Biography:
Sami G. Alsabri is a PhD student in the Pharmacology and Physiology Program at the University of Montreal. He obtained his master's degree from Wright State University, OH, US. His MSc. project was on the study of the potential therapeutic effect of extracellular microvesicles in wound healing. Currently he is carrying out his PhD studies under the supervision of Dr. H. Fahmi at Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM). His project focuses on the role of a key enzyme in prostglandin E2 metabolism, 15 Prostaglandin Dehydrogenase, in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis.
Title : Role of DNA methylation on 15-lipoxygenase-1 gene expression in osteoarthritis
Title : Expression and function of 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase in cartilage tissue