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SUMMARY:Investigating the role of Influenza virus neuraminidase activity o
 n the host immune response - Mahmoud Elgamal\, Department of Veterinary Me
 dicine
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CONTACT:Fiona Roby
DESCRIPTION:Mahmoud graduated in 2014 from the school of Veterinary Medici
 ne at Cairo University. In 2015\, he started working in virology\, as a te
 aching assistant of virology and immunology in the dep of Virology\, Cairo
  University\; earning a Master of Virology degree in 2019 and was promoted
  to assistant lecturer in 2020.  During that time\, he worked on many proj
 ects for development of modern sensitive molecular diagnostic techniques f
 or detection of many animal and human viruses\, including SARS-CoV-2 and I
 nfluenza viruses. One of these projects was to use Nanopore sequencing as 
 a field test for non-targeted diagnosis of respiratory disease complex in 
 chicken. Concurrently he was enrolled in other projects for development of
  vaccines against Foot and Mouth Disease virus (FMDV)\, Rift Valley Fever 
 virus (RVFV)\, and SARS-CoV-2.\n\nIn 2023\, he enrolled as a PhD student a
 t the Dep of Veterinary Medicine\, Cambridge University\, to start investi
 gating the role of influenza virus neuraminidase in the host immune respon
 se.\n\n\n\nChaired by Mark Owusu (with Laurence Tiley)\nTalk will be recor
 ded
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