Dr.
Tahir Hussain, working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology
was awarded a travel grant by Health Security Partners- a Washington-based
organization, to present his research work on, “The emergence and dissemination
of superbugs in Pakistan” in the international conference “ASM Microbe 2018”,
held on June 7-11 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. ASM Microbe is one of the most
prestigious and largest conferences in microbiology.
Every summer the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) hold
annual conference which is globally regarded as the largest gathering of
scientists, researchers and students from around the world working in the
diverse disciplines of microbiology to share their research
experiences; and to devise strategies for containing
the emerging health security threats as well as to tame and engineer microbes
for the benefit of humanity.
Dr. Tahir Hussain presented
his exciting research findings at the conference, and was able to make research
collaborations with scientists from USA and Canada, which will not only pave the
ways for collaborative research work but will also be of
help in training opportunities for graduate students of Abdul Wali Khan
University Mardan.
