Abdelrasoul Research Group (Fall 2018)
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Amira Abdelrasoul- Hemodialysis Membrane Research Program
- Welcome J. Jazmín Muñoz Macías! A Chemistry graduate and Master’s student in Material Science at IPICYT, Mexico, Jazmín is dedicated to improving hemodialysis membranes. We’re excited to have her join us through the Canada ELAP Scholarship with Dr. Amira’s group.
- Dr. Abdelrasoul, with co-editors Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD, and Akira Mima, MD, PhD, curated the Scientific Reports special issue ‘Advances in Dialysis,’ featuring innovative research on end-stage renal disease treatment, including portable haemodialysis and advancements in peritoneal and haemodialysis techniques.
- Dr. Abdelrasoul and her team launched an app on iOS and Android and a website to support dialysis patients. Usask Engineering News: Researcher launches app, website for dialysis patients
- We are delighted to welcome two summer students, Ana Karen Lopez Romo from Mexico and Keerthana Marottikkal Sunil from India, who are joining us through the Mitacs Research Internship Programs. We look forward to their contributions and fresh perspectives.
- Dr. Abdelrasoul was interviewed by Global News-University of Sask. research team developing breakthrough membrane renal material
- Dr. Abdelrasoul delivered a TEDx speech: Revolutionizing Kidney Failure
- Dr. Abdelrasoul was recognized by “Chemical Engineering Research & Design Journal” to be 1 of the top 18 outstanding chemical engineering women researchers across the globe.
- Dr. Abdelrasoul was invited to deliver a lecture in 2022 the Life/ nephrology campus, Germany
- Dr. Abdelrasoul was interviewed by CTV YOUR MORNING (by Anne-Marie Mediwake, CTV Your Morning) Canadian research team develops tool to minimize dialysis complications
- An Article about Dr. Abdelrasoul’s Health Research Program was published on The Conversation Canada
- Dr. Amira Abdelrasoul’s new research on improving hemodialysis was published in the National Post
- Dr. Amira Abdelrasoul Research Program updates was published on SaskToday
- Dr. Abdelrasoul was interviewed by Global News TV (by Emily Simmonds, Global News TV)
- The new membrane developed by Dr. Abdelrasoul’s research team was featured on Synchrotron Canadian Light Source (CLS) “Scientists develop new coating to protect kidney failure patients on dialysis”
- Dr. Amira Abdelasoul at 2022 Membrane Technology Conference
- Dr. Amira Abdelasoul had a broadcast interview with Mike Ciona on CTV Morning Live– Hemodialysis Membrane Research
- Dr. Amira Abdelasoul was interviewed by Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF), Hemodialysis Research Prgram, Meet the Researcher
- Dr. Amira Abdelasoul was interviewed by Pattison Media for her innovative research using CLS (by Alice McFarlane, Pattison Media )
- Dr. Amira Abdelasoul was interviewed by SaskToday, Dairy discovery could improve dialysis design for kidney failure patients (by Colleen MacPherson)
- Dr. Abdelrasoul’s new discovery has been highlighted on Synchrotron Canadian Light Source (CLS) News “Dairy discovery could improve dialysis design for kidney failure patients”
- Dr. Amira Abdelasoul gives a broadcast interview on CTV News. (Video Journalist: Saron Fanel)- Hemodialysis Membrane Research
- Dr. Amira Abdelasoul is interviewed by Saskatoon StarPhoenix. (by Alexa Lawlor)- Innovation in Hemodialysis Membrane Research
- University of Saskatchewan features Dr. Abdelrasoul Research Program on hemodialysis membranes at EurekAlert (press release)
- World’s first wearable kidney the goal of USask-led research team, Dr. Amira Abdelrasoul
Battlefords News-Optimist - Dr. Amira Abdlerasoul Hemodialysis Membrane Research Program News, College of Engineering News UofS
- Best Clinical Paper Award “Assessment of Hemodialysis Clinical Practices using Polyaryl Ether Sulfone-Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PAES: PVP) Clinical Membrane: Modeling of in vitro Fibrinogen Adsorption, in situ Synchrotron-based Imaging, and Clinical Inflammatory Biomarkers Investigations” at 2021 Life and Health Sciences Research Expo
- Meet the Researcher D. Amira Abdelrasoul at Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF)- Hemodialysis Membrane Research Program
Congratulations!
- We are delighted that our first PhD student, Arash Mollahosseini has defended his PhD (Sep 2018-Aug 2023). Arash also joined National Research Council Canada as a Research Asscoiate. Congratulations Arash!
- The Computers in Chemistry Division (COMP) of the American Chemical Society has organized a competitive “Women make COMP” symposium at the Fall 2021 ACS meeting. We are delighted to announce that our group was selected to receive the honored invitation from the American Chemical Society to present our critical study “The application of Molecular docking of biocompatible enzymes interactions for Hemodialysis membrane research” at the Fall 2021 ACS meeting (August 22 – 26, 2021). We cannot wait for it!
- We are pleased to announce that our research findings on the clinical hemodialysis membranes were presented at the Canadian Society of Nephrology 2020.
- We are pleased to announce that our undergraduate student, Joseph was awarded 2020 Good fellow Dean’s Undergraduate Research Award for his research contribution.
- We are honoured that our research on clinical hemodialysis membranes was presented at the 19TH CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION.
- We are honoured that our research on hemodialysis membranes was featured the 2019 Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Research Showcase and Santé Awards.
- We are delighted that our first group member, Mahboobeh Maghami has defended her MSc. thesis (Sep 2017-Aug 2019). Mahboobeh also joined Bioriginal in SK as a Research Analyst. Congratulations Mahboobeh!
Recent Publications (ORCiD)
Please visit our group publications and talks at:
http://amiraabdelrasoul.ca/publications-talks/
Students’ Research Achievements
Simin Nazari, PhD, NSERC CREATE Uniting for Leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous Medical Instrumentation, Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Design (UnLIMITED) Training Program Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2023-2025
Hira Syeda, PhD, 75th Anniversary Recruitment Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2023-2024
Braiden Ferguson, UG, NSERC – Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA), University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2024
Braiden Ferguson, UG, NSERC CREATE Uniting for Leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous Medical Instrumentation, Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Design (UnLIMITED) Training Program, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2023
Simin Nazari, PhD, Dean’s Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2022-2024
Vu Bui, MS.c., Nominated for Thesis Excellence Award, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2022
Arash Mollahosseini, PhD, Bruce J. Milne Memorial Graduate Student Award, College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2021
Heloisa Westphalen, PhD, 2021 Best Clinical Paper Award, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2021
Heloisa Westphalen, PhD, 2021 Toyota Automotive Engineering and Safety Scholarship, College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2021
Sana Daneshamoz, MS.c., Graduate Research Fellowship Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2020
Vu Bui, MS.c., Devolved Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2020
Joseph Munoz, Undergraduate Program, 2020 Good fellow Dean’s Undergraduate Research Award, College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2020
Shaghayegh Saadati, Distinguished Research Award, Medicinal Chemistry Research, SK, Canada, 2019
Sana Daneshamoz, MS.c., Saskatchewan Innovation Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2019
Arash Mollahosseini, Ph.D., International Travel Award, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2019
Arash Mollahosseini, Ph.D., Dean’s Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2018
Mahboobeh Maghami, M.Sc., International Travel Award, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2018
Mahboobeh Maghami, M.Sc., Devolved Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2018
Mahboobeh Maghami, M.Sc., Russell (Russ) William Haid Memorial Award, 1st year research excellence Award, College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2018
Mahboobeh Maghami, M.Sc., Devolved Scholarship, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada, 2017
Medicinal Chemistry Researcher – 2019
We are delighted to welcome our new team member Shaghayegh Saadati (PhD Medicinal Chemistry).
Shaghayegh Saadati completed her Bachelor’s degree in Applied Chemistry at University of Kurdistan then, she received her M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry at University of Kurdistan in 2011. Then she pursued her graduate studies and the PhD degree in the field of Medicinal Chemistry at “Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services” in Tehran. Her research focused on design, synthesis & molecular modeling studies of new quinazolines and the evaluation of their cytotoxic influence. She joined Dr. Abdelrasoul research team as Visiting Researcher for her interest to apply her skills and knowledge to contribute in solving current health problems in hemodialysis.
University of Toronto (U of T) Engineering Strategies and Practices (ESP): Forward Osmosis (FO) Sustainable Energy Design Team (2023)
Dr. Abdelrasoul is proud to work with such brilliant team on vibrating FO sustainable energy design.
Mathuran Sivakaran, Ankanksha Vaish, Maya Ramanathan, Ahsen Zeynep Doner, Danelle D’souza, Riya Kapoor
University of Toronto (U of T) Engineering Strategies and Practices (ESP): Forward Osmosis (FO) Sustainable Energy Design Team (2022)
Dr. Abdelrasoul is proud to work online with such talented team on promising FO sustainable energy design for desalination.
Eva Sakr, Renee Slen, Mahrad Nemati, Finnick Sun & Maria Petersen
University of Toronto (U of T) Engineering Strategies and Practices (ESP): Forward Osmosis (FO) Design Team (2021)
Dr. Abdelrasoul is proud to work online with such talented team on promising FO design for fouling remediation.
Zizhen Ji, Abdullah Qureshi, Guo Yu, Yaru Chen, Sadia Salwoa Saika, and Jiayi Gong
University of Toronto (U of T) Engineering Strategies and Practices (ESP): Reverse Osmosis (RO) Design Team (2020)
Dr. Abdelrasoul is proud to work with such talented team on promising RO design for fouling remediation.
Yaqi Zhang(Regana), Aluong Ayuen Jongkuch , Andrew Noga, (Ge Lan)Nancy Wang, Mesbah UL Rafin, Evan Beri.
University of Toronto (U of T) Engineering Strategies and Practices (ESP): Forward Osmosis (FO) Design Team (2019)
Dr. Abdelrasoul is proud to work with such talented team on promising FO design for fouling remediation.
(Valentina Manferriri; Justine Steven; Dachuan (Dustin) Zhang; Yezhou (Bob) Liu; Lingwei (Spencer) Sun)
Research Internship International Students
We are pleased to welcome our new member Sishi Zhu from China through Mitacs Globalink Research Internship, 2021.
We are delighted to welcome our new member Gibrán Saúl Rueda Plá through Mitacs Globalink Research Internship, 2019.
Heparin-Grafted Hemocompatible Dialysis Membranes, 2022
Advances in Membrane Technologies Book, 2020
The “Advances in Membrane Technologies” Book aims to provide a broader perspective of the key topics pertinent to membrane technology field, with contributions from an international team of experts in the membrane technology area.
To learn more details about the book’s scope and topics please visit:
https://mts.intechopen.com/welcome/19febde893f705494f2334d02977fd83/
Biomimetic and Bioinspired Membranes
