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Date of Birth: 24/10/1974 (Male)
Place of Birth: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Nationality: Saudi
E-mail: aaaloqbi@uj.edu.sa
Contact number: 00966535004426
Work Experience
Vice Dean for Development, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, University of Jeddah. 2015
Head of Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, University of Jeddah. 2015
Acting Vice Dean for Development, Collage of Business, University of Jeddah. 2015
Acting Vice Dean for Development, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology,
University of Jeddah. 2015
Assistant Professor of Oncology, Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences and Arts,
University of Jeddah. 2014
Laboratory Technician 1997–2010
Maternity and Children’s Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Education
PhD in Oncology 2014
University of Surrey, UK
Subject: The effect of ginger active component (zerumbone) on human cancer cells
Main methods: flow cytometry, HPLC, LC-MS, GC-MS, Western blotting and cell culture
MSc in Immunology and Immunogenetics 2004
University of Manchester, UK
Subject: Quantitative Gene Expression Analysis of Canine TNF- α\
BSc in Biology 1997
King Abdul-Aziz University, Saudi Arabia
Relevant Laboratory Experience
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1999
Departments of Haematology, Microbiology and Pathology
Ohud Hospital, Almadina, Saudi Arabia 1998
Immunology Department
King Fahd General Hospital, Almadina, Saudi Arabia 1998
Immunology Department
Conferences, Workshops and Courses
Visiting Scholar (Research Associate) 2012
Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University
Kannapolis, NC
Conducted research in extracts and characterizes components of ginger to treat cancer
Poster presentation 2012
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Festival of Research, University of Surrey
Guildford, UK
Poster presentation 2011
19th Euroconference on Apoptosis ‘Metabolism, Epigenetics and Cell Death’ and
8th Training course on ‘Concepts and Methods in Programmed Cell Death’
Stockholm, Sweden
Poster presentation 2011
European Association for Cancer Research Anticancer Agents Research Congress
Antalya, Turkey
Poster presentation 2011
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Festival of Research, University of Surrey
Guildford, UK
Participant 2011
British Association for Cancer Research Meeting ‘Cancer Epigenetics’
Royal Society of Medicine
London, UK
Participant 2009
Centenary Conference 2009 ‘Cancer Genes: Discovery and Exploitation’
London, UK
Participant 2007
Middle East Quality Association 1st Annual Congress, Dubai, UAE
Participant 2007
Annual Meeting of the Quality Improvement Research Network (QIRN)
Lisbon, Portugal
Researcher, Total Quality Management in Saudi Arabian Clinical Laboratories 2006
Royal Holloway, University of London
London, UK
Basic Life Support Provider 2004
Saudi Heart Association
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Diploma in the Art and Science of Neuro–Linguistic Programming 2002
The International NLP Trainers Association
Manchester, UK
Publications
Akram Aloqbi, Priti Chivers and Nazlin Howell, Zerumbone kills Caco-2 cancer cells by targeting a key gene in the 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) drug pathway. (2014) Cancer Research, in progress.
Akram Aloqbi and Nazlin Howell, The synergistic effects of zerumbone and chemotherapy agents in a human cancer cell line. (2014) Cancer Research, in progress.
Akram Aloqbi and Nazlin Howell, The effects of ginger active component (Zerumbone) on Caco-2 human colon cancer cells: Conference: 19 th Euroconference on Apoptosis "Metabolism, Epigenetics and Cell Death", At Stockholm, Sweden, 2011, 78.
Akram Aloqbi, Ibrahim Alsini and Khalid Alzimami, The 3rd Saudi International conference proceeding (SIC’09), Guildford, June 2009. ISBN: 1-84469-020-2.
Contributed to the book Quality and Safety Improvement Research: Methods and 2008
Research Practice from the International Quality Improvement Research Network (QIRN)
Lisbon, Portugal. ISBN: 978-972-98811-8-3.
Edited the book The History and Development of Health Care in Saudi Arabia over 100 years 2008
Memberships
British Association for Cancer Research 2009–Present
American Society for Quality 2006–Present
Saudi Arabian Quality Council (Western Region) 2006–Present
British Society for Immunology 2003–Present
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