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CURRICULUM VITAE

Name : Samah Aly Loutfy

Date of Birth : Dec.24, 1966.

Gender : Female.

Nationality : Egyptian.

Marital Status : Married.

Profession : Professor of Virology and Immunology,

Cancer Biology Department, National Cancer

Institute, Cairo University

Home Address (permanent) : Virology and Immunology Unit, Cancer

Biology Department, National Cancer ,

Institute, Fom El-Khalig, Cairo 11796, Egypt

Tel.: +201222840964, Fax. +(202) 2406992.

Home: (+202) 22678147- 22411307

Email : samaly183@yahoo.com.

samah.loutfy@gmail.com

Qualifications: 1. B.Sc. Microbiology& Chemistry, 1987(May).

(Excellent with Honor Degree).

Ain Shams University.

2. M.Sc. Microbiology, 1993 (June)

(The Susceptibility to Measles Virus Infection

Among Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemias

at the National Cancer Institute in Egypt).

Ain Shams University.

3. Ph.D. Virology & Immunology , 2001(May)

(Cytomegalovirus infection in imunocompromised

Cancer patients Immunovirological study) at the

National Cancer Institute-Cairo University.

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Career History:

1 . Teaching assistant of virology and Immunology at the National Cancer Institute,

Cairo University from 20-7-1988.

2. Assistant Lecturer of virology and Immunology at the National Cancer Institute,

Cairo University from 7-8-1993.

3. Lecturer of Virology and Immunology at the National Cancer Institute,

Cairo University from 26-9-2001 till Jan 2007.

4. Associate professor of Virology and Immunology at the National Cancer Institute,

Cairo University from Feb. 2007 till feb2012.

5. Professor of Virology and Immunology at the National Cancer Institute,

Cairo University from March. March 2012 till now.

Memberships:

1. Egyptian Society of Medical Microbiology-Egypt. (Active)

2. Pan American Society for Clinical Virology-USA. ( Lifetime )

3. American Society of Virology-USA. (Full member)

4. Egyptian Society of Virology (Active)

5. Egyptian Society of Immunology (Active)

Recent fields of interest

1) Nanoparticles as a delivery system for chemotherapy as a promising tool for

treatment of cancer, solid tumors and hematological malignancies

2) Importance of diagnosis of viral infections in patients with hematological

malignancies, investigating its negative impact on outcome of the disease.

3) Importance of vaccination against vaccine preventable diseases (measles, mumps,

varicella, rubella, diphtheria, anti HBs) in leukemic patients.

4) Role of nanoparticles in inhibiting viral activity giving a promising tool in antiviral

field

5) Laboratory accreditation and application of 6 sigma in healthcare work field.

Experiences and Laboratory skills:

1. Teaching assistant of virology and Immunology at National Cancer Institute:

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- Propagation of different types of cell lines,

-Titration of measles virus and VSV virus in cell cultures.

-Neutralization test

-Titration of interferon concentration in sera of cancer patients.

-Cultivation of influenza virus in eggs and titration of the virus by

haemagglutination test.

2. Clinical attachment at Egyptian Organization for Biological Products and

Vaccines.

- Complement Fixation test

- Rubella Hemagglutination Inhibition assay.

3. Assistant Lecturer of virology and Immunology at the National Cancer Institute

- Lymphocyte and polymorphonuclear cells separation and counting.

- Antigenemia test for detection of CMV Ag in PMNLs.

- Immunological tests: NBT (nitroblue tetrazolium test), Identification and

enumeration of T&B lymphocytes using PAP technique, cytokines assay like

(IL- 1, IL-2, IL-6) and beta-2 microglobulin by ELISA assay .

- Molecular techniques: Detection of HCMV DNA in both serum and PMNL’s,

HBV DNA, and HCV RNA.

- Computer programs: Windows (winword, excel, power point) and Microstat,

SSPS for medical statistics.

4. Clinical attachment to WHO Collaborating Center for Acquired

Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and WHO Collaborating Center for

Virus Reference and Research for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR),

Virology Unit, Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait

University

- Enteroviruses RNA PCR

- HCV PCR (Versant Kit) and genotyping using LIPA assay.

- Multiplex PCR for Respiratory viruses (FluA, B, PIV-1,3, Adenovirus, RSV,

Coronaviruses, and Rhinoviruses)

- SARS PCR, Mumps PCR

- Polyoma viruses (BKV, JCV) DNA detection in serum, urine

- Hybridization test for respiratory and entero viruses,

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- Macroarrays for HCMV.

- Isolation of viruses in Tissue culture

- Avian Flu Real time PCR (LightCycler Machine, Roche)

- HIV –1 PCR

- Sequencing for typing and subtyping of Influenza A viruses.

- Hantavirus PCR.

- Immunoflourescent assay

- Isolation of viruses in tissue culture

- Clinical attachment to National Laser institute of research, Cairo University

from March 2010 till now.

Clinical attachment at National laser research institute, Cairo University from

Jan 2010 till Jan2012.

Teaching experiences and Scientific activity:

1. Teaching assistant in virology and immunology unit, National cancer institute,

Cairo University: Training of undergraduate students and post graduate students for

the current techniques in the Lab. Jan 1989-1993.

2. Assistant lecturer in virology and immunology unit, National cancer institute,

Cairo University: Training post graduate students and sharing in educational

seminars, researches.

3. Lecturer in virology and immunology unit, National cancer institute, Cairo

University: Sharing in teaching of PhD students Oct.2006.

4. A. Participating in training of First Workshop on the Application of

Molecular Techniques in the Diagnosis and monitoring of HIV infection 7-9 May

2005 Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University.

B. Comply with certification and accreditation standards, sharing in internal and

external proficiency program with UK. in the virology unit, Faculty of medicine,

Kuwait University from 2004-2005.

C. Giving seminars in the Microbiology Department Faculty of Medicine,

Kuwait University and presentation of the following topics:

- Multiplex PCR as a diagnostic tool of viral infections (problems and

advantages).

- Viral infections in the Immunocompromised patients, Viral infections and

hematological disorders.

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- Different molecular methods for diagnosis of hepatitis C virus and its

genotyping.

D. Presentation of poster in Eleventh Annual Health Sciences Poster

Conference, April 25-27, 2006, Kuwait, entitled:

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the major cause of acute respiratory disease in

Kuwait. Loutfy S, Khadadah ME, Behbehani NA, Higazi Z, Khalik D, Qaseer M,

Pulumathethu S, Al-Nakib W.

5. Assistant Professor in virology and immunology unit, National cancer institute,

Cairo University: Involved in Teaching Virology courses to Msc. And PhD

Students, Involved in Oral and written examination of Msc students 2007. Training

Undergraduate students during summer ,2007. Preparations for ISO programme at

National cancer Institute (lectures, papers, Instruments sheets). Laboratory

accreditation lecture 2007. Setting up syllabuses of courses for diploma in

diagnostic Molecular virology at the National cancer Institute.

- Oral presentation about avian Flu at Neqabat el elmeein on 23 April 2008.

-Oral presentation about avian Flu: a fear of pandemic at cancer biology dept.,

National Cancer Institute on 17 may 2008.

- Oral presentation about Viruses and Cancer (concepts and mechnisms) at NCI

Nov09

- Oral presentation about primer Design at NCI, Cancer Institute. Dec09

- Virology & Immunology course for master students of surgery: Jan to Feb 2010.

- Oral presentation about HHV6 in pediatric lymphomas, Saraya boat on 25 April

/2010 at 17th

international conference of ESMM.

- Teaching Basic Virology and Basic Immunology courses to Msc. Medical oncology

students at national cancer Innstitute

-Teaching course of Oncogenic viruses and course of biology of oncogenic viruses to

virology&Immunology PhD students. And Zamala students.

- Oral presentation at weekly NCI meeting on 29 nov 2010 and Departmental

meetings each Tuesday.

- Reviewing articles at journal of microbiology and antimicrobials, African journal of

microbiological research.

- Associate editor in journal of hematological malignancies, 2011

6. Professor in virology and immunology unit, National cancer institute,

Cairo University. Reviewer at clinical v irology journal, guest editor of journal of

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hematological malignancies, and journal of medicalscience and research. Reviewer

in scientific journals like: clinical virology journal, British Microbiology Research

Journal, Jordan journal of biological sciences. Teaching activity to Master and PhD

students.

Thesis supervision:

Master thesis: A comparative study of cytotoxicity and solubility of recently

introduced root canal sealer (In vitro study) , Faculty of dentistry , Cairo University

PhD thesis: The Impact of BRACA1 , BRCA2 and MMTV in Familial and Non

Familial Breast Cancer . National Cancer Institute, Cairo University . (Dr. Zainab

fathy)

PhD Thesis: Comparative Study between Gold and Silver Nanoparticles in Cancer

Diagnosis and Treatment . Laser Institute, Cairo University (Dr. Nadia Al Ansary)

MD Thesis: Detection of Bacteremia and MRSA from blood cultures in cancer

febrile patients by Polymerase Chain Reaction and conventional microbiological

methods. Clinical Pathology Dept., national cancer Institute, Cairo University. (Dr

Dina Khashaba), 2011

Master thesis: Antiviral Activity of Silver nanoparticles against Hepatitis C Virus

infection. Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University (Alaa Tamim) June 2012.

Master thesis: Polyomavirus (BK, Jc, SV 40) infections in human and their

etiological role as a secondary infection among immunocompromised cancer patients.

Science Faculty, Helwan University .(lamia Hussein),Dec 2010.

Master Thesis: Hepatitis C genotype 4 and role of IL-18 in prediction of response to

interferon treatment. ( Benha university, 2011).

Master thesis: The Role of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) in the Development of

Hepatocellular Carcinoma associated with Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype- 4 Infection.

Noha Ramadan, Faculty of pharmacy, Cairo University, June, 2011

Master Thesis: ANTI-HBV ACTIVITY OF NANO SILVER FORMULAS (In Vitro

Study). Faculty of Science, Alex.University, (Ahmed Muhammed), 2013.

Master Thesis: Gold Nanoparticles Induce Apoptosis in MCF-7 Human Breast

Cancer Cells. Faculty of science, Cairo University, (Yassmein Hussein).2013

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Research projects:

1. Multiplex PCR for detection of respiratory viruses in patients

with Lower respiratory tract infections in Kuwait, Kuwait

University, 2004.

2. The Role of BK and JC Polyomaviruses in the Development of Nephropathy after

Kidney Transplantation in Kuwait, 2005.

3. In cooperation with Imperial college-London and National cancer Institute in Cairo

: A comparison study following the infusion of non expanded and expanded adult

haemopoietic stem cells to patients with liver insufficiency. Nov 2006.

4. Polyomaviruses (SV40, BK, JC) infections in humans and their association with

human cancer. National cancer Institute, Cairo University 2008.

5. Chemotherapeutic Nano-Engineering: New Route to Decrease the Side Effects of

Chemotherapy accepted on 27/10/09. Lazer Institute, Cairo University.

6. Multiplex PCR for Direct Diagnosis of 6 Major Human Herpes Viruses Infections

in Pediatric Cancer Patients at the National Cancer Institute in Egypt, National

Cancer Institute, Cairo University, accepted October, 2011

Awards

1. Best poster Award in clinical sciences Presented in Tenth Annual Health

Sciences Poster Conference, Kuwait. April 25-27, 2005, entitled:

Establishment of a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of respiratory viruses in

clinical specimens.

Medical Principles and Practice 2005; 14:444-447

2. Best poster Award in clinical sciences Presented in Eleventh Annual Health

Sciences Poster Conference, Kuwait. April 24-26, 2006, entitled:

A rapid and sensitive method for the diagnosis of the “Avian Flu” H5 sub-type of

influenza A virus in Kuwait.

Medical Principles and Practice 2006; 15: 463-467

3. International Publication Awards, Cairo University . IssueVII, Oct 2010.

SEN Virus Infection in Egyptian Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis:

Prevalence and Clinical Importance. JMII, 2009,42:464-470.

Samah A Loutfy , Hafez MM , Massoud WA, Aboul Fotuh NM, Moneer MM, Saad

Zaghloul H.

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4. International Publication Awards, Cairo University. Vol5, May2011.

Detection of Human Herpes virus 6 (HHV6) in Pediatric Lymphomas: Impact on

Clinical Course and Association with Cytomegalovirus Infection. Virol J, 2010,7:287.

Samah Aly Loutfy, Mohamed F Ibrahim, Mohamed El-Wakil , Manar M Moneer.

5. International Publication Awards, Cairo University. Vol5, May2012. The Role of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) in the Development of Hepatocellular

Carcinoma associated with Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype- 4 Infection.

Amal Ahmed Mohamed1, Samah Aly Loutfy2, Noha Ramadan el Sayed4, Ibrahem

Siam3, Abd El Gawad M Hashem4

6- Top 20 articles as registered by BioMedLib Monday, November 26, 2012. This

was for herpes 6 article and insulin resistance article.

Accepted Abstracts at (International conferences):

1. Acute respiratory virus infections in Kuwait: New data obtained using a

Multiplex

RT-PCR . 25th

ASV annual meeting. 2006, Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

Loutfy S, Khadadah ME , Behbehani NA , Higazi Z , Essa S , Khalik D , Qaseer M,

Pulumathethu S , Al-Nakib W.

2. SEN Virus Infection in Egyptian Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis:

Prevalence and Clinical Importance. 27th

ASV annual meeting 2008, Cornell Univ.,

New York, USA

Loutfy SA , Hafez MM , Massoud WA, Aboul Fotuh NM

3. Rapid detection of enteroviruses by sn RT-PCR in patients with aseptic

meningitis in Egypt. 27th

Annual meeting of the European Society for Paediatric

Infectious Diseases (ESPID2009) . Brussels, Belgium, June 9-13, 2009.

Loutfy SA, Mahmoud M, Emam EK.

4- Detection of Human Herpes virus 6 (HHV6) in Pediatric Lymphomas: Impact on

Clinical Course and Association with Cytomegalovirus Infection.

Samah Aly Loutfy [1], Mohamed F Ibrahim [2], Mohamed El-Wakil [3]

Montana University, Bozman, USA , 17 – 21 July, 2010

5. Silver nanoparticles inhibit Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus Replication (In Vitro-

Study)

Samah A Loutfy, Mona B Mohamed, Nadia Al-Ansary, Wafaa A Ahmed, Zeinab F

Abdullah and Nour T Abdel Ghani .

31st Annual Meeting of ASV, University of Wisconsin-Madison July-21-25, 2012.

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List of Publications

1. The immune status and response to measles vaccine amongst Egyptian infants.

The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association- LXVI,No.5,6-1991.

S.Abdel Hadi, R.Hassan, M.Hosney, L.Farag, M.Yassin, L.L.Basiouny,

S.A.Loutfy and M.A.Attia.

2. Comparative result of the immunogenecity of Edmonston Zagreb and Schwartz

measles vaccines administered to 60 Egyptian infants.

The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association. LXVII; 1,2-1992.

S.Abdel Hadi, R.Hassan, M.Hosney, S.A.Loutfy, M.T.Mansour and M.A.Attia.

3. The Susceptibility to Measles Virus Infection among Pediatric Acute

Lymphoblastic Leukemias at the National Cancer Institute in Egypt. Egyptian

J. of Hematology, 15, no., 1-2, 1994.

M.A.Attia, S.El Gammal , S.Abdel Hadi and S.A.Loutfy.

4. Establishment of an RT-PCR assay for the diagnosis of SARS in

Kuwait.Annual Health Sciences Poster Day, 2003

Dalwai A, Loutfy S, Abd El-Khalik D, Al-Nakib W.

5. Cytomegalovirus colitis presenting as hematochezia in Chronic Renal Failure

Z.U.M.J., X (1): 247-259 , Jan 2004.

Ahmed Ramadan, and S.A.Loutfy

6. Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus infection amongst pediatric acute

leukemias at the National Cancer Institute in Egypt.

KMJ,36 (1): 26-30, 2004.

S.Abdel Hadi., H.M.Alam El Din, S.A.Loutfy, M.Fawzi.

7. Establishment of a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of respiratory viruses in

clinical specimens. Presented in Tenth Annual Health

Sciences Poster Conference, Kuwait. April 25-27, 2005, entitled:

Medical Principles and Practice 2005; 14:444-447

Loutfy SA, Abdel Khalik D, Al Nakib W

8. Detection of BKV Genome in Serum and Urine Samples of Renal

Transplant Recipients. Ain Shams Medical Journal, 2005 vol 56 no. 7,8,9:

883-896.

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Samah Ali Loutfy, Ahmed Ramadan, and Ghada A. Ismail.

9. Seroprevalence of three Herpes Viruses: HSV, EBV, and CMV in

Children with Acute lymphoblastic Leukmia in Egypt . Saudi Medical Journal

(2006), vol 27 no. 8: 1139-1145.

Samah Ali Loutfy, Hanaa M. Alam El-Din, Mohamed F Ibrahim, and

Mohamed M Hafez.

10. A Rapid and Sensitive Method for the Diagnosis of the “Avian Flu”

H5 Sub-Type of Influenza A Virus. The Egyptian Journal of Medical

Microbiology, April (2006), 15 , No. 2 P: 257-266.

Samah Ali Loutfy, Nada Madi, Widad Al-Nakib.

11. Could Hydrogen Peroxide Producing Lactobacilli Prevent Premature

Labor: A Preliminary Prospective study. Proceedings of the XVII

Annual Congress of ESLM, March 2006, 341-350.

Ghada A.Ismail, Samah Ali Loutfy, Nagwa Khamis, Hala Badr El-

Din Aly, and Mohamed Amer.

12. The Impact of Microbiological Factors on Clinical Course and

Outcome of Febrile Neutropenia in Pediatric Cancer Patients.

The Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology, April (2006), 15 ,

No. 2 P: 463-475.

Hadir A. El-Mahallawy, ¹Abeer K. Abdulah, Tarek Mostafa, ²Samah

A. Loutfy, ³Rehab Abdel Hay.

13. Hepatitis C virus infection in Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma patients:

Virological evaluation. KMJ June 2006 vol 38 ( 2) : 122-127.

Hanaa M.Alam El-Din, and Samah A. Loutfy.

14. Expression of pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines in relation to apoptotic genes

in Egyptian liver disease patients associated with HCV-genotype-4.

Abdel-Rahman N. Zekri, Abeer A. Bahnassy, Sabrin A. Abdel-Wahab, , Medhat

M. Khafagy, Samah A.Loutfy, Sabry M. Shaarawy .

J. Gastroenterol Hepatol, 2008, 27 Nov.P 1-13.

15. Clinical implications of icaA and D genes in coagulase negative staphylococci

causing bacteremia in febrile neutropenic pediatric patients with haematological

malignancies.

El-Mahallawy, Hadir; Loutfy, Samah; El-Wakil, Mohamed; Abdulall, Abeer;

Morcos, Hanaa.

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Journal of pediatric blood and cancer Feb 2009, vol 1, p.1-5.

16. Rapid detection of enteroviruses by sn RT-PCR in patients with aseptic meningitis

in Egypt

Samah A Loutfy, Manal Mahmoud, Ehab Emam

EJMM. Jan 2009 vol 18 No.1 p. 11-20.

17. SEN Virus Infection in Egyptian Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis:

Prevalence and Clinical Importance. JMII, 2009,42:464-470.

Samah A Loutfy , Hafez MM , Massoud WA, Aboul Fotuh NM, Moneer MM,

Saad Zaghloul H

18. Detection of Human Herpes virus 6 (HHV6) in Pediatric Lymphomas: Impact on

Clinical Course and Association with Cytomegalovirus Infection.

Samah Aly Loutfy [1], Mohamed F Ibrahim [2], Mohamed El-Wakil [3], Manar

M Moneer

Virology J 2010,7:287.

19. Efficacy of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in 48 patients with

end-stage chronic liver diseases.

Hosny Salama, M.D.; Abdel Zekri; Mark A. Zern, MD; Abeer Bahnassy; Samah

Loutfy; Sameh Shalaby; Cheryl Vigen; Wendy Burke; Mohamed Mostafa; Eman

Medhat; Omar Alfi; Elizabeth Huttinger

Cell Transplant. 19(11):1475-1486; 2010

20. The Role of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) in the Development of Hepatocellular

Carcinoma associated with Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype- 4 Infection

Amal Ahmed Mohamed1, Samah Aly Loutfy2, James D Craik 3, Abd El

Gawad M Hashem 4, and Ibrahem Siam 5.

Virology Journal. 8: 496; 2011

21- Measles, Mumps, Varicella Zoster, Diphtheria and Hepatitis B Antibody Status in

Pediatric Acute Leukemic patients

Hanaa M Alam El-Din1*, Samah Aly Loutfy

1, Hany Abdel-Rahman

2, Nelly H.

Ali Eldin3, Hanan Ali Ahmed Madani

4 , Mohamed Sedky

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Blood Transfusion &Disorders March 2012,

22. The role of cyclins and cyclin dependent kinases (CDKs) in the development and

progression of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) genotype 4- associated chronic hepatitis

and hepatocellular carcinoma

Abeer A. Bahnassy, Abdel-Rahman N. Zekri, Samah A. Loutfy , Walid Seif el

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Din, Amrallah Abdel Moneim, Salem Eid Salem, Marwa Sheta and Heba Al-

Zawahry

Exp Mol Pathol. 2011 Oct;91(2):643-52.

23. Characterization of Chronic HCV Infection-induced Apoptosis

Abdel-Rahman N. Zekri , Abeer A Bahnassy, Mohamed M Hafez, Zeinab K

Hassan, Mahmoud Kamel, Samah A Loutfy, Ghada M. Sherif, Abdel Rahman

El-Zayadi and Sayed S. Daoud,

Comp Hepatol. 2011 Jul 23;10(1):4 .

24. Chapter in : Springer series of pediatric lymphomas entitled: Cytomegalovirus

infection in pediatric lymphoma patients.

Samah A Loutfy, 2011, under progress

Under reviewing process

25. Antiviral Activity of Silver nanoparticles against Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus

(MMTV) (In Vitro- Study)

Samah A. Loutfy1, Mona B. Mohamed2,3, Nadia A. Al-Ansary2,3, Wafaa

Abdullah4, Zeinab Fathy1 and Nour T. Abdel-Ghani5

26. "Metallic Nanomaterials as Drug Carriers to Decrease Side Effects of

Chemotherapy (In Vitro: Cytotoxicity Study)" Samah A Loutfy1, Mona Bakr Mohamed2, Nour Tawfik Abdel-Ghani3 , Nadia Al-

Ansary2, Wafaa A Abdulla4, Ola M. El-Borady5, Yasmein Hussein6, M.Hossam

eldin4

27. Interleukin–18 in chronic hepatitis C genotype 4: Prediction of Response to

Interferon Treatment.

Amal A. Mohamed1 PhD, Waleed S. Mohamed2 PhD, Samah A. Loutfy2 PhD, Marwa Amer3 MSc, Mahmoud Mohammed Hazza3 PhD. 28. Comparison between Serological, Antigenemia and PCR assays for CMV

Detection in Immunocompromised Cancer Patients

Samah A. Loutfy, PhD 1*, Waleed S. mohamed, PhD

1, Marwa M Amer

2, Amira H

Soliman3, Reham A. Rashed

3, and Mohamed Tarek Mansour

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Under Editing process

1. Establishment of real time PCR for quantification of polyomaviruses (BK,JC)

In patients with solid tumors.

Samah A Loutfy, Lamiaa Hussein, Abdel Rahman Zekri

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2. Cytomegalovirus in Immunocompromised Cancer Patients (immunological

Findings).

Work shops

1. Immunology in clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University,

1989.

2. Spotlights on basic Immunology and Immunology of transplantation, Faculty of

Medicine, Ain Shams University.

3. Molecular Biology Educational course, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams

University 1993.

4. Applied Biostatistics and Computer Applications Workshop 11-15 Oct.2003,

Kuwait.

5. Basic training course in radiation protection and safe handling of radioactive

materials 29-31 March, 2004, Kuwait.

6. International Conference on Applications of Molecular Biology in Modern

Medicine , Workshop 6 March , 2004, Kuwait.

7. Work shop on human genome and how to write a scientific paper on 27-30 June,

2004, Kuwait.

8. Attending the first workshop on Application of molecular techniques in the

diagnosis and monitoring of HIV infection 7-9 May 2005, Kuwait.

9. Attendance and successfully completed a workshop on Virology laboratory course

from 5/1/2005-5/6/2005, Kuwait.

10. Attendance of work shop Promoting Active Learning in the University Classroom

presented by Prof James Eison 4 May,2005, Kuwait.

11. Attendance of work shop : كلية االعالم : العرض الفعال و االتصال الفعال.

June 2005.

12. Attendance work shop on Biomedical Ethics in hospitals on 16 May 2006,

Kuwait.

13. Poster presentation in Eleventh Annual Health Sciences Poster Conference,

April 25-27, 2006, Kuwait:

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the major cause of acute respiratory disease

in Kuwait. Eleventh Annual Health Sciences Poster Conference, April 25-27,

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2006.

Loutfy S, Khadadah ME , Behbehani NA , Higazi Z , Essa S , Khalik D , Qaseer

M , Pulumathethu S , Al-Nakib W.

14. In collaboration with University of Southern California, involved in GCP:

Egyptian Hepatitis C trial curriculum completion report printed on Tues 6/1/09.

15. Attendance communication skills at MEDC in Kasr El Eini, Cairo University from

8-10/6/09

16. Communication Skills from 8-10 june09 Kasr el eini

17. International Publication from 29 june to 1st july 09 at MEDC, kasr el Eini.

18. Quality standards in teaching from 14-16/12/09 at MEDC, kasr el Eini.

19. How to compete for a research funds from 3 may to 5 may at MEDC, kasr el Eini.

20. Management of conference time on 31 may to 2June 2010 MEDC, kasr el Eini.

21. Attendance Impact facture of journal at Central library Unit, Cairo University on

23 may 2010.

22. Attendance Code of ethics on 19 July 2010,MEDC, kasr el eini

23. Biology systems work shop, Biotechnology center, Faculty of pharmacy, cairo

university. 12, 15 Dec 2011

24. Bioinformatics work shop on 1-5 feb 2012, Biotechnology center, Faculty of

pharmacy, cairo university.

25. total Quality Management worshop on 4 Dec 2012 till 15 Jan 2013, Cairo

University.

Symposiums and conferences

1. Attendance 5th

Pan Arab Cancer Congress 4-8 April, 2004 Kuwait.

2. International Conference on Applications of Molecular Biology in Modern

Medicine 7-11 March , 2004.and Workshop, Kuwait.

3. Attendance Conference on recent trends of infectious diseases 26th

to 28th

of

March 2005 Kuwait.

4. Attendance the first International Conference of Medical Genetics in Kuwait 12-

14th

March 2006.

5. Symposium on Infection Control Update in Dental Practice 4-6 Oct.2003,

Kuwait.

6. Basic training course in radiation protection and safe handling of radioactive

materials 29-31 March, 2004, Kuwait.

7. Attendance Ninth Annual Health Sciences Poster conference April 23-25, 2004,

Kuwait.

8. Symposium in recent advances in Clinical Virology 26-28 April, 2004 , Kuwait.

9. Symposium on an update on the diagnosis & Management of severe combined

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immunodeficiency diseases (SCID), 9-11th

May 2004, Kuwait

10. Symposium on Infections in the community on 24-26 May, 2004, Kuwait

11. Attendance Symposium in recent advances in Clinical Virology 9-11 May, 2005,

Kuwait

12. Attendance Tenth Annual Health Sciences Poster conference April 25-27, 2005.

13. Attendance the activities of the 1st Kuwait Advanced symposium in Pediatric

Infectious Diseases from 4-7 March, 6002, Kuwait.

14. Attendance the symposium on Musculoskeletal Disorder : Novel Immunologic

Therapies. From 25-27th

March,2006, Kuwait.

15. Attendance eleventh Annual Health Sciences Poster conference April 24-26,

2006, Kuwait.

16. Attendance Symposium in recent advances in Clinical Virology 1-3 May, 2006,

Kuwait.

17. Attendance symposium on Update in Infectious Diseases. From 6-8 May, 2006,

Kuwait.

18. Attendance work shop on Biomedical Ethics in hospitals on 16 May 2006,

Kuwait.

19. The Arab society for medical research. National Research Centre 7-9 November

2006, Cairo – Egypt.

20. The American society of clinical oncology multidisciplinary cancer management

course. 5-6 April 2007, Cairo Egypt.

21. Third international conference of scientific research & its applications Cairo

University 3-5 May , 2007 Cairo –Egypt.

22. Attandance conference about invasive fungal infections, NCI, on 21 jan 2008 .

23. Attendance 6th

Annual meeting of Egyptian society about updates in hepatology

and gastroenterology from 7-9 Feb 2008 in Alexandria, Hilton Green

Plaza.(certificate).

24 Attendance Work shop about how to handle DNA miroarray at faculty of

veterinary , Cairo Univ. on 10 march08 from 10Am to 2pm

25. Attendance 2nd

conference for virology at el Egyptian international center for

agriculture from 5 to 6 april 2008 (certificate).

26. Attendance the 16th

conference of the Egyptian society of medical microbiology

(ESMM) on 21 march 2009.

27. Attendance stem cell meeting on 19/11/09 at Nile helton.

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28. Attendance the 17th

conference of the Egyptian society of medical microbiology

(ESMM) on 25 April 2010 at Saraya boat

29. Attendence National Cancer Institute conference on 29 October 2010 at Grand

Hayat

30. attendance International Forum for Scientific research from 13-16 Dec 2010,

Cairo University , conference center.

Referees: 1- Prof Dr. Salah Abdel Hadi

Dean of National Cancer Institute, Cairo University

Tel: 002 0122102097

E mail: jehadis@aucegypt.edu

2- Prof Dr. Abdel Rahman Zekri

Head of virology and immunology Unit

Cancer Biology Department

National Cancer Institute, cairo University

ncizekri@yahoo.com

3- Prof Dr. Hadir El Mahallawy

Prof. of microbiology, clinical pathology Department

National cancer Institute, Cairo University

Email: hadir3803@yahoo.com

Tel: 002 0123430821

4- Prof. James Craik

Prof. of Biochemistry,

Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University

E mail: jamesdcraik@hotmail.com

5- Prof Widad El Nakib

Vice dean of Scientific research

Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University

Kuwait University

Email :widad.alnakib@gmail.com