Raghda Al-Najjar

Interests

My research focus on identifying the possible mechanism behind why some patients with multiple sclerosis have progressive disease. I am currently finemapping the only genetic variant confidently associated with progression in MS.

Research Focus

Keywords Multiple Sclerosis Genomics Progression SNP Annotation Myelin Repair

Clinical conditions Autoimmune diseases Genetic disorders Multiple sclerosis Stroke

Equipment

Calcium imaging

Cell culture

Computational modelling

Confocal microscopy

DNA & RNA Extraction

Electroencephalography (EEG)

Electrophysiological recording techniques

Fluorescence microscopy

Immunohistochemistry

Intracellular recording

Microscopy

RNA & DNA sequencing