Appointments:
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Faculty of Sustainable Design and Engineering; BHCRI Assistant Scientific Director, PEI
Affiliations:
University of Prince Edward Island
Research Interests:
Biomaterials, Drug delivery, immunotherapy, drug resistant carcinoma, polymer peptide hybrids, nanoparticles, proteomics
The use of combination drugs to overcome aggressive, metastatic and resistant cancerous anomalies is a focus of leading cancer research today. The cocktail of chemotherapeutics generally involve simultaneous intake of multiple anticancer drugs by the patient with little or no-control on their stoichiometric and targeted delivery to the affected area. The research theme in Ahmed group focuses on the development of peptide-based nanocarriers for precise and targeted delivery of multiple drugs in cancer cells.
Involvement with BHCRI to date:
Served on BHCRI scientific review panels, was a member of the training committee, supervisor to CRTP trainees.
Phone:
902-566-0375
Email:
Website:
www.upei.ca/profile/marya-ahmed
Contact:
K. C. Irving Chemistry Building, 550 University Ave., University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, C1A 4P3
Publications:
Ahmed, M. Peptides, Polypeptides and Peptide-Polymer Hybrids for Gene Delivery. Biomater. Sci., 2017, 5, 2188-2211.
Ahmed, M.; Kelley, S. O. Enhancing the Potency of Nalidixic Acid Towards a Bacterial DNA Gyrase with Conjugated Peptides. ACS Chem. Biol. 2017, 12, 2563-2569.