Dr. Mai Salah Yusuf Sater
Dr. Mai Salah Yusuf Sater
Bio
Academic Background
Research Interests
Selected Publications
Bio
Mai Sater is an Assistant Professor and Chairperson of the department of Medical Biochemistry at the Arabian Gulf University. She began her educational career at Isa-Town Girls Secondary School in Bahrain, were she graduated in 2003 amongst the top graduates of the country and was awarded a full scholarship from the Office of the Prime Minister to study Medicine at the Arabian Gulf University. She earned her MD degree from the Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain in 2009, and was granted a BSc in Medical Research from the University of Manitoba in Canada in 2006 for her research work. Mai’s motivation and ambition led to her nomination for a scholarship from the Arabian Gulf University to pursue a PhD in neuroscience from McGill University in Canada, which she earned in 2017. To date, Mai Sater has published 30 scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals.
Academic Background
• Ph.D. in Integrated Neuroscience, McGill University, 2017
• M.D. Doctor in Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, 2009
• B.A./B.Sc in Basic Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, 2007
• B.A./B.Sc in Medical Research, University of Manitoba, 2006
Research Interests
• Endometriosis
• Diabetes Millitus
• Clinical biomarkers
Selected Publications
1. Sater MS, AlDehaini DMB, Malalla ZHA, Ali, ME. and Giha HA. “Plasma IL-6, TREM1, uPAR, and IL6/IL8 biomarkers increment further witnessing the chronic inflammation in type 2 diabetes” Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1515/hmbci-2022-0103
2. Giha HA, Sater MS, Alamin OAO. Diabetes mellitus tendino-myopathy: epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis and management of an overlooked diabetic complication. Acta Diabetol. 2022 Mar 15. doi: 10.1007/s00592-022-01860-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35291027.
3. AlDehaini DMB, Al-Bustan SA, Malalla ZHA, Ali ME, Sater M, Giha HA. The influence of TERC, TERT and ACYP2 genes polymorphisms on plasma telomerase concentration, telomeres length and T2DM. Gene. 2021. Volume 766.
4. Sater MS, Magdoud K, Dendana, M, Al-Ansari AK, Almawi WY. Leutinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin receptor and follicle stimulating hormone receptor gene variants and risk of recurrent pregnancy loss: A case control study. Meta Gene 2018; 15: 90-95.
5. Dudley A, Sater M, Le PU, Trinh G, Sadr MS, Bergeron J, Deleavey GF, Bedell B, Damha MJ, Petrecca K. DRR regulates AKT activation to drive brain cancer invasion. Oncogene. 2014. 9;33:4952-60.