Ali A. Alshamrani, Bpharm., Ph.D., PMP
Associate Professor of Pharmacogenomics
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Address: Building 23, Office # 1A6
College of Pharmacy, King Saud University
P.O.BOX 2457, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Tel. Office: + (966) 11 4694067
Email: aaalshamrani@ksu.edu.sa

Professional summary

Dr. Ali Alshamrani is the co-founder and board member of the Saudi Society for Oncology Research (DAEM). He obtained his bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2010. He earned his PhD in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, USA 2018. Dr. Alshamrani is currently an Associate Professor of Pharmacogenomics at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, KSU, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Research goals:

Cancer cells activate several signaling cascades and employ different survival strategies under harsh conditions. My research centers around deciphering how cancer cells develop resistance to various treatment approaches and then targeting these vulnerabilities to re-sensitize them to chemotherapies.

Research Interests

  1. Study the molecular mechanisms cellular signaling regulates chemoresistance in cancer cells.

  2. Investigate the role of small non-coding RNAs (miRNAs) in regulating different aspects of cancer tumorigenesis.

  3. Identify novel therapeutic targets to overcome acquired resistance to different types of cancer, including melanoma, breast, prostate, and colon cancers.

  4. Investigate the molecular ramifications of cellular oxidative damage in different in vitro and in vivo models.

Key publication / select publication

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=su3kOxwAAAAJ