Mrs. Neyla Al Akl received her Bachelor’s degree in Medical Laboratory Technology from the Balamand University, Lebanon and pursued her Master’s in Immunology and Microbiology from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. She worked as an assistant embryologist at EVE Fertility Center in Beirut and after obtaining her MS degree she joined the department of Experimental pathology, Immunology and Microbiology at the American University of Beirut as a Research Assistant. During her 7 years of laboratory research work she was involved in several projects related to the effect of bovine cartilage, antibiotics and Coley’s mixed bacterial toxin on tumor growth, in addition to defining the mechanism of action of certain vaccine adjuvants.

Mrs Neyla joined QBRI in 2018 and is part of Dr. Arredouani's team. She provides technical and administrative support to all members of the team and is also involved in a research project that focuses on the association between the salivary alpha- amylase and metabolic disorders in the Qatari population.