ABOUT LSRC

Mission
The mission of Life Sciences Research Centre (LSRC) is to conduct cutting edge, multidisciplinary research in biological sciences and public health and demonstrate the value of institutional and community partnerships to resolve national and internal problems.

Vision
To foster multidisciplinary collaboration among programs, departments and researchers in order to enable students and faculty to conduct research in institutions, industry and community.

Objectives

To conduct good quality research in the field of health and biological sciences.
To identify and analyze the scientific data for effective and efficient solutions in basic sciences and health related problems.
To identify the need and ability to engage in continuous professional development.
To use applied epidemiological methods to investigate potential factors of diseases in terms of design, implementation and evaluation.
To demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and insight about the natural and social sciences with relevance to Biosciences.
To conduct research within ethical boundaries, critically evaluate scientific literature and publish and disseminate valid research outcome-based information.

Head of SCRC

Dr. Bushra Noman, Head of the Stem Cell Research Centre, is currently involved in teaching Bioinformatics to B.Sc, Computer Science [final semester] and DNA Computing [M.Sc., final semester] and establishing state of the art hi-tech Tissue Cultures Laboratories in SZABIST. She will be initiating with Plant Tissue Culture, followed by animals, and later on towards the tissue culture of human cells and tissues. The primary goal of this lab will be geared towards basic research in which a deep understanding towards the molecular mechanism of undifferentiated cancer cells will be studied. Emphasis will be placed towards cell programming, and how it occurs under artificial in-vitro conditions, so that a sound parallel relationship can be developed towards naturally occurring cancer cells.