Pathogen detection in molecular biology; DNA topological structure and DNA topoisomerases; Cellular signal transduction; Histone phosphorylation and cell mitosis.

Abdel Omri obtained his PhD from Université de Montréal in 1996. After completing postdoctoral fellowships at McGill University and the University of Toronto (1996-1998), he spent more than 2 years as Research associate at NRC (institute of biological sciences in Ottawa) from 1998 to 2000. He is currently Full Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry with a cross appointment to the Department of Biology, the Biomolecular Sciences PhD Programme, School of Rural and Northern Health PhD Programme. His research interests are focused on Lipid-based drug and vaccine delivery systems. His laboratory employs a multi-disciplinary approach to addressing the antimicrobial resistance to gram negative bacteria in cystic fibrosis patients and in medical devices implants. He is also involved in the education of undergraduate and graduate students through the coordination of several calendar courses in biochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology and pharmaceutical technology. In addition to research, He is actively involved in the research training of both undergraduate and graduate students. He has served in administrative capacities in several international scientific societies. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed research articles over his career on various aspects of drug delivery and targeting in addition to several published book chapters and books (2). He has served on a number of Editorial Boards and Granting Agencies in Canada and abroad. He also has 2 patents.

Biochemistry; Pharmacology; Toxicology; Pharmaceutical technology; Lipid-based drug and vaccine delivery systems

Dr. Ra'edAbuOdeh is an Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology at King Saud Bin AbdelazizUniversity for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS) in Jeddah-KSA.He received his Ph.D. from Idaho State University, working on systemic fungi using Blastomycesdermatitidis as a model. This was followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas, where he worked on IgM molecular switching between the membrane form and the secretory form. Subsequently, he earned his spot as a lead researcher at the Valley Fever Center of Excellence- University of Arizona Medical College, Tucson, where he worked on systemic fungal molecular biology, and this time on Coccidioidesimmitis. After that he is decided it was time for a change of scenery (and weather) and moved to sunny Sharjah, UAE, where he was offered faculty post at the University of Sharjah, Medical Lab Sciences Department. In addition to teaching, he is involved in research in the fields of molecular microbiology, diabetes, and cancer. He recently collaborated withcolleague at Qatar University, Dr. G. Nasarllah, to conduct research on viral molecular epidemiology (TTV, HGV, HEV, and EBV). He was also the adviser for several undergraduate and graduate students on different research projects. He currently resides in Jeddah, with his wife and children.

Molecular Microbiology; DNA vaccine; Molecular Viral Epidemiology and Vitamin D and Diabetes.

Environmental and pathogenic mycobacteria; Bacterial sporulation; Bacterial stress responses; Bacterial gene regulation; Bacterial multicellular development.

Dr. Sanjay Batra is an Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology at the Southern University-Baton Rouge (SUBR). He obtained his PhD in Biochemistry from Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow and Kanpur University, Kanpur, India in 1993. He was selected through Union Public Service Commission of India as a Biochemist/In-charge of Clinical Biochemistry Department at Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, New Delhi, India in 1992. In 2002, he came to US as a visiting scientist to work in the field of cancer and immunology at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Subsequently he emigrated to US in 2006 to pursue his advanced research career at The Ohio State University and later at Texas Tech University, Amarillo, TX. He joined Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge in 2009 as a Senior Research Associate and was promoted to the position of Assistant Professor (Research) in 2012. He was able to secure funding from NIH (R15) and Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (Young Clinical Scientist Award) and developed several independent projects. His projects focus to determine the role of immunoproteasomes and lipid rafts during bacterial pneumonia and COPD/Emphysema received intramural and extramural funding. Besides these projects, He is also interested in investigating the role of Histone Deacetylases (HDAC) during pulmonary challenge with microbial toxins and COPD/Emphysema. He joined Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge in 2014 as an Associate Professor.

He has trained numerous undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, clinical residents and summer students. He has published over 55 original research articles in peer-reviewed journals in addition to invited review articles and book chapters. He has the honour of receiving several prestigious National and International Awards for his research in Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology.

Immunoproteasomes and lipid rafts during bacterial pneumonia and Histone Deacetylases (HDAC) during pulmonary challenge with microbial toxins.

Dr. Ibrahim received his B.S. in Agricultural Biochemistry with honor and two M.S. degrees in Microbial physiology/ Fermentation and in Applied Microbiology.  He received his Ph.D in Basic Medical Science (Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular biology) from New York Medical College. His research dissertation was on the construction of plasmid for the expression of a fusion protein of VEGF₁₂₁/ Shiga-like toxin as a therapeutic protein for targeting angiogenesis (cancer treatment). Since 1979 he is a member of American Chemical Society, American Society of Microbiology, and Society of Industrial Microbiology.

Microbiology; Molecular biology; Food safety and bioprocessing for both pharmaceutical and food ingredients.

Dr. Hon Ho was currently Professor of Biology at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He received his B.Sc. degree from the University of Hong Kong and Ph.D. degree from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. After staying on as a Post-doctoral Fellow for one year, he joined the Department of Botany & Bacteriology at Ohio Wesleyan University as Assistant Professor in 1967 before moving to SUNY New Paltz in 1968. He was promoted through the rank and became Full Professor of biology in 1979. He also served as the department chair for 16 years. He was a visiting professor at various institutes, including the University of California at Riverside, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, Nanjing Agricultural University in Nanjing, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Science in Hainan and Academia Sinica in Taipei.

He has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed national and international journals and one monograph. He has the honor of receiving a second prize awarded by the National Educational Council of the People’s Republic of China in recognition of his major contribution to the advancement of scientific technology in China, and State University of New York Chancellor’s Award of Excellence in Scholarship and Creativity

 Mycology, Plant Pathology, Microbiology

Food Microbiology (Molecular and Immunological Detection)

Food Chemistry

Dairy and Meat products

Food Safety

HACCP

Dr. Ollar is currently a member and consulting microbiologist for the Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Committee and the consulting microbiologist for TBD Support Network Inc in Pike County Pennsylvania USA. He also has a faculty appointment as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Department of Neurology of New York Medical College, which is located in Valhalla, New York USA. He had also served the Pennsylvania Department of Health as a member of the special Task Force Committee, on Lyme and Related Tick Borne Diseases which created a Lyme Disease Report. He had been the Director of the Molecular Biology Lab and Molecular Biology Program for the Departments of Surgery and Neurology of St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan, until 30^th April 2010 when the hospital closed. His current research focus is on the problems of misdiagnosis commonly associated with Neuroborreliosis. He is specifically interested in the application of microRNAs biomarkers for the early detection of ALS, MS Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and their potential to distinguish true neurodegenerative disease states from Neuroborreliosis mimicry.

Mycobacteriology and Molecular Mycobacteriology

Microbiology of Nocardioform organisms

Lyme and related tick borne diseases

Listeriosis

Vibrio cholerae

Medical and Veterinary Mycology

Infections of the Central Nervous System

Biology of the Pseudomonads

Mechanism of the site specific recombination system of bacteriophage HK022 and its application for gene manipulations in human cells and in zebra fish cells.

Prof.Yehia Abdel-Galele Mahmoud working at Botany Department, Microbiology section, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Egypt, as a Professor of Microbiology (Mycology). His major research interest is Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Fungi, especially pathogenic yeasts like Candida and Cryptococcus neoformans. Also, his research interest is extending to the area of antifungal drugs development. He obtained his M.Sc. in the field of Microbiology. However, in 1993 he got the chance to do his Ph.D. on Cryptococcus neoformans in Virginia Tech. Biochemistry and Anaerobic Microbiology department with Walter G.Niehaus through Egyptian- USA channel system. His thesis title was "Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of Fatty acid synthetase from C.neofrmans.  Also, he got personal postdoc. Grant from JSPS of Japan to do post doctoral work in Kumamoto University, Molecular Genetics department on Host lung gene expression response to fungal infection with Fusarium kyshuense. Again, he travelled back to USA, Yale University to carry out training in Biotechnology field, working in Gene knock out from Candida albicans with Brain Woung (Infectious disease department).

He supervised a large numbers of theses either M.Sc. or Ph.D within different topics inside Mycology.

Fungi Identification; Enzyme and protein purification; Enzyme kinetic mechanism elucidation; In vitro DNA transcription and PCR; Candida and bacterial transformation; Gene Cloning and vector gene expression; Northern blotting and Western Blotting; Dealing with radioactive isotopes

Dr. Singh primary research interest includes in the area of cellular and mucosal immunology, inflammation in general, chemokines, immunotherapy and complimentary and alternative medicine. He is internationally recognized mucosal immunologist working in the area of inflammation since last 15 years. His research contributions span multiple disciplines including cellular and mucosal immunology related to alternative medicine in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and interstitial cystitis. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Banaras Hindu University, in India. At present He focusing on how a plant derived compound and/or dietary supplement mediate murine colitis and interstitial cystitis. He have authored >75 scientific communications including 1 patent applications, ~20 invited lectures. His long time career goal is to understand how alternative medicine remedies mediate IBD and Inflammation in general.

Inflammation; Chemokines; Mucosal Immunology; Interstitial cystitis; Autoimmune diseases; Cellular Immunology and Intestinal Physiology.

Plant cell wall disassembly using fungal enzymes; feruloyl esterases; enzyme synergy in the hydrolysis of arabinoxylan and lignins; effects of organic solvents on esterases and oxidoreductases activities; valorisation of agro-industrial side-streams; utilisation of side-streams for biofuel, aromas and personal care products

Sherajul I Shelley taught trainee, teaching and research Microbiology and Biotechnolgy and Philosophy, at Long Island, Riverhead, Microbiology and Biotechnology Laboratory. NY, USA. He is the author of many classic texts Which, he led through a series of educational reforms, many of which drew National and International attention. He is having doctorate degree Ph.d and candidate D.SC. at present member Royal Society Of Biology and appearing fellow Royal Society of Bology of Great Britain.

A contributor to newspaper, scientific journal, magazines in a wide range of disciplines. He served many years as a principal scientist in mentioned USA science laboratory.

As a philosopher he promotes democracy and international understanding via free and independend media?

Dr. Tim Sandle is a chartered biologist and holds a first class honours degree in Applied Biology; a Masters degree in education; and has a doctorate from Keele University.

He has over twenty-five years experience of microbiological research and biopharmaceutical processing. This includes experience of designing, validating and operating a range of microbiological tests including sterility testing, bacterial endotoxin testing, bioburden and microbial enumeration, environmental monitoring, particle counting and water testing. In addition, He is experienced in pharmaceutical microbiological risk assessment and investigation.

He serves on several national and international committees relating to pharmaceutical microbiology and cleanroom contamination control (including the ISO cleanroom standards). He is a committee member of the Pharmaceutical Microbiology Interest Group (Pharmig); serves on the National Blood Service advisory cleaning and disinfection committee; and is a member of several editorials boards for scientific journals.

He has written over two hundred book chapters, peer reviewed papers and technical articles relating to microbiology. This includes writing the books: “Sterility, sterilisation and sterility assurance for pharmaceuticals: Technology, validation and current regulations” and “Sterility Testing of Pharmaceutical Products”; as well as editing the book "The CDC Handbook: A Guide to Cleaning and Disinfecting Cleanrooms"; and co-editing the comprehensive books “Microbiology and Sterility Assurance in Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices" and "Cleanroom Management in Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare".

Cleanroom fungi; Microbiology of water; Disinfectants and rapid microbiological methods.

Food Safety and Microbiology,Food Bioprocess Technology,Food Fermentation and Biotechnology