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Basic Medical Sciences Seminar Series

The Basic Medical Sciences Seminar Series is series of research seminars held bi-weekly in which an external of internal researchers/scientists expert in their fields are invited to give a talk which covers the latest scientific discoveries across the spectrum of cancer research, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular diseases.

​War on Terror Cells”
‘A search for novel and powerful antimicrobial agents using body organs of Cockroaches

Date: 30th September 2020; Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Naveed Ahmed Khan
Professor and Head Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, American University of Sharjah
​Integrative Genomics to Understand Complex Diseases in the UAE
‘How integrative genomic approaches will help better understand complex diseases

Date: 4th November 2020; Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm

Speaker: Dr. Youssef Idaghdour
Assistant Professor of Biology,
NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE
Migraine headaches and updates

Date: 24th November 2020; Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Abubaker Al Madani
Neurologist,
Mediclinic City Hospital,
Dubai Healthcare City, UAE 
Integrative Genomic Approaches to Understand Complex Diseases in the UAE

Date: TBA

Speaker: Youssef Idaghdour
Department of Biology, Assistant Prof. of Biology
Public Health Research Center, Co-Principal Investigator
New York University Abu Dhabi
​Insights into cellular signaling fidelity as viewed from a multi-tasking regulator
‘Signal transduction mechanisms underscoring malignant growth, degenerative diseases and diabetes

Date: 9th December 2020; Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pm

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jim Woodgett
Director of the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Professor in the Department of Medical Biophysics,
University of Toronto
​​Effect of Deleting GSK-3 genes on free B-Catenin levels

Date: TBA
​Deep diving into the complexity of neurogenetics:
 the Sudanese neurogenetic project case study

Date: 18th January 2021; Time: 12:30 – 1:30 pm

Speaker: Dr. Liena Elbaghir Omer Elsayed
Assistant Professor [Biochemistry-Genetics]
Department of Basic Sciences
Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
Trends in Neurogenetics: HSP Model

Date: TBA
​Genotype induced behavior of perivascular mesenchymal stem cells

Date: 1st February 2021; Time: 12:30 – 1:30 pm

Speaker: Dr. Sudheer Shenoy
Associate Professor
Yenepoya Research Center,
Yenepoya University, India
​Characterizing the senescence-like phenotype induced by typhoid toxin of Salmonella typhi

Date: 22nd February 2021; Time: 12:30 – 1:30 pm

Speaker: Dr. Mohamed ElGhazaly
Researcher/Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Biomedical Science,
The University of Sheffield, UK
Determination of Differential Expression of Prognostic Biomarkers and Promising Therapeutic Molecules in Prostate Cancer Patients of Various Ethnicities

Date: 9th March 2021; Time: 12:30 – 1:30 pm

Speaker: Dr. Zainab Mohamed AL Shareef
Assistant Professor
Department of Basic Medical Sciences,
College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, UAE


Please use the link (https://forms.gle/b2stEN2dpYfYwuMH6) to register to receive an invitation to attend our future seminars. Also, if you wish to present in our seminar please contact the BMS seminar series coordinator.
 
Coordinator/Organizer
Dr. Jibran Sualeh Muhammad
Assistant Professor,
Basic Medical Sciences,
College of Medicine.
Email: jmuhammad@sharjah.ac.ae