RIHAB ALI OMER ABDALLA HAMID

RIHAB ALI OMER ABDALLA HAMID An Den Tierkliniken 35, Leipzig, Leipzig 04103 rihab.omer@yahoo.com Professional Overview Since graduation, I have been working in the field of parasitology. I got trained in different aspects dealing with Schistosma, Onchocerca, Leishmania and Malaria parasites. I continued my research activities in Schistosoma and Fasciola. During my master study I worked on Trypansoma evansi and the effect of the prophylactic treatment with Antrycide on the infectivity of the parasite to laboratory mice. My interest in Parasitology was progressing. Hence, I start working in different aspects of Echinoccus parasite. The scholarships I got in Germany and my placement with an European group (University of Hohenheim and University of Leipzig) known to be the most famous in the field of Echinococcus and helminth parasites and the fact that my supervisor and other researchers in that group were editors in Parasitology journal and members of the European board of Parsitology allowed me to be oriented, dependable and increase my experience. I learned new techniques in molecular biology and immunology and applied it my research. This gave me more motivation to continue my career as an energetic curious researcher. I am still eager learning new aspects and applying what I have already learned in a creative, effective way for the sake of the community. I am sure that good performance always need hardworking, highly dynamic, organized researchers and hope to be among those who have these criteria. Hands on having better research and better future. Academic planning Research in Parasitology, Molecular Biology and Zoonosis Statistical analysis and data interpretation Core Qualifications Accomplishments Conventional Parasitology Molecular Biology Immunology Cell Culture Techniques First report on the prevalence of Echinococcosis and Cystic echinococcosis in different animal species and regions with its genetic identification in the Sudan. First report on the Echinococcus strains affecting human in the Sudan. First report on the presence of the G1 strain (Echinoccus sensu stricto) in the Sudan. First deposition of the 12S rrna of the G1 strain in the GeneBank HQ012553.1 First report on the prevalence and genetic identifcation of Echinococcus species in wild carnivores in the Sudan. Establishment of a molecular biology laboratory in the Central Veterinary Research Institute, Sudan. Education Ph.D.: Veterinary Medicine, Parasitology, Molecular Biology University of Khartoum Master of Science: Animal Health/Parasitology Islamic University Of Omdurman Bachelor of Science: Veterinary Science University of Khartoum High School Diploma: Sudanese Higher School Certificate Omdurman Higher Secondary School for Girls 2006 1997 1994 1989

Training Program: Diagnosis and control of malaria, Leshmainiasis, Schistosomiasis and Onchocerciasis. 1995 Michigan Medical Research Laboratories Training Program: Molecular Biology University of Khartoum, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Training Program: Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Khartoum animal Teaching Hospital Training Course: Immunology Central Veterinary Research Laboratories Training Program: Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Institute of Tropical Medicine Training Course: Genetics University of Khartoum, College of Science Training Course: Sero-diagnoisis of Livestock Diseases University of Cairo Training Course: Molecular Biology University of Cairo, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Training Course: Writing and Presenting Scientific Papers (Young Scientists) University of Cairo Was a scholarship offered from the European Association for Animal Production (EAAP), for best written articles/abstracts for young scientists from all over the world Training Course: R-Statistics University of Ulm, Faculty of Medicine 1996 1997 1999 1999 2000 2001 2001 2002 Offered from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for projects coordinators with accepted project under the umbrella of the German/ African Research projects in infectious diseases Thesis/Dissertation Epidemiological and biomolecular studies on Echinococcus granulosus in Sudan 2010 Ulm, Germany A survey of cystic echinococcosis in livestock was conducted from May 2001 to July 2003 in central, western and southern Sudan. Hydatid cyst were present in 59% (466/779) of camels, 6% (299/4,893) of cattle, 11% (1,180/10,422) of sheep and 2% (106/5,565) of goats, with little variation among geographical areas. 532 of these cysts were examined genetically and could be overwhelmingly (98.7%) allocated to Echinococcus canadensis (all of 215 cysts from camels, 112 of 114 cysts from cattle, 134 of 138 cysts from sheep, and all of 65 cysts from goats); the genotype G6 was identified by sequencing of 13 of these isolates. Only 2 cysts from cattle belonged to E.ortleppi. The mean number of cysts per infected animal was much higher in camels (5.1%) than in other species (1.0-1.3%), and cyst fertility was higher in camels and cattle (74% and 77%) than in goats and sheep (31% and 19%). Fertile cysts from five human patients from hospitals in Khartoum and Juba belonged to E. canadensis. This study confirms the predominance pf the camel strain (G6) in Sudan and the infectivity of this strain for humans. This is the first genetic characterization of HE in Sudan. Experience Researcher Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig Leipzig, Sachsen Built strategic alliances with teams that resulted in identification of different strains of Echinococcus spieces. Held office hours to support in diagnostic laboratory using molecular biology techniques and conventional methods, help students in mastering the techniques of: DNA extraction and purification Assessment of the DNA quantity. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Gel-electrophoresis. Real- Time PCR

Cloning Western and Southern Blotting Flotation and Sedimentation Techniques Identification of different internal parasites Diagnosis of Coccidia and Cryptospridum Diagnosis of Lung worms Diagnosis of Giradia spp. Dissection and identification of different internal parasites with correlation with the pathognomic lesions Researcher Faculty of Biology, Department of Parasitology Stuttgart, Baden- Wüttemberg Built strategic alliances with faculty team that resulted in positive out comes regarding identifcation of Echinococcus strain in Sudan- Played a major role in establishing an african netwrok for identification, characterization and treatment of Echinococcus species Assistant Professor Central Veterinary Research laboratories Khartoum, Khartoum Built strategic plans in diagnosis of Schistosomiasis, Fascioliasis, echinococcosis and other internal parasites Held office hours to support students in mastering techniques including: DNA extraction and purification Assessment of the DNA quantity. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Gel-electrophoresis. Flotation and Sedimentation Techniques Identification of different internal parasites Lectured on parasitology and Molecular Biology Supervised Master and PhD Students Fellowships and Awards Young Scientist Price awarded from the European Association of Animal Production (2002) Scholarship from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), 2002-2006 Price of the Best Oral Presentation during the 21st International Hydatidology Congress, Nairobi, Kenya (2004). Gerorg _Froster Scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for highly ranked scientists (2009-2011). Alexander von Humboldt Return Scholarship (2013-2013). Grant of the German Research Foundation: Cystic Echinococcosis in Sub-Saharan Africa (2010-Present) Publications NAD1 RFLP-PCR for detecting echinoccosis species prevalence in carnivores in White Nile Area, Sudan. A pilot Study (2013). Abdelgadir Makky, Thomas Romig, Peter Kern, Rihab Omer. U of K J of Vet. Med and Anim. Prod.4 (1). Naturally occuring infections of cattle with Theileria lestoquardi and sheep with Theileria annulata in the Sudan (2012). K. M. Taha, D. A. Salih. A. M. Ali, R. A. Omer, A. M. Elhussein. Vet. Parasitol. 19 (1/2): 143-145. Cystic echinococcosis in Sudan: Research history of a neglected zoonosis (2011). Rihab. A. Omer, Arwid Daugschies, Thomas Romig. Münchner Tierrtzliche Wochenschrift. 124 (11/12): 521-527. A molecular survey on cystic echinoccosis in Sinnar State are, Blue Nile State, Sudan (2011). Kamal, Ibrahim,

Thomas Romig, Peter Kern, Omer, Rihab A. Chinese Medical Journal 124 (18): 2829-2833. Echinococcosis in Sub- Saharan Africa: emerging complexity (2011). Romig, T R. A. Omer., E. Zeyhle, M. Hüttner, A. Dinkel, L. Siefert, I; W, Elmahdi, J. Magambo, M. Ocadio, C. N. Menezes, M. E. Ahmed, C. Mbae, M. P. Grobusch and P. Kern. Vet. Parasitol. 181 (1): 43-47. Hydatidose im Sudan: Schafe spielen eine untergeordente Rolle im Parasitenzyklus (2011). Rihab A. Omer. Vet-MedReport. 6 (35): 3-3. A molecular survey of cystic echinococcosis in Sudan (2010). Omer R. A. Dinkel A, Romig T, Mackenstedt U, Elnahas A A, Aradaib I E, Ahmed M E, Elmalik K H, Adam A. Vet Parasitol. 11169 (3-4): 340-346. A PCR -generated cdna probe for the detection of sudanese serogroups of eipizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (2005). salah M M Elamin, H Salah Idris, Mohamed A Abdalla, Badr E Hago, Mohammed M. Salih, Rihab Omer. Journal of Animal Veterinary Advance 4 (2): 175-177. PCR for detection of Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cysts collected from camels (Camelus dromedarius) (2004). Rihab Omer, Salah Mukhtar, Imad Aradaib. Sud J Vet Sci Anim Husb, 62(1): 12-16. Comparison of dsrna profiles of sudanese isolates of epizootic hemorrhagic disease of deer virus (2004). Salah M M Elamin, Tawfig E Mohammed, Mohammed M Salih, Mohammed A Abdalla, Mohammed E, Rihab A Omer, Abdelrahim Karrar, Imadeldin E Aradaib. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences. 7 (10): 1754-1757. Kinetics of antibody response of calves immunized with Schistosoma mansoni glutathione- S- transferase (2003). Imadeldin Aradaib, Rihab Omer and Ali Majid. Veterinarski Arhiv. 73(1): 17-25. Strain charcterization of human hydatidosis in Sudan (2004). Omer R A, Dinkel A, Romig T, Mackenstedt U, Elamin M, Elnahas A, Aradaib I. Internationa Archives of hydatidosis. 35 (41). Strain Characterization of cystic echinoccosis in livestock in Sudan (2004). Omer R A, Dinkel A, Romig T, Mackenstedt U, Aradaib I. International Journal of Medical Micobiology. 293(58):59-59 Distibution and public health impact of different Echinococcus spp. (2005). Romig T, Dinkel A, Njoroge E, Omer R A. Strain Characterization of human hydatidosis in the Sudan (2007). Omer R A, Dinkel A, Romig T, Mackenstedt U, Elamin M, Elnahas A, Aradaib I. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and hygiene. 77 (5): 107-107. Human hydatidosis in Sudan: Is it a sporadic or endemic disease? (2008). Omer R A, Dinkel A, Romig T, Mackenstedt U, Elamin M, Elnahas A, Aradaib I, Elmahdi I. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and hygiene. 79 (6): 120-120. Presentations Prevalence and molecular characterization of Echinococcus spp in stray dogs in Central Sudan (2009). Omer R A, Dinkel A, Mackenstedt U, Elnahas A, Romig T,. Oral presentation in the 22nd conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology. Calgary, Canada. Human hydatidosis in Sudan: Prevalence and strain identification (2011). Omer R A,, Elnahas A, Romig T. Oral Presentation in 4th annual conference of the Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical medicine. Kuala lumpur, Malaysia. Hydatidosis in Sudan: Are sheep playing a minor role in the parasite cycle? Omer R A,, Elnahas A, Romig T. Oral presentation in the international conference of the society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. Leipzig, Germany. Human hydatidosis in Sudan: Is it a predominant neglected zoonosis or an un seen re-emerging disease? Omer R A,, Elnahas A, Romig T, Daugschies A. (2012). Meeting of the German Zoonosis Platform. Berlin, Germany.

Survey on the presence of Echinococcus spp in stray dogs in central Sudan: first report on the presence of Echinococcus granulosus sensu latu (sheep strain). Omer R A,, Elnahas A, Arwid Daugschies, Ute Mackenstedt and Thomas Romig. (2011). 24th International Conference of Hydatidology. Urmuqi, China. A Survey of Echinococcus spp. in stray dogs and wild carnivores in White Nile State, Sudan. Makky A, Omer R A. (2011). 24th International Conference of Hydatidology. Urmuqi, China. A molecular survey on cystic echinococcosis in Sinnar and Blue Nile states, Sudan. (2011). Kamal Ibrahim, Rihab A Omer. 24th International Conference of Hydatidology. Urmuqi, China. First survey on the presence of Echinococcus spp in lions (Parthera leo leo) and Hyenas (Hyaena Hyaea) in the Dinder National Park, Sudan. Khalid Hiwytalla, Kamal Ibrahim, Aisha El faki, Hassan Osman, Thoam Romig, Peter Kern, Rihab A. Omer (2013). IXXV World Congress of Cystic Echinococcosis, Khartoum, Sudan. Important Parasitic disease of camels (Camelus dromedarius) in the Sudan (2014). Rihab A Omer, Arwid Daugschie. Annual meeting of the German Society of Veterinary Parasitology, Leipzig, Germany Memberships/Scholarly Societies Member of the German Society of Veterinary Doctors Member of the German Association of Veterinary Parasitology Member of the German Association of Zoonosis Member of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and hygiene Member of the Humboldiation Alumni Network Member of the DAAD Alumni Network. Member of the Sudanese Veterinary Association