Amani Alghalayini Department of Biology and Biotechnology, school Life of Sciences UTS Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Amani Alghalayini Amani Alghalayini is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Biology and Biotechnology Department at the School of Life Sciences and ARC IDEAL Research Hub node at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). She completed her Bachelor's and Master's degree in biomedical science. She received her PhD in biology and biotechnology field from the University of Technology Sydney in 2020, under the supervision of Prof Stella Valenzuela, on an industry-led project with partner Surgical Diagnostics. Her PhD research focused development of a novel biosensor using a tethered membrane platform for direct cellular measurements.Dr Alghalayini's has more than ten years of professional experience in biochemistry, molecular biology and biophysics, specifically in cell biology and biophysics techniques. Amani's research is focused on developing new diagnostic tools and biosensors, creating translating academic research to create revolutionary biomedical technologies to solve current real-world problems. Publications Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Biphenylglyoxamide-Based Small Molecular Antimicrobial Peptide Mimics As Antibacterial Agents International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Sep, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32947921 Real-time Monitoring of Heat Transfer Between Gold Nanoparticles and Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. Biomembranes. 09, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32380171 The Use of Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes to Identify the Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Peptide Interactions with Lipid Bilayers Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland). Jan, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30704119 Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes to Monitor Heat Transfer between Gold Nanoparticles and Lipid Membranes Amani Alghalayini1,2, Lele Jiang1, Xi Gu3, Guan Heng Yeoh3, Charles G. Cranfield1,2, Victoria Timchenko3, Bruce A. Cornell2,4, Stella M. Valenzuela1,2,5 1School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, 2ARC Research Hub for Integrated Devices for End-user Analysis at Low-levels (IDEAL), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, 3School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales, 4Surgical Diagnostics Pty Ltd., 5Institute for Biomedical Materials and Devices, University of Technology Sydney JoVE 61851 Biology
Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes to Monitor Heat Transfer between Gold Nanoparticles and Lipid Membranes Amani Alghalayini1,2, Lele Jiang1, Xi Gu3, Guan Heng Yeoh3, Charles G. Cranfield1,2, Victoria Timchenko3, Bruce A. Cornell2,4, Stella M. Valenzuela1,2,5 1School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, 2ARC Research Hub for Integrated Devices for End-user Analysis at Low-levels (IDEAL), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, 3School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales, 4Surgical Diagnostics Pty Ltd., 5Institute for Biomedical Materials and Devices, University of Technology Sydney JoVE 61851 Biology
