Punjab University has awarded PhD degree to Aneela Yasmeen D/O Malik Khuda Bakhsh Khichi in the subject of Molecular Biology after approval of her thesis entitled “­­Cas9-mediated gene knock down of Vacuolar Invertase (VInv) gene of Solanum tuberosum to reduce tuber sweetening during”. Dr. Aneela Yasmeen is also serving as Research Officer cum Lecturer at Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of the Punjab, Lahore. She is founder of Gulls’ Association-Pakistan and an active volunteer working for promotion of science education in Pakistan.