Rate My Professor Jawaria Munir

Jawaria Munir is an Assistant Research Fellow at the Centre for Protein Research (CPR) in the Research Infrastructure Centre, Health Sciences Division, University of Otago. She is also affiliated with the Department of Biochemistry. As an LC-MS specialist in proteomics, her work supports advanced molecular sciences through sample preparation and mass spectrometry techniques. Munir earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry from the University of Otago in 2022. Her doctoral thesis, titled 'The effect of 4-PBA on ABCA1 function and trafficking' and authored as Hafiza Jawaria Munir, examines the impact of 4-phenylbutyric acid on the ATP-binding cassette subfamily A member 1 (ABCA1) protein's function and intracellular trafficking. She presented aspects of this research, including proteomic analysis of 4-phenylbutyrate-treated samples and its effects on ABCA1 localization in mutants, at the Lorne Proteomics Symposium in 2018.

Munir's Google Scholar profile, verified with her otago.ac.nz email, lists research interests in mass spectrometry, biochemistry, molecular biology, bioinformatics, and chemistry, with approximately 48 citations across her publications. Her earlier contributions to medicinal chemistry and computational biology include 'Synthesis of novel triazoles and a tetrazole of escitalopram as cholinesterase inhibitors' (Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2015; 35 citations, co-authors: MA Munawar et al.), 'Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of a series of bifunctional ligands of opioids/SSRIs' (Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2015; 4 citations, co-authors: MA Munawar et al.), 'Influence of the sequence environment and properties of neighboring amino acids on amino-acetylation: Relevance for structure-function analysis' (Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 2013; 4 citations, co-authors: Z Iqbal et al.), and 'In silico Analysis of 2,4-Substituted Heterocycles and Glutamic Acid Containing Antifolates as Inhibitors of Malarial (Plasmodium falciparum) Protein, Dihydrofolate Reductase' (Journal of Proteomics & Bioinformatics, 2014; 3 citations, co-authors: J Munir et al.). Additional papers cover 3D modeling of Plasmodium falciparum cytochrome b, O-GlcNAc modifications on merozoite surface protein 2, and genetic algorithm-based prediction models. Through her roles at Otago, Munir contributes to the university's protein research infrastructure, facilitating biochemical and proteomic studies for diverse academic projects.