Applications of Stem Cells and Derived Exosomes in Neurodegenerative Disorders

Dr. Sadaf Jahan is currently working as Assistant professor in the Department of Medical Laboratories, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmah University, Saudi Arabia. She has earlier served as Assistant Professor (Microbiology) in the department of Microbiology; Chinmaya Degree College, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Haridwar, India. (2018-2019). Previously, she has also been worked as a National Post-Doctoral Fellowship through DST-Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India between 2016 and 2018. In 2009, she qualified a National Level Exam (UGC CSIR NET-JRF) in Life Sciences and pursue a PhD in Biological Sciences in 2010 at CSIR- Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR), Lucknow, India through AcSIR - Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, New Delhi, India and completed her PhD in 2015. Her research experience and interest are broadly focused on developing and validating invitro model systems to study developmental neurotoxicity of environmental chemicals and drugs using chemical induced differentiating neural cells, derived from human umbilical cord blood stem cells. She is editorial board member of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics. She has served as referee for a number of international journals, including MDPI (Biomolecules, Pharmaceuticals, Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers, JCM); SAGE Open Medical Case Reports; International placenta stem cell society (IPLASS); Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity; Scientific Reports; PLoS One; Toxicology International etc. She has more than 10 years of research experience in neurosciences and stem cells.

She has also published more than 80 research articles in the peer-reviewed international journal and authored or co-authored many book chapters. She is a member of many international scientific societies and organizations importantly, international placenta stem cell society (IPLASS), International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) & American Society for Neurochemistry, Life Member of Indian Academy of Neuroscience (IAN), India, Life Member of Society of Free Radical Research (SFRR), India. She has reviewed more than 100 manuscripts for reputed journals.

She is running several projects as PI (principal investigator) or Co-PI obtain from Deanship of Research, Majmaah University as well as other Saudi university. Since 2020 to present, she is also a member of Quality Assurance Committee at the department of Medical Laboratories, Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Arif Jamal Siddiqui is an Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator at the Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Hail, Saudi Arabia. He received his PhD from CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India in 2015. From 2015 to 2018, he worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America. He has more than 12 years of experience in research, teaching and administration. In his professional work, he has received research grants as a Principal Investigator from various renowned organizations. He has successfully published more than 90 publications in internationally recognized peer-reviewed prestigious journals, published several book chapters for internationally renowned publishers and presented many articles and posters in various conferences/workshops worldwide. He is Associate Editor of 3 Biotech (Springer Nature), Academic Editor of Journal of Immunology Research, Stem Cell International, BioMed Research International, Canadian Journal of Infectious Disease, Medical Microbiology (Hindawi), PeerJ and other journal involve as an Editorial board member. His research experience and interest are to study host-parasites interaction, role of stem cells in neuro-disorder diseases, Immune response (specific T, B, MQ, Dendritic cells and specific memory T, B related study) during parasite interaction, drug and vaccine development against parasites infection. Presently, he working on parasite diversity, novel role of stem cells in various neuro-related diseases, natural bioactive compound role in cancer, Immune behaviors & responses, diagnosis and vaccine development of Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma japonicum and Schistosoma haematobium (Trematode worm) and Plasmodium parasites (Malaria). Furthermore, he is a member of The Indian Science Congress Association, India and the Annals of Parasitology, Poland. He has reviewed more than 180 manuscripts and he has edited more than 100 manuscripts. He is running several project as PI (principle investigator) or Co-PI obtain from Deanship of Research, University of Hail as well as other Saudi university.

Dr. Sadaf Jahan目前在沙烏地阿拉伯Majmah大學應用醫學科學學院的醫學實驗室系擔任助理教授。她曾於2018至2019年在印度哈里瓦爾的H.N.B. Garhwal大學Chinmaya學位學院的微生物學系擔任助理教授（微生物學）。在此之前，她於2016至2018年間在印度勒克瑙的CSIR-中央藥物研究所擔任國家博士後獎學金研究員，該獎學金由DST-科學與工程研究委員會（SERB）提供。她於2009年通過國家級考試（UGC CSIR NET-JRF）獲得生命科學資格，並於2010年在CSIR-印度毒理研究所（IITR）攻讀生物科學博士學位，該所位於印度新德里AcSIR - 科學與創新研究學院，並於2015年完成博士學位。她的研究經驗和興趣主要集中在開發和驗證體外模型系統，以研究環境化學物質和藥物對發育神經毒性的影響，使用從人類臍帶血幹細胞衍生的化學誘導分化神經細胞。她是《生物技術與生物信息學》的編輯委員會成員，並曾擔任多本國際期刊的審稿人，包括MDPI（《生物分子》、《藥物》、《遺傳學前沿》、《前沿》、《JCM》）、SAGE Open Medical Case Reports、國際胎盤幹細胞學會（IPLASS）、《氧化醫學與細胞長壽》、《科學報告》、《PLoS One》、《國際毒理學》等。她在神經科學和幹細胞領域擁有超過10年的研究經驗。

她還在同行評審的國際期刊上發表了超過80篇研究文章，並撰寫或共同撰寫了多本書章。她是多個國際科學學會和組織的成員，特別是國際胎盤幹細胞學會（IPLASS）、國際神經化學學會（ISN）及美國神經化學學會，並且是印度神經科學學院（IAN）的終身會員，以及印度自由基研究學會（SFRR）的終身會員。她已為多本知名期刊審閱超過100篇手稿。

她作為主要研究者（PI）或共同研究者（Co-PI）正在運行多個項目，這些項目來自Majmaah大學的研究院以及其他沙烏地阿拉伯大學。自2020年至今，她還是Majmaah大學醫學實驗室系的質量保證委員會成員。

Dr. Arif Jamal Siddiqui是沙烏地阿拉伯海爾大學科學學院生物學系的助理教授和主要研究者。他於2015年在印度勒克瑙的CSIR-中央藥物研究所獲得博士學位。從2015年到2018年，他在美國德克薩斯州拉博克的德克薩斯理工大學健康科學中心擔任博士後研究員。他在研究、教學和行政管理方面擁有超過12年的經驗。在他的專業工作中，他作為主要研究者獲得了來自多個知名機構的研究資助。他成功地在國際知名的同行評審期刊上發表了超過90篇論文，為國際知名出版社出版了幾本書章，並在全球各地的各種會議/研討會上發表了多篇文章和海報。他是3 Biotech（Springer Nature）的副編輯、《免疫學研究期刊》、《幹細胞國際》、《生物醫學研究國際》、《加拿大傳染病期刊》、《醫學微生物學》（Hindawi）、PeerJ及其他期刊的編輯委員會成員。他的研究經驗和興趣包括研究宿主與寄生蟲的相互作用、幹細胞在神經疾病中的作用、寄生蟲相互作用期間的免疫反應（特定的T細胞、B細胞、巨噬細胞、樹突細胞及特定記憶T細胞、B細胞相關研究）等。