People Biography

Ms. Asma Elashi received her Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Qatar University in 2017. Her research work as an undergraduate student was in cancer and her research project entitled, Investigating the effect of PRMT5 on Breast cell proliferation through β-CATENIN target gene expression. Her graduation project focused on molecular and in vitro studies in breast cancer.

Ms. Elashi is currently pursuing her Master’s in biomedical and biological science, at HBKU. She is interested to continue her research in cancer and immunotherapy. Her work now is focused on breast and colorectal cancer, as these cancers result in high mortality worldwide. Ms. Elashi’s research involves gene expression and epigenetic medications of many immune checkpoints and their associations with the aforementioned type of cancers.