Organizing Committee Member
Israa Ghassan Akram Zainal
Professor
Kirkuk University
Iraq
Biography
She doen B.Sc.in Chemistry, Almustansirya University, Baghdad, Iraq.MS.C. in Biochemistry, Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq, title of MS.C. thesis " purification and characterization of protease enzyme from Leshmaina Donovani" Biochemicall Study.Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq,title of Ph.D.thesis:"Biochemical studies on Sialic Acid and its derivatives in patients with oral cancer". During her sabbatical year in the dkfz (German Cancer Research Center) Heidelberg/Germany she studied the down regulation of CCR1 & CCRL2 chemokines in colorectal cancer cell lines and their effect on the prolifration colony formation and wound healing of these cells also the effect of down regulation on protein by doing western blot . Recently her research has focused on: 1- Dawn regulation of some chemokines in human brain cancer cell lines 2- Coupling between nano chemotherapy and in vitro therapy to treat breast cancer. 3- Study the in vitro effect of human serum proteins glycation on the breast cancer patients. She was a member of Iraqi Chemical Society since 1999, but the Society hasn't active since 2003.A member of Iraqi nanotechnology Society since 2013 till now.
Research Area
Mass Spectrometry , Bio Chemistry, Chemistry