Laiba Ajmal

Major Professor: Zgurskaya
Email: laiba.ajmal-1@ou.edu

Hometown:
Lahore, Pakistan

Education:
Undergraduate, Biochemistry, Kinnaird College for Women

I joined Zgurskaya Lab in January 2022 and am currently involved in exploring the role of efflux pumps in antibiotic resistance in gram-negative bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Post-graduation I hope to work in the pharmaceutical industry.

Publications & Awards

Publications

Laiba Ajmal, Amna Hamid, Faiz Ahmed Raza, Kanzal Iman, Sidra Ajmal, Hooria Younas, Raazia Tasadduq (2022). Determination of the repellent activity of trans-anethol and tea tree oil against Aedes aegypti and their interaction with AaegOBP1. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 170(7)
Laiba Ajmal, Sidra Ajmal, Maleeha Ajmal, Gul Nawaz, Rabail Hassan Toor, Hooria Younas, Tassaduq Hussain Sheikh, Raazia Tasadduq. (2022). HLA System and its Participation in Recurrent Pregnancy Loss. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 54 (3).
Sidra Ajmal, Laiba Ajmal, Maleeha Ajmal, Gul Nawaz. (2022) Association of Malnutrition with Weaning Practices Among Infants in Pakistan. Cureus 14(11): e31018.
Sidra Ajmal, Mahwish Shafqat, Laiba Ajmal, Hooria Younas, Nasir Mahmood and Raazia Tasadduq. Evaluation of Anti-cancer and Anti-proliferative Activity of Medicinal Plant Extracts (Saffron, Green Tea, Clove, Fenugreek) on Toll Like Receptor Pathway (2022). Natural Product Sciences, 28(3): 121-129
Raazia Tasadduq, Laiba Ajmal, Farhat Batool, Tehniyat Zafar, Aleena Babar, Amna Riasat and Abdul-Rauf Shakoori. Interplay of immune components and their association with recurrent pregnancy loss (2021). Human Immunology, 82(3):162–9.

Awards

Fellowship in Antibiotic Discovery and Resistance, 2021-2022
Gold medalist for the faculty of Biological & Life Sciences, 2020
Principal’s Honor List, 2020