Aisha Ishaque, a PhD scholar of the Dr Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD) at Karachi University (KU), has won two international awards from the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), USA.
A spokesman of the International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) at KU said the society had awarded Ms Ishaque the ‘ISSCR Merit Abstract Award’ and ‘ISSCR Travel Award’ in recognition of her outstanding research titled Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Reverse Ischemia Induced Neuronal Degeneration in Rats.
The work was carried out under the supervision of Prof Asmat Salim. The study was presented online in a poster session of an international conference organised by the US society in June this year in San Francisco, in which around 2,200 members participated, physically, and over 1,000, virtually.
Meanwhile, acting KU Vice Chancellor Prof Nasira Khatoon and ICCBS director Prof M. Iqbal Choudhary congratulated the student and said her award was recognition of country’s young talent.
