Postdoctoral fellow working on purifying the HA protein for recombinant influenza vaccination. I obtained a Master in Biological Sciences and a PhD in Genetics, Genomics and Cancer Biology from Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA.
Research Interests
Protein Expression and vaccines, Cancer Biology, Extracellular Vesicles Biology, Genetics
Selected Publications
Salem I, Alsalahi M, Chervoneva I, Aburto LD, Addya S, Ott GR, Ruggeri BA, Cristofanilli M, Fernandez SV (Breast Cancer Research, 2016)
Israa Salem*, Nicole M. Naranjo*, Amrita Singh1, Rachel DeRita2, Luca S. Sirman, Fabio Quaglia, Shiv Ram Krishn, Alexander Duffy, Nicholas Bowler, Aejaz Sayeed3, Lucia R. Languino (Cancer Drug Resistance, 2020)
Shiv Ram Krishn, Israa Salem, Fabio Quaglia, Ekta Agarwal, Srawasti Sarker, Paul H. Weinreb, Shelia M. Violette, Dario C. Altieri, Lucia R. Languino (Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 2020)
Education
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA PhD in Genetics, Genomics, and Cancer Biology, Date of degree completion: September, 2019
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Master of Science in Biological Sciences, August 2014
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, December 2011
Professional Profile
2020- present- Postdoctoral Researcher, KAUST
2020, Postdoctoral Researched, King Fahad Medical Research Center
Awards
Christiana Genome Editing Pilot Project Awards, Role of Focal Adhesion Kinase in Monocytes – mediated pro-tumorigenic pathways
