CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Dr. Samina Hyder HAQ
Present status: Assistant Professor
Local Address: College of Science
King Saud University
P.O.Box: 22452
Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia
Nationality: British
Marital status: Married with four children
Email addresss:
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
A Senior Biochemist by profession, having completed a Doctorate in Biochemistry from the Medical School, University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Experienced in research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology fields and worked with the ‘Connective Tissue Research Group (U.K)’ where most of the pioneering works was done in the Collagen field. My research at the Medical School Manchester (U.K) developed and excelled in Tissue culture Techniques to study Collagen synthesis in cultured avian and mammalian cells. This was one the first research groups in the world to identify and characterize novel type X collagen in vivo and in vitro.
Experienced in teaching scientific subjects to undergraduate university students and also high school students.
Experience of the British and American school curricula and the teaching methods employed through practical demonstrations and through logic and reasoning.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
· Protein Biochemistry
· Control of gene expression
· Collagen Biosynthesis
· Cell Matrix Biology
· Type X Collagen
· Worked at Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology at Oxford University in summer 2011 with the possible research collaboration of King Saud University.
THESIS TITLE
Gene Expression of Type X Collagen
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
1986 to 1990 Ph.D. Biochemistry in Faculty of Medicine, United Kingdom
The Medical School, University of Manchester, UK
Thesis: Gene Expression of Type X Collagen
1982 to 1984 M.Sc. Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular Biology
The Quad-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
1980 to 1981 B.Sc. Chemistry, Zoology, Botany
University of Punjab, Pakistan
July 1980 Intermediate (HSSC) Examinations (First Division)
June 1977 Matric (SSC) Examinations (First Division)
RESEARCH/TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1987 to 1995 Medical School University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Research Scientist: Methylation and Gene Expression of Collagen
Biochemistry Lecturer: Undergraduate Students. This included
Laboratory and Practical Work supervision.
2000 to 2007 Part-time Local Private Tuition
Part-time local tuition for students studying Biology, Chemistry for the British and American Curricula including the International Baccalaureate (IB) and A Levels.
2002 to 2008 Al Iqbal International Schools
(Head of Science Department)
Teaching Science to High School students and also involved in curriculum planning for the British IGCSE Science subjects.
2008 to present Assistant Professor at King Saud University
College Of Science
Department of Biochemistry
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
· ‘Biosynthetic study of Type X collagen’ at FECTS Meeting (Manchester, August 1986) (by Hyder.S., Kielty.C.M., Thomas.J.T., Grant.M.E.)
· Methylation and Gene Expression of Type X Collagen 1989
(by Hyder.S., Grant.M.E.).
· ‘DNA Methylation and Gene Regulation of type X collagen’ Royal Society Meeting, February 1989)
(by:.Haq.SH., Ayad. S.R., Grant.M.E.)
· Novel metabolic biomarkers related to sulfur-dependent detoxification pathways in autistic patients of Saudi Arabia.
Al-Yafee YA, Al-Ayadhi LY, Haq SH, El-Ansary AK.
BMC Neurol. 2011 Nov 4;11:139. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-139.
· "Neuroprotective Role of Glutathione against Hydrogen Peroxide Induced Toxicity to the Neuronal Cells in Culture."
Al-Yafaee, Yousra, Afaf El-Ansary, and Samina Hyder Haq. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR) 13.1 (2014): 411-425.
· In-Vitro Inhibition of Camel Hepatic Glutathione Transferase by Quercetin.
Ghada Al-Amro, Mohammad Ali Qorban, Samina Hyder Haq.
Advances in Biochemistry. Vol. 2, No. 5, 2014, pp. 71-75. doi: 10.11648/j.ab.20140205.13
· “Hypomethylation Acts As a Modulator of Hypertrophy in caudal region chondrocytes”
Samina Hyder Haq (2014) under review in Experemental Cell Research
INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS and RESEARCH MEETINGS ATTENDED
· Connective tissue society meeting in Amsterdam (Holland) 1988
· Royal Society meeting on ‘DNA Methylation and Gene Regulation’ Feb 1989 Cambridge University (U.K)
· Seminar on Biomatrix at Cambridge University (UK) 1989
· Annual Connective Tissue society meeting in Manchester (UK) 2000
· XVIII annual FECTS (federation of European connective tissue society) meeting in Brighton, England
· Annual meeting of connective tissue society on ‘Stem Cell’ in Manchester 16-18 July 2007
· Attended 6 week Work shop in Cell signalling Research Lab in London at ‘Kennedy institute of Rheumatology’ Oxford University from 18th July to 26th August 2011.
· Attended Conference on ‘Biotechnology’ in Riyadh organised by KACST in 2012.
MAJOR TECHNIQUES USED
· Tissue culture (Both organ Explants and animal Cell cultures)
· Histology
· Scanning Electron Microscopy
· Protein Analysis (SDS-PAGE, Fluorography)
· Peptide mapping
· Plasmid isolation
· Restriction of DNA
· Isolation of Genomic DNA
· Southern Hybridization
· RNA extraction
· Northern Hybridization
· Western Blotting
· Northern Blotting]
· PCR
· RTPCR
· Immunoblotting
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
· Top student ( with the highest GPA) from Quaid i-azam University Islamabad 1985-86
· PhD Scholarship awarded from Minestry of Science and Technology (Pakistan) in the area of ‘GENETIC EnGINEEERING & BIOTECHNOLOGY’ year 1986-1990
· Harcourt (USA) Teaching award - 2006
· Certificate for excellence in Teaching and as Head of Science Deprtment at Al Iqbal international School - 2005.
POSITIONS HELD
· Elected General Secretary for the Student union at Quaid-i-Azam University, (Palistan) 1984-85
· Elected General Secretary for the Student union at Manchester University (U.K) 1986-87
· Science & Technology Scholar for the year 1986-1990
· Post Doctoral Research Associate year 1990-1995
· Head of Science department at Al Iqbal international school year 2004-08
· Currently Assistant professor at KSU
Academic Committee Participation
· Member of practical committee.
· Member of accridatation committee.
· Co-ordinator for undergraduate course BCH 499.
· Co-supervisor for Master student Yusra Al-Falah for her project on autism.
· Member of Graduate committee
Undergraduate projects:
· Extraction of Antifungal proteins from local saudi pomogranite.
· Antitrypsin effect of soya beans.
· The study on the effect of persistanmt organic pollutants (POPS) in Saudi prediabetic females.
· Estimation of lactose in camel and bovine milk.
Masters projects supervised
· Partial purification of Lactate dehydrogenase from Camel Muscle. Liver and kidney tissues
· Acid Phosphatase Purification from Camel tissues
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
· Current Member of the British Connective tissue Society U.K
· Member of the Biochemical society U.K
· Manchester University Alumni Associate
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