Biography
Hoda saady mohamadin is an Associate Professor of Parasitology, South valley University, Egypt. Dr Saady received her doctorate in Parasitoogy from Egyptian University. Her recent publications includes: 1- Light and scanning electron microscopy on Serrasentis sagittifer, Linton, 1889 (Acanthocephal:Palaeacanthcephala : Rhadinorhynchidae ) infecting the common sea Bream in Egypt. J. Egypt. Soc. Parasitol 45 (1).21-26 2- Pelopscreadium aegyptense n. gen., n. sp. and Pelopscreadium spongiosum (Bray & Cribb, 1998) n. comb., (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae), each from disjunct populations of the Yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus (Ostraciidae). Zootaxa 4127 (3): 567–578.
Research Interest
Her research focuses of helminth parasitic in vertebrates in Egypt and the work focuses on two trends:- 1- Diversity and taxonomic studies of helminth parasites 2- Host parasite relationship.
Biography
Dr Faiza M El Assal is professor of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, at the Zoology department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University. She is interested in the conservation of freshwater ecosystem as regard biodiversity, pollution and biological control of snail vectors of parasitic diseases. Also, she is interested in the control of schistosomiasis and fascioliasis. She published more than 50 papers in the last 15 years, in international and national journals. She planned and supervised more than 60 M Sc and Ph D theses at Cairo University. She was an external examiner for more than 20 theses from the different Egyptian Universities. She was among the members of the committee of award of the academic degrees assistant professor and professor.
Research Interest
She is interested in the conservation of freshwater ecosystem as regard biodiversity, pollution and biological control of snail vectors of parasitic diseases. Also, she is interested in the control of schistosomiasis and fascioliasis. She published more than 50 papers in the last 15 years, in international and national journals. She planed and supervised more than 60 M Sc and Ph D theses at Cairo University. She was an external examiner for more than 20 theses from the different Egyptian Universities. She was among the members of the committee of award of the academic degrees assistant professor and professor.
Biography
Professor Zilberstein graduated as Ph.D. in microbiology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and continued his post doctorate studies at the US National Institutes of Health for infectious parasitic diseases. He joined the Technion Faculty of Biology and was its Dean. He is currently a member of the Technion Council and Board of Governors. In 2012 Professor Zilberstein was nominated executive director of Technion Pre University Education Center. To date, 19 M.Sc. and 14 Ph.D. students have graduated under Professor Zilbersteins' supervision. He has published 56 peer reviewed research papers and 12 reviews and book chapters. Over the years Professor Zilberstein has been awarded several prizes, the most recent was the 2014 Israel Sarov Prize from the Israel Society for Microbiology. Professor Zilberstein's expertise is cell biology and physiology of Leishmania parasites.
Research Interest
Membrane physiology and bioenergetics of the human pathogen Leishmania, Molecular mechanism of Leishmania differentiation, Proteomics and transcriptomics of Leishmania development,Amino acid transport in Leishmania parasites.