Dr MOHAMED EL MOHTADI

  • Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Biology

    Accepting PhD Students

    PhD projects

    Interrogation of host-pathogen dynamics and development of strategies to promote stimulation of the innate host response to microbial infections.

    20182024

    Research activity per year

    Personal profile

    Biography

    I joined Edge Hill University in 2020 as Lecturer in Microbiology. In 2019, I completed my PhD in Life Science from Manchester Metropolitan University, which investigated the effect of age-related decline in estrogen levels on host-pathogen interactions using in vitro and ex vivo models of the inflammatory phase of wound repair. Immediately after my PhD, I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Manchester Metropolitan University. In 2020, I secured an BBSRC-funded FTMA Fellowship in collaboration with the 5D Health Protection Group, Liverpool. As a Research Fellow, my research focused on investigating strategies that stimulate host-pathogen interactions in wound biofilms using Poloxamer Surfactants.

    Research interests

    My research mainly focuses on interrogating host-pathogen dynamics and developing novel strategies to promote stimulation of the innate host response to bacterial infection. I currently work on investigating the effect of different molecules including sex-steroid hormones on the ability of innate immune cells such as macrophages and neutrophils to eradicate bacteria through phagocytosis.

    Teaching

    In 2020, I completed a PGCE in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

    I am currently teaching on the following modules:

    • Introduction to Cell Biology
    • Biology in Practice
    • Immunology and Infectious Diseases
    • Research Methods in Biology
    • Medical Microbiology
    • Research Dissertation 

    I am also the programme leader of:

    • BSc (Hons) Biology
    • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science_AIBS
    • BSC (Hons) Biotechnology_AIBS

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

    Education/Academic qualification

    Life Sciences, PhD, Effect of Estrogen on Host-Pathogen Interactions in ex vivo and in vitro Models of the Inflammatory Phase of Age-Related Impaired Healing, Manchester Metropolitan University

    Award Date: 9 May 2019

    Other positions

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University

    10 May 202024 Sept 2020

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University

    10 May 20199 May 2020

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