Asima Zia, PhD

​Dr. Asima is a molecular biologist and her interest in human health has driven her to study the complex relationship between disease development and the role of genomics and transcriptomics. She is involved in single-cell transcriptomics, and genomics, microfluidics, cell culture experiments, RNAseq, and ATACseq. The purpose of research in our lab is to understand the complex interaction of cellular systems and their impact on development and diseases.

• ​Ph.D., Molecular Biology, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan, 2016 
• M.Phil., Biochemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2009 
• M.Sc., Biochemistry, UAAR, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 2005

• ​2018-To Date: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

• ​The American Society of Human Genetics 
• International Society for Infectious Diseases
  

• KAUST Environmental Epigenetics Program (KEEP)
• Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE)