Academic researcher and Lecturer working in the Zoonoses Research Unit as a Lecturer Dr. since May 2007. My major scientific research interests are microbiology, virology, epidemiology, alternative plant extracts such as antibacterial and antibiofilm, cell culture, innate immunity, gene expression, and silencing. Zoonotic diseases, real-time PCR, ELISA, Westering blotting, Public health, Infectious/ immunity
PhD in Infectious Immunity from Plymoputh University -The UK
Lecturer and supervisor for undergraduate and postgraduate students since 2019
Prime Minister's Office/ The Higher Committee for Education Development (HCED) in Iraq in 2011, Fully funded PhD to study abroad (University of Plymouth, The UK).
Microbiology, Cell culture, Zoonoses, Public health, Infectious/ immunity
Microbiology, Cell culture, Zoonoses, Public health, Infectious/ immunity
Postgrad students teaching: Clinical Bacteriology Clinical Immunity Borne zoonotic Diseases Epidemiology Research Skill Methods and Simenars Virology 2025 Undergrad student teaching Microbiology (2009) , 2019 English for 4th stage (2020)
High Diploma student (Public Health/ zoonotic Diseases): Ayia Abdulkareem ََQassim (2020)
Abbas Alanbary (2020)
Saif Aldeen Falah Hasan*******November 2002 *******(Epidemiology of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Human and Animals)
Suhad Tareq Rasheed ***(*2022)(Alternative Treatment of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection in Human and Birds Worldwide and Iraq)
Wameedh Jasem Mohammad**(2023) **(Diagnosis, Treatment and Control of Brucellosis)
Mohanad Majid Salman**(2024)** (Influence of Cat Scratch Disease on Human being)
MS.c. Students supervision:
**Ali Abdul-Rahman Shatti (2021) **(Molecular Detection of Brucella melitensis in Human and Animal in Wasit Governorate)
Ahmed Hashim Kadhim Hillal (Antibacterial Activity of Cinnamon and Clove Extracts against Gram-Positive Bacteria Isolated from Human and Dogs in Karbala Governorate
Despite extensive investigations, an effective treatment for sepsis remains elusive and a better understanding of the inflammatory response to infection is required to identify potential new targets for therapy. In this study we have used RNAi technology to show, for the first time, that the inducible lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 2 (LPCAT2) plays a key role in macrophage inflammatory gene expression in response to stimulation with bacterial ligands. Using siRNA- or shRNA-mediated knockdown, we demonstrate that, in contrast to the constitutive LPCAT1, LPCAT2 is required for macrophage cytokine gene expression and release in response to TLR4 and TLR2 ligand stimulation but not for TLR-independent stimuli. In addition, cells transfe
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Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a frequent gram-negative bacterium that causes nosocomial infections, affecting more than 100 million patients annually worldwide. Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from E. coli binds to toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and its co-receptor’s cluster of differentiation protein 14 (CD14) and myeloid differentiation factor 2 (MD2), collectively known as the LPS receptor complex. LPCAT2 participates in lipid-raft assembly by phospholipid remodelling. Previous research has proven that LPCAT2 co-localises in lipid rafts with TLR4 and regulates macrophage inflammatory response. However, no published evidence exists of the influence of LPCAT2 on the gene expression of the LPS receptor complex induced by smooth or rough b
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Aim: The study aimed to investigate the presence of the specific B1 gene T gondii in blood and milk samples from natural infected cattle and pregnant women (16-30 weeks) whose examination performed by the officers at the women's and children's Educational hospital in Al-Diwaniyah, Iraq. Materials and methods: A total of 150 serum samplings were collected analysed and scanned for Anti-T gondi antibodies (75 naturally-infected goats and 75 pregnant women with Toxoplasma). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect of B1(399pb) gene in 26 goat's blood samples and 7 samples from pregnant women. Results: A quick-test anti-cassette gondii results showed 26 positive samples of goats in a percentage of 34,666 percent, while a higher percent
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