Medical Microbiology

Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: Firas Muhammed Dawood AL-Tae.

Date of Birth: 27/9/1975.

Nationality: Iraqi.

Address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Mosul Medical College,

University of Mosul,

Mosul,

Iraq.

Residency: Erbil city/Iraq

Tel.Number: 077********

E-mail Address: ***************@*****.***

CURRENT JOB TITLE

- Head of Microbiology and Immunology Department, College of Medicine, University of Mosul, Iraq ACADEMIC DEGREES

- PhD Degree in Infection and Immunity from University of Liverpool / UK on 12/12/2012.

- M.Sc. Degree in Medical Microbiology and Immunology from Mosul Medical College, University of Mosul, Iraq on 5/7/2005 with an average mark 88.34%.

- M.B.Ch.B in Medicine and Surgery from Mosul Medical College, University of Mosul, Iraq on 30/6/1999 with an average mark of 74.61% ranking 13 out of 133 students. POSITIONS FILLED

- Head of Microbiology and Immunology Department, College of Medicine, University of Mosul, Iraq from 25/09/ 2016 till now.

- Acting Head of Microbiology and Immunology Department / Mosul Medical College (alternative site) from 1/10/2015 to 1/ 6 /2016.

- Consultant in Immunology, Molecular Biology and Genetics / Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar from 5 / 4 / 2015 until 10/9/2015.

- Lecturer at Department of Microbiology and Immunology/Mosul Medical College from 12 /8/2013 till now.

- Assistant lecturer at Department of Microbiology and Immunology/Mosul Medical College from 5/7/2005 until 12/8/2013.

- Junior House Officer (Medical Doctor) in different hospitals and specialities in Iraq from 28/9/1999 to 1/10/2001.

HONORS AND AWARDS

- Competitive scholarship from Iraqi Government to complete PhD degree in Immunology in UK from 2008 until 2012.

LABORATORY SKILLS

More than 10 years' experience in the fields of IMMUNOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, GENETICS and MOLECULAR BIOLOGY within University research units with the following skills:

- Tissue cultures and co-cultures.

- PBMCs separation by Ficoll gradient technique.

- Magnetic separation of diffeerent cell populations such as NK and CD4+Tcells (positive and negativeselection).

- ELISA.

- Flow cytometry including intracellular staining.

- Transmigration Assays using Transwell plate and flowcytometry counting beads.

- PCR(Conventional and Real Time Quantitative PCR).

- Molecular cloning including primer design for cloning.

- RNA extraction and reverse transcription.

- Overlap-Extension PCR.

- Agarose-Gel electrophoresis.

- Restriction enzyme digestion and T4 ligation.

- Mini-, midi-and maxi-prep purification of plasmids.

- Transformation in to E.Coli.

- Transfection of mammalian cells (transient and stable.)

- DNA extraction and purification from cells, tissues and agarose gel.

- Generation of Fc–Fusion proteins and their purification by affinity chromatography usingA and Gbeads.

- Site directed mutagenesis.

- Expression of mutant versus wild type copies of candidate genes.

- DNA and Plasmid sequencing using Sangar method.

- SDS-Page electrophoresis and Coomassie Brilliant Blue staining.

- Western blotting.

- Affinity Chromatography.

- Using Ingenuity Variant Analysis bioinformatics tool.

- Diagnostic Microbiology.

- Immunology and Serology.

COMPUTER SKILLS

- Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet and some bioinformatic tools. LANGUAGE SKIILS

- Arabic (native)

- English (Professional)

- Kurdish ( intermediate)

PUBLICATIONS

- Inhibitory effect of Bacteriophages isolated from Sewage Water in the City of Kirkuk on Some Types of Human Pathogenic bacteria. 2017. Baghdad Science Journal.14(4):727-34

- Effect of Exposure to CO2 Laser on Antibiotic Sensitivity of Different Bacteria Isolated from Patients Attending Mosul General Hospital. 2017. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (4). 427-36.

- Biology of Interleukin-6 Production by Human Natural Killer Cells, PhD thesis, University of Liverpool, UK, 2012.

- Estimation of the Total and Free PSA Together with Other Parameters in the Diagnosis of Benign Hypertrophy and Malignancy of the Prostate, MSc thesis, University of Mosul, Iraq, 2005. REFERENCES OF RECOMMENDATION

Dr. Alice Abdel Aleem, MB,M.B.Ch, MD

Professor of Human Genetics,

Assistant professor of Neurology and Neuroscience

Neurogenetics Lab.

Research Division

Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

Doha-Qatar

Office: 009**-********

Mobile: 009**-********

Email: *******@*****-***.*******.***

Dr. Laszlo Pazmany

Non clinical Seniorlecturer

University of Liverpool

Department of Medicine

Institute of Ageing and Chronic Diseases

University Clinical Departments

The Duncan Building

Daulby Street

Liverpool

L69 3GA

UK

Tel:004***********

Email:********@***.**.**

Dr. Steve Christmas

Senior lecturer

University of Liverpool

Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology Institute of Infection and Global Health

Ronald Ross Building

8 West Derby Street

Liverpool

L69 7BE

UK

Tel:004***********

Email:*******@***.**.**

Dr. Shehab Ahmed Yaseen, PhD.(University of Ottawa, Canada), Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Head of Microbiology and Immunology Department

College of Medicine

University of Nineveh,

Iraq

Tel: 009************

Email: **************@*****.***

Dr. AbdulsalamM.AL-Mukhtar, Ph.D.(University of Salford, U.K), Professor of Microbiology and Parasitology

Ex-Head of Microbiology and Immunology Department

College of Medicine,

University of Mosul,

Iraq

Email:**********@*****.***

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