Tamima Ashraf, Phd Email & Phone Number

Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, On

Mississauga, Ontario

Responsible for initiation of a new project involving nuclear receptors in HIV associated brain inflammation, including developing research hypothesis and experimental plan. Additional responsibilities included - Mentoring new graduate student- Responsible for preparing major grant application and submission.

Mississauga, Ontario

Thesis title: Regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines and drug efflux transporters by signal transduction pathways in glial cells: Implications in HIV-1 neuropathogenesis and its treatmentSupervisor: Dr. Reina BendayanResearch Experience: • Strong ability to design and execute experiments to prove a hypothesis • Expert in laboratory techniques including handling primary (i.e., astrocyte culture) and immortalized cell cultures (i.e., hCMEC/D3), brain capillary isolation, rodent stereotaxic surgery, quantitative RT-PCR, immunoblotting, ELISA, uptake assays, immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence • Disseminated project findings at national/international conferences • Collaborated with researchers from hospital and academia• Prepared abstracts, presentations, grants, protocols and critiques of research papers Clinical Experience:• Established research collaboration with Mount Sinai Hospital and Morgentaler Clinic; obtained Research Ethics Board approval for project requirement• Interacted with physicians, nurses and pathologists to recruit patients and obtain informed consents; maintained strict confidentiality to ensure the safety of patient informationMentorship:• Trained summer project students and graduate students to achieve research goals• Provided guidance to numerous students in proposal, report and poster preparation

• Responsible for teaching theoretical and practical concepts in fields of Pathology, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics (class size ranging from 30 to 240 students)• Graded assignments and exams within strict deadlines and provided feedback to students • Demonstrated laboratory techniques to classes of 30 to 60 students from various educational backgrounds

• Established research collaboration and obtained Research Ethics Board approval for project requirement• Interacted with physicians, nurses and pathologists in a biweekly basis to recruit patients and obtain informed consents

Thesis title: Molecular evolution of nucleoside transporters and characterization of a putativemembrane transporter in human Supervisor: Dr. Imogen R. Coe

Toronto, Canada Area

• Responsible for teaching theoretical and practical concepts of Biology (class size ranging from 30 to 60 students)• Demonstrated laboratory techniques to classes of 30 to 60 students from various educational backgrounds• Graded assignments and provided feedback to students

•Purified and analyzed bovine blood plasma using enzymatic assays to quantitatively determine concentration of glucose, triacylglycerol, etc

Thesis - Nutrient effect on ribosomal protein S6 in bovine mammary epithelial cells and Hexokinase 1 (HK-1) expression in various bovine tissuesSupervisor: Dr. John P. Cant

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd) Candidate, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Master'S Degree, Biology, General

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Molecular Biology And Genetics