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Jan 30, 2025

List of Applications for Content Development Competition:

The Office of Research, Innovation, and Commercialization (ORIC), Virtual University of Pakistan, has launched the "Content Development Competition." Applications received from faculty across Pakistan in Round 1 are listed below. The deadline for Round 2 has been extended until March 10, 202....

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Dec 02, 2024

Open Call for Content Creation Competition - FAQs Video

The Office of Research, Innovation, and Commercialization (ORIC) at the Virtual University of Pakistan (VU) is thrilled to announce the "Open Call for Content Development Competition." This initiative offers participants a platform to showcase their content creation skills and demonstrate th....

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Oct 24, 2024

Virtual University of Pakistan Organized "Projects/Idea Competition" to Promote ....

The Office of Research, Innovation, and Commercialization (ORIC) at Virtual University of Pakistan (VU) successfully organized "Project/Idea Competition" for VU students on October 22, 2024, at the University's head office in Islamabad (19-Attaturk Avenue, G5/1, Islamabad). The competitio....

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Research Publications and Citations

Genomics of Otitis Medi (OM): Molecular Genetics approaches to characterize disease pathophysiology

Dr. Ishrat Aziz (Giese, A, Ali, S., Isaiah, A., Aziz, I., Riazuddin, S. and Ahmed, M, Z.)

Otitis media (OM) is an infective and inflammatory disorder known to be a major cause of hearing impairment across all age groups. Both acute and chronic OM result in substantial healthcare utilization related to antibiotic prescription an....

Gastrointestinal Parasites of Common Teal (Anas Crecca) in the Wetlands of Punjab, Pakistan

Tanveer Hussain (Zahid Farooq, Muhammad Nadeem,Tanveer ul Hassan, Muhammad Abrar, Muhammad Saleem Khan, Muhammad Wajid, Masroor Elahi Babar, Fatima Maham)

During the present study total 40 samples (20? 20?) were collected from different six wetlands of Punjab Pakistan. Among these samples total 17 samples (08% ?, 09% ?) were found infected with different gastro- intestinal parasites. The para....

Freedom of Expression in Digital Age an Analysis of Twitter in Context of Pak-China Relationship

Nadia Saleem (Farasat Rasool)

This research paper is aimed to provide an analysis regarding the freedom of expression on Twitter in digital age. Freedom of expression in digital age is the capability of an individual through which they are able to express their beliefs,....

Analysis of variation in growth and spline-based growth models for Marecha and Lassi dromedary camel....

Sajida Sabahat (Sajida Sabahat & Mehar S. Khatkar & Asif Nadeem1 & Peter C. Thomson)

Camel is an important domestic animal that is well adapted to extremely harsh environments. Due to its multi-purpose role, the camel is gaining importance, particularly as a meat producer. Body weights at different ages and growth curves ha....

SNP Discovery and Population Structure Analysis in Lassi and Marecha Camel Breeds Using a Genotyping....

Sajida Sabahat (R. Brauning , S. M. Clarke , A. Nadeem, P.C. Thomson ,† and M. S. Khatkar)

Pakistani camels have been classi?ed socio-geographically into 20 breeds, but they have not yet been subjected to substantial selective pressures and the genetic basis for these breeds is not understood. However, it should be possible to di....

Single tube multiplex PCR assay for the identification of banned meat species

Memoona Iqbal (Muhammad Sulyman Saleem,Muhammad Imran,Waseem Ahmad Khan,Kamran Ashraf,M. Yasir Zahoor,Imran Rashid,Habib-Ur Rehman,Asif Nadeem,Saadat Ali,Sarwat Naz &Wasim Shehzad)

Food adulteration has a direct impact on public health, religious faith, fair-trades, and wildlife. In the present study, a reliable and sensitive assay has been developed for verifying meat adulteration in food chain. The multiplex PCR sys....

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ORIC at VU is a focal point which functions as an umbrella of the university and deals with all activities pertaining to research and development, innovation and commercialization, collaborations and consultancies, startups and entrepreneurship, trainings/ seminars/ workshops/ symposia and conferences.

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