Aftab Ahmed, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
aahmed@uri.edu

Research Interests

Protein purification and characterization including amino acid sequencing and mass spectrometry.

Education

Postdoctoral, Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany, 1989

Postdoctoral, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, 1992

Ph.D., University of Karachi, Pakistan, 1989

M.Sc., Univeristy of Karachi, Pakistan, 1979

B.Sc (Hons)., Univeristy of Karachi, Pakistan, 1978

Pabla, D., F. Akhlaghi, A. Ahmed, and H. Zia. 2008. Development and validation of an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry method for quantification of levothyroxine in dissolution studies. Rapid Commun.Mass Spectrom. 22:993-996.

Ahmed, A., P. Kandola, G. Ziada, and N. Parenteau .2001. Purification and partial amino acid sequence of proteins from human epidermal keratinocyte conditioned medium. J. Protein Chem., 20: 273 – 278.

Adachi, Y., T.D. Copeland, C. Takahshi, T. Nosaka, A. Ahmed, S. Oroszlan, and M. Hatanaka. 1992. Phosphorylation of the Rex protein of human T-Cell leukemia virus type 1. J. Biol. Chem. 267: 21977-21981.

Ahmed, A., M. Jahan, and G. Braunitzer. 1992. Carnivora: The primary structure of the major hemoglobin component from adult European lynx (Lynx lynx, Felidae) J. Protein Chem.,11: 39-43.

Ahmed, A., M. Jahan, G. Braunitzer. 1990. Carnivora: The primary structure hemoglobin from adult coati (Nasua nasua, procyonidae) J. Protein Chem., 9: 23-29.

Ahmed, A., M. Jahan, G. Braunitzer. 1990. The amino acid sequence of the adult European mink (Mustela lutreola, Mustelidae) hemoglobins. Z. Naturforsch. 45c: 223-228.

Ahmed, A., M. Jahan, G. Braunitzer, H. Pechlaner. 1989. Carnivora: The amino acid sequence of the adult European polecat (Mustela putorius, Mustelidae) hemoglobin. Z. Naturforsch. 44b: 817-824.

Ahmed, A., M. Jahan, G.Braunitzer, C. Edelbluth, and W. Herold. 1989. Hemoglobin Andrew-Minneapolis b144(HC1 Lys/Asn) in a German family from Berlin. Hemoglobin. 13: 189-192.

Ahmed, A., A. Abbasi, G. Braunitzer, and Z.H. Zaidi. 1988. A case of Hb-E b-thalassemia in a Pakistani family. J. Pak. Med. Assoc. 38: 301-303.

Ahmed, A., M. Jahan, G. Braunitzer, and R. Goeltenboth. 1987. Carnivora: The primary structure of the major and minor hemoglobin components of adult north Persian leopard (Panthera pardus sexicolor). Z. Naturforsch. 43b: 1341-1346

Ahmed, A., M. Jahan, Z.H. Zaidi, G. Braunitzer, and R. Goeltenboth. 1987. The primary structure of hemoglobins of the adult jaguar (Panthera onco, Carnivora). Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyler 368: 1385-1390.

Ahmed, A., S. Naqvi, S., S. Ehasanullah, and Z.H. Zaidi. 1986. Abnormal hemoglobin Hb- Karachi. An a-chain abnormality at position 5 Ala/Pro. J. Pak. Med. Assoc. 36: 206-208.