CURRICULUM VITAE
I. PERSONAL DATA:-
NAME / Faris Q.B. AlenziDate of birth / October, 1971
Place of birth / Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nationality / Saudi Arabian
Marital status / Married
Fax / 01 5454586
Email /
Work Address / Department of Medical Laboratories
College of Applied Medical Sciences
Prince Salman University (Al-Kharj)
PO Box 422
Al-Kharj 11942
Saudi Arabia
II. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:-
S/N / Academic Degree / Place of Issue / Major / Date1. / Consultant / Saudi Council for Health Specialties / Immunology / 2006
2. / Ph.D. / Imperial College, School of Medicine, University of London, U.K. / Immunology / 2002
3. / M.Sc. / Imperial College, School of Medicine, University of London, U.K. / Immunology / 1999
4. / B.Sc. / College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia / Med. Lab. Sciences / 1996
III. EMPLOYMENT RECORD:-
S/N / Job Rank / Place and Address of Work / Date1. / Professor of Immunology / Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Salman University (Al-Kharj), Saudi Arabia / Jan 2012
2. / Associate Professor of Immunology / Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Salman University (Al-Kharj), Saudi Arabia / 2007-2011
3. / Acting Dean / College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Salman University (Al-Kharj), KSA / 2007-2008
4. / Assistant Professor of Immunology / Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia / 2003-2007
5. / Visiting Faculty / HLA and Flow Lab, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Florida, USA / July 2006
6. / Visiting Faculty / Immunopathology Unit, Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine Department, at the
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and
Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia / July 2005
7. / Consultant Immunologist and Serology Laboratory Supervisor / Serology Lab Supervisor, Saad Specialist
Hospital, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia / (locum contract)
July-August 2004
IV. MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1. Founder of the Saudi Society for Immunology and Asthma (Riyadh, KSU)
2. Member of Saudi Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
3. Member of American Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine
4. Member of American Society of Hematology
5. Member of American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
6. Member of American Association of Immunologists
7. Member of American Society for Microbiology
8. Member of The New York Academy of Sciences
9. Member of Clinical immunology Society
10. Member of American Society of Clinical Pathologists
11. Member of International Society of Cell Death
12. Member of International Society of Experimental Hematology
13. Member of European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
14. Member of British Society of Immunology
15. Member of IBMS, London
V. PUBLICATIONS
S/N / Name of investigator(s) / Research Title / Publisher and Date ofpublication
1. / Faris Q. Alenzi, Fawwaz A. Alenazi, Yahia Al-Kaabi and Mohamed L. Salem. / The use of growth factors to modulate the activities of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells in vitro. / Life and Medicine J, 2011
2. / Faris QB Alenzi, Mahmoud Lotfy, Wasam Nasif, Mohamed El-Shahat, Hasan Abusini, Mohamed Alenazi, Fawwaz A Alenazi, Waleed G Tamimi, Mohamed L Salem / BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES: AND INSIGHT USING SCIMAGO JOURNAL RANK INDICATOR / J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad 2010;22(3) 100-105
3. / M. L. SALEM
F. Q. ALENZI and W. Y. ATTIA / Thymoquinone, the active ingredient of Nigella sativa seeds, enhances survival and activity of antigenspecific CD8-positive T cells in vitro / BRITISH JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE 2011 68 (3) 131-137
4. / F. Q. ALENZI / CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF THE GOODPASTURE'S SYNDROME (REVIEW) / Iran J Kidney Diseases, Dec 2011.
5. / Alenzi FQ, El-Nashar EM, Al-Ghamdi SS, Abbas MY, Hmad AM, El-Saeed OM, Wyse RK, Lotfy M. / Investigation of Bcl-2 and PCNA in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Relation to Chronic HCV. / J Egypt Natl Canc Inst. 2010 Mar;22(1):87-94.
6. / Alenzi FQ. / Cell type specific expression of the apoptosis stimulating protein (ASPP-2) in human tissues. / Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung. 2010 Dec;57(4):419-29.
7. / Alenzi FQ, Lotfy M, Tamimi WG, Wyse RK. / Stem cells and gene therapy. (REVIEW) / Lab Hematol. 2010 Sep;16(3):53-73.
8. / Alenzi FQ, Lotfy M, Wyse R. / Swords of cell death: caspase activation and regulation. (REVIEW) / Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2010;11(2):
271-80
9. / Alenzi FQ, El-Bolkiny Yel-S, Salem ML. / Protective effects of Nigella sativa oil and thymoquinone against toxicity induced by the anticancer drug cyclophosphamide. / Br J Biomed Sci. 2010;67(1):20-8.
10. / Alenzi FQ. / H1N1 update review.
(REVIEW) / Saudi Med J. 2010 Mar;31(3):235-46.
11. / Tamimi W, Alaskar A, Alassiri M, Alsaeed W, Alarifi SA, Alenzi FQ, Jawdat D. / Monoclonal gammopathy in a tertiary referral hospital. / Clin Biochem. 2010 Jun;43(9):709-13.
12. / Faris Q. Alenzi , Badi. Alenazi, Fatma Alanzy , Abdulla Mubaraki, Mohamed Salem, Ali Al-Jabri, Mahmoud Lotfy ,
Mohammad Bamaga, Mohammed AlRabia, Richard K.H. Wyse / The role of caspase activation and mitochondrial depolarisation in cultured human apoptotic eosinophils / Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 2010; 17: 29-36
13. / Alenzi FQ, Salem M, Tamimi W, Lotfy M, Al-Ghamdi S, Damanhouri L, Bukhari T, Wyse RK / NKH477 inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis in a panel of cancer cell lines / Journal of Postgrad Medical Institute 2010, 24: 182-7
14. / Bamaga MS, Azahar EI, Al-Ghamdi AK,
Alenzi FQ, Farahat FM. / Nucleic acid amplification technology for hepatitis B virus, and its role in blood donation screening in blood banks. / Saudi Med J. 2009 Nov;30(11):1416-21.
15. / Ahmad S, Alenzi FQ,
Al-Juaid NF, Ahmed S. / Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus at armed forces hospital in Saudi Arabia. / Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull. 2009 Apr;35(1):28-30.
16. / Ahmad S, Al-Juaid NF, Alenzi FQ, Mattar EH, Bakheet O. / Prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility pattern and production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases amongst clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae at Armed Forces Hospital in Saudi Arabia. / J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2009 Apr;19(4):264-5.
17. / Abusini H, Abuelteen K, Elkarmi A, Alenzi FQ, Lotfy M. / Investigation of Helicobacter pylori infection in Jordanian patients using six enzyme immunoassays for immunoglobulin G (IGG) and IGA testing. / Roum Arch Microbiol Immunol. 2009 Oct-Dec;68(4):240-5.
18. / Alenzi FQ, Alenazi B, Ahmad SY, Salem ML, Al-Jabri AA, Wyse RK. /
The haemopoietic stem cell: between apoptosis and self renewal. (REVIEW)
/ Yale J Biol Med. 2009 Mar;82(1):7-18.19. / Alenzi FQ. / Effect of nicotinamide on experimental induced diabetes. / Iran J Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2009 Mar;8(1):11-8.
20. / Al-Jabri A & Alenzi FQ. / Vaccines, virucides and drugs against HIV/AIDS: hopes and optimisms for the future. (REVIEW) / Open AIDS J. 2009;3:1-3.
21. / Lotfy M, Badi Alenazi, Shamweel Ahmed, Waleed Tamimi, Mohamed Salem, Richard KH Wyse,
Faris Q. Alenzi. / Programmed cell death of B lymphocytes is induced by ligation of integrin-associated protein (CD47) / The New Egyptian Journal of Medicine
2009, 41: 18-27
22. / Alenzi FQ. / The role of apoptotic proteins in patients with systemic lupus erythematosis. / Egypt J Immunol. 2009;16(1):107-16.
23. / Alenzi FQ, Al-Rabia MW, Alenazi BQ, El-Nashar I, Mubaraki AM, Al-Anazy FH, Tamimi WG, Salem ML, Wyse RK. / Modulation of dendritic cell activation chemokines and cellular injury. / Egypt J Immunol. 2009;16(1):71-81.
24. / Faris Q Alenzi, Mohammed W Al-Rabia, Badi Q Alenazi, Abdulla M Mubaraki,
Mahmoud Lotfy,Mohamed Labib Salem, Haris M Siddiqui, Jamal M Arif, Shamweel Ahmad, Ali A Al-Jabri, Richard K Wyse / Role of CTLA-4 in Xenotransplantation.
(REVIEW) / Pak J Physiol 2009;5(2): 40-5
25. / Al-Jabri A.A., Al-Muharrami Z, Balkhair A, Alenzi FQ, BaOmar AA / Overview of factors affecting AIDS progression (REVIEW) / International J Med and Biol Frontiers 2009; 16:issue ¾, pp. 211-236.
26. / Alenzi FQ. / Role of apoptosis in airway epithelium / Pak J Physiol 2009;5(1): 1-10
27. / Mohamed Labib Salem, Faris Q. Alenzi, Narender Nath, Sabry A. El-Naggar,
Amir A. Al-Khami, Ali A. Al-Jabri, Jamal Arif6, Iman M. El-Nashar,
Iman El-Tounsi, and Richard K.H. Wyse / Plasticity of T cell differentiation and cytokine signature: A double-edged sword for immune responses.
(REVIEW) / Immun., Endoc. & Metab. Agents in Med. Chem., 2009,
9, 90-105
28. / Mohamed L. Salem,
Faris Q. Alenzi,
Iman M. El- Nashar, Iman El-Tounsi, Richard Wyse / Teaching versus research dilemma in academia: A Literature review
(REVIEW) / The BioMed Scientist 2009, Vol. 5,: 6-9.
29. / Alenzi FQ. / BCL-6 prevents mammary epithelial apoptosis and promotes cell survival. / J Pak Med Assoc. 2008 Sep;58(9):494-7.
30. / Alenzi FQ. / Apoptosis and eosinophils. Regulation and clinical relevance. (REVIEW) / Saudi Med J. 2008 May;29(5):643-56.
31. / Alenzi FQ. / Detection of IgG anti-beta2 glycoprotein-I antibodies in Saudi patients with systemic lupus erythematosis. / Saudi Med J. 2008 Apr;29(4):594-9.
32. / Alenzi FQ. / Epithelial cells protect T cells from apoptosis / Indian Journal of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, 2008, 22: 73-83
33. / ElTounsi E, Alenzi FQ. / Study of some deletion mechanism for multidrug resistant P-gp and mRNA in AML and correlation to clinical outcome / The New Egyptian Journal of Medicine
2008: 38 (1): 26-33
34. / ElTounsi E, Alenzi FQ. / Increased expression of survivin in TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) resistant AML / Egyptian Journal of Hematology,
2007; 32 (3): 147-158
35. / ElTounsi E, Alenzi FQ. / TOSO, an alternative resistance mechanism to Fas induction of apoptosis in AML / Egyptian Journal of Hematology,
2007; 32 (3): 213-228
36. / Lotfy M, Badra G, Burham W, Alenzi FQ. / Combined bee honey, bee propolis and myrrh for favorable healing of a deep infective wound in patient with diabetes mellitus. / Br J Biomed Sci; 2006;63(4):171-3
37. / Badra G, El-Abassy M, Lotfy M, Alenzi FQ Waked I. / A life-sustaining single dose of recombinant activated factor VII for an Egyptian patient with hemorrhagic crisis. / Saudi Med J. 2007 Jun;28(6):979-81
38. / Alenzi FQ, Wyse RK, Tamimi WG, Bamaga MS, Lotfy M. / A close link between Fas, p53 and Apaf-1 in chronic myeloid leukemia. / Saudi Med J. 2007 Jul;28(7):1119-21
39. / Alqahatani M, Tamimi W, Aldaker M, Alenzi FQ, Tamim H, Alsadhan A. / Young adult reference ranges for thyroid function tests on the Centaur immunoassay analyser. / Br J Biomed Sci; 2006;63(4):163-5.
40. / Alenzi FQ. / Cytokines and soluble ICAM-1 in serum of eczematous children / Allergy and Asthma Proceedings;
2006 Mar-Apr;
27(2) :126-9.
41. / Bamaga MS, Bokhari FF, Aboud AM, Al-Malki M, Alenzi FQ. / Nucleic acid amplification technology screening for hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus for blood donations. / Saudi Med J.;
2006 Jun;27(6):781-7
42. / Alenzi FQ. / Apoptosis and Diseases; Regulation and Clinical Relevance
(REVIEW) / Saudi Med J.; 2005 Nov;26(11):1679-90
43. / Alenzi FQ, Al-Ghamdi SM, Tamimi WG, Al-Sebiany AM, El-Nashar IM, El-Tounsi I, Bamaga MS, Al-Enazi MM, Al-Amri AS, Al-Sheikh IH. / Apoptosis role of FAS/FAS ligand system in the regulation of myelopoiesis. / Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine;
2005 Jan;78(1):25-36
44. / Alenzi FQ. / Autoimmune haemolytic anemia is associated with a defect in Fas-mediated apoptosis / Br J Biomed Sci; 2004;61(2):96-8
45. / Alenzi FQ. / Induction of apoptosis in myeloid progenitors by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) / Br J Biomed Sci; 2004;61(4):200-5.
46. / Tamimi WG, Altraif IM, Auumah A, Albuharian BS, Alenzi FQ, Bernvil S, Sonbol RH, Cruse RJ. / The impact of the AABB regulations on hepatitis B and C testing among Saudi Blood Donors / Br J Biomed Sci; 2004;61(4):215-7.
47. / Alenzi FQ, Wyse RK, Altamimi WG. / Apoptosis as a therapeutic tool for hematological malignancies
(REVIEW) / Expert Opinion in Biological Therapy; 2004 Mar;4(3):407-20
48. / Alenzi FQ. / Links between apoptosis, cell cycle and proliferation
(REVIEW) / Br J Biomed Sci; 2004;61(2):99-102
49. / Alenzi FQ, Warrens AN / Cellular and molecular themes of apoptosis
(REVIEW) / The Middle European Journal of Medicine;
2003 Sep
15;115: 563-74
50. / Alenzi FQ, Marley S, Chandrashekran A, Botto M, Warrens A, Goldman J. / Regulation of haemopoietic progenitor cell number by the Fas/FasL apoptotic mechanism / Exp Hematology; 2002 Dec;30(12): 1428-35
51. / Marley SB, Lewis JL, Zheng B, Davidson D, Alenzi FQ, Goldman JM. / Peripheral blood progenitor cell mobilization alters myeloid, but not erythroid progenitor cells self-renewal kinetics / Bone Marrow Transplantation;
2001 Feb;27(3):241-8
VI. CONFERENCES ATTENDED
S/N / Name of Conference or Workshop / Date and Place / Type of participation1. / The Annual Congress of AMLI, CA, USA / San Diago, CA, USA
13-16 Aug 2011 / Poster Presenter
2. / Learning and Teaching workshop / Vancouver, Canada
8-12 Aug 2011 / Attended
3. / Annual Conference of British Society for Immunology / Liverpool, UK
Nov 2010 / Attended
4. / International Congress in antibodies / Beijing, China
2009 / Speaker
5. / International Congress in Asthma and Allergy / Dubai, UAE
2009 / Poster Presenter
6. / Australian Soc. For Immunology / Queensland, Australia
Feb 2009 / Poster Presenter
7. / Cytokine and Inflammation / Lisbon, Portugal
Oct 2009 / Poster Presenter
8. / Apoptosis Meeting / Johannesburg, South Africa
June 2009 / Poster Presenter
9. / International Innovation Conference / KL, Malaysia
March 2009 / Poster Presenter
10. / Cell Death Meeting / Ulm, Germany
July 2008 / Attended
11. / The Cancer Immunology Meeting / 2nd -6th Dec 2008,
Miami, FL, USA / Attended
120. / The Annual Conference of British Society for Immunology / 15th -21st Nov 2008,
Glasgow, U.K. / Poster Presenter
13. / The 19th Conference of Saudi Heart Association / 11th-15th Feb 2008, National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia / Attended
14. / The 2nd Annual Conference of Saudi Society of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases / 19th-21st Jan 2008, National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia / Attended
15. / Avian Influenza Day / 5th Jan 2008, National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia / Attended