Personal Information

 Assistant Professor

Department of  Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences

Contact Information

Phone: 6400000 Ext. 63267

Email: aalrofaidi@kau.edu.sa

Aisha Abdullah AlRofaidi

 Assistant Professor

Profile

Faculty member at Biological Sciences Department, KAU since 2008. Biochemistry major (Bachelor degree) and Neuroscience and Molecular Biology (Higher degrees).

 

Education

  • 2000

    Bachelor degree from BiochemistryFaculty of Science, King Saud University, الرياض, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2003

    Master degree from NeuroscienceCollege of Art and Sciences, University of Hartford, هارتفورد, امــريــكـا

  • 2015

    Doctorate degree from Zoology Molecular BiologyNatural Sciences, Trinity College / Uni of Dublin , دبلن, ايــرلنــدا

Employment

  • 2008-2010

    Demonstrator, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

- Neural Retina: Molecular study of normal course of embryonic development for the chick embryo retinal tissue on both transcriptome and protein levels. subsequently, analysis of diffraction from the normal course of normal retinal development that leads to neurodegenerative disorders such as glaucoma>

- Programmed cell death (PCD) in the neural retina: Analysis through genetic and proteomic analyses for the enzymes regulating apoptosis.

Scientific interests

Courses

Cell Biology 222 Bio
Biosafety and Bioethics 481 Bio
Biological Statistics for Ph.D. 790 Bio
Biological Statistics for M.Sc. 690 Bio
Computer Applications in Biology 392 BIO

Areas of expertise

Molecular Biology and Neurobiology
Biotechnology
Neurophysiology and Molecular Biology Specialized in Biochemistry them Neurophysiology (Biology) and Molecular Biology in Ocular Develoment
Biological Sciences