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Saif Alqassim Biography Academic Appointments Professional Education Teaching Honors and Awards Publications Membership of Professional Bodies and Associations Research Interests
Assistant Professor – Biochemistry

Saif Alqassim

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Saif received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University – School of Medicine in Biophysics & Biophysical Chemistry in 2014. After a brief period at UAE University as Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Saif was appointed as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Physiology at University of Pennsylvania – Perelman School of Medicine (2015 – 2018). He officially joined the College of Medicine at Mohammed Bin Rashid University in 2017. Saif’s research interests lie in understanding actin cytoskeleton regulation in health and disease, using structural and biophysical methods.

Academic Appointments

2017 - present

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE

2015 - 2018

Visiting Assistant Professor of Physiology

University of Pennsylvania, USA

2014 - 2017

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

United Arab Emirates University, UAE

Professional Education

2014

Post-doctoral Fellow

Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

2014

Ph.D.

Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

2008

B.Sc.

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Teaching

  • Teaching Structural Biochemistry to graduate students, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, 2015
  • Teaching Biophysics and Organic Chemistry to graduate students, Johns Hopkins University – School of Medicine, 2011 – 2014

Honors and Awards

2014

Sheikh Rashid Award for Scientific Excellence

Dubai Cultural & Scientific Association, Dubai, UAE

2014

Travel Award to attend 58th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting

Scholarship Coordination Office, Ministry of Presidential Affairs, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2004-2014

Full Scholarship for B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees, Distinguished Student Scholar

Scholarship Coordination Office, Ministry of Presidential Affairs, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Publications

A tunable LIC1-adaptor interaction modulates dynein activity in a cargo-specific manner

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Rickettsia Sca2 Recruits Two Actin Subunits for Nucleation but Lacks WH2 Domains.

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Modulation of MICAL Monooxygenase Activity by its Calponin Homology Domain: Structural and Mechanistic Insights

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Membership of Professional Bodies and Associations

  • Biophysical Society
  • American Society for Cell Biology

Research Interests

  • Actin cytoskeleton regulation in health and disease
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