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Muhannad Abdul Majid Muhammad (Assistant Professor)

PhD in PhD in Pathological Analyses / UK

Laboratory and Clinical Sciences branch - Pharmacy
ph.dr.muhannadshweash@uoanbar.edu.iq


Biography

Muhannad Abdul Majeed Muhammad Shweash  Al-Dulaimi

Date of Birth: 30-6-1978

Certificate: - PhD in (Pathological analyses) / UK

 Post-doctoral study  / UK

Specialty: - Pathological Analyses

Job title: - Teaching (Assistant Professor) at the Clinical Laboratories Sciences Department / College of Pharmacy / University Of Anbar.

Academic titles obtained: -

1- Assistant teacher on 14-01-2004 and according to University order number 159 on 14/01/2004

2- Teacher from the date of 10-05-2011 according to University order number 5044 on 10-05-2011

3- Assistant Professor as of 17/5/2018 and according to the University order number 9230 on 11-25-2018

Positions held by: -

1- Assessment head of the Department of Microbiology / College of Medicine / Anbar University, 1/9/2005

2- Director of the Continuing Education Unit / College of Pharmacy / Anbar University / 1/11/2012

3- Assistant head of the clinical laboratory sciences department on October 2013

4- Head of the Clinical Laboratory Sciences department / College of Pharmacy

5- Head of the Examination Committee / College of Pharmacy 2014

6- Assistant Dean for Administrative Affairs / College of Pharmacy / 9/9/2015

Number of scientific research published: 16 (sixteen) ...

Current housing address: - Anbar / Ramadi / Eastern side / 303 / 83 / 85     

Publication

1- DIFFERENTIAL MODULATION OF TLR-3 AND TLR-4 MEDIATED DENDRITIC CELL MATURATION AND FUNCTION BY PROGESTERONE. James , Andrew Paul,Muhannad Shweash, Shrook Kreem, Jones. h ALeigAlexander and Craig W. Roberts. Journal of Immunology.  2010.

2- DELETION OF THE DUSP-4 GENE REVEALS A CRITICAL ROLE FOR MAP KINASE PHOSPHATASE-2 IN PROTECTION AGAINST AN INTRACELLULAR. Adrienne McGachy. H, Cadalbert. Laurence C, Mutairi- Mashael S Al.PATHOGEN, Callum M Sloss, Julianne Schroeder Magdelena K Kurnik ,Muhannad ShweashClare E. Bryant, James Alexander and Robin Plevin. PloS pathogens 2010.

3- DELETION OF THE DUAL SPECIFIC PHOSPHATASE-4    (DUSP-4) GENE REVEALS AN ESSENTIAL NON-REDUNDANT ROLE FOR MAP KINASE PHOSPHATASE-2 (MKP-2) IN PROLIFERATION AND CELL SURVIVAL. Ahmed Lawan, Sameer Al-Harthi, Laurence Cadalbert1, Anthony G. McCluskey, Muhannad Shweash, Gianluca Grassia!"Anne Grant, Marie Boyd, Susan Currie and Robin Plevin. The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.  2011.

4- LEISHMANIA MEXICANA PROMASTIGOTES INHIBIT MACROPHAGE IL-12 PRODUCTION VIA TLR-4 DEPENDENT COX-2, INOS AND ARGINASE-1 EXPRESSION. Muhannad Shweash, H. Adrienne McGachy, Clare E. Bryant, Owain Millington, Jeremy C. Mottram, James Alexander and Robin Plevin. Molecular Immunology.  2011.

5- MKP-2: OUT OF THE DUSP-BIN AND BACK INTO THE LIMELIGHT. Lawan A, Torrance E, Al-Harthi S, Shweash M, Alnasser S, Neamatallah T, Schroeder J, Plevin R. Biochem Soc Trans. 2012.

6- A NOVEL FORM OF MACROPHAGE FUNCTION INHIBITION BY LEISHMANIA MEXICANA INFECTION: INVOLVEMENT IN INHIBITION OF NF-KB TRANSLOCATION. Muhannad Shweash. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR). 2014.

7- ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF LEAVES SWEET BASIL (Ocimum basilicum) AGAINST DIARRHEA CAUSED BY Escherichia coli IN VITRO.  1Muhannad Shweash, 2Atheer Abdulhameed khashan, 3Yasir M. Farhan & 4Saddam J. Nasser. International Journal of Science and Nature. 2014.

8- ISOLATION And Characterization Of PUTATIVE BURKHOLDERIA SP. HY1 From Mud That Able To Utilize 2, 2- DICHLOROPROPIONATE. Hatem M. Hadeed1, Muhannad Shweash2 and Fahrul Huyop3. European International Journal of Science and Technology ISSN: 2304-9693 www.eijst.org.uk. 2014.

9- MOLECULAR EVENTS IN PROSTATE CANCER: LENTIVIRUS INDUCED KNOCKDOWN OF HUMAN MKP-2 ENHANCES ERK SIGNALLING IN LNCaP (AI) CELLS.

 Muhannad Shweash. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research. Shweash, IJPSR, 2018; Vol. 9(4): 1441-1450. E-ISSN: 0975-8232; P-ISSN: 2320-5148

10-   A MOLECULAR-BASED APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE BREAST CANCER 1 AND BREAST CANCER 2 STATUS IN OVARIAN CANCER AMONG IRAQI WOMEN.   MUHANNAD SHWEASH1*, SADDAM JUMAA NASEER2, MAISAM KHIDER AL-ANII3,THULFIQAR FAWWAZ MUTAR4. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research.  Online - 2455-3891 , Print - 0974-2441

Vol 11, Issue 7, 2018.

11- SERUM LEVELS OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN, COMPLEMENT 3 AND COMPLEMENT 4 IN IRAQI DIABETIC PATIENTS ON METFORMIN THERAPY. MUHANNAD SHWEASH1*, HATEM M. HADEED1, YASIR M. FARHAN2, THULFIQAR FAWWAZ MUTAR3. International Journal of Life Science and Pharma Research. Int. J. Life Sci. Pharma Res. 2018 July; 8(3): (P) 1-9

12- GENOTYPING AND DNA SEQUENCING DIVERGENCE OF

TOXOPLASMA GONDII STRAINS ASSOCIATED WITH RABBIT TOXOPLASMOSIS, IRAQ. MUHANNAD SHWEASH1*, NOOR N AL-HAYANI2, HATEM M. HADEED1, THULFIQAR FAWWAZ MUTAR3. International Journal of Life Science and Pharma Research. Int. J. Life Sci. Pharma Res. 2018 July; 8(3): (P) 24-34.

13- Whole Genome Microarray Analysis of DUSP4-Deletion Reveals A Novel Role for MAP Kinase Phosphatase-2 (MKP-2) in acrophage Gene Expression and Function. Thikryat Neamatallah 1,* , Shilan Jabbar 2, Rothwelle Tate 2, Juliane Schroeder 2,y, Muhannad Shweash 2, James Alexander 2 and Robin Plevin 2. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, 3434; doi:10.3390/ijms20143434

14- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY AND SERUM FERRITIN LEVEL IN HEALTHY WOMEN. Mohanad Adel Mohammed*1, Mushtaq Talib Abed2, Muhannad Shweash3, Hayder Adnan Fawzi4, Muntaha Qasim Hendi2, Ashwaq Talib Duraij2, Ghuran Mahdi Salih2. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES. Mohanad Adel Mohammed et al.„ Int. J. Res. Pharm. Sci., 10(3), 2095-2098.

15- CLINICAL STUDY TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY ON SERUM FERRITIN LEVEL IN IRAQI WOMEN. Mushtaq Talib Abed ,  Rafi Khaleel Al-Ani, Muhannad Shweash, Muntaha Qasim Hendi, Ashwaq Talib Duraij, Ghufran Mahdi Salih. International Medical Journal (IMJ). Vol. 27, number 4, to get release in August 2020.

16- IMPACT OF ANTI-TOXOPLASMA GONDII AND ADIPOSE HORMONES WITH INSULIN RESISTANT ON OBESE ABORTED WOMEN. Assist. Prof. Dr. Abeer J. Hassan1, Prof. Dr. Nazar Sh. Mohammed2, Assist. Prof. Dr. Muhannad Shweash3 and Hatem M. Hadeed3. International Journal of Drug Delivery Technology. Vol:10, (No.:2) to get release in April-Jun 2010. 

Lectures

  1. Teaching the following courses to undergraduate students at the Biology department, University of Anbar:
    •                                         1- Parasitology.
    •                                         2- Physiology.
    •                                         3- Bacteriology.
  1. Teaching the following courses to undergraduate students at the College of Medicine Al-Anbar University:
    •                                        1- Medical Biology.
    •                                        2- Medical Parasitology.
    •                                        3- Medical Bacteriology.
    •                                        4- Medical Immunology.
  1. Teaching the following courses to Postgraduate students at the College of Medicine Al-Anbar University:

  1. Diagnostic Parasitology.

2. Clinical Immunology.

  1. Teaching the following courses to undergraduate students at the College of Pharmacy Al-Anbar University:

1- Human Biology.

2- Medical Parasitology.

3- Medical Bacteriology.

4- Medical Immunology.

                                       5- Medical Physiology.

                                      6- Medical Virology.

                                      7- Medical Terminology.


No. Subjects Lectures Stage File Video
1 Immunology Cytokines Second
2 Immunology Hypersensitivity 1 Second
3 Immunology Hypersensitivity 2 Second
4 Immunology Autoimmune diseases Second
5 Immunology Immunology 1 Second
6 Immunology Immunology 2 Second
7 Microbiology 1 Salmonella Second
8 Microbiology 1 Treponema pallidium Second
9 Microbiology1 Enterobacteriaceae Second
10 Microbiology 1 Structure of bacterial cell Second
11 Parasitology Haemoflagelates Second
12 Parasitology Intestinal flagelates Second
13 Physiology 2 Blood physiology 1 Second
14 Physiology 2 Blood physiology 2 Second
15 Physiology 2 Blood physiology 3 Second
16 Human Biology Toxoplasmosis First
17 Human Biology Haemoflagelates (Trypanosommiasis) First
18 Human Biology Coccidia (Sporozoa) First
19 Human Biology Haemoflagelates First
20 Human Biology Intestinal protozoa (Amoeba) First
21 Human Biology Nervous Tissue First
22 Human Biology Muscular Tissue First
23 Human Biology Digestive system and Nutrition First
24 Human Biology Immunity and Diseases First
25 Human Biology Inflammation First
26 Human Biology CIRCULATORY SYSTEM First
27 Human Biology Blood First

Other

PROFICIENCY CERTIFICATES:

  1. 2002: Proficiency certificate in the English Language, College of Language, University of Baghdad.
  1. 2002: Proficiency certificate in the Computer, College of Computer, University of AL- Anbar.
  1. 2007: Proficiency certificate in the Academic English and Study Skills Course, English Language Teaching Division (ELTD), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:

  • British Pharmacological Society (BPS).
  • British Immunological Society (BIS).

 

Conferences:

  • Poster Presentation at SIPBS RESEARCH DAY 2009, “Differential Effects of Leishmania mexicana Amastigotes and Promastigotes on Macrophage Cell Signalling Involved in Inflammation”. University of Strathclyde (SIPBS), Glasgow, UK. 7th May 2009.
  • Poster Presentation at EUROPHOSPHATASES (EMBO CONFERENCE SERIES) 2009, "MAP kinase phosphatase-2 Regulates iNOS and Arginase-1 Expression in Macrophages and Protects against Leishmania Infection ". Holland. July 2009.
  • Poster Presentation at Woods Hole ImmunoParasitology (WHIP) 2010, “Effect of Amastigotes and Promastigotes of Leishmania mexicana on Macrophage Signalling: Role of TLR-4”, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA. April 2010.
  • Symposium on INAUGURAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM "CELL, SYSTEMS AND TRANSLATIONAL BIOLOGY" programme of Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance (SULSA), Edinburgh and 10th June 2009.
  • Symposium on the 15th Scientific of the Association of the Pharmacy College in the Arab World, "RECENT TRENDS AND ADVANGES IN PHARMACY" The 3rd International Conference of the Faculty of Pharmacy/ the University of Jordan. 9-11 October 2012.