معرفی
Dr. Muhammad Shahid Javaid is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Neuroscience at the School of Translational Medicine, Monash University. He completed his PhD from Monash University and has presented his research on national and international platforms.
His research focuses on:
- Development of precision medicines using human stem cell-based in vitro epilepsy models
- Biological reprogramming of patients' blood cells into stem cells
- Converting stem cells into brain cells, neurons, and 3D brain organoids
- Creating personalized 'disease-in-a-dish' models for patients with medically intractable epilepsy
- Bioinformatics-based computer-aided medicine design
His recent publications demonstrate expertise in integrating in vitro human iPSCs-derived neuron and in vivo animal approaches for anti-seizure compound screening, developing human in vitro models of epilepsy using stem cells, conducting molecular docking studies for redox balance regulation in epilepsy, analyzing sex differences in adverse drug reactions from antiseizure medications, and performing in silico analysis of stem cell differentiation mechanisms.
His awards include:
- Gold Medal (2016)
- Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS) (2018)
- Monash International Tuition Scholarship (MITS) (2018)
Dr. Javaid has been actively involved in research projects related to patient-specific disease models for Homer1 gene mutations, pre-clinical evaluation of adenosine A1 receptor modulators for drug-resistant epilepsy, intracerebral delivery of Neuropeptide Y for epilepsy treatment, and drug screening using patient-specific iPSCs-derived neurons. He also served as an Authorised Officer and Public Health Officer at the Department of Health (Victoria) from February 2021 to June 2022, demonstrating his commitment to public health applications of his research.
