Curriculum Vitae

 Taghreed Nasser Abdulaziz Almanaa

Department of Botany& Microbiology 

College of Science
King Saud University
P.O. Box 65994, Riyadh 11566, Saudi Arabia

Office: (966)-11-8056570

 talmanaa@ksu.edu.sa

:CURRENT POSITION

Associate Professor in Molecular Biology & Immunology
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science King Saud University

:EDUCATION

Research fellowship in Vaccine Development, Antigen discovery, Process development, Vaccine formulation & delivery and immunology testing. Department of Pediatrics, Section of Tropical Medicine, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA, 2018-2019

Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology, Immunology and Stem Cell Biology. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA. Overall GPA 3.9/4

Graduate Certificate in “Bioinformatics: Proteomics/Genomics”
University of Toledo, Medical College, Bioinformatics Department, Toledo, Ohio, and
Bowling Green State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA

Master of Science in Molecular Biology
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA. Overall GPA 3.9/4

Bachelor of Science in Botany and Microbiology King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

:PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor in Immunology, Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, 2021- Present

Assistant Professor in Molecular Biology & Immunology, Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, 2015- 2021

Research Associate, Center for Vaccine Development, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Tropical Medicine, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA, 2018-2019

Adjunct scientist in the Stem Cell & Tissue Re-Engineering Program (SCTRP) at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC), 2016- 2018

Vice Supervisor of Incubators center for knowledge exchange and technology transfer, King Saud University, 2016-2017

Assist undergraduate and graduate students with their research projects, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA, 2009- 2013

:PATENTS

Received US patent from the US Patent office, entitled with “Cancer Stem Cell Survival Lines” Patent No: 9,080,154, on July14, 2015

:AWARDS

Awarded a fellowship in Vaccine Development, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Tropical Medicine, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA,2018-2019

Awarded to attend Professional Training Course in Frontiers in Stem Cells and Regeneration,2012

Awarded for Doctoral Research Excellence from SIGMA
Bowling Green State University Research and Creative Activity Conference, 2009

:Committees

  Member of the graduate studies committee, Department of Botany and Microbiology, 2021-Present

  Member of alumni committee, College of Science, King Saud university, 2020-present

  Member of alumni committee, Department of Botany and Microbiology, 2019-Present

  Chair of the innovation and patents committee,!Department of Botany and Microbiology, 2020-Present

  Member of scientific research committee, Department of Botany and Microbiology,2017-Present

  Member of employment of faculty committee, Department of Botany and Microbiology, 2019-Present

  Member of community services committee, Department of Botany and Microbiology,2017-2018

  Member of the strategic plan committee in the College of Science, King Saud University, 2016-2017

  Coordinator of evaluation and academic accreditation of Microbiology program, Department of Botany

and Microbiology, 2015-2018

  Member of the department steering committee, Department of Botany and Microbiology, 2015-2017

  Coordinator of Microbiology Program, Department of Botany and Microbiology, 2015-2017

  Member of committee for the employment of lecturers, teaching assistants and researchers, 2015-2017

  Member of study plans and learning resources committee, Department of Botany and Microbiology

2015-2019

  Coordinator of teaching load in the department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science,2015

2018

:PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

  Certificate of completion the training course “Luminex® 200TM Advanced”, Luminex Corporation, Austin, Texas, USA, 2019

  Certificate of completion the training course “Fundamentals of Antigen Coupling”, Luminex Corporation, Austin, Texas, USA, 2019

  Certificate of completion “Clinical research methods course” 11-13 Oct, 2018, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

  Professional training Course in Frontiers in Stem Cells and Regeneration (34 hours of lectures and 29 hours of Laboratory) Marine Biological Laboratories, Massachusetts, USA (Sep.30-Oct6), 2012

Certificate of completion “the Instructional Design and Facilitation for Adult Learning -Train the

Trainer” from the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), USA, 2018 

  Certificate of completion the new faculty member’s orientation and preparation program with 36 training hours, accredited from SEDA ,2017

  Training and certificate in humane care and use of laboratory animals. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI), Oct.2011.

  Training in Fire Safety, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA, Aug.2007

  Training in hazardous waste, radiation safety, chemical hygiene, injury and illness and laboratory

safety, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA, Aug.2007

:WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCE

  Attended the 15th annual conference of Saudi society of medical microbiology and infectious diseases,15-18 Feb 2021. Riyadh

 Attended the 11th annual forum for medical research, covid-19 vaccines, global challenges& prospects, 4-5 November,2020, Riyadh

  Certificate of completion" Covid-19 impact on infection control, preparedness and cancer patients” Harvard medical school, 15 April,2020

  Certificate of completion “Covid-19: what do we know about it? Are we getting closer to a vaccine against it? Online, 8 April 2020

  Certificate of completion” Animal model experimental medicine and coronaviruses” Online,13 May 2020

  Certificate of completion “Understanding SARS-COV2 characteristics for better infection control practices, Online, 21 June,2020

  Attended the 11th annual forum for medical research, Online, Riyadh,4-5 November 2020

  Research participation in the Forum for International Cooperation Research Projects for Infectious Diseases organized by the Research and Innovation Agency at the Ministry of Education, Riyadh, 25 Feb 2020

 Attended The 1st Riyadh conference for microbiology and public health, Riyadh, 28-29 September 2019

  Attended symposium “Tools and vaccines for the control of tuberculosis and other neglected tropical diseases, Houston, Texas, 2019

 Attended Texas Children’s Research meeting,” Inflammatory Regulation of Primitive Hematopoiesi 

A Role in Innate Immunity” Houston, TX, February 3, 2019

  Attended the Tropical Medicine meeting.” Sechistosome Genetics: drug resistance, host specificity, hybridization and more” San Antonio, TX, January 28, 2019

  Attended the 67th Annual meeting” American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene” (ASTMH) New Orleans, USA,2018

  Certificate of attendance” The 4th Worldwide Network for Blood & Marrow Transplantation (WBMT) Workshop”, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, 15-16 Jan 2017, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

  Certificate of attendance “The 3rd Middle East Molecular Biology Congress and Exhibition (MEMBS)”, 14-17 Nov. 2016, Doha, Qatar

  Certificate of attendance The 3rd Stem Cells Conference “New Frontiers in Stem Cell Basic Research, Translation and Clinical Application in Association with the International Placenta Stem Cells Society (IPLASS), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), 19-21 Sep. 2016, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

  Certificate of attendance The 2nd Saudi International Biotechnology Conference (KACST), 23-24 Feb. 2016 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  Certificate of attendance The Second Bioinformatics Research Scientific Conference, King Saud University, 4-5 May, 2015

  Certificate of attendance a workshop in “Virtual classrooms”, King Saud University, May.2015

 Certificate of attendance a workshop in “Creative Teaching skills”, King Saud University, Apr.2015

  Certificate of attendance a workshop in “Academic program specification and report”, King Saud University, Mar.2015

 Certificate of a workshop in “Ten Characteristics of a Proven Leader”, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA, Feb.2012

 

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