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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

APC-driven actin nucleation powers collective cell dynamics in colorectal cancer cells.

Baro, L*., Islam, A*., Brown, H.M., Bell, Z.A., and Juanes, M.A.

Kinetochores attached to microtubule-ends are stabilized by Astrin bound PP1 to ensure proper chromosome segregation.

Conti, D., Gul, P*., Islam A*., Martín-Durán, J., Pickersgill, R.W. and Draviam, V.M.
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