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Dr Seyed Mehdi Jafarnejad

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Mehdi Jafarnejad

Dr Seyed Mehdi Jafarnejad

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Recent advances demonstrated the key roles that the dysregulated mRNA translation and degradation machinery play in various diseases, including cancers. This is further evidenced by development of numerous drugs that target these mechanisms and are in various stages of clinical trials or in clinical use. We study the cellular mechanisms that control mRNA translation and degradation and their roles in patho-phyisiologal contexts such as anti-viral immune response and cancer cells’ response to treatments.

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5821

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Cancer Medicine
  • Biochemistry
  • Experimental Medicine
  • RNA Biology

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Improving AML treatment efficacy by targeting mRNA and protein quality control mechanisms
  • Improving AML treatment efficacy by targeting mRNA and protein quality control mechanisms

Research students

Lilas Albushi, Dysregulation of mRNA translation by RNA helicases in brain tumour cells, year 3, Syria

Patric Snell Harris, Dysregulation of mRNA translation and decay by RNA-binding proteins in cancers, Year 1, UK

Muhammad Kamran, Linking dysregulated metabolism and mRNA translation in glioblastoma, Year 1, UK


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