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Dr. Arslan Sehgal

Assistant Professor

Department of Genomics and Bioinformatics — Faculty of Animal Production and Technology

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Dr. Arslan Sehgal

Biography

Dr. Arslan Sehgal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (CUVAS), Bahawalpur, Pakistan. His research expertise lies in computer-aided drug design, structural bioinformatics, molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations, virtual screening, genomics, metagenomics, and computational vaccine design.

He completed his PhD in Cell Biology (Bioinformatics) from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, in 2019, where his doctoral research focused on identifying novel compounds targeting the LC3–FUNDC1 protein–protein interaction for inhibition of mitophagy, integrating computational screening with experimental validation.

Dr. Sehgal has published more than 72 research and review articles and has an h-index of 26. His research interests include structure-based drug discovery, genomics-driven therapeutic and vaccine discovery, reverse vaccinology, immunoinformatics, whole-genome and exome sequencing, variant analysis, and microbiome research using 16S rRNA sequencing.

He also has experience in laboratory techniques including DNA/RNA extraction, PCR, qPCR, ELISA, gel electrophoresis, and Western blotting. His current work focuses on integrating bioinformatics, genomics, and computational biology to address problems in drug discovery, infectious diseases, cancer, neurological disorders, and animal health research.

Research interests

Drug Design and Development Veterinary Drug Design and Development Animal Health Genomics Livestock Genomics and Bioinformatics Infectious Disease Drug Discovery Antiviral and Antimicrobial Therapeutics Veterinary Vaccine Development Immunogenomics and Immunotherapy Host–Pathogen Interactions Genomics-Driven Therapeutic Discovery Cancer Therapeutics Neurodegenerative Disease Therapeutics Mitochondrial Biology and Mitophagy Microbiome and Animal Health One Health Research Precision Therapeutics Computational Biology

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