Name: Abd El-Halim Abd El-Fattah Salem Deifalla
Date of birth: 28th, sept. 1962
Nationality: Egyptian
Marital status: Married
Present Position: Lecturer of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University (Since 1998), Pediatrician
Current Status: PostDoc at Mark Batzer Lab. Dept. of Biological Sciences, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
Address: Department of Anatomy, Histology and Cell Biology
Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University
Ismailia, Egypt.
Fax: 064 328 543 Tel: 064 353302
Mobile: 0101086190
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Academic Qualifications:
* M.B,B.Ch, School of Medicine, Cairo University, December, 1986 (Grade, Very good -Honor)
* First part of Master degree (Human Genetics), 1990 (Grade, Excellent)
* MSc thesis entitles” Genotoxic monitoring of workers occupationally exposed to hydrocarbons in a petroleum refinery” (Grade, Excellent)
* Master degree in Anatomy, May 1992. (Grade, Excellent)
* M.D thesis entitles” Anthropometric and Genetic study of North Sinai Population”
* M.D degree of Anatomy, May 1997.
* Diploma of Pediatrics, May 1999.
Teaching Experience:
Undergraduate:
* Teaching Anatomy, Embryology, Neuroanatomy of different regions of the body to undergraduate students at Medical, Pharmaceutical and Dental colleges (Suez Canal University).
* Teaching undergraduate students at the paramedical schools, i.e. nurses and technicians.
* Teaching Medical Genetics at Medical School, Suez Canal University.
Postgraduate:
* Teaching Anatomy for Post graduate students (Diploma and Master degree) of ENT, Surgery, Radiology, Medicine, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Past and Present Jobs:
* Internal House Officer in Kaser El-Aini Hospital, Cairo University, 1987- 1988.
* General Practioner in Military forces “Pediatric hospital in El-Agoza” 1988-1989.
* Demonstrator (Instructor) of Anatomy and Genetics, 1989-1992.
* Assistant lecturer of Anatomy and Genetics, 1993-1997.
* Lecturer of Anatomy and Molecular Genetics since 1998- on
*Administrative Director of the Suez Canal University Hospital (Sept 2000-June 2001)
Awards and Fellowships:
*A fellowship for MD degree in Munich, Germany at supervision of Prof. Svante Paabo, 1994- 1997
*Research visit to InnsBruck, Austria, Prof. Dr Gerd Utermann, Institute of Medical Genetics 1996
*Postdoctoral research in the New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Prof Dr Mark Batzer (June- Oct1999)
*Postdoctoral Research in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Prof Dr Michael Hammer (Nov- Dec1999)
*Postdoctoral research in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Prof Dr Mark Batzer (July 2001- on)
List of Publications:
1- Fouad Badr; Abd El-Halim Salem and Adel Mishriky (1992): Genotoxic monitoring of workers occupationally exposed to hydrocarbons in a Petroleum refinery. International conference on Indoor Air Pollution, Egypt, May 1990- p.50
2- Antti Sajantila; Abd El-Halim Salem , Savolainen P, Karin Bauer, Gierig C and Svante paabo (1996): Paternal and Maternal DNA Lineages reveal a bottleneck in the founding of the Finish population. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, USA 93: 12035- 12039
3- Abd El-Halim Salem, Fouad Badr, Fawzy Gaballah and Svante Paabo (1996): The Genetics of traditional living: Y-chromosomal and mitochondrial Lineages in the Sinai population” Am. J. Hum. Genet. 59: 741- 743.
4- Matthias Krings; Abd El-Halim Salem; Karin Bauer, Adel Malek, Mark Stoneking and Svante Paabo (1999): MtDNA analysis in Nile Valley populations: a Genetic Corridor or Barrier for Migration. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 64: 1166- 1176.
5- Antti Sajantila; Maris Laan; Abd El-Halim Salem; Ludmila Osipova; Arndt von Haesseler and Svante Paabo: The spread of agriculture in Eurasia as revealed by nucleotide sequences. Nature “in press”
6- Hans-Jurgen Menzel; Sylvia Marenbach; Abd El-Halim Salem; Ingred Weber and Gerd Utermann: Direct Sequencing as a strategy for detecting unknown mutations in dominant diseases” in press.
7- Astrid M. Roy; Marion L. Carroll; David H. Kass; Son V.Nguyen; Abdel-Halim Salem; Mark A. Batzer and Prescott L. Deininger (1999): Recently integrated human Alu repeats: Finding needles in the Haystack. Genetica 107: 149-161
8- Kraft HG; Scholz M; Abe A; Bickeboller H; Delport R; Ehnholm C; Geethanjali FS; Salem AH; Luthra K; Kochl S; Kronenberg F; Lemming L; Makemaharn O; Ogorelkova M; Pang RWC; Schiefenhovel W; Schmidt K; Trommsdorff M; Volkova M; Windegger and Utermann G. (2000): Analysis of apo(a) gene variation in 15 populations- linkage disequilibria and relation to Lp(a) plasma concentration. (in preparation)
9- Carroll MC; Roy-Engel AM; Nguyen SV; Salem AH; Vogel E; Vincent B; Myers J; Ahmed Z; Nguyen L; Sammarco M; Watkins WS; Henke J; Makalowski W; Jorde LB; Deininger PL and Batzer M (2001): Large-scale analysis of the Alu Ya5 and Yb8 Subfamilies and their contribution to human genomic diversity.J.Mol.Biol. 00,1-24
10- Roy-Engel AM; Carroll MC; Nguyen SV; Salem AH; Oldridge M; Wilkie AOM; Batzer M and Deininger PL (2000): Potential Gene Conversion and Source Genes for Recently Integrated Alu elements. Genome Res., 10, 1485-1495
11- Roy-Engel AM; Carroll MC; Vogel E; Garber RK; Nguyen SV; Salem A; Batzer M and Deininger PL (2001): Alu insertion polymorphisms for the study of human genomic diversity. Genetica, 159: 279-290.
12- Roy-Engel AM, Carroll MC, El-Sawy M, Salem AH, Garber RK, Nguyen SV, Deininger PL, and Batzer M (2001): Non-traditional Alu evolution and primate genomic diversity, Submitted to PNAS
REFERENCES:
1-Prof. Dr. Mark A. Batzer
Dept. of Biological Sciences
202 Life Sciences Building Louisiana StateUniversity
LA- 70803
Lab: (225) 578-7104
Office: (225) 578-7102
Fax: (225) 578-7013
email:
2- Prof. Dr Svante Paabo
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Inselstrasse 22
D-04103 Leipzig
Germany
tel secretary: / +49 341 99 52 500
fax: / +49 341 99 52 555
e-mail: /
3- Prof Dr Mark Stoneking
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Inselstrasse 22
D-04103 Leipzig
Germany
Phone: +49-341-9952-502
FAX: +49-341-9952-555
Secretary: +49-341-9952-504
e-mail:
4- Prof Dr Michael Hammer
Director of the Laboratory of Molecular Systematics and Evolution (LMSE)
University of Arizona
Laboratory of Molecular Systematics and Evolution
ARL-Division of Biotechnology
Biological Sciences West #246B, Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: 621-9828
e-mail:
5- Prof Dr Mohammed Galal El-Badawi
Head Of the Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine
Suez Canal University,
Ismailia, Egypt
e- mail: