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Iman Achkar
Research Associate
Educational Qualifications
PhD
MSc Molecular Medicine
Entity
Qatar Biomedical Research Institute
Divison
Neurological Disorders Research Center
Biography
Iman Achkar earned her MSc in Molecular Medicine from Imperial College London, UK (2016), focusing on molecular biology in medicine for disease discovery, diagnosis, and management. Her project in Rutter Lab studied Type 2 Diabetes risk variants.
She then worked as a Research Associate in the Shahab Lab at the Translational Research Institute, HMC (2016-2017), assessing anti-cancer drugs in multiple myeloma cells. From 2018-2022, she was a Research Specialist in Suhre Lab at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, identifying metabolic targets for therapeutic interventions in metabolic diseases. She is now finalizing her PhD under the supervision of Dr. Halama (WCMC-Q) and Dr. Kulms (Technical University of Dresden). As a Research Assistant with the Taheri group of the Qatar Diabetes Prevention Program, HMC (2023-2024), she supported patient-focused diabetes research projects.
Currently, she is a Research Associate in Dr. Omar El-Agnaf's Lab at QBRI, researching neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's Disease, focusing on biomarker development. Her work includes developing immunoassays, optimizing techniques, and conducting in vitro assays using disease models.
PhD
Technical University of Dresden, Germany
Aug 2018 - Present
MSc Molecular Medicine
Imperial College London, UK
2016
BSc Biology
University of Portsmouth, UK
2015
- Assay development
- Biomarker discovery for diagnostic purposes
- Biomarker discovery for monitoring neurodegenerative diseases
Research Associate
NDRC, QBRI, HBKU
June 2024 - Present
Research Assistant
Taheri team, QDPP, HMC
2023 - 2024
Research Specialist
Suhre Lab, WCMC-Q
2018 - 2022
Research Associate
Shahab Lab, iTRI, HMC
2016 - 2017
- 2019; 1st Place Award for Best Poster in the Research Specialist Category, WCMC-Q Research Retreat