• ANIMAL MODEL FOR CHILDHOOD OBESITY 

      Al-Naemi, Hamda; Das, Sandra Concepcion (2017 , Poster)
      Obesity has been recognized as a global health problem and linked with chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular syndromes, musculoskeletal disorders and some cancers. Children exposed to high carbohydrate, ...
    • Cadmium Modulates Expression of Vascular Alpha 1 Adrenoceptors and Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells Phenotype 

      Aboujassoum, Hamda Mohammed H A (2013 , Master Thesis)
      Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the leading cause of death worldwide, including Qatar. Hypertension is one of the most common CVDs that contribute to this mortality. Cadmium (Cd) is a well-known pollutant that has ...
    • Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein-C in Sprague Dawley (SD) Rats exposed to Sub-Chronic oral dose of Cadmium Chloride 

      Al-Borshaid, Enjoud Khalifa; Varadharajan, Kavitha; Shanmugakonar, Muralitharan; Al-Naemi, Hamda ( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)
      Cadmium is one of the major environmental pollutants associated with an increment in industrial and urbanization activities. It has health consequences when it reaches the human diet through the soil, water, and plant. ...
    • Claudin-1, A Double-Edged Sword in Cancer. 

      Bhat, Ajaz A; Syed, Najeeb; Therachiyil, Lubna; Nisar, Sabah; Hashem, Sheema; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2020 , Article Review)
      Claudins, a group of membrane proteins involved in the formation of tight junctions, are mainly found in endothelial or epithelial cells. These proteins have attracted much attention in recent years and have been implicated ...
    • ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE ACTIVITY & BIOAVAILABILITY DURING OBESITY CONDITIONS 

      Das, Sandra Concepcion; Al-Naemi, Hamda (2017 , Poster)
      Obesity has been recognized as a pandemic and linked with several metabolic dysfunctions. One of the hallmarks in the onset of obesity is the development of hypertension coupled with endothelial dysfunction. (ED) A fundamental ...
    • Exploring Dysregulated Signaling Pathways in Cancer. 

      Nisar, Sabah; Hashem, Sheema; Yadav, Santosh K; Muralitharan, Sankavi; Therachiyil, Lubna; ... more authors ( Bentham Science Publishers , 2020 , Article Review)
      Cancer cell biology takes advantage of identifying diverse cellular signaling pathways that are disrupted in cancer. Signaling pathways are an important means of communication from the exterior of cell to intracellular ...
    • Functional In Vivo Imaging of Tumors. 

      Haris, Mohammad; Nisar, Sabah; Hashem, Sheema; Bhat, Ajaz A; Yadav, Santosh; ... more authors ( Springer , 2020 , Book chapter)
      Noninvasive imaging of functional and molecular changes in cancer has become an indispensable tool for studying cancer in vivo. Targeting the functional and molecular changes in cancer imaging provides a platform for the ...
    • Gut Microbiota and Health: Understanding the Role of Diet 

      Alasmar, Reem; Varadharajan, Kavitha; Shanmugakonar, Muralitharan; Al-Naemi, Hamda ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Gut microbiota plays a major role in regulating the host metabolism and immune system. However, the structure of microbiome population is altered constantly by diverse factors including diet and environment. In particular, ...
    • Humane care and use of laboratory animals training program (HCULA) 

      Al-Naemi, Hamda; Zabady, Hadeer (2017 , Poster)
      HCULA is the first basic training program that covers the use of Rodents as animals models in biomedical research, it is composed of theory and hands on training courses . The theory course is required to all students ...
    • LABORATORY ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTRE (LARC) “A SPECIFIC PATHOGEN FREE RODENT FACILITY” - COVID – 19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE PLAN 

      Shanmugakonar, Muralitharan; Govindharajan, Vijay Kanth; Varadharajan, Kavitha; Al-Naemi, Hamda ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Laboratory Animal Research Centre (LARC) has developed an early emergency operational plan for COVID-19 pandemic situation. Biosafety and biosecurity measures were planned and implemented ahead of time to check the functional ...
    • Quality of Drinking water in Qatar University Rodent vivarium 

      Khan, Imran; Muralitharan, Shanmugakonar; Al-Naemi, Hamda (2018 , Poster)
      Edstrom watering system was newly installed and all the accessories were used for limited run, but gradually the system runs continuously and this improved the water quality . Moreover our microbial count of water samples ...
    • Quantification of bioburden in LARC'S Vivarium 

      Khan, Imran; Shanmugakonar, Muralitharan; Al-Naemi, Hamda ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      Sanitization of cleanrooms in animal facilities is important as it ensures the level of contamination by different means including personnel activities and failures of HVAC system.Cleanrooms are highly controlled to provide ...