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Nasar-um Minullah Virk, PhD
Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Innovation
- Digital Transformation
- Agile Project Management
Curriculum Vitae
Nasar ist Dozent an der EBS und ein unternehmerisch orientierter Forscher und Pädagoge mit Erfahrung in der Industrieberatung, die er in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten gesammelt hat. Er verfügt über ein interdisziplinäres Lehr- und Forschungsportfolio in den Bereichen Digitale Strategie und Transformation, Automotive Management und Organisationsagilität mit digitalen Managementmethoden. Er studierte an der Zhejiang University, University of San Francisco, der Durham University und der EBS.
Publikationen
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
- AQEEL AHMED, A., HARIS AHMED KHAN, H., ATIF JAMAL , A., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M. (2024). Characterization of two novel fusariviruses co-infecting a single isolate of phytopathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea. Virus Genes, 60 (4). 402-411. doi:10.1007/s11262-024-02073-8.
- TEHSIN FATMA , T., HARIS AHMED KHAN, H., AQEEL AHMED, A., FAZAL ADNAN, F., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M. (2023). Functional annotation and comparative analysis of four Botrytis cinerea mitogenomes reported from Punjab, Pakistan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences , 30 (4), 103605. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103605.
- AQEEL AHMED, A., HARIS AHMED KHAN, H., ATIF JAMAL , A., TEHSIN FATMA , T., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M. (2023). The presence of mycoviral infection attenuates the growth and pathogenicity of the phytopathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea collected from strawberry fields in Pakistan. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 167, 133-143.
- TEHSIN FATMA , T., ZEESHAN ZAFAR, Z., SIDRA FATIMA, S., REHAN ZAFAR PARACHA , R., FAZAL ADNAN, F., ZESHAN, Z., ... MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M. (2021). Computational Assessment of Botrytis cinerea Lipase for Biofuel Production. Catalysts, 11 (11), 1319.
- HARIS AHMED KHAN, H., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U. (2021). Assessment of mycoviral diversity in Pakistani fungal isolates revealed infection by 11 novel viruses of a single strain of Fusarium mangiferae isolate SP1. Journal of General Virology , 102 (12), 001690.
- WAJEEHA SHAMSI, W., MINULLAH, N.-U., ATIF JAMAL, A., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M. (2019). The mycovirus database an e-bank for mycoviral genomes. International Journal of Latest Trends in Engineering and Technology, 12 (Issue 6), pages 007-011. doi:10.21172/1.126.02.
- AMMAD FAHIM, A., ZAIRA REHMAN, Z., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., AMIR RASHID, A., AMJAD ALI, A., REHAN ZAFAR PARACHA , R. (2019). The Route to ‘Chemobrain’-Computational probing of neuronal LTP pathway. Nature Scientific Reports, 9 (1), 9630. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-45883-9.
- AMMAD FAHIM, A., ZAIRA REHMAN, Z., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M., AMJAD ALI, A., MINULLAH, N.-U., AMIR RASHID, A., REHAN ZAFAR PARACHA, R. (2018). Structural Insights and Characterization of Human Npas4 Protein. PeerJ, 6 (e4978). doi:10.7717/peerj.4978.
- AMNA YOUNUS, A., SABA MUNAWAR, S., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M., AQSA IKRAM, A., FARYAL MEHWISH AWAN, F., ISHRAT JABEEN, I., ... MUHAMMAD ARSHAD, M. (2018). Structure-Function Mutational Analysis and Prediction of the Potential Impact of High Risk Non-Synonymous Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism on Poliovirus 2A Protease Stability Using Comprehensive Informatics Approaches. Genes, 9 (228). doi:10.3390/genes9050228.
- HIRA IFTIKHAR, H., MINULLAH, N.-U., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M. (2018). Homology Modeling of CTR1 Protein Kinase Domain in Solanaceae Species for Identification of Salient Features in terms of Structure and Function, and Interaction Analysis with Lipids. Current Proteomics, 15, 329-340. doi:10.2174/1570164615666180723145810.
- RAFIA RAFIQUE, R., ZAHRA ZAHRA, Z., MINULLAH, N.-U., MUHAMMAD SHAHID, M., ERIC PINELLI, E., JEAN KALLERHOFF, J., ... MUHAMMAD ARSHAD, M. (2018). Data onrhizospherepH,phosphorusuptakeand wheat growthresponsesuponTiO2 nanoparticles application. Data in Brief, 17, 890-896. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.02.002.
- RAFIA RAFIQUE, R., ZAHRA ZAHRA, Z., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., MUHAMMAD SHAHID, M., ERIC PINELLI, E., TAE JUNG PARK, T., ... MUHAMMAD ARSHAD, M. (2018). Dose-dependent physiological responses of Triticum aestivum L. to soil applied TiO2 nanoparticles: Alterations in chlorophyll content, H2O2 production, and genotoxicity. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 255, 95-101. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.12.010.
- ROOHI ASLAM, R., LORRAINE E. WILLIAMS, L., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M., MINULLAH, N.-U. (2017). Genome wide analysis of wheat calcium ATPases and potential role of selected ACAs and ECAs in calcium stress. BMC Plant Biology, 17 (174). doi:DOI 10.1186/s12870-017-1112-5.
- HIRA IFTIKHAR, H., NAYAB NAVEED, N., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M., FENGMING SONG, F. (2017). In silico analysis reveals widespread presence of three gene families, MAPK, MAPKK and MAPKKK, of the MAPK cascade from crop plants of Solanaceae in comparison to the distantly-related syntenic species from Rubiaceae, coffee.. PeerJ, 5, e3255. doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3255.
- HIRA IFTIKHAR, H., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., XIAOFEI CHENG, X., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M. (2016). In silico analysis reveals multiple genes of mapk, mapkk and mapkkk gene families of the mapk cascade in Nicotiana tabacum.. International Journal of Advances in Science Engineering and Technology, 4(3), Spl. Issue 2, 42-47..
- MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., DAYONG LI, D., FENGMING SONG, F., ET AL., E. (2015). Arabidopsis Raf-Like Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase Gene Raf43 Is Required for Tolerance to Multiple Abiotic Stresses.. PLoS ONE, 10 (7), e0133975. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0133975.
- RAFIA RAFIQUE, R., MUHAMMAD ARSHAD, M., MUHAMMAD FAHIM KHOKHAR, M., IA QAZI, I. Q., A HAMZA, A. H., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U. (2014). Growth response of wheat to titania nanoparticles application.. NUST Journal of Engineering Sciences, 7 (1), 42-46, 97. doi:https://doi.org/10.24949/njes.v7i1.133.
- XIAOFEI CHENG, X., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., ET AL., E. (2013). CpG Usage in RNA Viruses: Data and Hypotheses.. PLoS ONE, 8 (9), e74109. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0074109.
- MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., BO LIU, B., HUIJUAN ZHANG, H., LI XIAOHUI, L. X., DAYONG LI, D., FENGMING SONG, F. (2012). Tomato SlMPK4 is required for resistance against Botrytis cinerea and tolerance to drought stress.. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 35 (4), 1211–1221.
- LI GUOJUN, L. G., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., YUXIA YANG, Y. Y., WEI LI, L., BO LIU, B., LIJUN SUN, L., ... FENGMING SONG, F. (2011). Arabidopsis poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase 1 is required for drought, osmotic and oxidative stress responses.. Plant Science, 180 (2), 283-291. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2010.09.002.
- BASNAYAKE, B.M.V.S, B., DAYONG LI, D., HUIJUAN ZHANG, H., LI GUOJUN, L. G., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., FENGMING SONG, F. (2011). Arabidopsis DAL1 and DAL2, two RING finger proteins homologous to Drosophila DIAP1, are involved in regulation of programmed cell death. Plant Cell Reports, 30 (1), pp. 37-48.
- WANG X, W., BASNAYAKE, B.M.V.S, B., HUIJUAN ZHANG, H., LI GUOJUN, L. G., WEI LI, L., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., ... FENGMING SONG, F. (2009). The Arabidopsis ATAF1, a NAC transcription factor, is a negative regulator of defense responses against necrotrophic fungal and bacterial pathogens .. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 22 (10), pp. 1227-1238.
Conference Proceedings
- MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U. (2025). Captain Jeppesen charting the skies: Driving digital innovation at Boeing.. Eastern Academy of Management.
- MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U. (2024). The X Factor: Twitter´s Quest for Super-app Status. Eastern Academy of Management.
- MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U. (2023). Biotechnology Meets Digital: Fujifilm joins DNA Data Storage Alliance. Eastern Academy of Management.
- AMMAD FAHIM, A., ZAIRA REHMAN, Z., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., REHAN ZAFAR PARACHA , R. (2019). Structural characterization of npas4-arnt dimerization through computational simulation.. International Conference on BioScience and Biotechnology , 4 (1).
- HIRA IFTIKHAR, H., MINULLAH, N.-U., XIAOFEI CHENG, X., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M. (2016). In silico analysis reveals multiple genes of mapk, mapkk and mapkkk gene families of the mapk cascade in Nicotiana tabacum. International Journal of Advances in Science Engineering and Technology.
- ROOHI ASLAM, R., EC FARTHING, E. F., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M., LORRAINE E. WILLIAMS, L. (2016). Stress Induces the Retention of Introns in ECA3 Transcripts in Wheat.. 4th International Conference on Advances in Agricultural, Biological & Ecological Sciences.
Conference Presentation
- MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U. (2014). Nanotoxicity in Wheat. Nanotoxicity in Wheat (Oral Presentation). 2nd USA NANOSMAT Conference..
- MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U. (2010). Functional characterization of different Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase genes in biotic and abiotic stress responses in tomato and Arabidopsis.. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Asia Conferences.
- MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U. (2009). Tomato MAPK gene SlMPK6 positively regulates defense responses against Botrytis cinerea. 7th Hangzhou International Symposium on Plant Pathology and Biotechnology.
Published Case
- MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U. (in press). Orchestrating a Green Disruption: A quest for storing data on DNA by Twist Bioscience. Sage Business Cases.
- MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U. (in press). Charting Blue Skies: Jeppesen's Journey from Digital Innovation to Transformation. Case Research Journal .
Invited Talk
- MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U. (2019). Alternative career options for Scientists. National University of Sciences and Technology..
- MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U. (2018). Academic Spinoffs and Drug Development.. Research Centre for Modelling and Simulation, NUST, Islamabad..
- MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U. (2014). Functional analysis of MAP Kinases genes in plant immunity.. Department of Biotechnology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA..
- MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U. (2013). Nanotoxicity in Food. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Other Published Teaching Materials
- MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U. (in press). Closing the Loop: Circular Economy in Fast Moving Consumer Goods Industry. SAGE Research Methods Cases, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika.
Chapter in Edited Volume
- GHORI Z, G., HIRA IFTIKHAR, H., MUHAMMAD FARAZ BHATTI, M., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., SHARMA, I, S., KAZI AG, K., AHMAD, P, A. (2015). Phytoextraction: The use of plants to remove heavy metals from soils. In Parvaiz Ahmad (Ed.), Plant metal interaction: emerging remediation techniques. (pp. 385-409). Elsevier Science.
- XIAOFEI CHENG, X., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U., WANG H.Z. , W. (2014). Impact of the host on plant virus evolution. In RK, Hohn T, Sharma P (Eds.), Plant virus-host interaction: Molecular approaches and viral evolution. (pp. 359-371). Academic Press: Waltham.
Publications and Mentions in Public and Practitioner Press
- SABA SAFDAR, S., MINULLAH VIRK, N.-U. (2016). Nanopollution. The Nation, Islamabad, Pakistan.
