PEDRO ISMAEL DA SILVA JUNIOR | Molecular Biology | Best Researcher Award

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Ā Dr. PEDRO ISMAEL DA SILVA JUNIOR | Molecular Biology |Best Researcher Award

Dr. Pedro Ismael da Silva Junior holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of RibeirĆ£o Preto – USP (1979) and completed his Doctorate at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences-USP (2000). He currently serves as a Scientific Researcher (PqC-VI) and Manager at the Laboratory for Applied Toxinology at the Butantan Institute. Dr. da Silva specializes in Protein Chemistry, focusing on Biochemistry, with a research emphasis on bioactive molecules of toxins and hemolymph of invertebrates. His expertise includes liquid chromatography, peptide and organic molecule synthesis, mass spectrometry, and microbiology. He has published extensively and supervised numerous masters’ and doctoral theses in these areas.

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šŸŽ“ Education:

Degree in Biological Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of RibeirĆ£o Preto – USP (1979). Doctorate at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, USP (2000)

šŸ¢ Current Position:

    • Scientific Researcher (PqC-VI) and Manager at the Laboratory for Applied Toxinology, Butantan Institute

šŸ”¬ Research Interests:

Protein Chemistry, focusing on Biochemistry, Study of bioactive molecules of toxins and hemolymph of invertebrates, Antimicrobial, antiviral, and antitumoral activities, Purification, characterization, and synthesis of bioactive molecules, Techniques: liquid chromatography, peptide and organic molecule synthesis, mass spectrometry, microbiology

šŸ“š Publications and Supervision:

Author of numerous publications, Supervisor of master’s and doctoral theses in related areas

Publication:šŸ“

  • Title: The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC
    Authors: CMS Collaboration
    Journal: Journal of Instrumentation
    Year: 2008
    Volume: 3
    Issue: August
    Pages: 1-334
    Citations: 12,546*

 

  • Title: Combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass in pppp Collisions at s=7\sqrt{s} = 7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS Experiments
    Authors: CMS Collaborations
    Journal: arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.07589
    Year: 2015
    Citations: 1,900*

 

  • Title: Performance of the CMS muon detector and muon reconstruction with proton-proton collisions at s=13\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV
    Authors: CMS Collaboration
    Journal: Journal of Instrumentation
    Year: 2018
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 6
    Article: P06015
    Citations: 1,474

 

  • Title: Constraints on the spin-parity and anomalous HVVHVV couplings of the Higgs boson in proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV
    Authors: V Khachatryan, AM Sirunyan, A Tumasyan, W Adam, T Bergauer, …
    Journal: Physical Review D
    Year: 2015
    Volume: 92
    Issue: 1
    Article: 012004
    Citations: 1,211*

 

  • Title: Observation of ttĖ‰Ht\bar{t}H Production
    Authors: AM Sirunyan, A Tumasyan, W Adam, F Ambrogi, E Asilar, T Bergauer, …
    Journal: Physical Review Letters
    Year: 2018
    Volume: 120
    Issue: 23
    Article: 231801
    Citations: 1,063*

 

  • Title: Observation of the diphoton decay of the Higgs boson and measurement of its properties
    Authors: V Khachatryan, AM Sirunyan, A Tumasyan, W Adam, T Bergauer, …
    Journal: The European Physical Journal C
    Year: 2014
    Volume: 74
    Pages: 1-49
    Citations: 1,023

 

  • Title: Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19
    Authors: Writing group Writing group leaders Pathak Gita A. 6 Andrews Shea J. 7 Kanai …
    Journal: Nature
    Year: 2021
    Volume: 600
    Issue: 7889
    Pages: 472-477
    Citations: 752

 

  • Title: Precision luminosity measurement in protonā€“proton collisions at s=13\sqrt{s} = 13 TeV in 2015 and 2016 at CMS
    Authors: CMS Collaboration
    Journal: Springer Open
    Year: 2021
    Citations: 749

 

  • Title: Measurement of ttĖ‰t\bar{t} production with a veto on additional central jet activity in pppp collisions at s=7\sqrt{s} = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector
    Authors: ATLAS Collaboration
    Journal: arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.5015
    Year: 2012
    Citations: 658

 

  • Title: Searches for third-generation squark production in fully hadronic final states in proton-proton collisions at s=8\sqrt{s} = 8 TeV
    Authors: V Khachatryan, AM Sirunyan, A Tumasyan, W Adam, E Asilar, T Bergauer, …
    Journal: Journal of High Energy Physics
    Year: 2015
    Volume: 2015
    Issue: 6
    Pages: 1-65
    Citations: 584*

 

MOHAMED HAMDI EL ASHAL | Biochemistry Award | Best Researcher Award

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Ā Mr . MOHAMED HAMDI EL ASHAL | Biochemistry Award | Best Researcher Award

šŸ‘Øā€šŸ«Profile Summary

Efficient and detailed oriented post doctor researcher working in the field of natural products and food chemistry especially in bee products and medicinal plants. Owing to write reviews or original papers to be published in high impacted journals.

šŸŒ Professional Profiles

 

 

Qualifications šŸ“š

Post-graduation PhD. in Biochemistry (Menoufia University) Date of graduation: 2024 Area of research: Drug discovery research, Functional Food. M.SC. in Biochemistry (Menoufia University) Date of graduation: Sep. 2019 Area of research: Drug discovery research, Functional Food Analytical Biochemistry Diploma (Menoufia University) Date of graduation: May 2014 Grade: Excellent. B.Sc. in Science, Chemistry and Botany Department (Menoufia University) Date of graduation: May 2006 Grade: Very Good (83%)

Scientific Experiences šŸ”¬

  • Gas chromatography-Mass spectrometry analysis (GC-MS).
  • Liquid chromatography-Mass spectrometry analysis (LC-MS-MS).
  • GNPS interpretation.
  • Writing scientific papers.
  • Reviewing scientific papers.

Fields of Interest šŸ§Ŗ

  • Natural Product Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Food Chemistry
  • Metabolomics

Conferences šŸŒ

Annual International Conference of THE EGYPTIAN FERTILITY AND STERILITY, 2023, International Association of Surgeonsā€™ Gastroenterologists and Oncologistsā€™ 5th Meeting of IASGO Egyptian Chapter, November 2021. Oral presenter in 3rd INTERNATIONAL JSPS AAE SYMPOSIUM, September 2021. Oral presenter in the 5th International Symposium on Phytochemicals in Medicine and Food conference, China, 2021. Menoufia Diabetes Conference, February 28, 2020. HGIDA 14th Scientific Event on Pitfalls in Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases, February 26, 2020. Training Course and Symposium on Apitherapy, December 4-5, 2019. Clinical Approach to Autoimmune Liver Diseases Postgraduate Course, November 27, 2019. IASGO Egyptian Chapter 2nd Annual Meeting, November 15-17, 2018.

Workshops šŸ› ļø

American Society of Pharmacognosy webinars about most recent applications of natural products from April 2020 to November 2020. 1st GNPS User Meeting, August 2020. ‘Hands-on featuring a successful academic career’ workshop at Chemistry Department, American University of Cairo (AUC), July 2019.

Skills šŸ› ļø

Good Command of English Intensive Course in English (Intermediate II Level, 36 Hours) Final Grade: Excellent (Minufia University) Conversation Course in English (Intermediate Level, 36 Hours) Final Grade: Excellent (Minufia University). Computer Skills Excellent Experience in Computer Software (Windows, Office, Internet) ICDL Certificate. Professional Development Pharma Mini-MBA (Certificate from ACC Group – American Canadian Center) Excellence in Negotiation Workshop (Scope Office) Advanced Presentation Skills Talent Pool Course Pharmacovigilance Basic Principles Leadership Skills and Management (Harvest Academy)

 

šŸ“šTop Noted Publication

  1. Title: An updated multifaceted overview of sweet proteins and dipeptides as sugar substitutes; the chemistry, health benefits, gut interactions, and safety
    • Authors: Farag, M. A., Rezk, M. M., Elashal, M. H., El-Araby, M., Khalifa, S. A., & El-Seedi, H. R.
    • Journal: Food Research International
    • Year: 2022
    • DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111853

 

  1. Title: Bee pollen: Clinical trials and patent applications
    • Authors: Algethami, J. S., El-Wahed, A. A. A., Elashal, M. H., Ahmed, H. R., Elshafiey, E. H., Omar, E. M., … & El-Seedi, H. R.
    • Journal: Nutrients
    • Year: 2022
    • Volume: 14
    • Issue: 14
    • DOI: 10.3390/nu14142858

 

  1. Title: Cosmetic applications of bee venom
    • Authors: El-Wahed, A. A. A., Khalifa, S. A., Elashal, M. H., Musharraf, S. G., Saeed, A., Khatib, A., … & El-Seedi, H. R.
    • Journal: Toxins
    • Year: 2021
    • Volume: 13
    • Issue: 11
    • DOI: 10.3390/toxins13110810

 

  1. Title: Bee Pollen: Current Status and Therapeutic Potential
    • Authors: Khalifa, S. A., Elashal, M. H., Yosri, N., Du, M., Musharraf, S. G., Nahar, L., & El-Seedi, H. R.
    • Journal: Nutrients
    • Year: 2021
    • Volume: 13
    • Issue: 6
    • DOI: 10.3390/nu13061876

 

  1. Title: Comprehensive overview on multiple strategies fighting COVID-19
    • Authors: Khalifa, S. A., Mohamed, B. S., Elashal, M. H., Du, M., Guo, Z., Zhao, C., & El-Seedi, H. R.
    • Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    • Year: 2020
    • Volume: 17
    • Issue: 16
    • DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17165813

 

  1. Title: Recent insights into chemical and pharmacological studies of bee bread
    • Authors: Khalifa, S. A., Elashal, M., Kieliszek, M., Ghazala, N. E., Farag, M. A., Saeed, A., & El-Seedi, H. R.
    • Journal: Trends in Food Science & Technology
    • Year: 2020
    • Volume: 97
    • Pages: 300-316
    • DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2019.08.021

 

  1. Title: Apilarnil ameliorates Bisphenol A-induced testicular toxicity in adult male rats via improving antioxidant potency and PCNA expression
    • Authors: Mohamed H. Elashal, Aida A. Abd El-Wahed, Mostafa Abdelgaber Mohamed, Rania Hamad, Mabrouk Attia Abd Eldaim, Shaden A. M. Khalifa, Hesham R. El-Seedi, Mohamed F. AlAjmi, Bishoy El-Aarag
    • Journal: Reproductive Toxicology (accepted paper)
    • Year: 2024

 

 

Dana Laor | Molecular Biology, | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Dana Laor | Molecular Biology| Best Researcher Award

šŸ‘Øā€šŸ«Profile Summary

Dr. Dana Laor Bar-Yosef is a distinguished molecular biologist renowned for her groundbreaking research in metabolic disorders. She completed her undergraduate studies in biology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, followed by M.Sc. and Ph.D. training at Tel Aviv University under Prof. Martin Kupiec. Her Ph.D. research elucidated the roles of TOR protein kinase in cell signaling and amino acid homeostasis using yeast models. Joining Prof. Ehud Gazit’s lab in 2015, she established innovative in vivo models for studying inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs), leading to significant insights and potential therapeutics. Dr. Laor Bar-Yosef’s expertise spans over 15 years, guiding her leadership of the metabolic research group and pioneering the concept of “Metabolostasis.” Her contributions have been recognized with prestigious awards, including the 2020 Ziegler Award, affirming her exceptional impact on medical research in metabolic disorders.

šŸŒ Professional Profiles

EducationšŸŽ“

Postdoctoral Researcher in Molecular Biology and Nanotechnology Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 2015-2018, Ph.D. in Molecular Biology
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 2009-2014 Thesis title: “The role of TOR in rapamycin response in the fission yeast” Advisors: Prof. Martin Kupiec and Prof. Ronit Weisman. M.Sc. in Genetics Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 2007-2009 Thesis title: “The TOR pathway regulates cellular growth, gene silencing and telomere length maintenance in the fission yeast” Advisors: Prof. Martin Kupiec and Prof. Ronit Weisman. B.Sc. in Biology
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 2003-2006

šŸ”¬ Researcher Experience

Head of the Metabolic Research Group Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, Tel Aviv University 2018-Present, Postdoctoral Research School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University 2015-2018, Graduate Research Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University 2007-2014

Ā Professional DevelopmentĀ  šŸ“ˆ

Women Executive Launchpad in HealthTech 8400 Health Network 2022-2023, Health Care Technological Innovation – From Idea to Commercialization Coller School of Management at Tel-Aviv University and Lahav Executive Education 2022

Ā Teaching ExperiencešŸ“š

Instructor, Introduction to Biology Course Tel Aviv University 2023-2024,Ā  Instructor, “Commercializing University Research” Course
Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University 2020, Instructor, “Graduate Record Examination Preparation Course”
Tel Aviv University 2014-2015, Teaching Assistant, “Introduction to Genetics” Course Tel Aviv University 2007-2013

Awards šŸ†

The Late Breaking News Awards at the 2023 SSIEM Symposium 2023, The Ziegler Award for Research in the Field of Metabolic Disorders
2020, The Herbert and Sharon Glazer Fund Excellence Award 2017 And more…

Funding AcquiredšŸ’°

The John Templeton Foundation Research Grant 2021-2024, Israel Science Foundation Research Grant 2019-2023, Momentum Fund Investment in Promising Breakthrough Technologies 2021-2023 And more…

Ā PatentsšŸ› ļø

Laor, D., & Gazit, E (2018). Integrated drug discovery platform for inborn error of metabolism disorders.
US Provisional Patent Application No. 62/779,054. Pending. Laor, D., Sade, D., and Gazit, E (2021). Integrated drug discovery platform for protein misfolding disorders associated with metabolite accumulation.
Provisional.

Ā Conference and Scientific MeetingsšŸŒ

The first Metabolostasis conference, Israel (2023) Organizing Committee, ILASOL 36th Annual Meeting, Israel (2023)
Organizing Committee and Chair, Rare Connections 2022, Israel A conference dedicated for potential collaborations in the field of rare diseases. ISM 2022 Annual Meeting, Israel The first Israel Metabolomics Meeting, Israel (2022) And more…

Ā Community InvolvementšŸ‘„

Instructor, Jewish Community Center (JCC), Ohio, USA (2002, 2003) Guided Jewish-American youth about the Israeli Culture in a youth summer camp. Armor Instructor, Israel Defense Forces (2000-2002) Served as an armor guide for regular service and reserve duty soldiers at the Armored Corps School. Counselor, ā€œMaccabi Tzairā€ Youth Movement, Israel (1996-2000) Served as a counselor and teaching coordinator, mentoring and advocating Israeli youth.

šŸ“šTop Noted Publication

  1. TOR complex 2 controls gene silencing, telomere length maintenance, and survival under DNA-damaging conditions
    • Authors: M Schonbrun, D Laor, L LĆ³pez-Maury, J BaĢˆhler, M Kupiec, R Weisman
    • Journal: Molecular and cellular biology
    • Volume: 29
    • Issue: 16
    • Pages: 4584-4594
    • Citations: 72
    • Year: 2009

 

  1. Two Decades of Studying Functional Amyloids in Microorganisms
    • Authors: SA Levkovich, E Gazit, D Laor Bar-Yosef
    • Journal: Trends in Microbiology
    • Citations: 68
    • Year: 2021

 

  1. Fibril formation and therapeutic targeting of amyloid-like structures in a yeast model of adenine accumulation
    • Authors: D Laor, D Sade, S Shaham-Niv, D Zaguri, M Gartner, V Basavalingappa, …
    • Journal: Nature communications
    • Volume: 10
    • Issue: 1
    • Pages: 62
    • Citations: 54
    • Year: 2019

 

  1. Yeast models for the study of amyloid-associated disorders and development of future therapy
    • Authors: S Rencus-Lazar, Y DeRowe, H Adsi, E Gazit, D Laor
    • Journal: Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
    • Volume: 6
    • Pages: 15
    • Citations: 45
    • Year: 2019

 

  1. TORC1 regulates developmental responses to nitrogen stress via regulation of the GATA transcription factor Gaf1
    • Authors: D Laor, A Cohen, M Kupiec, R Weisman
    • Journal: MBio
    • Volume: 6
    • Issue: 4
    • Citations: 33
    • Year: 2015
  1. Engineered riboswitch nanocarriers as a possible disease-modifying treatment for metabolic disorders
    • Authors: S Zilberzwige-Tal, D Gazit, H Adsi, M Gartner, R Behl, D Bar-Yosef Laor, …
    • Journal: ACS nano
    • Volume: 16
    • Issue: 8
    • Pages: 11733-11741
    • Citations: 3
    • Year: 2022

 

  1. Integrated drug discovery platform for inborn error of metabolism disorders
    • Authors: E Gazit, L Dana
    • Patent: US Patent App. 17/345,248
    • Citations: 1
    • Year: 2021

 

  1. Mind your marker: the effect of common auxotrophic markers on complex traits in yeast
    • Authors: K Kaplan, SA Levkovich, Y DeRowe, E Gazit, D Laor Barā€Yosef
    • Journal: The FEBS Journal
    • Year: 2024

 

  1. The von Hippel-Lindau protein forms fibrillar amyloid assemblies that are mitigated by the anti-amyloid molecule Purpurin
    • Authors: V Kumar, V Kaushik, S Kumar, SA Levkovich, P Gupta, DL Bar-Yosef, …
    • Journal: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
    • Volume: 690
    • Pages: 149250
    • Year: 2024

 

  1. Branched-Chain Amino Acid Assembly into Amyloid-like Fibrils Provides a New Paradigm for Maple Syrup Urine Disease Pathology
    • Authors: T Kreiser, I Sogolovsky-Bard, D Zaguri, S Shaham-Niv, D Laor Bar-Yosef, …
    • Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
    • Volume: 24
    • Issue: 21
    • Pages: 15999
    • Year: 2023