Rabah Iratni
United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Biography
Rabah Iratni completed his PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1 (France) and Post-doctorate from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (USA). He is currently a Professor at the United Arab Emirates University. His lab focuses on the discovery of new biologically active natural products, to evaluate their potential as therapeutic agents against breast cancer and determine their mechanism(s) of action. He also has a strong interest in the understanding of the epigenetic basis of cancer with focus on breast cancer. He has authored several papers in prestigious journals including Cell, Science, Molecular Cell, Genes & Development, PNAS, etc.