Ayham Moustafa

Ayham Moustafa is a researcher at the Clinic and Polyclinic for Radiotherapy and Radiooncology at University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), focusing on oncology and biomedical engineering. His research spans tumor biology, image-guided therapy development, and metabolic engineering applications.

Research highlights include: (1) Investigating red blood cell-tumor cell interactions in cancer progression; (2) Developing multimodal image-guided laser ablation systems for precision tissue sampling; and (3) Establishing Coenzyme Q10 biosynthesis pathways in bacteria through metabolic engineering. These projects intersect cancer biology, biomedical technology, and microbial biochemistry.

His methodological work involves 3D imaging integration, biomolecule analysis, and synthetic biology approaches. The research contributes to understanding tumor microenvironment dynamics and advancing precision oncology tools.