Parasitology, Microbiology and Infection Control

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dr. G. S. Gamil Zeedan obtained Ph.D. Virology ,Cairo University Egypt , MVSCs Virology , Cairo University. BVSCs , Cairo University . Currently 2014 up to date Researcher at National Research Center (NRC) – Cairo – Egypt. 2010- 2013 Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Virology at Collage of Medicine and Applied Medical sciences, Northern Border University(NBU) Saudi Arabia. He teaching the following curriculum , Medical Microbiology and Virology, Diagnostic Microbiology ,Clinical Rotation of Microbiology and Clinical Rotation Immunology & Virology . Title of supervised projects: Development of a Therapeutic Vaccine against Hepatitis B Virus - Incidence of hepatitis A , B, C ,D and E in Saudi Arabia .The laboratory diagnosis of hepatitis B virus-Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection testing technologies & strategies -Hepatitis C virus virological studies and diagnosis of liver diseases -My research focuses on the molecular epidemiology of animals and human diseases , immune and inflammatory responses. He published more than 10 publications in reputed journals supervising postgraduate students and serving as an editorial board member of reputed journals. My research focuses on the molecular epidemiology of animals and human diseases , immune and inflammatory responses.

Molecular typing and epidemiological studies of Microbes of animal origin with special interest of zoonotic ones

Refaat Gabre is a Professor of Medical entomology with the Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University. Also, He worked in Saudi Arabia as a Head of the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, and had post-doctoral research in Poland, Gdansk Medical University, Tropical Medicine Institute, Department of Parasitology.

His research background in Medical Entomology is extremely broad having worked on and published articles relating to blow flies and human pathogenic bacteria, insects as bio-indicators for air and water pollutions, ticks and tick-borne diseases, mosquito surveillance, mosquito-born diseases; and recently, human gastrointestinal parasites.

Dr Faiza M El Assal is a 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 different Egyptian Universities. She was among the members of the committee of award the academic degrees assistant professor and professor.

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 different Egyptian Universities. She was among the members of the committee of award the academic degrees assistant professor and professor.

Dr. Abeer M Abdalhamed has completed his Ph.D. at Cairo University. Currently, she is a Researcher at National Research Center (NRC) – in Cairo – Egypt. She worked as a lecturer at the Department of Microbiology and Virology at the Collage of Medicine and Applied Medical sciences – from 2015 to date. Dr. Abeer M Abdalhamed also worked as an assistant professor and Departmental Supervisor at Medical Laboratory Science at Medical applied Saudi Arabia. She has published more than 12 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

Molecular and Immunological diagnosis of human and animal diseases.