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Pharmacognosy 2018 American Journal of Ethnomedicine
ISSN: 2348-9502 Page 81
April 16-17, 2018
Amsterdam, Netherlands
6th Edition of International Conference on
Pharmacognosy and
Medicinal Plants
Biography
Merilin Al Sharif got her BS Degree in Biotechnology and MS degree in Biochemistry from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Biology, and PhD
in Biological Sciences from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS). Currently she holds the position of a Senior Assistant Professor at the Institute of
Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Her main scientific interests relate to predictive toxicology and in silico drug de-
sign. Her most recent investigations in the field of naturally-derived triterpenoids could aid in the discovery of promising leads for design of PPARγ-targeting
modulators of the metabolic syndrome.