Underlying Mechanisms of Epilepsy

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She has been teaching Neurosciences, General and Medical Sciences, and other Biological Sciences for the last thirty years to Science, Medical and Paramedical graduates and post-graduates in Australia, USA, UAE, Bahrain, Pakistan and Brunei Darussalam. She has also been involved in developing, writing, interacting and getting General and Medical Research grants around the world. She completed her first post doc in Prof White's lab at Allegheny University of Health Sciences, Philadelphia, USA. There she was involved in mutating serotonin type 3 channel lumen and identifying the amino acids responsible for ionic selectivity of the channel by using site directed mutagenesis in conjunction with patch clamping. During her PhD she was the first to exhibit the presence of glycine receptor channels in postnatal hippocampal neurons. She has experience in multiple techniques including: Patch Clamp, Tissue culture, Single Cell RT PCR, Proteomics and Bioinformatics. She is a member of 14 learned societies including her role as regional representative of Women in World Neurosciences (WWN) and coordinator of the Neuroscience Program Network, IBRO (NPN). She has achieved many awards and scholarships, is the author of 20 full refereed papers published in International Tier 1 and 2 journals and 66 refereed conference and short communications. She is the editor of 3 books and 4 journals and has contributed a number of book chapters and reviews.