Name: Dr Murtakab Younis Al-Hejjaj
Nationality: Iraqi
Gender: Male
Currently occupation: Dr Associate Prof / Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Language: Arabic / English
Home Address: Basrah/ Iraq
Telephone Number: 009647718885066
Email: murtakab111@yahoo.com, murtakab.alhejjaj@uobasrah.edu.iq
EDUCATION |
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Degree |
Area of Study |
Name of Instruction and Address |
Date Received |
PhD |
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology |
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology/ The University of Sheffield/ Sheffield/ UK |
20th Dec 2017 |
MSc |
Biotechnology |
University of Basrah/ Basrah/ Iraq |
June 2006 |
BSc |
Veterinary Medicine and Surgery |
Veterinary College/ University of Basrah/ Basrah/ Iraq |
Nov 2002 |
Certificates |
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RECOGNITION |
Name of Instruction or Organisation and Address |
Date |
Certificate of Participate |
First International Veterinary Medicine Conference Basra University/ College of Veterinary Medicine. |
22nd-23rd October 2008 |
Competency Certificate |
Iraqi center for human rights activists (training course)/ Basrah/ Iraq. |
19th-21st March 2009 |
Certificate of attendance |
Basra University / College of Science/ Biology Department/ Basrah/ Iraq DNA Extraction and Amplification the Gene by PCR Technique). |
24-26th March 2009 |
Certificate attendance |
Computer Center- Basrah University/ Basrah/ Iraq. (computer skill) |
3rd May 2009 |
Certificate of Participate |
Second International Veterinary Medicine Conference, Basrah Sheraton Hotel/ Basrah/ Iraq. |
17-18th Oct 2010 |
Certificate of attendance |
Basra University- College of Science- Biology Department- Basrah- Iraq. (The use of DNA Fingerprint in the Identification of Missing Persons and Victims of Mass Fatalities). |
3rd-7th April 2011 |
Competency Certificate |
National Institute of Human Rights (the Advanced Human Rights) training course)- Ministry of Human Rights- Baghdad- Iraq. |
22nd-24th May 2011 |
Certificate of Participate |
4th Scientific Conference of the Iraqi Poultry Science Association, College of Veterinary Medicine/ University of Basrah/ Basrah/ Iraq |
6th-7th March 2012 |
Certificate of Participate |
Learning across culture/ training course/ university of Sheffield/ Sheffield/ UK |
2015 |
Certificate of Participate |
American Society for Cell Biology. Holding in San Francisco/ California/ USA |
Dec 2016 |
Certificate of Participate |
Biotechnology France Conference. Paris/ France |
Jul 2017 |
Certificate of Participate |
Dictyostelium Society meeting. Holding in Geneva/ Switzerland |
20th-24th Aug 2017 |
Certificate of Participate |
Sixth International Veterinary Medicine Conference, Basrah University/ Basrah/ Iraq. |
2018 |
Certificate |
World Health Organisation (WHO) |
2020 |
Certificate |
HSP Iraq Health Security Steward Fellow |
2021 |
Certificate of Participate |
Leadership course/ University of Basrah |
2022 |
Certificate of Participate |
Advance Leadership course / University of Basrah |
2023 |
Job Experience |
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Begin and End Date |
Name of Instruction and Address |
Position |
23rd Feb 2003- 20th Oct 2012 |
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Address: Iraq, Basra University of Basrah, Faculty of Veterinary |
Researcher – Lecturer at the College of Veterinary Medicine Main Duties: 1. Lecturer in Microbiology -3ed stage- Biology and Molecular Biology –first stage- and Nutrition-5th stage-(lab) 1- Manager of the Higher Education Unit of |
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Medicine, PO. Box 57 |
Basrah University/ College of Veterinary Medicine (25/01/2009- 29/10/2011). 2- Scientific Researcher 3- Participation in Conferences 4- Participate in supervising graduation research of undergraduate students- 5th stage-. 5- Participate in the Animal Management Field training. 6- Human rights lecturer. |
24th Oct 2012- 25th Dec 2017 |
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology/ The University of Sheffield/ Sheffield/ UK |
- PhD student - Lecturer (Demonstrator) for MSc (Human genetic & molecular biology and biotechnology) students - Supervisor for an MSc student - Volunteer (teacher) in Arabic primary school |
25th Feb 2018- till the present |
Department of Microbiology/ College of Veterinary Medicine/ Basrah University/ Basrah/ Iraq |
- Dr Associate Professor - Manager of the central laboratory - Supervisor for MSc and PhD students - Lecturer for undergraduate and postgraduate studies |
2018- till the present |
College of Veterinary Medicine/ Basrah |
- Member of the central committee of CBRN University of Basrah - Biological safety officer (Veterinary Med. College) |
Jun - Oct 2020 |
Basrah health central lab/ Basrah |
- Volunteer in the Covid-19 diagnostic lab (viral RNA extraction and real-time PCR) - Member of Covid-19 control committee/ University of Basrah/ College of Veterinary Medicine |
Jan 2022 Jan 2023 |
College of Veterinary Medicine/ Basrah |
- Director of the Microbiology and parasitology department - Responsible for the translation unite |
Jan 2023 till the present |
College of Veterinary Medicine/ Basrah |
- Head of the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology |
Publication |
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Name of Article or Book |
Publication Citation |
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Master’s degree Thesis: Application of transformation method in transfer of antibiotic production property from Streptomyces Sp. to E. coli pBR322 |
University of Basra - College of Veterinary Medicine – Microbiology Dep. 2006 |
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Isolation of plasmid DNA from Streptomyces sp. Bacteria and Escherichia coli pBR322 transformation. |
Basrah Journal of Veterinary Researches. Vol1 (8): 2009 |
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Study the incidence of abortion and retained placenta in pregnant cows infected with ephemeral fever and its relation with treatment and bacterial cusses. |
Al-Qadisiya, the scientific Journal of Vet. Medicine. Vol. 2 (9):2010 |
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Study of alkaloid extract from Citrullus colocynthis fruit and its antimicrobial activity screening. |
Basrah Journal of science Researches. 36(4) 2010 |
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Isolation and identification of Escherichia coli from dogs’ feces and study of the characteristics properties of its produced antimicrobial agent. |
Basrah Journal of Veterinary Researches. 1(8) 2010 |
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Pnc1 piggy-back import into peroxisomes relies on Gpd1 homodimerisation |
Journal of Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 42579 (2017) |
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Two NAD-linked redox shuttles maintain the peroxisomal redox balance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
Journal of Scientific Reports (2017) |
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PhD Thesis: Investigations of the role of peroxisomes in sterol biosynthesis in the slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum |
Sheffield University/ Sheffield/ UK (2017) |
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Molecular detection of new Bacillus strains from soil samples of free grazing areas in Basrah province, southern Iraq |
Vol. 23 Issue 11. 2020 |
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Antioxidant Activity and In-Silico Study of Anthraquinone Glycosides Extracted from Cassia Fistula Against the Main Protease (7BUY) In SARS-COV2 |
Biomedical & Pharmacology Journal, September 2021. Vol. 14(3), p. 1669-1674 |
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The effect of Bacillus subtillus BSW as a probiotic on productive and physiological performance of brilers |
Serial Number 5 Sept and Oct 2022 |
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Isolation and Partial characterization of glycolipopeptide biosurfactant derived from a novel Lactiplantibacillus plantarum LBp_WAM. |
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Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences |
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Serial Number 6 Nov and Dec 2022 |
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Whole Genome Sequence and Comparative Genomics Analysis of Multi-drug Resistant Staphylococcus xylosus NM36 Isolated from a Cow with Mastitis in Basrah City |
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In press |
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Acknowledgement letters |
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Name of Instruction or Organization and Address |
No. |
Date |
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Baghdad, Iraq. |
6 |
2011,…, 2023 |
Chancellor of Basra University- Basra -Iraq - University of Basra. |
16 |
2010,…, 2023 |
Basra Veterinary College, dean office. Basra –Iraq- University of Basra. |
42 |
2004,…, 2023 |
Vice Chancellor of Basra University- Basra -Iraq - University of Basrah. |
4 |
Till 2023 |
Memberships |
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British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB) |
2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 |
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) |
2016 |
Treasurer officer of Iraqi student’s society at the University of Sheffield |
2015 and 2016 |
Biochemistry Society |
2017 |
HSP Iraq Health Security Steward Fellow 2021 |
2021 |