DR. ATTIA AFZAL (中文名称:-------------), is an experienced researcher in the field of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Delivery. Since 2009, she is serving as a faculty member in the Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Lahore, Lahore-Pakistan. In the meanwhile, she completed her PhD (2016) and post-doc fellowship (2020) from China Pharmaceutical University (CPU) and Henan University, respectively. She completed his PhD project under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Guagji Wang, a renowned global expert and a famous Chinese academician. Her PhD research work was focused on In Vitro and In Vivo metabolic studies of cancer drug and product development that was accomplished in A State Key Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (CPU). She has practical experience of advanced mass spectrometry techniques such as LC/MS-IT/TOF including other analytical instruments such as LC-MS MS, HPLC, UV, FTIR, and Fluorescence Spectrophotometer. She was the first post-doc fellow in the Ji’s lab. She is the pioneer to develop PCNP (PEST containing nuclear protein) based therapeutics under the supervision of Prof. Dr. XinYing Ji. She published world’s first review paper on PCNP in Cancer Medicine jounral. Her World second review paper on PCNP, equally contributed first author, was published in Journal of Cellular Physiology. She also displayed PCNP based first E-poster in the virtual conference organized by Korean Society of Medical Oncology (KSMO), Seoul, Korea, 2020. In this poster presentation, she presented PCNP as a novel target in cancer therapy.

During her stay in the lab, she assisted master and PhD international students in their research projects. She regularly attended “International Saloon”. International salon is a platform where international and local students of the school participate in an activity to promote mutual understanding of research cooperation. It is a great opportunity for the early career researchers to develop presentation skills. The environment of the lab is very friendly. There is a regular training session for the newcomers in the lab about instruments and other research facilities including cell culture lab.

During the fellowship, she won Post-Doctoral Start-Up grant from Henan University, China. Her research findings were published in the good quality SCI journals such as Journal of Cellular Physiology, Cancer Medicine, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, and Pharmaceutics.  

Besides the lab work, I enjoyed the Chinese Culture during my stay in China. I could not forget the historical places and local cuisines of Kaifeng. Kaifeng is the city of dream.  There are many things in the city belong to Chinese culture. Night food market is a place to enjoy Chinese cuisine. The residents of Kaifeng are so caring for the foreigners. Being post-doc fellow, I enjoyed my time in the lab and in the city.

In collaboration with my post-doc mentor, Prof. Dr. Xin-Ying Ji, I am going to establish sister PCNP lab in the Faculty of Pharmacy of The University of Lahore, Lahore-Pakistan.