Brief Biography:
Muzamil Mahdi Abdel Hamid, male, PhD (Immunology), graduated from Faculty of Vet. sciences, University of Khartoum in 1998. He joined the institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum in 1999. In 2002 he obtained his master degree in Molecular Biology. 2004-2008, he carried out PhD at the Biomedical Primate Research Centre, The Netherlands. He was involved on malaria vaccines development. During his studies he managed to developed an in vivo model- rhesus macaque/P. knowlesi for human vaccines testing. He demonstrated the efficacy of the recombinant leading malaria antigen (AMA1). H e also been involved in testing of adjuvant. Muzamil published his PhD work on malaria vaccines in peer reviewed journals. In 2009 he rejoined the institute of endemic diseases and based on his work he has been promoted to full Assistant Professor position. Since then he has been involved in teaching and research on the genetics and immunology of malaria and molecular resistance in malaria vectors. In 2011 he has been selected for a four month fellowship of the European malaria vaccine development association (EMVDA) on research and development of malaria vaccines development, QC/QA and GMP. Currently Muzamil work focuses on setting of clinical sites for malaria vaccines testing in Sudan.
Academic positions:
Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of Khartoum
Research interests:
malaria and leishmania parasites genetics
malaria vaccines
malaria host genetics
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