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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

How are Dynamic Microtubules Stably Tethered to Human Chromosomes? In Cytoskeleton - Structure, Dynamics, Function and Disease.

Conti, D., Hart, M., Tamura, N., Shrestha, R., Islam, A., and Draviam, V. M.
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