Muhammad Tariq received his PhD in Molecular Cell Biology from Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland. During his PhD, he worked in Jerzy Paszkowski’s lab specializing in epigenetic gene silencing in Arabidopsis. In 2003, he joined Renato Paro’s lab as a postdoctoral fellow at Zentrum fur Molekulare Biologie Heidelberg (ZMBH). He was awarded EMBO long term fellowship for his postdoctoral studies elucidating a link between molecular chaperones, in particular Hsp90 (Heat shock protein 90), and epigenetics in Drosophila. He joined ETH Zurich as an Oberassistant (Senior Researcher) in 2006 where he continued his work on Hsp90 and epigenetics in Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE), Basel. In 2009, he joined the Department of Biology at SBA School of Science and Engineering (SSE) as an Associate Professor where he initiated the development of biology research and teaching programs at undergraduate and graduate levels. He played a key role in development of undergraduate and graduate curriculum in biology and led the process of faculty recruitment in biology at SSE. He has developed first epigenetic research lab in Pakistan which uses Drosophila to teach basic concepts of genetics, epigenetics and development. His research interests include molecular link between epigenetic cell memory and cell signaling during development and the epigenetic basis of diseases. To pursue his research interests, he primarily focuses on a paradigm based on Polycomb group (PcG) and Trithorax group (TrxG) proteins using the Drosophila and mammalian cultured cells.