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Shahid Karim

Dr. Shahid Karim

Professor

Bio

Dr. Karim conducts fundamental multidisciplinary research focused on decoding the tripartite interactions between tick vectors, their pathobiome (pathogens + microbiome), and the rickettsial pathogens they transmit to their mammalian host using multidisciplinary biochemical, pharmacological, molecular, physiological, and computational biology approaches.
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Complete List of Published Work in My Bibliography:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/shahid.karim.2/bibliography/public/

  • Molecular Entomology (PHD) - University of the Punjab (1999)
  • MS - University of the Punjab (1990)
  • BS - University of the Punjab (1986)

BSC410/510/L - Human Parasitology with Lab
BSC412/512/L - Medical Entomology with Lab
BSC453/553 - Invertebrate Physiology
BSC491/591/L - Introduction to Bioinformatics
BSC476- Molecular Biology
BSC478/578/L - Molecular Biology Lab (Now Methods in Biotechnology)
BSC776- Topics in Gene Regulation
BSC497- Senior Capstone

  • Influence of blood-feeding and infection on arthropod hemocytes, Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2025, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2025.101341
  • Ticks without borders: microbiome of immature neotropical tick species parasitizing migratory songbirds along northern Gulf of Mexico, Frontiers in Cellular And Infection Microbiology, 2024, http://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2024.1472598
  • A glimpse into the world of microRNAs and their putative roles in hard ticks, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2024, http://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2024.1460705
  • Identification of Alpha-Gal glycolipids in saliva of Lone-Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum), Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2024, 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2024.102384
  • Analysis of Amblyomma americanum microRNAs in response to Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection and their potential role in vectorial capacity, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2024, http://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2024.1427562
  • Tick bite-induced alpha-gal syndrome and immunologic responses in an alpha-gal deficient murine model, Frontiers in Immunology, 2024, 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1336883
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis co-opts phagocytic hemocytes for systemic dissemination in the Lone Star tick, Amblyomma americanum, Journal of Innate Immunity, 2024, 10.1159/000535986
  • Tick innate immune responses to hematophagy and Ehrlichia infection at single-cell resolution, Frontiers in Immunology, 2024, 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1305976
  • A draft of the genome of the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum., Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102090
  • Rickettsia parkeri hijacks tick hemocytes to manipulate cellular and humoral transcriptional responses, Frontiers in Immunology, 2023, http://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1094326
  • Entomological Socociety of America
  • American Heart Association
  • Acarological Society of America
  • American Bee Research Conference
  • English (Full Professional)
  • Urdu (Native or Bilingual)
  • Punjabi (Native or Bilingual)

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Contact Me

Johnson Science Tower (JST) 509A map

Hattiesburg

Email
Shahid.Karim@usm.edu

Phone
601.266.4748

Areas of Expertise

Vector Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genomics, Functional Genomics, Microbiome, Bioinformatics, Infectious Diseases,