Contact Information
The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
ENGC 303
MSC 191 Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas 78363-8202
Voice: (361) 593-3342
E-mail: shahnaz.qadri@tamuk.edu
Research Interests
Shahnaz sees the biological properties of metallic nanodrugs. His expertise is in synthesizing and functionalizing nanomaterials for targeting bone infection and cancer by utilizing silver-copper alloy nanoparticles. He is developing a method for targeted drug delivery to cancer, utilizing exosomes as carrier vehicles. Exosomes are nanosized vesicles synthesized by cells and their main function in cell-to-cell communication. His study focuses on the bioengineering and self-assembly of nanodrug into exosome as therapeutic molecules for cancer therapy.
Education
Postdoctoral Fellow, University at Buffalo - State University of New York
Ph.D., Medicinal Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
MSc, Biotechnology, Bangalore University, India
Recent Publications
- Yousif, G.; *Qadri, S.; Haik, M.; Haik, Y.; Parray, A. S.; Shuaib, A., Circulating Exosomes of Neuronal Origin as Potential Early Biomarkers for Development of Stroke. Mol Diagn Ther 2021. (*corresponding author).
- Al Tamimi S., Ashraf S., Abdulrehman T., Parray A., A. Mansour S., Haik Y., *Qadri S., Synthesis and analysis of silver–copper alloy nanoparticles of different ratios manifest anticancer activity in breast cancer cells. Cancer Nanotechnology, 2020. 11(1): p. 13. (*corresponding author).
- Abdulrehman, T.; *Qadri, S.; Skariah, S.; Sultan, A.; Mansour, S.; Azzi, J.; Haik, Y.. Boron doped silver-copper alloy nanoparticle targeting intracellular S. aureus in bone cells. PLoS One. 2020;15(4):e0231276. (*corresponding author).
- Parray A, Ma Y, Alam M, Akhtar N, Salam A, Mir F, Qadri S, Sajitha V, Priyanka J, Kamran S, Winship I, Shuaib A. An increase in AMPK/e-NOS signaling and attenuation of MMP-9 may contribute to remote ischemic preconditioning associated neuroprotection in rat model of focal ischemia. Brain Res. 2020;1740:146860.
- Qadri, S.; Abdulrehman, T.; Azzi, J.; Mansour, S.; Haik, Y., AgCuB nanoparticle eradicates intracellular S. aureus infection in bone cells: in vitro. Emergent Materials 2019, 2 (2), 219-231.
- Munshi, S. M. Qadri, A. Pralle, Transient Magnetothermal Neuronal Silencing Using the Chloride Channel Anoctamin 1 (TMEM16A). Frontiers in Neuroscience 12, (2018).
- Munshi, R*.; Qadri, S*. M.; Zhang, Q.; Rubio, I. C.; del Pino, P.; Pralle, A., Magnetothermal genetic deep brain stimulation of motor behaviors in awake, freely moving mice. Elife 2017, 6, e27069. (* Equal contribution).
- Qadri, S.; Haik, Y.; Mensah-Brown, E.; Bashir, G.; Fernandez-Cabezudo, M. J.; al-Ramadi, B. K., Metallic nanoparticles to eradicate bacterial bone infection. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 2017, 13 (7), 2241-2250.
