Dr. Rafiullah
Assistant Professor
Department of Biotechnology , Faculty of Life Sciences & Informatics

rafiullah.ahad@buitms.edu.pk
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Qualification

Ph.D. (2017)
Human Molecular Genetics
Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Germany
Bachelor's (2004)
Biology
University of Balochistan, Pakistan

Teaching Courses

  • Genetics
  • Genetic Disorders
  • Advances in Molecular Genetics
  • Genetic Engineering
  • Microbial Genetics
  • Health Biotechnology
  • Cell Biology
  • Biology II
  • Seminar I
  • Seminar II

Teaching Method

  • Collaborative Learning
  • Self-learning

Research Interest

  • Human Molecular Genetics
  • Genetics Disorders
  • Genetic Counselling

Membership

  • Reviewer: Genes [MDPI]
  • Reviewer: Medicina [MDPI]
  • Reviewer: Frontiers in Genetics
  • Reviewer: Frontiers in Pediatrics

Awards & Achivements

  • DAAD Scholarship for Doctoral Studies
    2013

Academic & Social Links

Dr. Rafiullah is an Assistant Professor of Human Genetics in the Department of Biotechnology. He completed his undergraduate studies at BUITEMS and earned his PhD in Human Molecular Genetics from Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Germany, in 2017. Following his doctorate, he worked as a Clinical Scientist in the Department of Genetics at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSHRC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, until 2021. In September 2021, he returned to BUITEMS. Dr. Rafiullah is actively engaged in various research projects with primary aim to identify and characterize the genetic causes of inherited disorders, as well as providing genetic counseling to affected families. He has made significant contributions to the field by discovering several novel disease genes. Additionally, he has collaboration with international research teams in Germany and Saudi Arabia.

Publications

Biallelic variants in CSMD1 are implicated in a neurodevelopmental disorder with intellectual disability and variable cortical malformations
Elizabeth A Werren, Emily R Peirent, Henna Jantti, Alba Guxholli, Kinshuk Raj Srivastava, Naama Orenstein, Vinodh Narayanan, Wojciech Wiszniewski, Mateusz Dawidziuk, Pawel Gawlinski, Muhammad Umair, Amjad Khan, Shahid Niaz Khan, David Geneviève, Daphné Lehalle, Koen LI van Gassen, Jacques C Giltay, Renske Oegema, Richard H van Jaarsveld, Rafiullah Rafiullah, Gudrun A Rappold, Rachel Rabin, John G Pappas, Marsha M Wheeler, Michael J Bamshad, Yao-Chang Tsan, Matthew B Johnson, Catherine E Keegan, Anshika Srivastava, Stephanie L Bielas (2024) Cell death & disease vol. 15 no. 5 pp. 379
An expansion of phenotype: novel homozygous variant in the MED17 identified in patients with progressive microcephaly and global developmental delay
Rafiullah Rafiullah, Alia M Albalawi, Sultan R Alaradi, Majed Alluqmani, Muhammad Mushtaq, Abdul Wali, Sulman Basit (2022) Journal of Neurogenetics vol. 36 no. 4 pp. 108-114
Prenatal exome sequencing and chromosomal microarray analysis in fetal structural anomalies in a highly consanguineous population reveals a propensity of ciliopathy genes …
Mohamed H Al-Hamed, Wesam Kurdi, Rubina Khan, Maha Tulbah, Maha AlNemer, Nada AlSahan, Maisoon AlMugbel, Rafiullah Rafiullah, Mirna Assoum, Dorota Monies, Zeeshan Shah, Zuhair Rahbeeni, Nada Derar, Fahad Hakami, Gawaher Almutairi, Afaf AlOtaibi, Wafaa Ali, Amal AlShammasi, Wardah AlMubarak, Samia AlDawoud, Saja AlAmri, Bashayer Saeed, Hanifa Bukhari, Mohannad Ali, Rana Akili, Laila Alquayt, Samia Hagos, Hadeel Elbardisy, Asma Akilan, Nora Almuhana, Abrar AlKhalifah, Mohamed Abouelhoda, Khushnooda Ramzan, John A Sayer, Faiqa Imtiaz (2022) Human genetics vol. 141 no. 1 pp. 101-126
Controversy on the management of patients carrying RET p.V804M mutation
Hindi Al-Hindi Ali S Alzahrani, Meshael Alswailem, Balgees Alghamdi, Rafiullah Rafiullah, Mohammed Aldawish (2022) Endocrine vol. 75 no. 2 pp. 478-486
Lessons learned from large-scale, first-tier clinical exome sequencing in a highly consanguineous population
Dorota Monies, Mohammed Abouelhoda, Mirna Assoum, Nabil Moghrabi, Rafiullah Rafiullah, Naif Almontashiri, Mohammed Alowain, Hamad Alzaidan, Moeen Alsayed, Shazia Subhani, Edward Cupler, Maha Faden, Amal Alhashem, Alya Qari, Aziza Chedrawi, Hisham Aldhalaan, Wesam Kurdi, Sameena Khan, Zuhair Rahbeeni, Maha Alotaibi, Ewa Goljan, Hadeel Elbardisy, Mohamed ElKalioby, Zeeshan Shah, Hibah Alruwaili, Amal Jaafar, Ranad Albar, Asma Akilan, Hamsa Tayeb, Asma Tahir, Mohammed Fawzy, Mohammed Nasr, Shaza Makki, Abdullah Alfaifi, Hanna Akleh, Suad Yamani, Dalal Bubshait, Mohammed Mahnashi, Talal Basha, Afaf Alsagheir, Musad Abu Khaled, Khalid Alsaleem, Maisoon Almugbel, Manal Badawi, Fahad Bashiri, Saeed Bohlega, Raashida Sulaiman, Ehab Tous, Syed Ahmed, Talal Algoufi, Hamoud Al-Mousa, Emadia Alaki, Susan Alhumaidi, Hadeel Alghamdi, Malak Alghamdi, Ahmed Sahly, Shapar Nahrir, Ali Al-Ahmari, Hisham Alkuraya, Ali Almehaidib, Mohammed Abanemai, Fahad Alsohaibaini, Bandar Alsaud, Rand Arnaout, Ghada MH Abdel-Salam, Hasan Aldhekri, Suzan AlKhater, Khalid Alqadi, Essam Alsabban, Turki Alshareef, Khalid Awartani, Hanaa Banjar, Nada Alsahan, Ibraheem Abosoudah, Abdullah Alashwal, Wajeeh Aldekhail, Sami Alhajjar, Sulaiman Al-Mayouf, Abdulaziz Alsemari, Walaa Alshuaibi, Saeed Altala, Abdulhadi Altalhi, Salah Baz, Muddathir Hamad, Tariq Abalkhail, Badi Alenazi, Alya Alkaff, Fahad Almohareb, Fuad Al Mutairi, Mona Alsaleh, Abdullah Alsonbul, Somaya Alzelaye, Shakir Bahzad, Abdulaziz Bin Manee, Ola Jarrad, Neama Meriki, Bassem Albeirouti, Amal Alqasmi, Mohammed AlBalwi, Nawal Makhseed, Saeed Hassan, Isam Salih, Mustafa A Salih, Marwan Shaheen, Saadeh Sermin, Shamsad Shahrukh, Shahrukh Hashmi, Ayman Shawli, Ameen Tajuddin, Abdullah Tamim, Ahmed Alnahari, Ibrahim Ghemlas, Maged Hussein, Sami Wali, Hatem Murad, Brian F Meyer, Fowzan S Alkuraya (2019) The American Journal of Human Genetics vol. 104 no. 6 pp. 1182-1201
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Work Experience

September 2021 to Date
Assistant Professor at Biotechnology
Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences
January 2018 to July 2021
Clinical Scientist at Department of Genetics
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center