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Reem Elasad
Research Assistant
Educational Qualifications
BSc
Entity
Qatar Biomedical Research Institute
Biography
Reem Elasad earned her BSc degree in Biological Sciences in 2019 from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. In 2017 as a sophomore, she was awarded a QSIURP grant to investigate a novel post-transcriptional mechanism of PTEN inhibition in breast cancer. She continued working on the project in her senior year, as she was further researching the tumor suppressor function of PTEN in breast cancer. The project findings gained awards from QNRF in 2018 and were recognized by MDPS in 2018 and 2019. Elasad joined CMUQ in 2020 as a Research Assistant, working on isolating and purifying two proteins for a drug discovery project. In 2021, she joined QBRI Cancer Research Center (CRC) as a Research Assistant, with the focus on identifying novel gene/immune signature biomarkers in triple-negative breast cancer.
BSc
Carnegie Mellon University; Qatar
2019
- Breast Cancer
- Cancer Immunology
- Molecular Biology
Research Assistant
Cancer Research Center (CRC), QBRI
2021 - Present
Research Assistant
Biological Science Departments; Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
2020
Student; Biological Science
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
2015 - 2019
- 2019; Project of great national significance; Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics; CMUQ
- 2018; Project of great national significance; Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics; CMUQ (Doha/Qatar)
- 2018; Qatar National Research Fund Award; CMUQ (Doha/Qatar)