Munazza Murtaza
University of Karachi, Pakistan
Biography
Munazza Murtaza, currently pursuing her Ph.D in molecular medicine from International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan. Her lab colleagues and she was involved in targeting therapeutic aspects of metabolic syndrome, obesity and diabetes through natural or synthetic plant extracts/compounds. Our work has been published in reputable journals. She also won 3rd prize for presenting my work on alleviation of metabolic syndrome by medicinal plant extracts in molecular medicine and drug research symposium held in our institute in 2015. Her bachelors was in clinical laboratory sciences with specialization in molecular diagnostics techniques.
Abstract
Abstract : Targeting obesity with cucurbitacins: Role of JAK-STAT signaling pathway