Twelve undergraduate students of Biomedical Sciences presented six different research projects, which are the fruitful outcome of hard work and full commitment of both parties; faculty and students. Covid-19 pandemics trigger a surge of research studies supervised by Dr. Gheyath Nasrallah, the Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences.
The first research study was conducted by the students Tala Jamaleddin and Huda Abdulhameed and aimed to study the waning of antibodies immune response after covid-19 vaccination. This study showed that the titers of antibodies diminish as time progresses and that vaccination triggers a more robust immune response and better protection than natural infection.
Another study was presented by the students; Amira Elsharafi and Fatima Alhamaydeh aimed to validate the rapid fluorescent S_RBD antibody assay and showed that FineCare immunoassay has an outstanding performance for anti-SARS-CoV-2 total antibodies detection in whole blood and serum samples.
Third research studies focused on insulin resistance and its signaling pathways in mice models. A study aimed to study the impact of anti-obesity treatment on insulin signaling in skeletal muscles of obese mice was supervised by Dr. Naser Rizk, the associate professor of Biomedical Sciences and conducted by the two students; Maryam Albadar and Dalal Zafer who found that plasma glucose and leptin were significantly decreased in Diet Induced Obesity (DIO) mice treated with sulforaphane (SNF) reflecting that SFN may enhance insulin sensitivity.
The fourth study also supervised by Dr. Naser Rizk, t and done by the students Abeer Babiker and Maram Ali who showed that SFN causes dysregulation of eight genes related to inflammation, adipocytokine signaling, Il-6, and HMGB1. Dr. Layla Al-Mansoori, the research assistant professor of Biomedical Research Center supervised the two students, Aisha Yousef and Aldana Jabar who performed in vitro optimization to induce insulin resistance in pre-adipocytes. A study supervised by Dr. Sapha Shibeeb, the Associate Professor at Biomedical Sciences Department and presented by the two students; Samar Gasmelseed and Muram Elamin demonstrated that 4-week ‘lifestyle’ based exercise training reduced total cholesterol and glucose levels in untrained sedentary subjects.
One group of Public Health students presented their graduation project, which was supervised by Dr Lily O’Hara. The group included Asmaa Alqahtani, Tharaa Al Shammari and Roudha Al Baker. The project was about evaluating the impact of the Be Body Positive online facilitator training program on participants’ experience of embodiment and self-compassion. The students concluded that this online training program had a significant and meaningful impact on participants’ experience of embodiment and self-compassion.
Source: QATAR UNIVERSITY