Dr Mustafa Elshani

Dr Mustafa Elshani

Research Fellow

Email
me56@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Research areas

I'm a research fellow in Professor David Harrison's group, and my work primarily revolves around transcriptomic profiling of cancer. We utilise long-read sequencing techniques on various samples, including in-vitro cell lines, patient-derived tumouroids, and biopsies. Our particular focus lies in understanding drug-induced changes to RNA regulation within cancer cells. Employing various approaches including spatial transcriptomics and multiplex protein analysis, we aim to understand the RNA regulatory impact on protein expression and cellular phenotype.

PhD supervision

  • HazemÌýAbdullah
  • EtangÌýEtang
  • SahithiÌýVedula
  • GreiceÌýZickuhr

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Abdullah, H., Zhang, Y., Kirkwood, K., Laird, A., Mullen, P., Harrison, D. & Elshani, M., 14 Jan 2026, In: Cancers. 18, 2, 254.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Read, O., Bre, J., Zhang, Y., Mullen, P., Elshani, M. & Harrison, D., 16 Sept 2025, In: PLoS One. 20, 9, p. 1-19 19 p., e0331567.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Elshani, M., Um, I. H., Leung, S., Reynolds, P. A., Chapman, A., Kudsy, M. & Harrison, D. J., 29 Aug 2023, In: Cells. 12, 17, 2165.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Shahid, M. A., Um, I. H., Elshani, M., Zhang, Y. & Harrison, D. J., 15 Dec 2022, In: PLoS ONE. 17, 12, 13 p., e0278209.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Kaghazchi, B., Um, I. H., Elshani, M., Read, O. J. & Harrison, D. J., 8 Nov 2022, In: Biomolecules. 12, 11, 16 p., 1652.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Schwenzer, H., De Zan, E., Elshani, M., van Stiphout, R., Kudsy, M., Morris, J., Ferrari, V., Um, I. H., Chettle, J., Kazmi, F., Campo, L., Easton, A., Nijman, S., Serpi, M., Symeonides, S., Plummer, R., Harrison, D. J., Bond, G. & Blagden, S. P., 8 Sept 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Clinical Cancer Research. Early, 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    ICECAP consortium, Dorward, D. A., Russell, C. D., Um, I. H., Elshani, M., Armstrong, S. D., Penrice-Randal, R., Millar, T., Lerpiniere, C. E. B., Tagliavini, G., Hartley, C. S., Randle, N. P., Gachanja, N. N., Potey, P. M. D., Dong, X., Anderson, A. M., Campbell, V. L., Duguid, A. J., Al Qsous, W. & BouHaidar, R. & 9 others, Baillie, J. K., Dhaliwal, K., Wallace, W. A., Bellamy, C. O. C., Prost, S., Smith, C., Hiscox, J. A., Harrison, D. J. & Lucas, C. D., 15 Jan 2021, In: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 203, 2, p. 192-201

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Haley, K., Elshani, M., Um, I. H., Bell, C., Caie, P. D., Harrison, D. J. & Reynolds, P. A., 15 Jul 2021, In: Frontiers in Physiology. 12, 10 p., 625762.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Haley, K., Kronenberg, N. M., Liehm, P., Elshani, M., Bell, C., Harrison, D. J., Gather, M. C. & Reynolds, P. A., 27 Jun 2018, In: Science Advances. 4, 6, 9 p., eaap8030.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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