Adb A Al Hasan
Dr. Abd A Al Hasan
Role: Research AssociateAbout
I joined the Newcastle Fibrosis Research Group in July 2016 to work on a project funded by pharamaceutical giants Abbvie aimed at investigating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic liver steatosis (NAHS).
I have a background in medicine having completed a Doctor of Medicine Diploma (MD) at Damascus University in Syria. This was a six year course of medical study which included classes and courses related to basic and clinical subjects. The basic subjects included anatomy, histology, pathology, microbiology and biochemistry whereas clinical courses included lectures and seminars in internal medicine, surgery, infants and pediatrics as well as training courses with patients in University Hospitals.
I completed a PhD degree in applied Immunobiology and Transplantation at Newcastle University in 2012. My project was to examine the role of heparan sulphate (HS) in the process of fibrosis following graft transplantation. I subsequently worked as a research associate in the Institute of Genetic Medicine, Centre for Life, Newcastle University, UK, 2013-2016. This role was to investigate circular RNAs in mammalian cells depending on RNA-Seq data analysis performed in anucleate and nucleated cells as well as during development in stem cells.
Education
- 2008-2012, PhD degree, Applied Immunobiology and Transplantation, Newcastle University.
- Diploma of High Education Studies, Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemist, Aleppo University, Syria.
- Doctor of Medicine Diploma (M.D), Damascus University, Syria.
Publications
- Izuogu OG, Alhasan AA, Alafghani HM, Santibanez-Koref M, Elliott DJ, Jackson MS. BMC Bioinformatics. Erratum to: PTESFinder: a computational method to identify post-transcriptional exon shuffling (PTES) events.
- Izuogu OG, Alhasan AA, Alafghani HM, Santibanez-Koref M, Elliott DJ, Jackson MS. PTESFinder: a computational method to identify post-transcriptional exon shuffling (PTES) events.
- Alhasan AA, Izuogu OG, Al-Balool HH, Steyn JS, Evans A, Colzani M, Ghevaert C, Mountford JC, Marenah L, Elliott DJ, Santibanez-Koref M, Jackson MS. Blood.Circular RNA enrichment in platelets is a signature of transcriptome degradation.
- Alhasan AA, Spielhofer J, Kusche-Gullberg M, Kirby JA, Ali S.Role of 6-O-sulfated heparan sulfate in chronic renal fibrosis.
- Willet JD, Pichitsiri W, Jenkinson SE, Brain JG, Wood K, Alhasan AA, Spielhofer J, Robertson H, Ali S, Kirby JA.Kidney transplantation: analysis of the expression and T cell-mediated activation of latent TGF-β.