Qurat-ul-Ain
Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research - ICCBS, Pakistan
Biography
Qurat-ul-Ain, is a Ph.D student at Dr.Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi. She is collaborative Research Student at Department of Dermatology and Allergy University of Ulm Germany, Ms. Qurat-ul-Ain has characterized a variety of newly designed chemical compounds in term of their antioxidant and pro-oxidant properties. She studies these in melanoma cell and melanocytes. Some of the studied compounds reveal an inhibitory effect on melanoma cells, but not on their benign counterpart, the melanocyte. The mechanisms of action of these compounds are being investigated.Qurat-ul-Ain has authored 19 articles published in international journals.