Dr. Shahid Karim
Full Professor
Bio
Dr. Karim conducts fundamental multidisciplinary research focused on decoding the tripartite interactions between tick vectors, their pathobiome (pathogens + microbiome), and the rickettsial pathogens they transmit to their mammalian host using multidisciplinary biochemical, pharmacological, molecular, physiological, and computational biology approaches.
Please click on the link for the list of published work: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/shahid.karim.2/bibliography/public/
- Molecular Entomology (PHD) - University of the Punjab (1999)
- MS - University of the Punjab (1990)
- BS - University of the Punjab (1986)
BSC410/510/L - Human Parasitology with Lab
BSC412/512/L - Medical Entomology with Lab
BSC453/553 - Invertebrate Physiology
BSC491/591/L - Introduction to Bioinformatics
BSC476- Molecular Biology
BSC478/578/L - Molecular Biology Lab (Now Methods in Biotechnology)
BSC776- Topics in Gene Regulation
BSC497- Senior Capstone
- Rickettsia parkeri Hijacks Tick Hemocytes to Manipulate Cellular and Humoral Transcriptional Responses, Frontiers in Immunology, 2023, doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1094326
- A draft of the genome of the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum., Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102090
- Interference with LTβR signaling by tick saliva for effective transmission of Lyme spirochetes, Proceedings National Academy of Sciences, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.220827411
- Rickettsia parkeri infection modulates the sialome and ovariome of the Gulf coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1023980
- An Insight Into the microRNA Profile of the Ectoparasitic Mite Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae), the Primary Vector of Honey Bee Deformed Wing Virus, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022, 10.3389/fcimb.2022.847000
- Hematophagy and tick-borne rickettsial pathogen shape the microbial community structure and predicted functions within the tick vector, Amblyomma maculatum, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022, https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.1037387
- Identification of microRNAs in the Lyme Disease Vector Ixodes scapularis, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 2022, 10.3390/ijms23105565
- An Exploratory Study on the Microbiome of Northern and Southern Populations of Ixodes scapularis Ticks Predicts Changes and Unique Bacterial Interactions, Pathogens, 2022, 10.3390/pathogens11020130
- Recently Evolved Francisella-Like Endosymbiont Outcompetes an Ancient and Evolutionarily Associated Coxiella-Like Endosymbiont in the Lone Star Tick ( Amblyomma americanum) Linked to the Alpha-Gal Syndrome, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022, 10.3389/fcimb.2022.787209
- Entomological Socociety of America
- American Heart Association
- Acarological Society of America
- English (Full Professional)
- Urdu (Native or Bilingual)
- Punjabi (Native or Bilingual)