Dr. Shahid Karim
Professor
Bio
Dr. Karim conducts fundamental multidisciplinary research focused on decoding the tripartite interactions between tick vectors, their pathobiome (pathogens + microbiome), and the rickettsial pathogens they transmit to their mammalian host using multidisciplinary biochemical, pharmacological, molecular, physiological, and computational biology approaches.
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Complete List of Published Work in My Bibliography:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/shahid.karim.2/bibliography/public/
- Molecular Entomology (PHD) - University of the Punjab (1999)
- MS - University of the Punjab (1990)
- BS - University of the Punjab (1986)
BSC410/510/L - Human Parasitology with Lab
BSC412/512/L - Medical Entomology with Lab
BSC453/553 - Invertebrate Physiology
BSC491/591/L - Introduction to Bioinformatics
BSC476- Molecular Biology
BSC478/578/L - Molecular Biology Lab (Now Methods in Biotechnology)
BSC776- Topics in Gene Regulation
BSC497- Senior Capstone
- A glimpse into the world of microRNAs and their putative roles in hard ticks, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2024,
- Identification of Alpha-Gal glycolipids in saliva of Lone-Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum), Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2024,
- Analysis of Amblyomma americanum microRNAs in response to Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection and their potential role in vectorial capacity, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2024,
- Tick bite-induced alpha-gal syndrome and immunologic responses in an alpha-gal deficient murine model, Frontiers in Immunology, 2024,
- Ehrlichia chaffeensis co-opts phagocytic hemocytes for systemic dissemination in the Lone Star tick, Amblyomma americanum, Journal of Innate Immunity, 2024,
- Tick innate immune responses to hematophagy and Ehrlichia infection at single-cell resolution, Frontiers in Immunology, 2024,
- A draft of the genome of the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum., Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023,
- Rickettsia parkeri hijacks tick hemocytes to manipulate cellular and humoral transcriptional responses, Frontiers in Immunology, 2023,
- Rickettsia parkeri infection modulates the sialome and ovariome of the Gulf coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022,
- Recently Evolved Francisella-Like Endosymbiont Outcompetes an Ancient and Evolutionarily Associated Coxiella-Like Endosymbiont in the Lone Star Tick ( Amblyomma americanum) Linked to the Alpha-Gal Syndrome, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022,
- Entomological Socociety of America
- American Heart Association
- Acarological Society of America
- English (Full Professional)
- Urdu (Native or Bilingual)
- Punjabi (Native or Bilingual)