Dr. Naif Sannan

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor, Cytogenetic

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EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PhD Experimental Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada.

MSc Medical Genetics, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.

BSc Laboratory Medicine, Umm AlQura University, Saudi Arabia.

Research Interests / Collaborations

My current research interest focuses on genotype-phenotype correlations in retinal and ocular diseases, mainly those leading to a profound vision loss, besides developing novel cell and mRNA-based therapeutics.

Publications

Gregory-Evans, C. Y., Sannan, N. S., Shan, X., Gregory-Evans, K. (2019) ‘RNA editing via spliceosome-mediated mRNA trans-splicing repairs a mouse Pde6b mutation’, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 60(9):4931.

Sannan, N. S. (2018) ‘Genetic insights into the role of PAX6 in ocular development (T)’, University of British Columbia. Doi : http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0371089.

Sannan, N. S., Gregory-Evans, C. Y., Lyons, C. J., Lehman, A. M., Langlois, S., Warner, S. J., Zakrzewski, H. and Gregory-Evans, K. (2017) 'Correlation of novel PAX6 gene abnormalities in aniridia and clinical presentation', Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, 52(6), pp. 570-577.

Sannan, N. S., Shan, X., Gregory-Evans, K., Kusumi, K. and Gregory-Evans, C. Y. (2018) 'Anolis carolinensis as a model to understand the molecular and cellular basis of foveal development', Experimental Eye Research, 173, pp. 138-147.

SCIENTIFIC MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES

CONTACT INFORMATION

KSAU Email: SANNANN@KSAU-HS.EDU.SA
Phone EXT.: 46084