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03/14/10

Name:

Fist Name: Abdel-Rahman Middle Name: Bader El-Din Last Name: Abdel-Ghaffar

Address:

Home: 11 Essmat Mansour street, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.

Work: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbasia 11566, Cairo, Egypt.

Tel./Fax.: +202 287 8579 Mobile: +2010 660 5524

Email: abdo@abdoscience.com Internet: www.abdoscience.com

Personal data:

Birth date: January 29, 1972. Place: Cairo, Egypt.

Family Status: Married. Children: Boy + Girl.

Education:

· Ph.D. (Biochemistry/Molecular Immunology) Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 2004, ”Target Antigens for a New Vaccine against Tuberculosis in Egypt”.

· M.Sc. (Biochemistry/Immunology) Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 1999, “The Effect of Vaccination on the Expression of Adhesion Molecules in Schistosomiasis”.

· B.Sc. (Biochemistry; Very Good With Honor) Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 1993.

Positions:

2004 -	Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Contributing in the teaching of various courses for undergraduate students. Supervising and contributing in teaching of the practical course of the undergraduate students.
1999 -	Research Specialist, Molecular Immunology Unit (MIU), Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al- Azhar University, Cairo Egypt.
1999 - 2004	Assistant Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Supervising and contributing in teaching of the practical course of the undergraduate students.
1998 - 2002	Research Assistant, TB Diagnostic Project, Ministry of International Corporation, Cairo, Egypt.
1993 - 1999	Research Fellow, Molecular Immunology Lab., Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al- Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
1993 - 1998	Research Assistant, Schistosomiasis Research Project (SRP), USAID/Ministry of Health, Cairo, Egypt.
1993 - 1998	Instructor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Contributing in teaching of the practical course of the undergraduate students.

Professional experience:

Member of Egyptian Association of Immunologists.

Training courses:

· One year training in the US Naval Medical Research Unit-3 (NAMRU-3) Laboratories, Cairo Egypt, on different immunological and molecular biological techniques.

· Three month training in Dr. SM Phillips Lab., Allergy and Immunology Division, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA, on different immunological and molecular biological techniques including cell culture, ELISPOT, Flow Cytometery, RT-PCR and In-Situ Hybridization.

Training experiences:

· Organizing of “The 8^th Annual Conference of Immunology” held at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 13-16 March, 2003.

· Contributed in organizing of the workshop titled “The Development of more Effective Vaccines against Tuberculosis” held at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 21-23 October, 2002.

· Contributed in organizing of “The 7^th Annual Conference of Immunology” held at Ain Al-Shukna, Egypt, 24-26 January, 2002.

· Contributed in organizing and teaching in the workshop titled “Egyptian International Workshop in The Induction, Measurement and Manipulation of Immune Response” held at Hurghada and Cairo, Egypt, September 24 - October 6, 1999.

· Contributed in organizing of “The 5^th Annual Conference of Immunology” held at Hurghada, Egypt, 24-25 September, 1999.

· Contributed in organizing and teaching in the workshop titled “PCR detection and DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacteria” held at the Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, 18-19 March, 1999.

· Contributed in teaching in many other workshops held at Cairo, Alexandria and Al-Azhar University under the title of “Different Methods for Cytokine Detection”.

Publications:

· Abdel Ghaffar AB, Borai IH, Phillips SM and El-Sheikh N. ELISPOT analysis of pulmonary and systemic cytokines in ultra-violet attenuated cercariae vaccine model. The Egyptian Journal of Immunology, Vol. 5(1), 1998; 203-213.

· Nassar MI, Sayed Al-Ahl S, Abdel Ghaffar AB and El-Sheikh N. Assessment of liver granuloma in Schistosoma mansoni infected and vaccinated mice by image analyzer. The Egyptian Journal of Immunology, Vol. 4(2), 1997; 309-314.

· Maklad S, Moustafa AA, Salem AM, Riad MM, Abdel Ghaffar AB and El-Sheikh N. Diminished expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) by monoclonal antibodies to interferon gamma and interleukin-4 in Schistosoma mansoni infection. The Egyptian Journal of Immunology, Vol. 4(1), 1997; 97-104.

Language and other skills:

English. (Last TOEFL score was 603, October, 1999).

Passed GRE test with score of 1440.

References:

· Prof. Dr. Nabila A. El-Sheikh.

Professor of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

· Prof. Dr. Amr M. Karim.

Professor of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University

· Prof. Dr. Karim A. Kamal.

Head of the Microbiology Department, Misr International University, Cairo, Egypt.

· Prof. Dr. SM Phillips.

Allergy and Immunology Division, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA.

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