Prof. Dr. Nousheen Zehra Zaidi

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsBiochemistry,Cell Biology
KeywordsCancer Biology, Lipid Metaboilsm, Lipolysis, De novo fatty acid synthesis
Honours and awards

2021: Visiting Researcher Fellowship awarded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

2017: Georg Forster Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers by the Humboldt Foundation

2015: Visiting Researcher Fellowship awarded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

2005: PhD Fellowship awarded by DAAD and HEC.

2002: Gold Medal for 1st position in M.Sc. Genetics by University of Karachi.

Current contact address

CountryPakistan
CityLahore
InstitutionUniversity of the Punjab
InstituteDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Homepagehttp://pu.edu.pk/faculty/description/1307/Dr-Nousheen-Zehra-Zaidi.html

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Jan LisecMax-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Berlin
Dr. Jan LisecBundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin
Dr. Jan LisecAbteilung I: Analytische Chemie, Referenzmaterialien, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2017

Program(s)

2016Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2019Jan Lisec, Carsten Jaeger, Rida Rashid, Rimsha Munir & Nousheen Zaidi: Cancer cell lipid class homeostasis is altered under nutrient-deprivation but stable under hypoxia. In: BMC Cancer , 2019,
2019Rimsha Munir, Jan Lisec, Johannes V. Swinnen and Nousheen Zaidi: Lipid metabolism in cancer cells under metabolic stress . In: British Journal of Cancer, 2019, 1090-1098