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May Bahr

Country of origin: Egypt Currently in: Egypt, Cairo General field of specialization: Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Academic Background

Degrees

2017 Master Biological Systems and Organisms
2010 Undergraduate Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Biological Systems and Organisms

As a graduate of Pharmacy College and Researcher, I believe that I have skills and knowledge essential for completing research studies in the field of Microbial genetics needed to achieve my postgraduate degree aiming to improve my career. My research is related to the benefits of gut microbiota and probiotic bacteria.


Publications resulting from Research: 


• Allain T, Mansour NM., Bahr MM, Martin R, Florent I, Langella P, Bermúdez-Humarán LG. (2016). A new lactobacilli in vivo expression system for the production and delivery of heterologous proteins at mucosal surfaces. FEMS microbiology letters, 363(13).
• Mansour NM, Elkhatib WF, Aboshanab KM, Bahr MM (2017). Inhibition of Clostridium difficile in Mice Using a Mixture of Potential Probiotic Strains Enterococcus faecalis NM815, E. faecalis NM915, and E. faecium NM1015: Novel Candidates to Control C. difficile Infection (CDI). Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins: 1-12.
• Ameer MA, Fekry AM, Bahr MM (2017). Effect of Streptococcus mutans on the Corrosion Behavior of Nano-Coating Ni-Cr Dental Alloy. International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 12: 9652-9664.



Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Research
I’ve been a member of six research team projects related to the benefits of gut microbiota and probiotic bacteria funded by local and international institutions to improve the Egyptian society and solve its critical health problems.

Workshop and Conference Attended

2016 Bogota, Colombia • Workshop Course “International School of Bioinformatics and Computational Neuroscience” ICGEB-.
2017 Cape Town, South Africa • Workshop “Host-directed therapeutic strategies for infectious diseases” ICGEB - .
2017 Cairo, Egypt • Workshop ‘Gut Microbiota in Health and Disease’ Nile Ritz Carlton, .British Council-Newton Mosharafa Fund (Organizing Member)
2018 Nile University, Cairo, Egypt • The Egyptian bioinformatics workshop
2018 Alexandria, Egypt • BioVision Conference
2019 National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt • The 1st Egyptian International Conference on Microbiota & Microbiome in Health and Disease (Organizing Member)

Affiliations

• Nubian Qursha social society
• The Society for Women in Science in Developing Countries, National Research Centre OWSD – Egypt
Egyptian Foundatio for Microbiome Sciences and its Applications

Presentation given

2017
Isolation, characterization and identification of some potential probiotic candidates for the control of Clostridium difficile infection.
Ain Shams university, Cairo, Egypt
Event: Master of Science thesis discussion
2016
Oral presentation
International School of Bioinformatics and Computational Neuroscience” ICGEB-
Event: Bogota, Colombia
2017
Poster Presentation
Cape Town, South Africa.
Event: • Workshop “Host-directed therapeutic strategies for infectious diseases” ICGEB -
Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

Jan 2014
Full Grant: Misr El-Kheir foundation (MEK) qualifying program
• Granted Misr El-Kheir foundation (MEK) qualifying program designed to enhance competitive capabilities to be equivalent to the selection standards of the international universities.
Oct 2016
Full Grant to Course: International School of Bioinformatics and Computational Neuroscience, ICGEB
• Granted full grant acceptance to course “International School of Bioinformatics and Computational Neuroscience” ICGEB-International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Bogota, Colombia,
Oct 2017
Full Grant to workshop “Host-directed therapeutic strategies for infectious diseases” ICGEB
• Granted full grant acceptance to workshop “Host-directed therapeutic strategies for infectious diseases” ICGEB, Cape town, South Africa,
Oct 2017
Third Prize : workshop “Host-directed therapeutic strategies for infectious diseases” ICGEB
• Granted Third prize poster session about my M.Sc research in the workshop “Host-directed therapeutic strategies for infectious diseases” ICGEB, Cape town, South Africa.

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