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Amjad Farooq

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

University of Miami

Affiliations

Miller School of Medicine

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Amjad Farooq is currently serving as a Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of Miami.

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Amjad Farooq

University of Miami

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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molecular biology biochemistry genetics protein science structural biology protein structure biophysics gene expression structural molecular biology cell signaling signal transduction enzymes transcription factors molecular genetics biomolecular structure transcription regulation molecular regulation biomolecular interactions molecular recognition molecular physiology biochemical sciences medical genetics molecular cell biology biological chemistry biochemical genetics receptor (biochemistry) genetic disorders genome biology cell regulation protein genetics sequence motif tumor suppressors receptor tyrosine kinases medicinal research molecular cancer enzyme inhibition nucleic acids redox biology molecular science viral structural protein cancer genomics protein assembly gene function protein expression human hearing ww domain bzip domains bclxl apoptotic repressor membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin molecular structure mammalian biology antiviral drug development virus structure cellular biology host specificity mutagenesis auditory science auditory physiology bioacoustics molecular neurobiology cancer genetics biological inorganic chemistry gene structure gene regulation solution structure biophysical basis wwox tumor suppressor era nuclear receptor leucine zippers apoptotic repressor mapk phosphatases structural basis pcaf bromodomain michels syndromes auditory findings reveal promising targets human civilization philosophy of biology proteomics protein function human biology

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Carboxypeptidase D Deficiency Causes Hearing Loss Amenable to Treatment. Journal of Clinical Investigation (2025)

human hearingclinical otolaryngologyaudiologyhearing researchhearing lossclinical researchcarboxypeptidase d deficiency

Bip Inactivation Due to Loss of the Deampylation Function of Ficd Causes a Motor Neuron Disease. Genetics in Medicine (2022)

Adriana P RebeloAriel RuizMaike F DohrnMelanie WayandAmjad FarooqMatt C DanziDanique BeijerBrooke AaronJana VandrovcovaHenry HouldenLeslie MatalongaLisa AbreuGuy RouleauMehrdad A EstiarLiedewei Van de VondelZiv Gan-OrJonathan BaetsRebecca SchüleStephan Zuchner

deampylation functiongenomicsneurosciencebip inactivationmotor neuron diseaseapplied geneticsmedicinehuman geneticsmedical geneticsgenetics

Dysfunction of Grap, Encoding the Grb2-Related Adaptor Protein, is Linked to Sensorineural Hearing Loss. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)

Chong LiGuney BademciAsli SubasiogluOscar Diaz-HortaYi ZhuJiaqi LiuTimothy Gavin MitchellClemer AbadSerhat SeyhanDuygu DumanFiliz Basak CengizSuna Tokgoz-YilmazSusan H. BlantonAmjad FarooqKatherina WalzR. Grace ZhaiMustafa Tekin

neuroscienceaudiologysensorineural hearing losshearing lossmolecular biologygene expressiongenetics

Interplay Between Hgal and Grb2 Proteins Regulates B-Cell Receptor Signaling. Blood Advances (2019)

Xiaoyu JiangXiaoqing LuYu ZhangLeda LacariaBrett J. SchuchardtDavid C. MiklesMarco MagistriIdoia García-RamírezIsidro Sanchez-GarciaAmjad FarooqRamiro E. VerdunMidhat H. AbdulredaVincent T. MoyIzidore S. Lossos

cell signalingimmunologyhematologymolecular biologybiomolecular interactionssignal transductioncell regulationmolecular regulationgenetics

Novel Variant P.E269K Confirms Causative Role of Pls1 Mutations in Autosomal Dominant Hearing Loss. Clinical Genetics (2019)

Oscar Diaz‐HortaGuney BademciSuna Tokgoz‐YilmazShengru GuoFaraz ZafeerClaire J. SineniDuygu DumanAmjad FarooqMustafa Tekin

allelic varianthearing lossgeneticshuman geneticsmedical geneticscausative rolegenetic variation

Sco2 Mutations Cause Early-Onset Axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Associated With Cellular Copper Deficiency. Brain (2017)

Adriana P RebeloDimah SaadeClaudia V PereiraAmjad FarooqTyler C HuffLisa AbreuCarlos T MoraesDiana MnatsakanovaKathy MathewsHua YangEric A SchonStephan ZuchnerMichael E Shy

neurologycellular copper deficiencygenome instabilityneuroanatomybrain organizationneuroscienceneurodegenerative diseasesbrain sciencegene expressionbrain functiongenetics

Characterization of Atpase Activity of P2Rx2 Cation Channel. Frontiers in Physiology (2016)

Rahul MittalM'hamed GratiMiloslav SedlacekFenghua YuanQing ChangDenise YanXi LinBechara KacharAmjad FarooqPrem ChapagainYanbin ZhangXue Z. Liu

channel characterizationenzymesphysiologyelectrophysiologyneurosciencemembrane biologyatpase activitypharmacology

Phosphorylation of Tyr188 in the Ww Domain of Yap1 Plays an Essential Role in Yap1-Induced Cellular Transformation. Cell Cycle (2016)

Ying-Wei LiJin GuoHe ShenJun LiNuo YangCosta FrangouKayla E. WilsonYinglong ZhangAshley L. MussellMarius SudolAmjad FarooqJun QuJianmin Zhang

protein phosphorylationredox biologypharmacologycell researchgeneticsenzymescell signalingcell biologytranscription factorstranscription regulationgene expressioncell cycleessential roleww domainprotein functioncellular physiologycell regulationprotein sciencesignal transductionenzyme inhibition

Ror1 is Essential for Proper Innervation of Auditory Hair Cells and Hearing in Humans and Mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)

Oscar Diaz-HortaClemer AbadLevent SennarogluJoseph FosterAlexandra DeSmidtGuney BademciSuna Tokgoz-YilmazDuygu DumanF. Basak CengizM’hamed GratiSuat FitozXue Z. LiuAmjad FarooqFaiqa ImtiazBenjamin B. CurrallCynthia Casson MortonMichiru NishitaYasuhiro MinamiZhongmin LuKatherina WalzMustafa Tekin

human hearingneurologyanimal scienceauditory scienceauditory hair cellsproper innervationhuman sciencesauditory physiologyphysiologyneuroscienceaudiologyhearing researchbioacousticshearing lossmammalian biologycentral nervous system

Allostery Mediates Ligand Binding to Wwox Tumor Suppressor via a Conformational Switch. Journal of Molecular Recognition (2015)

Brett J. SchuchardtDavid C. MiklesVikas BhatCaleb B. McDonaldMarius SudolAmjad Farooq

cell signalingmolecular recognitiontumor suppressorsmolecular biologypharmacologyconformational switchgenetics

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Amjad Farooq

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

University of Miami

Affiliations

Miller School of Medicine

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Amjad Farooq is currently serving as a Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of Miami.

Honors

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Experiences

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Amjad Farooq

University of Miami

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Carboxypeptidase D Deficiency Causes Hearing Loss Amenable to Treatment. Journal of Clinical Investigation (2025)

human hearingclinical otolaryngologyaudiologyhearing researchhearing lossclinical researchcarboxypeptidase d deficiency

Bip Inactivation Due to Loss of the Deampylation Function of Ficd Causes a Motor Neuron Disease. Genetics in Medicine (2022)

deampylation functiongenomicsneurosciencebip inactivationmotor neuron diseaseapplied geneticsmedicinehuman geneticsmedical geneticsgenetics

Dysfunction of Grap, Encoding the Grb2-Related Adaptor Protein, is Linked to Sensorineural Hearing Loss. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)

neuroscienceaudiologysensorineural hearing losshearing lossmolecular biologygene expressiongenetics

Interplay Between Hgal and Grb2 Proteins Regulates B-Cell Receptor Signaling. Blood Advances (2019)

cell signalingimmunologyhematologymolecular biologybiomolecular interactionssignal transductioncell regulationmolecular regulationgenetics

Novel Variant P.E269K Confirms Causative Role of Pls1 Mutations in Autosomal Dominant Hearing Loss. Clinical Genetics (2019)

Oscar Diaz‐HortaGuney BademciSuna Tokgoz‐YilmazShengru GuoFaraz ZafeerClaire J. SineniDuygu DumanAmjad FarooqMustafa Tekin

allelic varianthearing lossgeneticshuman geneticsmedical geneticscausative rolegenetic variation

Sco2 Mutations Cause Early-Onset Axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Associated With Cellular Copper Deficiency. Brain (2017)

Adriana P RebeloDimah SaadeClaudia V PereiraAmjad FarooqTyler C HuffLisa AbreuCarlos T MoraesDiana MnatsakanovaKathy MathewsHua YangEric A SchonStephan ZuchnerMichael E Shy

neurologycellular copper deficiencygenome instabilityneuroanatomybrain organizationneuroscienceneurodegenerative diseasesbrain sciencegene expressionbrain functiongenetics

Characterization of Atpase Activity of P2Rx2 Cation Channel. Frontiers in Physiology (2016)

Rahul MittalM'hamed GratiMiloslav SedlacekFenghua YuanQing ChangDenise YanXi LinBechara KacharAmjad FarooqPrem ChapagainYanbin ZhangXue Z. Liu

channel characterizationenzymesphysiologyelectrophysiologyneurosciencemembrane biologyatpase activitypharmacology

Phosphorylation of Tyr188 in the Ww Domain of Yap1 Plays an Essential Role in Yap1-Induced Cellular Transformation. Cell Cycle (2016)

Ying-Wei LiJin GuoHe ShenJun LiNuo YangCosta FrangouKayla E. WilsonYinglong ZhangAshley L. MussellMarius SudolAmjad FarooqJun QuJianmin Zhang

Ror1 is Essential for Proper Innervation of Auditory Hair Cells and Hearing in Humans and Mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)

Allostery Mediates Ligand Binding to Wwox Tumor Suppressor via a Conformational Switch. Journal of Molecular Recognition (2015)

Brett J. SchuchardtDavid C. MiklesVikas BhatCaleb B. McDonaldMarius SudolAmjad Farooq

cell signalingmolecular recognitiontumor suppressorsmolecular biologypharmacologyconformational switchgenetics

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