Dr.Hamza Sohail

Ambitious postdoctoral research fellow/research scientist seeking full time job to utilize expertise in supervising graduate students, teaching graduate courses in the areas of horticultural plant biology.

• Plant Abiotic Stress Physiology
• Plant Root Physiology
• Salinity, Drought, Heavy Metals
• Hairy Root Transformation
• Vegetable Crops
• Hydroponic Culture

• Diploma in Microsoft office plus Networking

• 2017 Award of Chinese Government Scholarship For PhD Degree at Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
• 2017 Gold Medalist/First Position in MSc (Hons) Horticulture Award From Bahauddin Zakariya University

• Environmental and Experimental Botany
• Horticulture Plant Journal
• PloS One
• Frontier's in Plant Sciences
• South African Journal of Botany
• International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• Plant Cell Reports
• Rhizosphere
• Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

• 2021 LIFE MEMBER PAKISTAN SOCEITY FOR HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE (PSHS)
• 2018-2019 VICE-COORDINATOR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY AND NEWS HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERISTY WUHAN, CHINA
• 2017-2018 MEMBER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY AND NEWS HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERISTY WUHAN, CHINA
• 2019-2020 VOLUNTEER MEMBER DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC AT HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERISTY WUHAN, CHINA
• 2016 ORGANIZER FAST SPORTS GALA AT BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY
• 2016 ORGANIZER ANNUAL WELCOME DINNER AT BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY

• Genome-wide identification of plasma-membrane intrinsic proteins in pumpkin and functional characterization of CmoPIP1-4 under salinity stress, Environmental and Experimental Botany, 202, 104995, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2022.104995, Hamza Sohail, Iqra Noor, Muhammad Azher Nawaz, Ma Mingru, Fareeha Shireen, Huang Yuan, Yang Li, Bie Zhilong, First Author
• An efficient root transformation system for CRISPR/Cas9-based analyses of shoot-root communication in cucurbit crops, Horticulture Research, 9, uhab082, https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhab082, Geng Shouyu†, Hamza Sohail†, Cao Haishun†, Sun Jingyu, Chen Zhi, Zhou Lijian, Wang Wenbo, Ye Runwen, Yang Li, Bie Zhilong, Equal Author
• Silencing of pPNRAMP5 improves manganese toxicity in peach (Prunus persica) seedlings, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 453, 131442, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131442, Iqra Noor, Hamza Sohail, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Li Guohuai, Liu Junwei
• Phosphorus confers tolerance against manganese toxicity in Prunus persica by reducing oxidative stress and improving chloroplast ultrastructure, Chemosphere, 291, 132999, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132999, Iqra Noor, Hamza Sohail, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Li Guohuai, Liu Junwei
• Physiological and proteomic analyses reveals that brassinosteroids application improves the chilling stress tolerance of pepper seedlings, Plant Growth Regulation, 96(2), 315-329, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-021-00778-6, Jie Li, Hamza Sohail, Muhammad Azher Nawaz, Liu Chawed, Yang Ping
• Transcriptomic and functional characterization reveals CsHAK5;3 as a key player in K+ homeostasis in grafted cucumbers under saline conditions, Plant Science, 111509, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2022.111509, Peng Yuquan, Cao Haishun, Peng Zhaowen, Zhou Lijian, Hamza Sohail, Bie Zhilong
• The essential role of jasmonate signaling in Solanum habrochaites rootstock-mediated cold tolerance in tomato grafts, Horticulture Research, uhac227, https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhac227, Wang Lihui, Wu Bo, Chen Guoyu, Chen Hui, Peng Yuquan, Hamza Sohail, Ouyang Bo, Bie Zhilong
• Negative impact of long-term exposure of salinity and drought stress on native Tetraena mandavillei L., Physiologia Plantarum, 172(2), 1336-1351, https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13273, Alam Hussain, Khattak Jabbar ZK, Ksiksi Taoufik S, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Fahad Shah, Hamza Sohail, Alkahtani Jawaher
• Phytomelatonin: An overview of the importance and mediating functions of melatonin against environmental stresses, Physiologia Plantarum, 172(2), 820-846, https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13262, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Shahid Rabia, Ren Ming-Xin, Mora-Poblete Freddy, Arnao Marino B, Naz Safina, Anwar Muhammad, Muhammad Mohsin Altaf, Shahid Sidra, Shakoor Awais, Hamza Sohail, Ahmar Sunny, Kamran Muhammad, Chen Jen-Tsung
• Pumpkin rootstock improves the growth and development of watermelon by enhancing uptake and transport of boron and regulating the gene expression, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 154, 204-218, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.06.003, Fareeha Shireen, Muhammad Azher Nawaz, Xiong Mu, Ahmad Adeel, Hamza Sohail, Chen Zhi, Abouseif Yehia, Huang Yuan, Bie Zhilong
• Boron: Functions and approaches to enhance its availability in plants for sustainable agriculture, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19(7), 1856, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19071856, Fareeha Shireen, Muhammad Azher Nawaz, Chen Chen, Zhang Qikai, Zheng Zuhua, Hamza Sohail, Sun Jingyu, Cao Haishun, Huang Yuan, Bie Zhilong
• Wheat intercropping enhances the resistance of watermelon to Fusarium wilt, Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 9, 696, Lv Huifang, Cao Haishun, Muhammad Azher Nawaz, Hamza Sohail, Huang Yuan, Cheng Fei, Kong Qiusheng, Bie Zhilong
• Improving vanadium stress tolerance of watermelon by grafting onto bottle gourd and pumpkin rootstock, Plant Growth Regulation, 85(1), 41-56, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-018-0372-x, Muhammad Azher Nawaz, Chen Chen, Fareeha Shireen, Zheng Zhuhua, Jiao Yanyan, Hamza Sohail, Afzal Muhammad, Imtiaz Muhammad, Ali Muhammad, Huang Yuan, Bie Zhilong
• Pumpkin CmHKT1;1 controls shoot Na+ accumulation via limiting Na+ transport from rootstock to scion in grafted cucumber, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19(9), 4648, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19092648, Sun Jingyu, Cao Haishun, Cheng Jintao, He Xiaomeng, Hamza Sohail, Bie Zhilong
• Genome-wide expression profiling of leaves and roots of watermelon in response to low nitrogen, BMC Genomics, 19(1), 1-19, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-018-4856-x, Muhammad Azher Nawaz, Chen Chen, Fareeha Shireen, Zheng Zhuhua, Hamza Sohail, Bie Zhilong, Huang Yuan

• Hamza Sohail, Iqra Noor, Muhammad Azher Nawaz, Fareeha Shireen, Muhammad Mohsin Kaleem, Li Yang and Zhilong Bie. CRISPR-Mediated Genome Editing: An Efficient Tool for Abiotic Stress Tolerant Horticultural Crops. “International Horticulture E-conference” organized by Pakistan Society for Horticulture Science, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad on February 22-23, 2021. Abstract book, pp. 17.
• Hamza Sohail, Iqra Noor, Zhilong Bie. Aquaporin (AQPs): All-rounders in maintaining developmental process and abiotic stress tolerance. II Plant Abiotic Stress Forum: an integrative lens over plant adaptation held Online, Integrative Biology and Biotechnology Lab (iB2) and Plant Stress Lab, May 29th, 2021. Abstract
  book, pp. 24.
• Hamza Sohail, Muhammad Azher Nawaz, Iqra Noor, Fareeha Shireen, Adeel Ahmad, Yehia Ibrahim Mansour Abouseif, Li Yang and Zhilong Bie. CRISPR/Cas9
  A Promising Genome Editing Technology for Vegetable Breeding. 1st International Conference on Horticultural Crops Production and Protection held at College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan on September 19-20, 2019. Abstract book, pp. 4.

LOCAL or INTERNATIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCEC ATTENDED = 28