Alia Shamikh

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About me

PhD student at Karolinska Institutet, affiliated with the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Clinical Genetics, under the supervision of Associate Professor Emma Tham.
Also Senior Consultant pathologist in Clinical Pathology and Cancer Diagnostic Center at Karolinska University Hospital

Research

Research focuses on pediatric CNS tumors using advanced omics techniques, such as Nanopore and spatial transcriptomics. She plays an active role in large national research initiatives aiming to improve diagnosis and understanding of childhood cancers.

Teaching

Involved in teaching and supervision within the educational programs at KI and KS.

Articles

Article: LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-EUROPE. 2024;39:100881
Diagnostic yield and clinical impact of germline sequencing in children with CNS and extracranial solid tumors - a nationwide, prospective Swedish study
Tesi B; Robinson KL; Abel F; Stahl TDD; Orrsjoe S; Poluha A; Hellberg M; Wessman S; Samuelsson S; Frisk T; Vogt H; Henning K; Sabel M; Ek T; Pal N; Nyman P; Giraud G; Wille J; Pronk CJ; Noren-Nystroem U; Borssen M; Fili M; Stalhammar G; Herold N; Tettamanti G; Maya-Gonzalez C; Arvidsson L; Rosen A; Ekholm K; Kuchinskaya E; Hallbeck A-L; Nordling M; Palmebaeck P; Kogner P; Smoler GK; Laehteenmaeki P; Fransso S; Martinsson T; Shamik A; Mertens F; Rosenquist R; Wirta V; Tham E; Grillner P; Sandgren J; Ljungman G; Gisselsson D; Taylan F; Nordgren A
Article: JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE. 2023;21(1):342
The Swedish childhood tumor biobank: systematic collection and molecular characterization of all pediatric CNS and other solid tumors in Sweden
de Stahl TD; Shamikh A; Mayrhofer M; Juhos S; Basmaci E; Prochazka G; Garcia M; Somarajan PR; Zielinska-Chomej K; Illies C; Ora I; Siesjo P; Sandstrom P-E; Stenman J; Sabel M; Gustavsson B; Kogner P; Pfeifer S; Ljungman G; Sandgren J; Nister M
Article: CANCERS. 2023;15(7):1972
Simultaneous Ultra-Sensitive Detection of Structural and Single Nucleotide Variants Using Multiplex Droplet Digital PCR in Liquid Biopsies from Children with Medulloblastoma
Arthur C; Jylha C; de Stahl TD; Shamikh A; Sandgren J; Rosenquist R; Nordenskjold M; Harila A; Barbany G; Sandvik U; Tham E
Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2023;14(1):509
Spatially resolved transcriptomic profiling of degraded and challenging fresh frozen samples
Mirzazadeh R; Andrusivova Z; Larsson L; Newton PT; Galicia LA; Abalo XM; Avijgan M; Kvastad L; Denadai-Souza A; Stakenborg N; Firsova AB; Shamikh A; Jurek A; Schultz N; Nister M; Samakovlis C; Boeckxstaens G; Lundeberg J
Article: NATURE. 2022;608(7922):360-367
Spatially resolved clonal copy number alterations in benign and malignant tissue
Erickson A; He M; Berglund E; Marklund M; Mirzazadeh R; Schultz N; Kvastad L; Andersson A; Bergenstrahle L; Bergenstrahle J; Larsson L; Galicia LA; Shamikh A; Basmaci E; De Stahl TD; Rajakumar T; Doultsinos D; Thrane K; Ji AL; Khavari PA; Tarish F; Tanoglidi A; Maaskola J; Colling R; Mirtti T; Hamdy FC; Woodcock DJ; Helleday T; Mills IG; Lamb AD; Lundeberg J
Article: COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY. 2021;4(1):57
The spatial RNA integrity number assay for in situ evaluation of transcriptome quality
Kvastad L; Carlberg K; Larsson L; Villacampa EG; Stuckey A; Stenbeck L; Mollbrink A; Zamboni M; Magnusson JP; Basmaci E; Shamikh A; Prochazka G; Schaupp A-L; Borg A; Fugger L; Nister M; Lundeberg J
Article: COLD SPRING HARBOR MOLECULAR CASE STUDIES. 2018;4(4):a002550
Clinical response of the novel activating ALK-I1171T mutation in neuroblastoma o the ALK inhibitor ceritinib
Guan J; Fransson S; Siaw JT; Treis D; Van den Eynden J; Chand D; Umapathy G; Ruuth K; Svenberg P; Wessman S; Shamikh A; Jacobsson H; Gordon L; Stenman J; Svensson P-J; Hansson M; Larsson E; Martinsson T; Palmer RH; Kogner P; Hallberg B
Article: ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA. 2017;159(10):1857-1868
Multidisciplinary management of clival chordomas; long-term clinical outcome in a single-institution consecutive series
Forander P; Bartek JJ; Fagerlund M; Benmaklouf H; Dodoo E; Shamikh A; Stjarne P; Mathiesen T
Article: INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES. 2013;19(8):1725-1731
Subclinical Inflammation with Increased Neutrophil Activity in Healthy Twin Siblings Reflect Environmental Influence in the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Zhulina Y; Hahn-Stromberg V; Shamikh A; Peterson CGB; Gustavsson A; Nyhlin N; Wickbom A; Bohr J; Bodin L; Tysk C; Carlson M; Halfvarson J

All other publications

Other: SURGICAL NEUROLOGY INTERNATIONAL. 2019;10:166
A challenging case of concurrent multiple sclerosis and anaplastic astrocytoma.
Sinclair G; Al-Saffar Y; Johnstone P; Hatiboglu MA; Shamikh A
Other: SURGICAL NEUROLOGY INTERNATIONAL. 2019;10:161
Pituitary carcinomas: Rare and challenging.
Sinclair G; Olsson M; Benmakhlouf H; Al-Saffar Y; Johnstone P; Hatiboglu MA; Shamikh A
Other: SURGICAL NEUROLOGY INTERNATIONAL. 2018;9:18
Gamma knife radiosurgery in the management of endolymphatic sac tumors.
Sinclair G; Al-Saffar Y; Brigui M; Martin H; Bystam J; Benmakhlouf H; Shamikh A; Dodoo E
Other: SURGICAL NEUROLOGY INTERNATIONAL. 2017;8:174
Salvage gamma knife radiosurgery in the management of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors: Long-term outcome in a single-institution case series.
Sinclair G; Martin H; Shamikh A; Samadi A; Cooray G; Bartek J; Al-Saffar Y; Svensson M; Dodoo E

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