Kort præsentation

• Born in 1979 in Sousse, Tunisia. I am half Tunisian and half Danish. I have lived in Denmark since 1998.
• Married. 2 Children born in 2011 and 2015.
• Academic degreees: BSc in Biology, MSc and PhD

For almost 15 years in academia, I have been involved in fundamental research within ion channel physiology and for the past 5 years, in ion channel pharmacology and drug screening as part-time Research Scientist at the Danish biotech company Acesion Pharma.

I am involved in diverse projects in the ion channel group by contributing mainly with my knowledge in ion channel electrophysiology as well my technical skills and hands on experience with conventional and automated patch clamp technique. My main focus is studying the role of specific potassium channels in cardiac fibrosis during atrial fibrillation by using different in vitro techniques such as electrophysiology, cell culture, protein biochemistry and proliferation assays.

Primære forskningsområder

Ion channel regulation, Heart arrhythmias, cardiac fibrosis, electrophysiology, drug screening, in vitro pharmacology.

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Work and Education

March 2018-present Assistant professor (half time position), Ion channel group, Department of Biomedical Sciences
2013-present Research Scientist (half time position) in the Danish Biotech company Acesion Pharma
2013-2018 Postdoc (half time position) in The Ion Channel Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences
2012-2013 Research Assistant in the Ion Channel Group
March 2011 Research Assistant at the Department of Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Lundbeck, Copenhagen, Denmark
January 2011 Research Assistant NeuroSearch A/S
2007-2010 PhD at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen
2003-2007 MSc at Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen.
1999-2003 Bachelor degree in Biology, University of Copenhagen
1998 Scientific graduate from high school in Tunisia (1998)

Abroad stay

2006 Three months at Centro Estudios Cientificos de Santiago (C.E.C.S) at the Department of Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Valdivia, Chile as part of my master’s thesis. Supervisor: Prof. Ramon Latorre.
2004-2005 Erasmus student in Paris  ”Laboratoire de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire de la Secretion”, Centre   Nationale de Recherche Scientifique, CNRS. Supervisor: Prof. Claire Desnos.

Grants & Awards

2013 Travel Grant from “Hjerteforeningen” to participate in the 45th Sandbjerg meeting on Membrane Transport (May 27-29)
2007-2010 Ph.D. stipend, Faculty of science, University of Copenhagen.
2007 Conference Grant (for oral presentation at FASEB Summer research Conference in Snowmass, Colorado: Ion channel regulation 2007).
2005-2006 The Oticon Foundation (100.000 DKK for master program)
2004 Knud Højgårds fond and the Oticon foundation (Travel grants for the abroad study in Paris 20.000 DKK)