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Asifa Islam,
MBBS, PhD

Research Fellow

A passionate cell and molecular biologist specialising in gene manipulation and the dynamic visualisation of mammalian cells, using cutting-edge high-resolution imaging techniques for both fixed and live-cell analysis.

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  • Won best postdoc poster award at Biologists@100, Liverpool, UK (2025).

  • Won 2nd Prize for Poster at the International Symposium on Genome Instability and the Impact of Genetic Variants, QMUL, UK (2024).

  • Won 1st prize for poster at ACTIN 2023, Bristol, UK (2023). 

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Publications

Tumor invasiveness is regulated by the concerted function of APC, formins and Arp2/3 complex

Baro, L., Almhassneh, R.A., Islam, A., Juanes, M.A.

Search for chromosomal instability aiding variants reveal naturally occurring kinetochore gene variants that perturb chromosome segregation.

Islam, A., Manjarrez-González, J.C., Song, X., Gore, T., and Draviam, V. M.
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