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Author: Ahmad, Farooq
Title: Zebrafish embryos and larvae as a complementary model for behavioural research
Issue Date: 2014-12-01
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Curriculum Vitae
Farooq Ahmad was born on 13th January, 1982, in Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan. He studied in the Government Primary School Munghair, and the Government Model High School Khanpur until 1998. After completing his intermediate studies at the Government Taraqi Taleem Degree College Khanpur in 2001, he obtained his bachelor degree in biology with distinction from Government Sadiq Egerton College Bahawalpur in 2003. He completed M.Sc. Zoology in 2006 from The Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
In 2008, he was awarded an ‘Master of Science leading to PhD scholarship’ by The Higher Education Commission, Pakistan. He joined The Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Utrecht University and obtained his second M.Sc in Environmental Biology in November 2009 under the supervision of Marcel Klaassen. In January 2010, he joined Department of Integrative Zoology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, The Netherlands to pursue his PhD under the supervision of Michael K. Richardson. He studied the zebrafish as an animal model to understand the behavioural repertoire of larval zebrafish. He also studied effects of biocides, nanoparticles and neurotoxicants on the development and locomotor activity of zebrafish. Many of the key research results from this work are presented in this thesis. In future, he intends to continue working as a researcher in behavioural neurosciences and toxicology.
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Publications and Manuscripts
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Ahmad F, Noldus LPJJ, Tegelenbosch RAJ, Richardson MK (2012) Zebrafish embryos and larvae in behavioural assays. Behaviour 149: 1241- 1281.
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Ahmad F, Richardson MK (2013) Exploratory behaviour in the open field test adapted for larval zebrafish: Impact of environmental complexity.
Behavioural processes 92: 88-98.
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Hua J, Vijver MG, Ahmad F, Richardson MK, Peijnenburg WJ (2014) Toxicity of different-sized copper nano- and submicron particles and their shed copper ions to zebrafish embryos. Environ Toxicol Chem 33: 1774- 1782.
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Hua J, Vijver MG, Richardson MK, Ahmad F, Peijnenburg WJ (2014) Particle-specific toxic effects of differently shaped zno nanoparticles to zebrafish embryos (Danio rerio). Environ Toxicol Chem. DOI:
10.1002/etc.2758
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Ahmad, F and Richardson MK. Effet of lighting conditions on locomotor activity of zebrafish. Submitted to Plos One
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Ahmad F, Richardson MK and Tudorache, C. Adaptation patterns of zebrafish larvae in response to light and dark transitions. Submitted
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Ahmad F, Richardson MK and Tudorache, C. Effects of biocides and metals on zebrafish development and locomotor activity. Submitted to Plos One
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Ahmad F, Richardson MK. Effects of lighting conditions and anxiolytic on
colour preference and avoidance patterns. Submitted to Behavioural
Processes
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Akram MN, Ahmad F, Richardson MK and Choi YH. Effects of neurotoxicants on locomotor activity and development of zebrafish larvae.
Manuscript in preparation
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