Biography:
Dr. Samiah Shahid studied Masters in Biochemistry at University of Agriculture Faisalabad in 2009 with gold medal. She then joined Biopharmaceutical and biomarker discovery lab at School of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of the Punjab and received her Ph.D degree with research on MicroRNA Profiling for early diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer. She has a number of Publications in the field of cancer. She has >10 years of teaching and research experience in medical colleges/research institutes. She is now of Associate Professor at Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology/Center for Research in Molecular Medicine, The University of Lahore, Pakistan.
Expression of miR-146a-5p and PBX2 gene in xenograft animal model as circulating markers for early diagnosis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia