Consultant Livestock Development
May 2025 to presentMost days I'm going through numbers from national livestock programmes and turning them into articles the policy people can use.
About
About Dr. Muhammad Anas
Hi, I'm a Veterinarian with Master's in Biotechnology and Doctorate in Animal Science from North Dakota.
Current role
Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFS&R), Pakistan
Earlier work
Doctoral Graduate Research Assistant
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025Four years in Fargo. I studied how maternal nutrition and one-carbon metabolites program the fetus, using RNA and DNA methylation data from fetal liver, intestine and brain, plus mitochondrial work. On the side I ran a GWAS on reproductive, growth and carcass traits in admixed beef heifers.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Aug 2022 – Dec 2024I ran one Animal Genetics lab section each semester. In Fundamentals of Nutrition I taught the Minerals module.
Graduate Research Assistant
Sep 2018 – Oct 2020I looked for SNP markers that tell Pakistani buffalo breeds apart, using whole-genome resequencing data.
Education
- PhD, Animal Science North Dakota State University2021–2025
- MS, Animal Science NDSU2021–2024
- Graduate Certificate, Big Data Applied Statistical Analysis NDSU2021–2023
- MPhil Biotechnology (Veterinary Biotechnology) NIBGE, PIEAS2018–2020
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) University of Agriculture Faisalabad2013–2018
Grants, talks and memberships
- Collaborator on an SBARE-funded project (03/2023–02/2024, PI: Caton): intergenerational effect of maternal diet restriction and OCM on fetal neuro-endocrine function.
- Co-investigator on three USDA-NIFA AFRI proposals on epigenetic inheritance and immunity in beef cattle (not funded).
- Invited lead presenter, Scientific Writing Webinar for undergraduate medical students, The University of Faisalabad, 26 July 2022 (~80 participants).
- Member, American Society of Animal Science (2022–2024).
Talks & conferences
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At his poster on factor analysis and Bayesian network learning, scientific conference (shared by NDSU Animal Sciences, 2025) (via LinkedIn) -
Poster, ASAS Annual Meeting doctoral competition, July 2024 (via LinkedIn) -
Presenting in the ASAS Annual Meeting doctoral competition, July 2024 (via LinkedIn) -
Presenting doctoral research, ASAS Midwest Meeting, March 2024 (via LinkedIn) -
MS defense seminar, NDSU Animal Sciences, December 2023 (via LinkedIn) -
Presenting PhD research, ASAS Annual Meeting, July 2023 (via LinkedIn)
Research · Livestock projects · Talks
Contact
Email works best. Give me a few days to reply, sometimes longer if I'm travelling.