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Ayman Al Haj Zen
Assistant Professor
Ayman Al Haj Zen
Assistant Professor
Educational Qualifications
Ph.D in Biology and Physiology of Circulatory system
MSc in Cardiovascular Physiology
Entity
College of Health and Life Sciences
Biography
Dr. Ayman Al Haj Zen received his Ph.D. in 2006 from the University of Paris VII, where he studied the role of small proteoglycans in the regulation of vascular repair and atherosclerosis. Before joining the University of Oxford in 2010, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at London Research Institute and the University of Bristol, investigating the role of cell-cell communication signaling in vascular development and regeneration. In Oxford, he was awarded an intermediate research fellowship from the British Heart Foundation (Oxford) Centre of Research Excellence in 2013 to establish his independent research program on therapeutic angiogenesis. Dr. Al Haj Zen joined the HBKU as an Assistant Professor on April 2019.
Ph.D in Biology and Physiology of Circulatory system
University Denis Diderot (Paris VII), Paris/France
2006
MSc in Cardiovascular Physiology
University Denis Diderot (Paris VII), Paris/France
2001
Postgraduate diploma in Biological and Medical Sciences
University Denis Diderot (Paris VII), Paris/France
2000
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
University of Aleppo; Aleppo/Syria
1998
Assistant Professor
College of Health and Life Sciences; Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2019 - present
Independent Research Fellow
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Radcliffe Department of Medicine); University of Oxford
2013 - 2019
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (Radcliffe Department of Medicine); University of Oxford
2010 - 2013
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Bristol Heart Institute; University of Bristol
2008 - 2010
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
London Research Institute; Cancer Research UK
2006 - 2008
- Retinoid agonist for promoting angiogenesis and wound healing; Methods in Molecular Biology; 2019 (in press)
- Phenotypic miRNA Screen Identifies miR-26b to Promote the Growth and Survival of Endothelial Cells; Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids; 2018 Aug 18,13:29-43.
- The retinoid agonist Tazarotene promotes angiogenesis and wound healing; Molecular Therapy; 2016 Oct,24(10):1745-1759.
- Comprehensive characterization of the Published Kinase Inhibitor Set; Nature Biotechnology; 2016 Jan,34(1):95-103.
- DLK1: a novel negative regulator of angiogenesis?; Cardiovascular Research; 2012 Feb 1,93(2):213-4.
- Inhibition of delta-like-4-mediated signaling impairs reparative angiogenesis after ischemia; Circulation Research; 2010 Jul 23,107(2):283-93
- Human adult vena saphena contains perivascular progenitor cells endowed with clonogenic and proangiogenic potential; Circulation; 2010 Apr 20,121(15):1735-45.
- Notch signalling in ischaemia-induced angiogenesis; Biochemical Society Transactions; 2009 Dec,37 (Pt 6):1221-7.
- Syndromic and non-syndromic aneurysms of the human ascending aorta share activation of the Smad2 pathway; Journal of Pathology; 2009 May,218(1):131-42.
- Decorin overexpression reduces atherosclerosis development in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice; Atherosclerosis; 2006 Jul,187(1):31-9.
- Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of superoxide dismutase and catalase decreases restenosis after balloon angioplasty; Journal of Vascular Research; 2005 May, 42(3):255-65
- Effect of adenovirus-mediated overexpression of decorin on metalloproteinases, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases and cytokines secretion by human gingival fibroblasts; Matrix Biology; 2003 May,22(3):251-8.
- 2016: Imperial College BHF CRE Prize for Best Poster; Imperial College of London; London/United Kingdom
- 2013: Intermediate Research Fellowship; British Heart Foundation (Oxford) Centre of Research Excellence; Oxford/United Kingdom
- 2009: Biochemical Society Prize for Best Poster; Biochemical Society; Chester/United Kingdom
- 2009: British Society for Cardiovascular Research Prize; BSCR; Oxford/United Kingdom
- 2006: Cancer Research UK postdoctoral fellowship; Cancer Research UK; London/United Kingdom
- 2003: French Society of Cardiology Prize (CORDIS); French Society of Cardiology; Paris/France