Lina earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s in Cell Biology at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. Upon moving to the U.S., Lina received her Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas in the laboratory of Nobel laureates Drs. Michael S. Brown and Joseph L Goldstein.
At Ayass Bioscience, she is involved in the design, development, and validation of high-complexity molecular testing ranging from next generation sequencing to array-based genotyping assays. Her major research project is the development of aptamers against coagulation disorder biomarkers. She has successfully developed an aptamer for the detection of D-dimer levels in blood sample and a Thrombin aptamer as a potential anticoagulant agent. Currently she is involved in the development of the aptamer-based Lateral Flow Assay as a point-of-care test for assessing an individual’s risk of clot. She is also part of the proteomics team for identification and validation of new biomarkers for autoimmune diseases, cardiac diseases, coagulation, and other disorders.
Natalya earned her Master’s degrees in Biophysics at Saint Petersburg State University in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at the Institute of Protein Research in the scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences near Moscow. After receiving her Ph.D., Natalya worked as Senior Research Scientist at the Biological Center of Russian Academy of Sciences. Subsequently, she moved to the U.S. where she worked as a Research Scientist at the University of Texas, Dallas, and then worked as a Senior Research Scientist for a biotechnology company before joining Dr. Ayass’s team as their Molecular Biology Scientist.
She had opportunity to serve institutions such as MD Anderson Cancer Center and USAIDs Program within US and Aga Khan University & Hospital and other nonprofit organizations in developing countries including Afghanistan and Pakistan for last twelve years to improve healthcare systems and quality of care. She received recognition and scholarly awards for her work such as Henry Christian scholar’s award, New Investigator in Global Health, Aga Khan Foundation scholar’s award and International Business Women’s award for scholarship and excellence.
Dr. Gul joined Ayass Lung Clinic in 2013 as a Research Manager envisioning the potential for precision medicine and opportunity to contribute in advancement of medical innovation. She believes that research at Ayass Bioscience will be a true recycling of evidence to improve patient’s outcome in an innovative way.
His expertise is in quantitative proteomics, PTM profiling, affinity-based proteomics, and quantitative metabolomics using LC-MS/MS, and further validating the candidate proteins with diverse molecular biology techniques.
Victor is a valuable member of the Ayass Bioscience research team. He participates in all research projects utilizing his knowledge in biochemistry, immunochemistry, and molecular biology. Among his contributions, Victor developed binding assays to confirm the binding of aptamers to the target molecules.
Victor earned his Master’s degree in Biophysics at Lomonosov Moscow State University and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Victor worked in the Biological Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. After he moved to the U.S., he held a research scientist position at the Cornell University Medical Center and at the UT Southwestern Medical Center. He joined the Ayass BioScience team as a Research Scientist.
With her recent role as Portfolio Manager, Kasthuri consults and helps with the execution of the company’s most complex initiatives. She develops strategies for accomplishing specific project objectives for both the research and clinical division of Ayass Bioscience. She is actively involved in marketing for Ayass BioScience’s latest venture into direct-to-consumer testing and she plays a critical role in coordinating / monitoring project documentation, timelines, technical performance, budget, production, quality deliverables, and corrective action initiatives.
Kasthuri earned her bachelor’s in Bioinformatics from SASTRA University, India, after which she worked as a Research Assistant in bioinformatics for a few years. After moving to Dallas, Texas, Kasthuri joined the Genomics Sequencing Core at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and worked there for many years, gaining experience in the latest NGS bioinformatics technologies. Kasthuri received her Master’s degree in Bioinformatics from Johns Hopkins University, Maryland.
He joined Ayass Bioscience after receiving his Bachelor’s in Computational and Applied Mathematics from Rice University and his Master’s in Bioinformatics from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Nazanin is part of the Ayass Bioscience research team. She participates in numerous research projects, performing SDS-PAGE, Western Blot, ELISA-based binding assay, immunoprecipitation, and many others experiments. She was involved in the Thrombin aptamer development process and she is now an active participant in the development of the aptamer-based Lateral Flow Assay as a point-of-care test for assessing an individual’s risk of clot. She is also involved in sample preparation for Mass Spectrum analysis for the proteomics project.
Nazanin earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees of science in Agricultural Biotechnology at the Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran, Iran. After receiving her first master’s, Nazanin worked as a research assistant at a Plant Biotechnology company in Tehran, Iran. She moved to Dallas where she received her second master’s degree in Biotechnology from the University of Texas in Dallas. She joined the Ayass BioScience team as a Laboratory Technician. After joining the company, Nazanin obtained her MB (ASCP) Technologist certification.
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