ZAYNAB SAID MOHAMMED AL-EISAWI

Zaynab Al-Eisawi	Associate Professor
Biomedical scientist and molecular biologist
Faculty of Applied Health Sciences	Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences
Zaynab@hu.edu.jo	http://staff.hu.edu.jo/zaynab
ORCID ID : 221162469
Office No. :	EXT : 5369

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Ph.D.	The University of Sydney	Australia,2013
Master	The University of Sydney	,
Bachelor	The University of Technology, Sydney	Australia,2010

Cancer molecular biology and therapy

Zaynab Al-Eisawi, Christian Stefani, Patric J. Jansson, Akanksha Arvind, Philip C. Sharpe,
Maram T. Basha, George M. Iskander, Naresh Kumar, Zaklina Kovacevic, Darius J. R. Lane,
Sumit Sahni, Paul V. Bernhardt, Des R. Richardson, and Danuta S. Kalinowski. Novel
Mechanism of Cytotoxicity for the Selective Selenosemicarbazone, 2-Acetylpyridine 4,4-
Dimethyl-3-selenosemicarbazone (Ap44mSe): Lysosomal Membrane Permeabilization.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2016, 59 (1), pp 294–312

Christian Stefani, Zaynab Al-Eisawi, Patric J. Jansson, Des R. Richardson and Danuta S.
Kalinowski. Identification of Differential Anti-Neoplastic Activity of Copper
Bis(Thiosemicarbazones) that is Mediated by Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species
Generation and Lysosomal Membrane Permeabilization. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry,
152, November 2015, pp 20–37

Zaynab Al-Eisawi, Philip Beale, Charles Chan, Jun Qing Yu and Fazlul Huq. Changes in the
in vitro Activity of Platinum Drugs when Given in Doses. BMC Cancer Journal, in press.

Daniel Weber, Mixia Zhang, Pengwei Zhuang, Yanjun Zhang, Janelle Wheat, Geoffrey
Currie and Zaynab Al-Eisawi. The efficacy of betulinic acid in triple-negative breast cancer.
SAGE open Medicine, 2014, doi: 10.1177/2050312114551974.

Zaynab Al-Eisawi, Philip Beale, Charles Chan, Jun Qing Yu and Fazlul Huq. Combinations
of Platinum Drugs with Bortezomib in Ovarian cancer Cell Lines. Proceeding of 18th World
Congress on COGI - Vienna, Austria, October 24-27, 2013. Monduzzi Editoriale 2014.

Zaynab Al-Eisawi, Philip Beale, Charles Chan, Jun Qing Yu and Fazlul Huq. Carboplatin and
oxaliplatin in sequenced combination with bortezomib in ovarian tumour models. Journal of
Ovarian Research, 2013, 6:78.

Zaynab Al-Eisawi, Philip Beale, Charles Chan, Jun Qing Yu and Fazlul Huq. Modulation of
Cisplatin Cytotoxicity due to its combination with Bortezomib and the nature of its
administration. Anticancer Research, 2011, 31, pp2757-2762.

Fazlul Huq and Zaynab Al-Eisawi. Molecular modelling analysis of the metabolism of
bortezomib. International Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2011, 6: (3).

Member of the Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR)
Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society

Academic Sep. 2015-current
Position: Assistant Professor
The Hashemite University, Jordan
Course: Pathology, medical microbiology and hematology for undergraduate students.

Academic Oct. 2013-July 2015
Position: Assistant Professor
The University of Sydney and Australian Catholic University, Australia
Course: Human Anatomy and Physiology, Biology, Cell Biology for both undergraduate and
postgraduate students.

Academic Jan. 2011-Sep. 2013
Position: Lecturer
The University of Sydney, Australia
Course: Human Anatomy and Physiology, Biology, Cell Biology, Neuroscience.

Research Collaboration Aug. 2012-current
Position: Scientific consultant and editor
Botanical drugs company PANAXEA, Australia
Triple Negative Breast Cancer treatment using phytochemicals

Post-doctoral Fellow Jan. 2014-2015
The University of Sydney, Australia
Molecular Pharmacology and Pathology Program lead by Prof Des Richardson
Focus: Chelators as novel potent anticancer drugs

 Pathology, medical microbiology, hematology, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Biology and Cell Biology

 Academic Sep. 2015-current
Position: Lecturer
The Hashemite University, Jordan
Course: Pathology, medical microbiology and hematology for undergraduate students.

Academic Oct. 2013-July 2015
Position: Assistant Professor
The University of Sydney and Australian Catholic University, Australia
Course: Human Anatomy and Physiology, Biology, Cell Biology for both undergraduate and
postgraduate students.

Academic Jan. 2011-Sep. 2013
Position: Lecturer
The University of Sydney, Australia
Course: Human Anatomy and Physiology, Biology, Cell Biology, Neuroscience.

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