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MOHAMMED-AHMED ELNOUR

MOHAMMED-AHMED ELNOUR

Khartoum,Sudan

Summary

Skilled professional specializing in Molecular Biology, DNA, RNA extraction, RT-PCR, Bioinformatics, and population Genetics software's. Proficient in SPSS and Microsoft Office, with extensive experience in academic publishing and knowledge dissemination. Committed to advancing scientific research through innovative molecular biology and population genetics techniques. Aims to contribute to cutting-edge research projects and improve laboratory efficiency using advanced methodologies.

Experienced researcher focused on advancing scientific knowledge and education. Deliver high-quality research outcomes through strong analytical skills and collaborative efforts. Specialize in data analysis, experimental design, and academic writing to contribute significantly to research projects and publications.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
4018
4018
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Research Assistant Professor

Tropical Medicine Research Institute, National Cen
Khartoum, Khartoum
09.2007 - Current
  • Developed innovative research methodologies to enhance academic inquiry and drive project success.
  • Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to design comprehensive research studies.
  • Mentored junior researchers, providing guidance on best practices in research techniques.
  • Analysed complex data sets using statistical and bioinformatics software to derive insights.
  • Mentored junior researchers and students, providing guidance on best practices in research techniques.
  • Published peer-reviewed articles in reputable journals, advancing knowledge in the field.
  • Presented research outcomes at national and international conferences to engage academic community.
  • Secured funding through grant proposals, ensuring resources for ongoing research activities.

Researcher and Lecturer

National University Biomedical Research Institute (NUBRI), National University Sudan
Khartoum, Sudan
01.2017 - 01.2019
  • Conducted extensive research projects focusing on biomedical advancements and innovations.
  • Delivered engaging lectures and presentations to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
  • Developed and implemented curriculum changes to enhance student learning experiences.
  • Mentored junior researchers and students, fostering their academic and professional growth.
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to drive impactful research initiatives.
  • Published research findings in reputable journals, contributing to academic knowledge base.
  • Organised workshops and seminars to promote ongoing education and research collaboration.

Part-time Teaching Assistant

University of Khartoum
Khartoum, Sudan
01.2001 - 01.2007
  • Delivered practical demonstrations in Zoology and Biology for Preliminary and Second Class students.
  • Supported students by clarifying course content and resolving academic queries.
  • Collaborated with faculty to develop engaging lesson plans that improved comprehension.

Part-time Teaching Assistant

University of Khartoum
Khartoum
01.2002 - 01.2006
  • Parasitology practical for 3rd and 5th Class, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science

Part-time Teaching Assistant

Omdurman Islamic University
Omdurman, Sudan
01.2002 - 01.2004
  • Facilitated classroom management to promote a positive learning environment for students.
  • Organised educational resources and materials, enhancing overall instructional effectiveness.

Education

PhD - Molecular Biology and Genetics

University of Khartoum
Khartoum/ Sudan
12.2018 - 12.2022

M.Sc. - Medical Parasitology

Sudan Academy of Sciences

B.Sc. (Honors) - Zoology

University of Khartoum
Khartoum/MeritSudan

Skills

  • DNA & RNA extraction
  • RT-PCR
  • RFLP
  • Southern blotting
  • Gel purification
  • PCR purification
  • Bioinformatics
  • Dot blot hybridization
  • ELISA
  • LAMP
  • Windows
  • Microsoft Office
  • Advanced spss usage
  • Academic publishing
  • Knowledge dissemination
  • Innovative mindset

Languages

Arabic
Native
English
Fluent

Courses & Workshops

  • Conference on Endemic and Infectious Diseases in Sudan, 05/05/03 - 05/08/03, Shariqa Hall, Khartoum
  • Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) PLATRORM annual meeting, 11/27/07 - 11/29/07, Grand Holiday Villa, Khartoum, Sudan
  • Young Researchers of the Institute of Endemic Diseases Conference, 01/17/09 - 01/18/09, Nile College, Khartoum, Sudan
  • 7th scientific Conference, Biotechnology and Future Prospects, 12/13/05 - 12/15/05, Friendship Hall, Khartoum
  • 8th scientific Conference, Endemic and Emerging Diseases: New Trends in Diagnosis and Control, 08/21/07 - 08/23/07, Friendship Hall, Khartoum
  • The First Scientific Conference, Animal Resources Research Corporation, 08/17/08 - 08/21/08, Friendship Hall, Khartoum
  • 3rd Joint EANETT/HAT Platform Annual Scientific Conference, 09/17/14 - 09/19/14, Kinshasa, DRC
  • Practical Course on Molecular Biology of Malaria Parasites, 07/14/08 - 07/21/08, Department of Epidemiology, TMRI, Sudan
  • Data Handling, Biostatistics and use of SPSS for Data analysis, 02/01/09 - 02/28/09, Department of Epidemiology, TMRI
  • Khartoum Winter School of Bioinformatics and Statistical Genetics, 01/04/10 - 01/09/10, Institute of Endemic Diseases (IED), University of Khartoum
  • Training course on computer skills, 12/05/10 - 12/22/10, Department of Computer and Biostatistics, TMRI
  • Bioinformatics training Course, 04/01/09, Tropical Medicine Research Institute (TMRI)
  • Training Course: Sampling and identification of Vectors of Tropical Diseases, 11/11/12 - 11/15/12, National Laboratory for Public Health (NLPH), Khartoum, Sudan
  • Training Course: Old and New Methods in surveillance of Vector-Borne Diseases, 12/27/12 - 01/03/13, National Public Health Lab (NPHL), Dept. of Medical Entomology
  • Training workshop on Lateral Flow Test (LFT), 09/02/13 - 09/06/13, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
  • Tropical Medicine, Community Healthcare and Research (TMCHCR) training course, 06/08/15 - 07/18/15, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
  • Training Course on Malaria and Vector Borne Diseases in Humanitarian Crises, 04/18/16 - 04/22/16, Dubai, UAE
  • TDR/ WHO Implementation Research Toolkit Training Course, 03/13/16 - 03/15/16, Maharat Medical Training and consultation Center, Khartoum, Sudan
  • Sudan Evidence Based Capacity Building Program – Statistics, 03/12/17 - 03/16/17, 03/26/17 - 03/30/17, NCR, Khartoum, Sudan
  • Research Methodology Course, 07/11/17 - 07/22/17, Department of Community Medicine, University of Khartoum
  • Decision Making in Public Health Training Course, 07/13/17 - 07/17/17, Public Health Institute (PHI), Khartoum
  • Introduction to Bioinformatics Online Training Course, 05/09/17 - 08/09/17, Center of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (CBSB), University of Khartoum
  • Operational Management of Clinical Research & Its Ethical Implications Workshop, 11/22/17 - 11/23/17, Soba Education, Training and Examination Center, Khartoum
  • Training workshop on Bioinformatics, Drug Design & Molecular Simulation Dynamics, 04/24/18 - 04/28/18, National University Research Institute (NURI), Khartoum
  • Working with Pathogen Genomes Advanced Training Course, 06/17/18 - 06/22/18, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Summer School Training Course: Enhancing Academic Qualifications in Teaching and Research in Health Sciences, 08/01/18 - 08/28/18, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
  • Training workshop on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), 11/11/18 - 11/15/18, National University Khartoum
  • Training on COVID-19+ project workshop, 11/28/22 - 11/30/22, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Associations and Professional Memberships

1- Member of Sudan   Natural Heritage Society, Sudan Natural History Museum- University of   Khartoum since 2002.

2- Member of Sudanese   Society of Parasitologists.

3- Member in African   Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) since September 2014.

4- Member of The National   Committee Certification for Sudan free of Guinea worm disease, Sudan Federal Ministry   of Health since July 2022.

5- Regular member in the   Pan African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA), since February 2023.

Publications

4. Elnour, M. B., Gloria-Soria, A., Azrag, R. S., Alkhaibari, A. M., Powell, J. R., & Salim, B. (2022). Population Genetic Analysis of Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes From Sudan Revealed Recent Independent Colonization Events by the Two Subspecies. Frontiers in genetics, 13, 825652. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.825652.

5.  Ahmed, A., Khogali, R., Elnour, M. B., Nakao, R., & Salim, B. (2021). Emergence of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Khartoum State, Central Sudan. Parasites & vectors, 14(1), 511. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-05026-4

6. Mohamed, N. S., AbdElbagi, H., Elsadig, A. R., Ahmed, A. E., Mohammed, Y. O., Elssir, L. T., Elnour, M. B., Ali, Y., Ali, M. S., Altahir, O., Abubakr, M., Siddig, E. E., Ahmed, A., & Omer, R. A. (2021). Assessment of genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein in Sudan: the RTS,S leading malaria vaccine candidate. Malaria journal, 20(1), 436. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03971-0

7. Elnour, M-AB, Moustafa, MAM, Khogali, R, et al. Distinct haplotypes and free movement of Aedes aegypti in Port Sudan, Sudan. J Appl Entomol. 2020; 144: 817–823. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.12816

8. Mohamed, S. B., Adlan, T. A., Khalafalla, N. A., Abdalla, N. I., Ali, Z. S., Munir Ka, A., Hassan, M. M., & Elnour, M. B. (2019). Proteomics and Docking Study Targeting Penicillin-Binding Protein and Penicillin-Binding Protein2a of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain SO-1977 Isolated from Sudan. Evolutionary bioinformatics online, 15, 1176934319864945. https://doi.org/10.1177/1176934319864945

9. Hassan, M. M., Zain, H. M., Basheer, M. A., Elhaj, H. E., & El-Sayed, B. B. (2014). Swarming and mating behavior of male Anopheles arabiensis Patton (Diptera: Culicidae) in an area of the Sterile Insect Technique Project in Dongola, northern Sudan. Acta tropica, 132 Suppl, S64–S69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.11.013

10. Abuelmaali, S. A., Elaagip, A. H., Basheer, M. A., Frah, E. A., Ahmed, F. T., Elhaj, H. F., Seidahmed, O. M., Weetman, D., & Mahdi Abdel Hamid, M. (2013). Impacts of agricultural practices on insecticide resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis in Khartoum State, Sudan. PloS one, 8(11), e80549. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080549

11. Mohammed A. Basheer, Yassir O. Mohammed , Mo'awia M. Hassan , Mohamed A. , Mohamed M. Mohamed-Ahmed (2013). Detection of Trypanozoon trypanosomes infections on Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (Diptera: Glossinidae) using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique in the Blue Nile State, Sudan. African Journal of Biotechnology, 12(1), 89- 95. https://doi.org/10.5897/1856.

12. Mohammed A. Basheer, Yassir O. Mohammed, Mo,awiaMukhtar Hassan, Mohamed A., Mohamed M. Mohamed-Ahmed (2012). Spatial distribution of tsetse flies in the Blue Nile State, Sudan. Journal of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, 4(9), 140-145. Article 8ACCDD54802.

13. Widaa, S. O., Ahmed, K. A., Bari, A. A., Ali, M. M., Ibrahim, M. A., Bashir, M. A., Mastour, A. H., Yagi, Z. A., & Hassan, M. M. (2012). Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a focus of visceral leishmaniasis in White Nile, Sudan. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 107(4), 470–475. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0074-02762012000400005.

Referees

1. Professor. Yassir Osman Mohamed

Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology.

Tropical Medicine Research Institute (TMRI),

National Centre for Research (NCR).

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

P. O. Box: 1304 Khartoum, 11111 Sudan.

Office Tel: +249 183 781845

Mobile: +249 9 11214014

Email: yassir_mohammed59@hotmail.com


2. Professor Bashir Salim

Professor of Parasitology & Population Genetics

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

University of Khartoum, Sudan

P.O. Box: 32, Khartoum North, 13314

Email: bashirsalim@gmail.com

Mobile +249912195616

Tel: +249 185 313654

Fax: +249 185 312638


3. Professor Scott C. Weaver, Ph.D.

John Sealy Distinguished University Chair in Human Infections and Immunity

Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (https://microbiology.utmb.edu/)

Director, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity (http://www.utmb.edu/ihii/)

Scientific Director, Galveston National Laboratory (https://www.utmb.edu/gnl)

University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, Texas 77555-0610

Office telephone 409-266-6500

Laboratory telephones 409-747-2440 and 747-2425

Email: sweaver@utmb.edu


4. Professor. Intisar Elhag El Rayah

Professor of Medical parasitology& Epidemiology

Deputy Dean, College of Applied Medical Science, Dawadmi

Shaqra University. Ministry of Education, Kingdom Saudi Arabia

Email: elreyagh@su.edu.sa, intisar62@hotmail.com

Tel: +966 1164 78180

Mob: +966 538606952

Timeline

PhD - Molecular Biology and Genetics

University of Khartoum
12.2018 - 12.2022

Researcher and Lecturer

National University Biomedical Research Institute (NUBRI), National University Sudan
01.2017 - 01.2019

Research Assistant Professor

Tropical Medicine Research Institute, National Cen
09.2007 - Current

Part-time Teaching Assistant

University of Khartoum
01.2002 - 01.2006

Part-time Teaching Assistant

Omdurman Islamic University
01.2002 - 01.2004

Part-time Teaching Assistant

University of Khartoum
01.2001 - 01.2007

M.Sc. - Medical Parasitology

Sudan Academy of Sciences

B.Sc. (Honors) - Zoology

University of Khartoum
MOHAMMED-AHMED ELNOUR