Researchers from the Department of #Biology at SBASSE have identified genome-wide transcriptional changes during trophoblast stem cell differentiation, a key event during placental development.
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#LUMS #SBASSE This work from Dr. Rahim Ullah’s #PhD thesis was carried out under the supervision of Dr. Amir Faisal and has been published in BMC’s Stem Cell Research and Therapy.
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SSE Researchers Part of the Winning Team of the @Facebook Research Award 2020

Have you ever used filters on your @Snapchat? Of course, you have! We love filters that can make us look older, younger, or just outright funny.
1.10 However, a sinister extension to this technology, appropriately named ‘deepfake’, can recreate anyone’s voice and video with unprecedented accuracy and can be used to project fake identities of influential people to create anarchy, distrust and political polarisation.
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HARNESSING SOLAR ENERGY FOR CROPS THROUGH AGRIVOLTAICS

Dr. Nauman Zaffar Butt in the electrical engineering Dept. leads our efforts on photovoltaics which has now crossed over into the realm of agriculture, to produce the budding field of agrivoltaics.
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1/10 Powering agricultural farms through solar energy requires creative designs in both solar cells as well as how solar cells will be integrated into a solar system that can power agri-farms.The Water-Food-Energy nexus remains 1 of the 6 forefront areas being pursued at SBASSE
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