2018
Mehak Rafiq
Maria Shabbir
Project Status: Completed Rs: 6.2 M Approval Date: 2018-11-19 Completion Date: 2022-03-03
Funding Agency: HEC
Down regulation of Protein kinase C Epsilon, a possible drug-able candidate in human breast cancer management. 2018
Mehak Rafiq
Maria Shabbir
Project Status: Completed Rs: 3.1 M Approval Date: 2018-11-19 Completion Date: 2021-11-11
Funding Agency: HEC
BDM Module 2023
Mehak Rafiq
Project Status: Approved_inprocess Rs: 1.4 M Approval Date: 2023-02-16 Completion Date: 2024-01-14
Funding Agency: Rapidev
12
Research Articles
2
Conference Proceedings
0
Books
0
Book Chapters
11
Editorial Activities
Computational evaluation of efflux pump homologues and lignans as potent inhibitors against multidrug-resistant Salmonella typhi 2024
IQ
Iqra Shafique
Mehak Rafiq
Nosheen Fatima Rana
FA
Fatemah Almalki (Shaqra University)
AL
Alya Aljuad (Shaqra University)
SU
Sulaiman Mohammed Alnasser (Qassim University)
AM
Amenah S. Alotaibi (University of Tabuk)
MA
Madahiah Bint E. Masood
TE
Tehreem Tanveer
FA
Farid Menaa (California Innovations Corporation)
Journal: Plos One, Volume 19(6), Article Number e0303285
Impact Factor: 2.900 Citations: 2 Quartile: 1
SDG 3
Bridging the gap by discerning SNPs in linkage disequilibrium and their role in breast cancer 2018
SU
Sundus Naila Maqbool (-)
SA
Sadia Haleema Nazir (-)
Rumeza Hanif
Aneela Javed
Mehak Rafiq
Journal: Gene , Volume 679, Pages 44-56
Impact Factor: 2.638 Citations: 0 Quartile: 2
Prioritizing gut microbial SNPs linked to immunotherapy outcomes in NSCLC patients by integrative bioinformatics analysis 2025
MU
Muhammad Faheem Raziq
NA
Nadeem Khan
HA
Haseeb Manzoor
Shahzad Rasool
Mehak Rafiq
Masood Ur Rehman Kayani
LI
Lisu Huang (Zhejiang University)
HA
Hafiz Muhammad Adnan Tariq
Journal: Journal of Translational Medicine, Volume:23, Issue:1, Article Number: 343
Impact Factor: 6.100 Citations: 0 Quartile: 1
SDG 3
Computational Characterization of the Binding Energy and Interactions between CB1 Receptor and Its Classical Agonist and Negative Allosteric Modulators (NAMs) 2019
SA
Saba Shabber (-)
Uzma Habib
Mehak Rafiq
Journal: Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences, Volume 3, Issue 9, Pages 3-11
Impact Factor: N/A Citations: 0 Quartile: N/A
Investigating Isoform Switching in RHBDF2 for its role in Human Neoplastic Growth in Breast Cancer 2022
ME
Mehar Masood
M
Madahiah Bint E Masood
NO
Noor Us Subah
Maria Shabbir
Rehan Zafar Paracha
Mehak Rafiq
Journal: PeerJ, Volume 10, Article Number e14124
Impact Factor: 2.7 Citations: 2 Quartile: 2
SDG 3
Cross talk of tumor protein D52 (TPD52) with KLF9, PKCε, and MicroRNA 223 in ovarian cancer 2023
KH
Khushbukhat Khan
S
Sameen Zafar
Yasmin Badshah
NA
Naeem Mahmood Ashraf (University of the Punjab)
Mehak Rafiq
LU
Lubna Danish (Agricultural Research Institute)
Maria Shabbir
JA
Janeen H. Trembley (University of Minnesota)
TA
Tayyaba Afsar (King Saud University)
A
Ali Almajwal (King Saud University)
SU
Suhail Razak (King Saud University)
Journal: Journal of Ovarian Research, Volume 16, Issue 1, Article Number: 202
Impact Factor: 4.0 Citations: 2 Quartile: 1
SDG 3
Evaluation of pro-apoptotic potential of taxifolin against liver cancer 2021
SA
Sania Safdar Butt (-)
KH
Khushbukhat Khan (-)
Yasmin Badshah
Mehak Rafiq
Maria Shabbir
Journal: PeerJ, Volume 9, Article Number e11276
Impact Factor: 3.061 Citations: 31 Quartile: 2
Unravelling Structure, Localization, and Genetic Crosstalk of KLF3 in Human Breast Cancer 2020
Yasmin Badshah
Maria Shabbir
Mehak Rafiq
KH
Khushbukhat Khan (-)
SA
Sadia Safi (-)
AS
Asma Abbas (-)
ER
Erum Dilshad (Capital University of Science and Technology)
KA
Kainat Zahra (-)
Journal: BioMed Research International, Volume 2020, Article ID 1354381, 15 pages
Impact Factor: 3.411 Citations: 14 Quartile: 2
Integrated analysis of microarray and RNA-Seq data for the identification of Hub genes and networks involved in the pancreatic cancer 2021
Rumeza Hanif
Rehan Zafar Paracha
Mehak Rafiq
Zamir Hussain
MA
Maryum Nisar
IQ
Iqra Arshad
SI
Sidra Adil
SA
Sabaoon Zeb
Journal: Frontiers in Genetics, Volume 12, Article Number 663787
Impact Factor: 4.599 Citations: 18 Quartile: 2
SDG 3
Enhancing Energy Conservation Behaviors Through Audio, Visual, and Social Cues in Virtual Reality 2025
MA
Maria Maqbool
AM
Amna Khan
Mehak Rafiq
Shahzad Rasool
Journal: Visual Computer, Pages 1-17
Impact Factor: 3.000 Citations: 0 Quartile: 2
SDG 11
Molecular Docking Using Chimera and Autodock Vina Software for Nonbioinformaticians 2020
SA
Sania Safdar Butt (-)
Yasmin Badshah
Maria Shabbir
Mehak Rafiq
Journal: JMIR Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Volume 1(1), Article Number e14232
Impact Factor: - Citations: 130 Quartile: N/A
Integrated pan-cancer analysis revealed therapeutic targets in the ABC transporter protein family 2025
MA
Madahiah Bint E Masood
MU
Muhammad Inam Rafique
AY
Ayesha Inam Tarar
AR
Ariba Abbasi
Mehak Rafiq
Uzma Habib
IQ
Iqra Shafique
Journal: PLoS One, Volume 20(5), Article Number e0308585
Impact Factor: 2.900 Citations: 0 Quartile: 1
SDG 3
The Dictyostelium rhomboid proteases and mitochondrial disease
Mehak Rafiq
EL
Elinor Thompson (University of Greenwich)
E
Elinor Thompson (University of Greenwich)
Conference: The Annual Conference
Citations: N/A
A Machine Learning-Based Comparative Study for the Classification of Septic Shock Using Microarray Gene
AR
Arslan Ali (-)
AY
Ayesha Hanif (-)
AR
Arsalan Tahir (-)
HA
Hafiz Umar Iftikhar (-)
HU
Huma Shehwana (National University of Medical Sciences)
Mehak Rafiq
Conference: International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT)
Citations: N/A
Scientific Reports 2023
Reviewed Papers for Journals
Impact Factor: 4.6
Scientific Reports 2023
Reviewed Papers for Journals
Impact Factor: 4.6
FEBS Open Bio 2023
Reviewed Papers for Journals
Impact Factor: 2.792
BMC Medical Genomics 2023
Reviewed Papers for Journals
Impact Factor: 2.7
Functional & Integrative Genomics 2023
Reviewed Papers for Journals
Impact Factor: 2.6
Scientific Reports 2023
Reviewed Papers for Journals
Impact Factor: 4.6
Frontiers in Pharmacology 2022
Reviewed Papers for Journals
Impact Factor: 5.988
BMC Genomic Data 2022
Reviewed Papers for Journals
Impact Factor: Nil
Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2022
Reviewed Papers for Journals
Impact Factor: 1.305
PeerJ 2022
Reviewed Papers for Journals
Impact Factor: 3.061
2020
Reviewed Papers for Journals
Impact Factor: 4.38
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