Walaa Aburayan

Energetic employee well-versed in strong communication and organisation skills. Seeks solutions to problems and applies extensive analytical knowledge to findings. Adept at multi-tasking, leading group discussions and managing projects.

• Aburayan, W.S.; Booq, R.Y.; BinSaleh, N.S.; Alfassam, H.A.; Bakr, A.A.;

Bukhary, H.A.; Alyamani, E.J.; Tawfik, E.A. The Delivery of the Novel Drug

‘Halicin' Using Electrospun Fibers for the Treatment of Pressure Ulcer

against Pathogenic Bacteria. Pharmaceutics 2020, 12, 1189. https://doi.org

/10.3390/pharmaceutics12121189

• Aburayan, W.S.; Alajmi, A.M.; Alfahad, A.J.; Alsharif, W.K.; Alshehri, A.A.;

Booq, R.Y.; Alsudir, S.A.; Alsulaihem, F.M.; Bukhary, H.A.; Badr, M.Y.;

Alyamani, E.J.; Tawfik, E.A. Melittin from Bee Venom Encapsulating

Electrospun Fibers as a Potential Antimicrobial Wound Dressing Patches

for Skin Infections. Pharmaceutics 2022, 14, 725. https://doi.org/10.3390

/pharmaceutics14040725

• Booq, R.Y.; Alshehri, A.A.; Almughem, F.A.; Zaidan, N.M.; Aburayan, W.S.;

Bakr, A.A.; Kabli, S.H.; Alshaya, H.A.; Alsuabeyl, M.S.; Alyamani, E.J.; et al.

Formulation and Evaluation of Alcohol-Free Hand Sanitizer Gels to

Prevent the Spread of Infections during Pandemics. Int. J. Environ. Res.

Public Health 2021, 18, 6252. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126252

• Almuwallad, S.S.; Alzahrani, D.A.; Aburayan, W.S.; Alfahad, A.J.; Alsulami,

K.A.; Aodah, A.H.; Alsudir, S.A.; Alhudaithi, S.S.; Tawfik, E.A. Eflornithine

Hydrochloride-Loaded Electrospun Nanofibers as a Potential Face Mask

for Hirsutism Application. Pharmaceutics 2023, 15, 2343. https://doi.org

/10.3390/pharmaceutics15092343

Master Thesis “The Toxicological Neuromuscular Blocking Effects of

Aminoglycoside on Delay Weaning from Artificial Ventilator in Neonate”

• King Abdullah Foreign Scholarship Program, granted by The Ministry of Higher Education, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Translation Manchester Informatics Training Scheme Award 2022
• Medicated nanofibrous face mask and its preparation method (SA16220 B1) - Patent
• KACST Scholarship Program, granted by The Ministry of HigherEducation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Oligo 2024 (Oxford) –Speaker (20-21 March 2024), Oxford -UK
• IOPC (International Oligonucleotides and peptides Conference) –PosterPresentation (25-26 June 2024), Milan -Italy
• MCRC-DCS (Postgraduate Research Anuual Showcase 2024)-Speaker (3-4 June 2024),Manchester -UK
• (The British Breast Group) Meeting 2024-Speaker (27-28 June 2024), Manchester -UK

Electrospinning, Nanofibers, liposomes and Nanoparticles, Peptide Synthesis

HPLC, UV-VIS, SEM, Viscometer, XRD, DSC, DLS,NMR, Mass-Spec

Hydrodynamic gene delivery

Microbiology Techniques (Media preps, DISC test, MIC test)

Cell Culture, Transfection, Western Blot, SRB assay, Gene reporter assay,
ELISA system, ROS assay, Cell-free system test

•  Dr. Elena Bichenkova, Reader in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Manchester,+447745039634, Elena.V.Bichenkova@manchester.ac.uk

•  Dr. Essam A. Tawfik, Associate Professor in Pharmaceutics, Health Sector, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), +966504113257, etawfik@kacst.gov.sa