Nile University

Dr. Maha Salah El Din

Assistant Professor - Biotechnology School - Nile University

Dr. Maha Mohamed Salah El Din started her research journey at Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, where she earned her BSc degree with honors. Seeing how Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology can revolutionize medicine and take it to the next stage, she went on to earn her MSc (2014) and MD (2017) degrees at the department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Kasr Al-Ainy Medical School, the oldest and largest medical institution in the Middle East. The aim of her research is to uncover molecular biomarkers that predict the prognosis and aid the diagnosis and hence the treatment of diseases, such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and vitiligo. She published 8 papers in well-known local, regional and international journals. Next to her research efforts, she also strove to give back to the community through her teaching, mentoring and administrative efforts. She has been teaching Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology course to medical students at Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University since 2012. In addition, she contributed to organizing the 4th and 5th Biochem Cairo conferences. Since 2020, Dr. Maha Mohamed Salah El Din started a new academic and research path by joining Biotechnology School, Nile University where she started teaching Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology courses.