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Selected Publications

  • Zahir Ali; Rashid aman; Ahmed Mahas; Sivakrishna Gundra; Muhammad Tehseen; Tin Marsic; Rahul Salunke; Amit Subudhi; Sharif Hala; Samir Hamdan; Arnab Pain; Fadwa Alofi; Afrah Alsomali; Anwar Hashem; Asim Khogeer; Naif Almontashiri; Malak Abedalthagafi; Norhan Hassan and Magdy M. Mahfouz. iSCAN: An RT-LAMP-coupled CRISPR-Cas12 module for rapid, sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2. Virus Research (2020)
  • Zahir Ali, Ashwag Shami, Khalid Sedeek, Radwa Kamel, Abdulrahman Alhabsi, Muhammad Tehseen, Norhan Hassan, Haroon Butt, Ahad Kababji, Samir M. Hamdan and Magdy M. Mahfouz. Fusion of the Cas9 endonuclease and the VirD2 relaxase facilitates homology-directed repair for precise genome engineering in rice. Communications Biology (2020)3:44. doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-0768-9
  • Haroon Butt, Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi, Norhan Hassan, Magdy M. Mahfouz. CRISPR-Based Directed Evolution for Crop Improvement. Trends in Biotechnology (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.08.001
  • ​Haroon Butt, Ayman Eid, Zahir Ali, Mohamed A. M. Atia, Morad M. Mokhtar, Norhan Hassan, Ciaran M. Lee, Gang Bao and Magdy M. Mahfouz. Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing Using a Chimeric Single-Guide RNA Molecule. Frontiers in Plant Science (2017). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.01441

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Research Interests Keywords

Genome engineering CRISPR Based Diagnostics Targeted genome editing

Education

  • 2012: Master of Science in Biotechnology, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
  • 2007: Bachelor of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt

Professional Profile

  • 2020 - Present: Research Specialist, Laboratory for Genome Engineering and Synthetic Biology, King Abdullah University for Science and Technology.
  • 2015 - 2020: Research Technician, Laboratory for Genome Engineering and Synthetic Biology, King Abdullah University for Science and Technology.
  • 2011- 2012: Teaching assistant, Biology department, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
  • 2010 - 2012: Research assistant, Biology department, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
  • 2007 - 2009: Pharmacist, Cairo, Egypt

Awards

  • 2010-2012: Al-Alfi fellowship for the Master.