Working in collaboration with scientists, neurosurgeons and pathologists, I established a Central Nervous System tumours (CNST) bank for tissues and more than 80 newly derived primary cell lines. I achieved six supporting grants and supervised twenty undergraduate students from the Applied Medical Sciences Collage on projects studying Meningioma. I co-supervised one Master and two PhD. students on studying drug resistance mechanisms in CNSTs, as well as trained 16 technical staff in cell culture and immunofluorescence related methods. Currently, I teach Genetics to forth year undergraduate and master students for the Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences. In addition, I edit funding proposals for the centre, and have set up several cancer and CNST related workshops.

The responsibilities I took on during this employment were: Supervisor of Academic Affairs: I worked in a team to establish bilingual documents for the fundamental regulations and procedures of the medical college, including: organisational charts, job descriptions, and operating procedures for administration, academic and educational units. I completed academic related bilingual documents such as the medical college exam regulations and a college prospectus. In addition, I regularly reported to and assisted the Vice Deans in all academic affairs and prepared summary reports for the activities as well as achievements of the divisions of academic affairs including academic performance of faculty members and students overall academic performance. Coordinator of Medical Genetics: Since the collage was new, I was the first to coordinate the subject of Medical Genetics. I developed the Medical Genetics study guide, introduced clinical cases assessments and designed practical classes, and set up time tables, delegated teaching staff and checked the quality of lectures. Teaching: I taught first year medical students Introduction to Medical Genetics, second year students Biochemistry (The biochemistry of genes), third year students Medical Genetics and fourth year students lectures for Ethics of Medical Genetics and Genetic Applications in Forensic Medicine.Research: With limited resources and no collage facilities, I set up two undergraduate students epidemiological studies, the first related to renal failure and the second related to breast cancer.

The role of Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) in paediatric brain tumours I investigated the presence of cancer stem cells in several primary paediatric cell lines and their contribution to drug resistance. I initiated cell lines from primary tumours, applied stem cell culture techniques, used methods for cell differentiation, and applied analytical techniques such as DNA Comet assay, flow cytometry, immunofluorescence and Bioinformatics. I successfully supervised MSc. students and supported a PhD student.

I worked on two projects:-The effect of hypoxia on the drug response of neuroblastoma cell lines to clinically relevant therapeutic reagents.I evaluated the effect of hypoxia on the response of neuroblastoma cell lines to clinically relevant drugs, with a particular focus on the role of HIF1-α and apoptotic pathways. The main methods I used included molecular cloning, clonogenic assay, flow cytometry, subcellular fractionation, western blot and culturing cells in a hypoxia chamber.-Pre-clinical evaluation of RH1 in paediatric tumours I tested the effectiveness of the newly established chemotherapeutic reagent RH1 in vitro for eight paediatric cell lines, and in vivo for two cell lines. The techniques I used included SRB, synergistic comparisons and animal-xenograft implantation and drug treatment.