Email

abdalla.alia@bcm.edu

Positions

Postdoctoral Associate

Pediatrics - Neurology NRI Cain
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Lab)

1250 Moursund St, Suite 925
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-0455

Education

PhD from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

05/2025 - Hong Kong

Life Science / Neuroscience

MPhil from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

08/2020 - Hong Kong

Chemistry

BSc from University of Science and Technology at Zewail City

06/2018 - Giza, Egypt

Biomedical Sciences / Drug Design and Development

Websites

Selected Publications

• Takakura, M., Lam, Y. H., Nakagawa, R., Ng, M. Y., Hu, X., Bhargava, P., Alia, A. G., Gu, Y., Wang, Z., Ota, T., Kimura, Y., Morimoto, N., Osakada, F., Lee, A. Y., Leung, D., Miyashita, T., Du, J., Okuno, H., & Hirano, Y. "Differential second messenger signaling via dopamine neurons bidirectionally regulates memory retention." PNAS. 2023;
• Alia, A. G., Hu, X., Gu, Y., Tian, G., Semmelhack, J. L., Saito, K., Tanimoto, H., Tsuyuzaki, K., Naganos, S., Miyashita, T., Saitoe, M., Hirano, Y. "Neuropeptide signalling and perineurial barrier generate a persistent stress-induced internal state in Drosophila." bioRxiv. 2025;
• Takakura, M., Nakagawa, R., Ota, T., Kimura, Y., Ng, M. Y., Alia, A. G., Okuno, H., & Hirano, Y "Rpd3/CoRest-mediated activity-dependent transcription regulates the flexibility in memory updating in Drosophila." Nature Communications. 2021;
• Abdel-Rahman, E. A., Hosseiny, S., Aaliya, A., Adel, M., Yasseen, B., Al-Okda, A., Radwan, Y., Saber, S. H., Elkholy, N., Elhanafy, E., Walker, E. E., Zuniga-Hertz, J. P., Patel, H. H., Griffiths, H. R., & Ali, S. S. "Sleep/wake calcium dynamics, respiratory function, and ROS production in cardiac mitochondria." Journal of Advanced Research. 2021;

Languages

Arabic