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Rabah Iratni

United Arab Emirates University

UAE

Biography

Rabah Iratni obtained his PhD from University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble 1 in December 1994. After completion of his PhD he joined, as postdoctoral fellow, the laboratory of Prof. Dany Reinberg at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). In 2002, he joined the University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble 1 as “Maitre de conference). In 2005 he obtained his “Habilitation a Diriger la Recherche” (HDR) from the same university. In 2007, he joined the United Arab Emirates University first as an Associate professor and then as professor. My main research interests focus on (i) drug discovery through screening of new potential anti-cancer natural compounds using in vitro and in vivo assays and determine their mechanism(s) of action by combining cellular and Molecular and biochemical approaches (ii) preclinical evaluation of the role of the human Drap1(NC2α), the inhibitor of member of the TGF-β signalling pathway Nodal, as potential tumor suppressor of breast cancer and (iii) understanding of the epigenetic basis of cancer. He has co-authored a number of publications in prestigious scientific journals such as Cell, Science, Genes and Development, PNAS.

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