Personal Information

 Assistant Professor

Department of  Biochemistry

Faculty of Sciences

Contact Information

Phone: 6952288

Email: hchoudhry@kau.edu.sa

Dr. Hani Choudhry

 Assistant Professor

Profile

Dr. Hani Choudhry graduated from the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science., King Abdulaziz Univesrity (KAU), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with honours in 2006. He then received an MSc with Distinction in Molecular Medicine from the University of Sheffield in 2009, where he worked on the epigenetic regulation of microRNA expression in bladder cancer. He completed his DPhil in Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford, UK. 


He has been involved in the development of clinical applications of high throughput sequencing technologies to investigate cancer genomics, in particular hypoxic tumours. He has been working under close supervision of leading figures in cancer genomics; Prof. Ioannis Ragoussis (Head of Genomic Sciences, McGill University), Prof. Adrian Harris (Director of Molecular Oncology Laboratories- John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford), Prof. Peter Ratcliffe (Head of Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford) and Dr. David Mole (University of Oxford). 

His scientific interests focus on gene expression and epigenomic profiling of solid tumours, and the integration of both clinical and pathological information with data generated from high-throughput molecular techniques. His work addresses the impact of intra-tumor gene expression heterogeneity on the biology and clinical behaviour of solid tumours for the development of molecular diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive biomarkers. During his postgraduate tenure, he identified a number of novel transcripts/genes that are associated with prognosis and clinico-pathological features of hypoxic breast cancer.

Education

  • 2006

    Bachelor degree from Biochemistry DepartmentFaculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2009

    Master degree from School of Medicine and Biomedical SciencesInstitute for Cancer Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, بريطانيا

  • 2014

    Doctorate degree from Nuffield Department of MedicineWellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford , Oxford, بريطانيا

Employment

  • 2006-2006

    Molecular Biology Research Trainee, King Fahad Medical Research Center, Molecular Biology Unit, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2006-2007

    Research Assistant, King Fahad Medical Research Center, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2007-2014

    Teaching Assistant - Demonstrator, Faculty of Science, Biochemistry Department, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2014-حاليا

    Principal Investigator, Center of Innovation in Personalized Medicine , Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2014-حاليا

    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, Biochemistry Department, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

Molecular  Biochemistry,  Cancer Genomics, Cancer Biology, Hypoxia Genomics, Transcriptome Analysis, Non-coding RNA, Long Non-coding RNAs, Cancer Bio-markers, Cancer Stem Cell, Circulating Tumor Cells  and  Next Generation Sequencing.

Scientific interests

Medical and cancer genomics

Courses

Molecular Biochemistry 432 Bioc
Research Projects in Biochemistry 491 Bioc
The Biochemistry of Cancer Cells 418 Bioc
PhD Laboratory Rotation 703 Bioc

Areas of expertise