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Zainab Nasir

Lahore University of Management Sciences

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Research Focus:perturbation response prediction· 1

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Amir FaisaliD· 2 shared Huma Khawar· 2 shared Mahnoor Naseer GondaliD· 2 shared Marta E. SodeniD· 2 shared Mary C. Loveless· 2 shared Muhammad TariqiD· 2 shared Osama Shiraz ShahiD· 2 shared Rida Nasir ButtiD· 2 shared

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Periaqueductal gray neurotensin neurons drive simultaneousthreat response and reinforcement

Grace O Davis, Siyi Ma, McKenna Kernan, Dustin Sumarli, Mary C. Loveless, Kyle W Schroeder, Su G. Cho, Zainab Nasir, Micaela V. Ruiz, Marta E. Soden

The paper identifies PAG-Nts neurons that co-release glutamate and neurotensin to activate dopamine neurons, driving both threat responses and operant reinforcement behaviors.

bioRxiv · Feb 17, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Opto-seq reveals input-specific immediate early gene induction in ventral tegmental area cell types

Rhiana C. Simon, Mary C. Loveless, Joshua X. Yee, Brandon Goh, Su G. Cho, Zainab Nasir, Koichi Hashikawa, Garret D. Stuber, Larry S. Zweifel, Marta E. Soden

The paper uses optogenetic stimulation and single-nucleus RNA sequencing to identify input-specific activation patterns of VTA neuronal subpopulations and their immediate early gene programs.

Neuron · Jun 19, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

TISON: a next-generation multi-scale modeling theatre for in silico systems oncology

Mahnoor Naseer Gondal, Muhammad Umer Sultan, Ammar Arif, Abdul Rehman Basharat, Hira A. Awan, Zainab Arshad, Waleed Ahmed, Muhammad FA Chaudhary, Salaar Khan, Zain Bin Tanveer, Rida Nasir Butt, Risham Hussain, Huma Khawar, Amina Bibi, Rida Akbar, , Safee Ullah Chaudhary

TISON is a web-based platform for multi-scale cancer modeling that integrates biomolecular data and patient-specific information to support drug target discovery and personalized therapeutics.

bioRxiv · May 4, 2021 · PreprintSystems Biology

In silico Drosophila Patient Model Reveals Optimal Combinatorial Therapies for Colorectal Cancer

Mahnoor Naseer Gondal, Rida Nasir Butt, Osama Shiraz Shah, Zainab Nasir, Risham Hussain, Huma Khawar, Muhammad Tariq, Amir Faisal, Safee Ullah Chaudhary

This study develops an in silico Drosophila Patient Model to identify optimal combinatorial therapies for colorectal cancer using Boolean networks and patient-specific data.

bioRxiv · Aug 31, 2020 · PreprintSystems Biology