Biography:
Aya AR. El-Taibany, currently a fourth-year Molecular Medicine and Translational science Ph.D. candidate, earned an MD degree from Alexandria University School of Medicine in 2008. Worked as a clinical Geneticist, and assistant lecturer from 2009 to 2018. In 2015, earned a master’s degree in medical Genetics working on characterizing a screening tool to detect Fragile X syndrome cases among intellectually disabled patients by detecting the number of repeats in the FMR-1 gene. Participated in the national program for treating patients with Inborn Errors of Metabolism (Egypt), especially phenylketonuria, and established a center for treating such disorders at Alexandria School of Medicine. Worked on characterizing genetic mutations in familial retinoblastoma cases through RB gene sequencing. Especially interested in studying neurogenetic and neuroimmunological disorders and cancer genetics. Current work in WFIRM focuses on characterizing brain models for neuroinflammatory disorders to gain better insight into molecular mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets and exploring new approaches for brain cancer immunotherapy.
Title : Modeling neuroimmunological interactions in ischemia-reperfusion using human 3D multicellular blood-brain barrier organoids