AMIR ALI KHAN Nationality: British
Email: [email protected]
1st September 2016- 31st August 2018 Head of the Department of Applied Biology, University of Sharjah, UAE 1st September 2013-To date Assistant Professor at the Department of
Applied Biology, University of Sharjah, UAE
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
2004.2008 PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) in Stem Cells Proteomics
School of Membrane and System Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds (UK)
Thesis title: Proteomics analysis of human stem cells Supervised by Professor John B.C. Findlay
2004 BSc (honour) 2:1, Human Genetics University of Leeds (UK).
AWARDS AND RESEARCH GRANTS
2004-2008
Medical research Council (UK) studentship for PhD in stem cells at University of Leeds.2013-2015
Quantitative methylation of CG in the imprinting genes in the human mesenchymal stem cells at different passages, Seed grant (20,000 AED), University of Sharjah, UAEJuly-August 2015
Visiting scholar to department of Neurosciences, University of Sains Malysia
July-August 2018
Visiting Academic in the Stem Cells at University of Louisville, USA
October 2015
Ahmed T El-Serafi, Adel Almoseilhy, Farhan Cyprian and Amir Khan
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Characterization of an in vitro Three Dimensional Cell Culture System for Adipogenesis as a Model for Anti-Obesity Drugs Testing. Al Jalila Foundation, Dubai, UAE, 2015. AED 269,400.
November 2016
The role of mir-22 and the IGF-1 in the enhanced differentiation of very small embryonic-like stem cell (CD 133+) into neural progenitor-like cells in the presence of bFGF and EGF
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CompetitiveUniversity of Sharjah, 80,000 AED November 2018 Targeted grant on Dental Pulp Stem cells, University ofSharjah, 200,000 AED
Recent PUBLICATIONS:
1: Mehvesh Hameed, Seema Panicker, Sallam Hasan Abdallah, Amir A Khan, Changseok Han, Mohamed Chehimi, Ahmed A Mohamed. Protein-Coated Aryl Modified Gold Nanoparticles for Cellular Uptake Study by Osteosarcoma Cancer Cells. Langamiur. 2020, 33, 11765–11775.
2: Amir Ali Khan, Tee Jong Huat, Abdullah Fahad Al Mutery, Ahmed Taher El- Serafi, Uzma Inayat, Jafri Malin Abdullah and Hasnan Jaafar: Significant
Transcriptomic Changes are Associated with Differentiation of Bone Marrow-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Neural Progenitor-Like Cells in the Presence of bFGF and EGF. Journal of Cell & Bioscience. 2020, 10, Article number: 126 (2020)
3: Bashair M. Mussa, Amir Ali Khan, Ankita Srivastava and Sallam Hasan Abdallah:
Differentiated PDGFRα-Positive Cells: A Novel In-Vitro Model for Functional Studies of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22(7), 3514;
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22073514
4: Fatma Mousa AlGhalban, Amir Ali Khan, and Muhammad Nasir Khan Khattak:
Comparative anticancer activities of Ficus carica and Ficus salicifolia latex in MDA- MB-231 cells. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 24 February 2021
5: Muhammad Abdulwahab, Amir Ali Khan, Sallam Hasan Abdallah, Muhammad Nasir Khan Khattak, Bizuneh Workie, Mohamed Mehdi Chehimi, Ahmed Ali Mohamed. Arylated gold nanoparticles have no effect on the adipogenic
differentiation of MG-63 cells nor regulate any key signaling pathway during the differentiation. BMC Research Notes volume 14, Article number: 192 (2021).
6: Amir Ali Khan, Muhammad Nasir Khan Khattak, Divyasree Parambath, Ahmed Taher El-Serafi. Significant transcriptomic changes are associated with the inhibitory effects of 5-aza-2-deoxycytidine during adipogenic differentiation of MG-63 cells.
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. (2021)
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