Samer Zaky
Dentist in Pittsburgh, PA

Postdoctoral associate at University of Pittsburgh

Higher Education

University of Pittsburgh since Jan 2010 - Postdoctoral associate Pre-Twinkle Violin Lessons 2008 - 2010 - parent Marie Curie Fellowship 2006 - 2009 - PhD student University of Genoa Sep 2005 - Dec 2009 - PhD student Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro (IST), Genova, Italy 2005 - 2009 - PhD student Univesity of Alexandria 1999 - 2005 - researcher

AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST AND EXPERTISE - BRIDGING science to community: Translating research into social benefits. - DENTAL: General dental practice including periodontal surgeries and implantology. - LABORATORY: - Bone Marrow Stromal Cells culture, proliferation assays, differentiation assays, micro-CT (synchrotron) for cells/scaffolds constructs, animal surgeries, RT-PCR, Real-Time PCR, Immunohistochemistry, histological processing, fluorescence microscopy, Confocal microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy.. WRITING: Editor of letter to members of Marie Curie Fellows association.www.mcfa.eu TEACHING: Cell culture and differentiation laboratories for Biotechnology 1st , 3rd and specialty years-University of Genoa-Italy - TOOTH/periodontal regeneration.

- 2007 & 2008: travel grant from the University of Minho- Portugal “Stem Cells: From the Petri dish to the clinical application”. and 4th Marie Curie cutting edge Invent conference. “Biocompatibility evaluation and biological behaviour of polymeric biomaterials. - July 2006: Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship from the European Commission (FP6)

Postdoc at University of Pittsburgh

Research

University of Pittsburgh since Feb 2010 - Postdoc University of Genoa Sep 2005 - Jan 2010 - PhD student

Marie Curie FP6 Fellowship 2006-2009