Masood Ur Rehman Kayani
Associate Professor
- School of Interdisciplinary Engineering & Sciences
- 0518865744
Summary
My current research focuses on the role of the human microbiome in health and disease and developing improved methods for microbiome data analysis. Specifically, my group is investigating the links between microbiome imbalances and conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and cancers, among others. Our goal is to uncover novel connections and identify biomarkers for early diagnosis, treatment response, and personalized medicine. Through our research, we hope to contribute to a deeper understanding of the complex interactions between the microbiome and human health, with the ultimate aim of improving disease diagnosis and treatment.
Academic Background
PhD
(Bioinformatics) Tsinghua University
September 17, 2012 - October 10, 2018
Honours and Awards
Publications
Genome-resolved metagenomics from short-read sequencing data in the era of artificial intelligence
June 10, 2025
Functional and Integrative Genomics - Volume:25, Issue:1, Article Number 124
Efficient De Novo Assembly and Recovery of Microbial Genomes from Complex Metagenomes Using a Reduced Set of k-mers
June 02, 2025
Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences - Pages 1-14
Insights into the gut microbiome-metabolite dynamics in breast cancer
April 09, 2025
Gut Microbes Reports - Pages 1-23
Prioritizing gut microbial SNPs linked to immunotherapy outcomes in NSCLC patients by integrative bioinformatics analysis
March 17, 2025
Journal of Translational Medicine - Volume:23, Issue:1, Article Number: 343
Exploring the impact of type 2 diabetes and glucose‑lowering drugs on gut microbiome dynamics
February 17, 2025
Discover Medicine - Volume 2, Article Number 47
Evaluating the potential of assembler-binner combinations in recovering low-abundance and strain-resolved genomes from human metagenomes
January 30, 2025
Heliyon - Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Article Number: e41938, Pages: 15
MiCK: a database of gut microbial genes linked with chemoresistance in cancer patients
December 21, 2024
Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation - Vol. 2024: article ID baae124
Longitudinal analysis of exposure to a low concentration of oxytetracycline on the zebrafish gut microbiome
September 22, 2022
Frontiers in Microbiology - Volume 13, Article Number 985065
Genome-Resolved Characterization of Structure and Potential Functions of the Zebrafish Stool Microbiome
June 15, 2022
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology - Volume 12, Article Number 910766
Patients with Primary and Secondary Bile Duct Stones Harbor Distinct Biliary Microbial Composition and Metabolic Potential
April 25, 2022
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology - Volume 12, Article Number 881489
Soil pH: a key edaphic factor regulating distribution and functions of bacterial community along vertical soil profiles in red soil of pomelo orchard
February 01, 2022
BMC Microbiology - Volume 22, Issue 1, Article Number 38
Characterization of the Gastrointestinal and Reproductive Tract Microbiota in Fertile and Infertile Pakistani Couples
December 28, 2021
Biology - Volume:11, Issue:1,
Genome-resolved metagenomics using environmental and clinical samples
September 01, 2021
Briefings in Bioinformatics - Volume 22, Issue 5, Pages 1-20
Environmental concentrations of antibiotics alter the zebrafish gut microbiome structure and potential functions
June 01, 2021
Environmental Pollution - Volume 278, Article Number 116760
Prediction and analysis of metagenomic operons via MetaRon: a pipeline for prediction of Metagenome and whole-genome opeRons
January 19, 2021
BMC Genomics - Volume 22, Issue 1, Article Number: 60
DNA phosphorothioate modification facilitates the dissemination of mcr-1 and blaNDM-1 in drinking water supply systems
January 01, 2021
Environmental Pollution - Volume 268, Part A, Article Number 115799
Dynamics of the Salivary Microbiome During Different Phases of Crohn's Disease
October 06, 2020
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology - Volume 10, Article Number 544704
Genome Sequences and Comparative Analysis of Two Extended-Spectrum Extensively-Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains
December 18, 2018
Frontiers in Pharmacology - Volume 9, Article Number 1492
Metagenomic analysis of basal ice from an Alaskan glacier
July 05, 2018
Microbiome - Volume 6, Issue 1, Article Number 123
Comprehensive analysis of circRNA expression bprofiles in humans by RAISE
December 01, 2017
International Journal of Oncology - Volume 51, Issue 6, Pages 1625-1638
The essential mycobacterial amidotransferase GatCAB is a modulator of specific translational fidelity
August 26, 2016
Nature Microbiology - Volume:1, Article Number 16147
Transmitted extended-spectrum extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Beijing, China, with discordant whole-genome sequencing analysis results
August 01, 2015
Journal of Clinical Microbiology - Volume 53, Issue 8, Pages 2781-2784
Rapid identification of multi-strain HBV infection in patient by high-throughput DNA sequencing
June 16, 2015
Quantitative Biology - Volume 3, Issue 2, Pages 103-106
Role of miRNAs in Breast Cancer
December 01, 2011
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention - Volume 12, Issue 12, Pages 3175-3180
Lack of Germ Line Changes in KISS1 and KAI1 Genes in Sporadic Head and Neck Cancer Patients of Pakistani Origin
October 01, 2011
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention - Volume 12, Issue 10, Pages 2767-2772
Conferences
Assistant Professor
Capital University Of Science and Technology (CUST)
November 15, 2022 - January 31, 2023
Belt and Road Young Scientist
Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai China
December 01, 2019 - September 30, 2022
International Exchange Postdoctoral Researcher
Shanghai Institute of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
February 01, 2019 - May 29, 2021