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Raheela Awais

Dr Raheela Awais
PhD, SFHEA

Senior Lecturer, Programme Director for integrated Master of Biological Sciences (MBiolSci), Advisor UK Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
School of Biosciences

Contact

R.Awais@liverpool.ac.uk

+44 (0)151 795 4415 Ext. 4415

Research

I am actively engaged in research and scholarship both in educational as well as disciplinary research in Biochemistry and Biotechnology. I develop in-vitro biochemical and functional assays based on advanced genetically encoded fluorescent and bioluminescent reporters for imaging of dynamic cellular signaling processes in real-time at the level of single living cells. My research has contributed to the knowledge both within UK and globally by advancing the understanding of inflammatory mechanism through NF-kappaB signalling, cell death mechanism through p53, p63 and p73 family of proteins, pathophysiology of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis via superoxide dismutase misfolding, and its inhibition as a treatment strategy.
My pedagogical research has focused on and influenced the teaching delivery of employability topics for international students, student learning in biosciences teaching laboratories and reviewing and co-creating inclusive curriculum in partnership with students.

Research grants

Development of non-covalent binders to SOD1 with scope for developing as PROTAC degraders of SOD1 for the treatment of MND

MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE ASSOCIATION (UK)

October 2023 - January 2027