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Contact Info
Office: 3128 Bioscience Research Bldg.
Phone: 301-405-2999
Najib M. El-Sayed
Professor
Director, Integrated Life Sciences Honors Program

Teaching

  • Bioinformatics and Genomics (BISI620)
  • Programming for Biology (BISI622)
  • Topics in Scientific Integrity and Medical Ethics (HLSC227) 
  • Integrative and Quantitative Concepts in Biology (HLSC280)
  • Microbiology Internship (BSCI348R)

Graduate Program Affiliations

  • BISI-Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, & Genomics (CBBG)
  • BISI-Molecular & Cellular Biology (MOCB)

Research Interests

My research program is focused on the study of the biology of parasitism and host-pathogen interactions using genomic approaches with the ultimate goal of better understanding infection and survival mechanisms. These approaches include the development and application of molecular, computational and phylogenetic tools. In the long term, our research will contribute to better diagnosis, prevention and therapeutics of parasite- and bacteria-caused diseases in humans, animals and plants.


Education

  • Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine, 1993

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Latest Publications

Augenstreich J,Poddar A,Belew AT,El-Sayed NM,Briken V
Biol Open. 2024 Sep 15;13(9):. doi: 10.1242/bio.060555. Epub 2024 Sep 19
Hart MT,Rom JS,Le Breton Y,Hause LL,Belew AT,El-Sayed NM,McIver KS
Infect Immun. 2024 Jun 11;92(6):e0008324. doi: 10.1128/iai.00083-24. Epub 2024 May 7
Augenstreich J,Poddar A,Belew AT,El-Sayed NM,Briken V
bioRxiv. 2024 Apr 11;:. pii: 2024.04.10.588863. doi: 10.1101/2024.04.10.588863. Epub 2024 Apr 11
Giraldo-Parra L,Rebellón-Sánchez DE,Navas A,Belew AT,El-Sayed NM,Gómez MA
J Immunol. 2024 Mar 1;212(5):894-903. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2300576. Epub
El Husseini N,Mekonnen SA,Hall CL,Cole SJ,Carter JA,Belew AT,El-Sayed NM,Lee VT
J Bacteriol. 2024 Jan 25;206(1):e0036123. doi: 10.1128/jb.00361-23. Epub 2023 Dec 4
Vargas DA,Gregory DJ,Koren RN,Zilberstein D,Belew AT,El-Sayed NM,Gómez MA
Front Parasitol. 2023;2:. pii: 1242727. doi: 10.3389/fpara.2023.1242727. Epub 2023 Oct 4
Mekonnen SA,El Husseini N,Turdiev A,Carter JA,Belew AT,El-Sayed NM,Lee VT
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Dec 13;119(50):e2209383119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2209383119. Epub 2022 Dec 5
Rom JS,Le Breton Y,Islam E,Belew AT,El-Sayed NM,McIver KS
Microorganisms. 2022 Aug 22;10(8):. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10081686. Epub 2022 Aug 22
Burcham LR,Akbari MS,Alhajjar N,Keogh RA,Radin JN,Kehl-Fie TE,Belew AT,El-Sayed NM,McIver KS,Doran KS
mBio. 2022 Jun 28;13(3):e0098522. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00985-22. Epub 2022 Jun 6
Smith M,Yadav S,Fagunloye OG,Pels NA,Horton DA,Alsultan N,Borns A,Cousin C,Dixon F,Mann VH,Lee C,Brindley PJ,El-Sayed NM,Bridger JM,Knight M
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Sep;15(9):e0009094. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009094. Epub 2021 Sep 8
Gomez MA,Belew AT,Navas A,Rosales-Chilama M,Murillo J,Dillon LAL,Alexander TA,Martinez-Valencia A,El-Sayed NM
Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2021;11:687607. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.687607. Epub 2021 Sep 7
Tavares TS,Mügge FLB,Grazielle-Silva V,Valente BM,Goes WM,Oliveira AER,Belew AT,Guarneri AA,Pais FS,El-Sayed NM,Teixeira SMR
Parasitology. 2021 Sep;148(10):1171-1185. doi: 10.1017/S0031182020002176. Epub 2020 Nov 16
Lee VT,Ghodssi R,El-Sayed NM,Malik RD,Goloubeva OG,Hazen TH,Rasko DA
Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Nov 12;9(46):. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00978-20. Epub 2020 Nov 12
Burcham LR,Le Breton Y,Radin JN,Spencer BL,Deng L,Hiron A,Ransom MR,Mendonça JDC,Belew AT,El-Sayed NM,McIver KS,Kehl-Fie TE,Doran KS
mBio. 2020 Nov 10;11(6):. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02302-20. Epub 2020 Nov 10
Hamidzadeh K,Belew AT,El-Sayed NM,Mosser DM
Blood Adv. 2020 Nov 10;4(21):5460-5472. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020002683. Epub
Oliveira AER,Pereira MCA,Belew AT,Ferreira LRP,Pereira LMN,Neves EGA,Nunes MDCP,Burleigh BA,Dutra WO,El-Sayed NM,Gazzinelli RT,Teixeira SMR
PLoS Pathog. 2020 Aug;16(8):e1008781. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008781. Epub 2020 Aug 18
Dalby E,Christensen SM,Wang J,Hamidzadeh K,Chandrasekaran P,Hughitt VK,Tafuri WL,Arantes RME,Rodrigues IA,Herbst R,El-Sayed NM,Sims GP,Mosser DM
J Immunol. 2020 Jul 1;205(1):102-112. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1901382. Epub 2020 May 20
Edgar RJ,van Hensbergen VP,Ruda A,Turner AG,Deng P,Le Breton Y,El-Sayed NM,Belew AT,McIver KS,McEwan AG,Morris AJ,Lambeau G,Walker MJ,Rush JS,Korotkov KV,Widmalm G,van Sorge NM,Korotkova N
Nat Chem Biol. 2019 May;15(5):463-471. doi: 10.1038/s41589-019-0251-4. Epub 2019 Apr 1
Banks DA,Ahlbrand SE,Hughitt VK,Shah S,Mayer-Barber KD,Vogel SN,El-Sayed NM,Briken V
J Immunol. 2019 Apr 15;202(8):2348-2359. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1801303. Epub 2019 Mar 4
Christensen SM,Belew AT,El-Sayed NM,Tafuri WL,Silveira FT,Mosser DM
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Mar;13(3):e0007152. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007152. Epub 2019 Mar 7