Asma Asyyed, M.D.

Adjunct Professor

Email: aasyyed@dominican.edu

Office: Science Center # 200 (2nd Floor)
Phone: (415) 482-1973

Fax:  (415) 482-1972

Academic Area

Biology

Educational Backgound

• B.Sc Honors, 1997, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada.
  
• M.D., 2002, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada
  
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2002-06, Ernest Gallo Clinical Research Center & Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California
  

Teaching and Research Interests

My teaching interests include human anatomy, histology, physiology and clinical diseases.

My research interest is in "the neurological processes of alcohol addiction". While at UCSF I was involved in two research projects. The first project was to study the effects of ethanol on CRE-mediated gene transcription in mice, using biochemical, behavioral and neuroanatomical techniques (Asyyed et., 2006).  The second research project was to study candidate genes that may have a link with alcoholism (ADORA1, MOR and PKIB genes), using molecular biology and biochemical techniques.

Professional Organizations

Selected Publications

• Christie S, Asyyed A, Nichol K, Christie T, Fleetwood I. 38^th meeting of the Canadian congress of neurological sciences. The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 2003, 30(2): 7-82.
• Tremblay F., Asyyed A., Hooper M.L., Pan J., Jollimore C.A., Kelly M.E.M., Chauhan B.C.: Sequalae of functional, morphological and fundoscopic changes after acute optic nerve injury in rat. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, 1998, 39:S806.

• Asyyed A. Postdoc Talk: Finding Wealth in Knowledge. The Scientist, 2003, 17(15): 56.

• Asyyed A. Postdoc Talk: Do your fieldwork for interviews. The Scientist, 2003, 17(18): 58.

• Asyyed A, Storm D, Diamond I. Ethanol activates cAMP response element-mediated gene expression in select regions of the mouse brain. Brain Research. 2006, 1106(1):63-71.
  
• Tremblay F., Asyyed A., Hooper M.L., Pan J., Jollimore C.A., Kelly M.E.M., Chauhan B.C.: Sequalae of functional, morphological and fundoscopic changes after acute optic nerve injury in rat.

Presentations

• Asyyed A. The effects of ethanol on PKA C? translocation and CRE-mediated gene transcription. Poster, 2004.
• Asyyed A. Postdoc Talk: Finding Wealth in Knowledge. The Scientist, 2003, 17(15): 56.
  
• Asyyed A. Postdoc Talk: Do your fieldwork for interviews. The Scientist, 2003, 17(18): 58.

Other Interests

• Sailing