Dr. rer. nat. Sherin Al-Aoua

Pic of Dr. rer. nat. Sherin Al-Aoua

Postdoc – Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and Endocrinology – Hannover Medical School (MHH)

Role in LiSyM-Cancer

  • Identification of biomarkers that predict HCC development in liver cirrhosis patients
  • Supervisor: Heike Bantel

Expertise

  • The role of T cells, the tumor microenvironment and cell death for development and progression of HCC/Multiplex immunofluorescence, ELISAs

Professional Experience

  • Reseach project/networks:
    • LiSyM Cancer
    • Sino-German Mobility Project

Degrees

  • PhD (Dr. rer. nat.)
    Hannover Medical School
    PhD thesis at the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and Endocrinology:
    Identification of candidate markers of hepatocarcinogenesis for the early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma development and progression (submitted)

  • Master of Science: Animal Biology and Biomedical Sciences
    University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
    Master thesis at the Institute of Biochemistry:
    Effect of Rosa canina extract and Miglustat on protein trafficking and lipid profile of different phenotypes of Niemann-Pick C1 gene mutations (summa cum laude)

  • Bachelor of Science: Biology and English
    Leibniz University Hannover/Victoria University Melbourne/Hannover Medical School
    Bachelor thesis at the Institute of Neurophysiology (Hannover Medical School):
    Using a quantitative FRET approach to analyze interactions between cation channels and regulatory proteins (magna cum laude)