{"id":2794,"date":"2020-09-01T13:25:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T20:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/?page_id=2794"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:24:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T20:24:46","slug":"hira-kamal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/hira-kamal\/","title":{"rendered":"Hira Kamal"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1471732344018\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<p><span style=\"color: #6e6e6e\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/\">Home<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/research\/\">Research <\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/publications\/\">Publications<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong>|\u00a0<\/strong><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Personnel<\/span> | <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/opportunities\/\">Opportunities<\/a> |\u00a0<\/strong><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/lab-news\/\">Lab News<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #6e6e6e\"><a style=\"color: #6e6e6e\" href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/personnel\/\"><strong>Tanaka Lab &#8211; Personnel<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #333333\">Hira Kamal<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2796 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-396x607.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-396x607.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-792x1214.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-768x1177.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-1002x1536.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-1336x2048.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-990x1518.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-1188x1821.jpg 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-scaled.jpg 1670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3>Research Associate<\/h3>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>Contact Information<\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">WSU Plant Pathology<br \/>\nPO BOX 646430<br \/>\nPullman, WA, 99163-6430<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Office \u2013 Plant Sciences Building 251<br \/>\nLab &#8211; Plant Sciences Building 215 &amp; 235<br \/>\nPhone: (509) 335-5813 | Fax: (509) 335-9581<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"mailto:hira.kamal@wsu.edu\">hira.kamal [at] wsu.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h6>Education<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>2020 Ph.D. (Biotechnology), Pakistan Institute of Engineering &amp; Applied Sciences (PIEAS), National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) campus, Faisalabad, Pakistan<\/li>\n<li>2013 MS (Biotechnology), PIEAS at NIBGE campus, Faisalabad, Pakistan<\/li>\n<li>2010 B.S. (Bioinformatics), Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), Pakistan<\/li>\n<li>2005 F.Sc (Pre-Medical), Shiblee College for Women Madina town, Faisalabad, Pakistan<\/li>\n<li>2003 Matriculation (Science), Dar-e-Arqam School, Faisalabad, Pakistan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Professional<strong> Experience<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>2025-Present\u00a0 \u00a0Research Associate, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA<\/li>\n<li>2020-25\u00a0 \u00a0Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA<\/li>\n<li>2018-19\u00a0 \u00a0Visiting Scholar in Department of Plant pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Academic Honors, Awards, and Achievements<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>2017 Scholarship award of \u201cInternational Research Support Initiative Program\u201d PIN: IRSIP 33 BMS 63<\/li>\n<li>2014-17 Scholarship award for MS leading to Ph. D studies under the project \u201cIndigenous Ph. D Fellowship for 5,000 scholars\u201d Phase_II, Batch_II, 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Current Research Focus<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Investigation of antagonistic relationship between potato mop-top virus (PMTV), the soilborne powdery scab pathogen, and the host potato plants<\/li>\n<li>Systems view of pathogenesis and host defense response at specific infection stages of <em>Sclerotinia sclerotiorum<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Profile links<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=MREZi2cAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\">Google Scholar<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6503-2167\">ORCiD<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/loop.frontiersin.org\/people\/686350\/\">Loop<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Hira-Kamal\">ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n<h6>Publications<\/h6>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Kamal H<\/strong>, Charlton B, Sathuvalli V, Tanaka K (2024) Root infection and minituber yield response to powdery scab in plant growth chamber conditions. <em>PhytoFront.<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1094\/PHYTOFR-06-24-0067-R\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1094\/PHYTOFR-06-24-0067-R<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kamal H<\/strong>, Kotapati KV, Tanaka K, Pappu HR (2024) Investigating the roles of coat protein and triple gene block proteins of potato mop-top virus using a heterologous expression system. <em>Int. J. Mol. Sci.<\/em> 25: 6990 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/ijms25136990\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/ijms25136990 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kamal H<\/strong>, Zafar MM, Razzaq A, Ijaz A, Anvar Z, Top\u00e7u H, Elhindi KM, Saeed A, Fatima U, Jiang X (2024) Using computational modeling to design antiviral strategies and understand plant-virus interactions. <em>Turk. J. Agric. For.<\/em> 48: 417-429 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55730\/1300-011X.3191\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55730\/1300-011X.3191<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kamal H<\/strong>, Lynch-Holm V, Pappu HR, Tanaka K (2024) Starch plays a key role in sporosorus formation by the powdery scab pathogen Spongospora subterranea. <em>Phytopathology<\/em> 114: 568-579 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1094\/PHYTO-07-23-0224-R\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1094\/PHYTO-07-23-0224-R<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ali M, Shaukat F, Khan W, Syed A, Maqsood J, <strong>Kamal H<\/strong>, Ercisli S, Balijagic J, Ullah R, Bari A, Anwar Z, Ijaz A, Kashif M, Khalid MN, Mustafa HSB, Zafar MM (2023) Microsatellite-Based Diversity Analysis and the Development of Core-Set Germplasm in Pakistani Barley Lines: Microsatellite-Based Diversity in Pakistani Barley Lines. <em>Cell. Mol. Biol.<\/em> 69: 100-108 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14715\/cmb\/2023.69.10.14\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14715\/cmb\/2023.69.10.14<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gnanasekaran P, Zhai Y, Kamal H, Smertenko A, Pappu HR (2023) A plant virus protein, NIa-pro, interacts with Indole-3-acetic acid-amido synthetase, whose levels positively correlate with disease severity. <em>Front. Plant Sci.<\/em> 14: 1112821 <a href=\"https:\/\/dor.org\/10.3389\/fpls.2023.1112821\">https:\/\/dor.org\/10.3389\/fpls.2023.1112821<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mustafa R, Hamza M, Rehman AU, <strong>Kamal H<\/strong>, Tahir MN, Mansoor S, Scheffler BE, Briddon RW, Amin I (2022) Asymptomatic populus alba: a tree serving as a reservoir of begomoviruses and associated satellites. <em>Australasian Plant Pathol.<\/em> 51: 577\u2013586 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s13313-022-00886-5\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s13313-022-00886-5<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mustafa R, Iqbal MJ, Hamza M, Rehman AU, Buzdar I, <strong>Kamal H<\/strong>, Mansoor S, Amin I (2021) Functional identification of <em>G. hirsutum<\/em> genes for their role in normal plant development and resistance against <em>Verticillium dahliae<\/em> using virus-induced gene silencing. <em>Eur. J. Plant Pathol.<\/em> 161:\u00a0 917\u2013931 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10658-021-02376-8\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10658-021-02376-8<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Amin I, Ahmed N, <strong>Kamal H<\/strong>, Mansoor S (2021) Chapter 7 &#8211; Geminiviruses and their interaction with host proteins. <em>In<\/em> RK Gaur, SMP Khurana, P Sharma, T Hohn, eds, Plant Virus-Host Interaction (Second Edition). Academic Press, Boston, pp 191\u2013229. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/B978-0-12-821629-3.00024-5\">doi:10.1016\/B978-0-12-821629-3.00024-5<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kamal H<\/strong>, Minhas FAA, Tripathi D, Hamza M, Mustafa R, Khan MZ, Farooq M, Mansoor S, Pappu HR and Amin I (2019) <em>In Silico<\/em> prediction and validations of domains involved in Gossypium hirsutum SnRK1 protein interaction with Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite encoded \u03b2C1. <em>Front. Plant Sci.<\/em> 10: 656. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpls.2019.00656\">doi:10.3389\/fpls.2019.00656<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kamal H<\/strong>, Minhas FAA, Abbasi WA, Tripathi D, Hamza M, Mustafa R, Khan MZ, Farooq M, Mansoor S, Pappu HR and Amin I (2019) \u03b2C1, pathogenicity determinant encoded by Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite, interacts with calmodulin-like protein 11 (Gh-CML11) in <em>Gossypium hirsutum.<\/em> <em>PLoS One<\/em> 14: e0225876. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0225876\">doi:10.1371\/journal.pone.0225876<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mustafa R, Hamza M, Tahir MN, <strong>Kamal H<\/strong>, Khan MZ, Rehman A, Scheffler EB, Shahid MS, Briddon RW and Amin I (2019) Multiple alphasatellites associated with Papaya leaf curl virus and Croton yellow mosaic betasatellite in Croton bonplandianus: first identification of Ageratum yellow vein Singapore alphasatellite in Pakistan. <em>Eur. J. Plant Pathol.<\/em> 155: 1353-61. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10658-019-01833-9\">doi:10.1007\/s10658-019-01833-9<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hamza M, Tahir MN, Mustafa R, <strong>Kamal H<\/strong>, Khan MZ, Mansoor S, Briddon RW and Amin I (2018) Identification of a dicot infecting mastrevirus along with alpha-and betasatellite associated with leaf curl disease of spinach (<em>Spinacia oleracea<\/em>) in Pakistan.<em> Virus Res<\/em>, 256: 174-182. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.virusres.2018.08.017\">doi:10.1016\/j.virusres.2018.08.017<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mustafa R, Muhammad H, <strong>Kamal H<\/strong>, Mansoor S, Scheffler J, and Amin I (2017) Tobacco Rattle Virus-based Silencing of Enoyl-CoA Reductase Gene and its role in Resistance Against Cotton Wilt Disease. <em>Mol Biotechnol.<\/em> 59: 241-50. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12033-017-0014-y\">doi:10.1007\/s12033-017-0014-y<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ashraf W, <strong>Kamal H<\/strong>, Mobeen A, Waheed U, Unger H, and Khan MQ (2017) Loop-Mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid and sensitive detection of Peste Des Petits Ruminants Virus in field conditions. <em>J. Anim. Plant Sci.<\/em> 27: 119-27. <a href=\"http:\/\/thejaps.org.pk\/docs\/v-27-1\/16.pdf\">ISSN: 1018-7081<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ashraf W, Khan QM, Mobeen A, <strong>Kamal H<\/strong>, Farooq M, Jalees MM, Diallo A, Unger H (2015). Molecular detection and genotyping characterization of PPRV in various areas of Pakistan, 2007 to 2012. <em>FAO, Animal Health-Empress<\/em> 360: 14-6.<\/li>\n<li>Mirza AS, Sajid A, Ajaz S, Iftikhar N, Kamal H (2010) Central Dogma Analysis Kit. <em>Can. J. Biomed. Eng. Tech.<\/em> 1: 1-21<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1760127832268\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/\">Home <\/a><\/span>| <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/research\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Research<\/span> <\/a>| <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/publications\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Publications<\/span> <\/a>| <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/personnel\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Personnel<\/span> <\/a>| <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/lab-news\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Lab News<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/plantpath.wsu.edu\/\">Department of Plant Pathology<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/\">Washington State University<\/a> | PO Box 646430, Pullman, WA 99164-6430<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/\">Home<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/research\/\">Research <\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/publications\/\">Publications<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>|\u00a0<\/strong><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px\">Personnel | <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/opportunities\/\">Opportunities<\/a> |\u00a0<\/strong><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/lab-news\/\">Lab News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #6e6e6e\" href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/tanaka-lab\/personnel\/\"><strong>Tanaka Lab &#8211; Personnel<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hira Kamal<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2796 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-396x607.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-396x607.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-792x1214.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-768x1177.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-1002x1536.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-1336x2048.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-990x1518.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-1188x1821.jpg 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1446\/2021\/06\/IMG_20210507_154033-scaled.jpg 1670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><br \/> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Research Associate<\/h3>\n<p>Contact Information<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">WSU Plant Pathology<br \/> PO BOX 646430<br \/> Pullman, WA, 99163-6430<br \/> Office \u2013 Plant Sciences Building 251<br \/> Lab &#8211; 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