Researcher
Faculty of Medicine
National Heart Lung Institute
United Kingdom
Nura is a PhD research student at the Cardiovascular and tissue engineering group, National Heart and Lung Institute. Nura obtained her BSc (Honorary) in biomedical science from University of Qatar in 2009. Then she worked as a research assistant in the Safallah Medical Genetic Center, Doha, Qatar gaining experience in in recombinant DNA, before joining the Qatar science leadership program (QSLP) in Qatar Foundation and successfully getting a scholarship to Imperial College of London to pursue her studies. She finished her MRes in biomedical research from Imperial College on 1st October 2012 , where she did two research projects . The first project was with Dr.Adrian A Chester, title ‘Biomimetic Matrices for Heart Valve Engineering: Effect of Nanofibrillar Anisotropy on Mechanical Fate’ and the second project was with Professor. Jane A Mitchell with title’ Role of COX-1 and COX-2 in Cytokine Production by Vascular and Gastro-Intestinal Tissue’.
pulmonary circulation, prostacyclin analogues