Faculty:Faculty of Science and Engineering
School:Life Sciences
Location: Cambridge
Hussein joined Anglia Ruskin University in November 2018 where he works as a research fellow. Hussein’s research focuses on assessing the efficacy of anticancer treatment in several cancer types including breast, lung, colorectal and ovarian cancers.
Prior to working at ARU, Hussein held the position of a research fellow at Brunel University London and had investigated how defects in DNA repair contribute to controlling the response to anticancer therapy. Moreover, Hussein also utilised imaging flow cytometry to identify and enumerate circulating tumour cells in patients’ blood.
Hussein currently works under the supervision of Professor Christopher Parris, exploring novel cancer therapeutic approaches.
English and Arabic
• Cancer diagnosis and treatment
• Molecular biology
• Imaging Flow Cytometry
BSc Biomedical Sciences – Brunel University London (2012)
PhD – Brunel University London (2017)
Member – Royal Society of Biology Associate
Fellow – Higher Education Academy
• Bourton, EC., Ahorner, PA., Plowman, PN., Zahir, SA., Al-Ali, H., Parris, CN. (2017) The PARP-1 inhibitor Olaparib suppresses BRCA1 protein levels, increases apoptosis and causes radiation hypersensitivity in BRCA1+/- lymphoblastoid cells. Journal of Cancer. October 23 (19): 4048-4056
• Parris, CN., Adam-Zahir, S., Al-Ali, H., Bourton, EC., Plowman, C., Plowman, PN. (2015) Enhanced -H2AX DNA damage foci detection using multi-magnification and extended depth of field in imaging flow cytometry. Journal of Cytometry, Part A. June 18 (8): 717-23.