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Faculty of PharmacyCurriculum Vitae

Education Academic DegreesPhD

University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Chicago, IL (May, 2006). Major: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. Thesis title: “Mapping Potential New Sites for Antibiotic Action in the Ribosome”

Bachelor

Cairo University, College of Pharmacy, Cairo, Egypt (May, 1996).Major: Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Research interestMy main research interests in biological sciences are Molecular Microbiology and cell Biology. I am interested in utilizing the tools of Molecular Biology, Structural Biology and Bioinformatics to understand the different biological functions of bacterial and eukaryotic cells, how they differ and how to utilize these differences in explaining the etiology of different diseases and applying the outcomes in the field of drug discovery.

Future Research Directions

In my future research plans I am interested in perusing the search for novel antimicrobial targets by exploring microbial population in search for novel targets. This necessities investigating the structure and function of different organelles within the bacterial cell to identify suitable candidates which can be further explored. In addition, parallel studies in eukaryotic systems need to be compared to screen the novel sites and choose the ones with recognizable differences as candidate targets.

I am also interested in utilizing the bioinformatics tool for investigating and studying the differences between bacterial and human metabolic pathways and complexes. I would like to deeply explore the online servers and software packages that are used for gene and protein alignment and comparison.

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Name: Aymen Samir Yassin

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Microbiology & Immunology

E-mail: aymen.yassin@pharma.cu.edu.eg

Website: http://scholar.cu.edu.eg/?q=ayassin/biocv

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In addition to that homology modeling and three-dimensional structural comparison of relevant functional complexes will provide valuable insights into the differences that exist between bacterial and human systems and in evaluating the potential drug candidates.

I am also interested in pursuing structural biology studies by purifying the suitable biological complexes that will be identified from prior steps in target identification. The structural of purified complexes can be solved by Crystallography, NMR or Cryo-electron microscopy depending on the nature of the complex. This will involve collaboration with other research groups and structural biology centers for data collection providing a great opportunity for training the researchers involved in modern aspects of structural biology. Computational data analysis will then be carried out using the software packages available. The availability of facilities, equipment and personnel will determine the extent of each particular stage of research.

Teaching Course Title

Undergraduate Courses(General Program)

402 Basic Microbiology and Immunology

403 Medical Microbiology

405 Public Health

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Undergraduate Courses (Clinical Program)

PM 401 General Microbiology and Immunology

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Courses

- Advanced Techniques in Microbiology Research. (Premaster, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).- Molecular Biology. (Biotechnology Diploma, 2013).- Evaluation of Antibiotics and Non-Antibiotics. (Premaster and Diploma, 2008).

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Career History and Professional ExperienceTitles 11/2014- Present: Director, Biotechnology Center, Faculty of Pharmacy,

Cairo University. 01/2013- Present: Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and

Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University (Egypt).

01/2011-01/2013: Lecturer, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University (Egypt).

08/2008-01/2011: Postdoctoral Research Affiliate, Laboratory for Cellular and Molecular Basis of Disease, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York.

05/2007-08/2008: Lecturer, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University (Egypt).

05/2006-05/2007: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.

08/2000-05/2006: Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.

08/2000-05/2001: Teaching Assistant, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.

11/1996-08/2000: Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

Awards Award for best oral presentation, Third Industrial Biotechnology Workshop, Sfax Tunisia (April, 2012).

Award from Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University for participating in multi-disciplinary research projects applications (January, 2012).

Publications awards from Cairo University, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. First Place Award for best Poster, 2006 Sigma Xi Research Forum (April 2006). American Society of Microbiology Graduate Student Travel Award. (August

2005). Van Doren Scholarship. College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago.

(April, 2005). Graduate Student Council at the University of Illinois at Chicago Travel Award.

(May 2003). Dharmacon Research Presentation Award for an outstanding presentation. The

2002 Rustbelt RNA Meeting, Mt Sterling, OH. (November, 2002). Charles Wesley Petranek Memorial Award. College of Pharmacy, University of

Illinois at Chicago. (April, 2002).

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Publications and Presentations

Publications and Presentations

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1. Eraqi, W.A., Yassin, A.S., Ali, A.E., Amin, A.M. Utilization of Crude Glycerol as a Substrate for the Production of Rhamnolipid by Pseudomonas aeruginosa,” Biotechnology Research International, vol. 2016, Article ID 3464509, 9 pages, 2016.2. Hassan M, Essam T, Yassin A.S., Salama A. Optimization of rhamnolipid production by biodegrading bacterial isolates using Plackett-Burman design. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. Jan; 82:573-9, 2016.3. Sheraba, N.S., Diab, M.R., Yassin, A.S., Amin, M.A., Zedan, H.H. Quality Control Testing for Tracking Endotoxin-Producing Gram-Negative Bacteria during the Preparation of Polyvalent Snake Antivenom Immunoglobulin. PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology. Jul-Aug; 69(4):499-510, 2015.4. Farag, M.A., Al-Mahdy, D.A., Salah, El Dine R., Fahmy, S., Yassin, A.S., Porzel, A., Brandt, W. Structure-Activity Relationships of Antimicrobial Gallic Acid Derivatives from Pomegranate and Acacia Fruit Extracts against Potato Bacterial Wilt Pathogen. Chemistry and Biodiversity. Jun; 12(6):955-62, 2015.5. Elhosseiny, N. M., Amin, M.A., Yassin, A.S., and Attia, A.S. Acinetobacter baumannii universal stress protein A plays a pivotal role in stress response and is essential for pneumonia and sepsis pathogenesis. International journal of Medical Microbiology. vol. 305, issue 1, pp. 114-23, 20156. Hashem, Y. A., Yassin, A.S., and Amin, M. A. Molecular characterization of Enterococcus spp. clinical isolates from Cairo, Egypt. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, vol. 33 Suppl, pp. S80-6, 2015 7. Raouf, H. E., Yassin, A.S., Megahed, A.S., Ashour, M.S. and Mansour, T.M. "Seroprevalence of occult hepatitis B among Egyptian paediatric hepatitis C cancer patients. Journal of viral hepatitis, vol. 22, issue 2, pp. 101-9 (2015). 8. El-Batal, A. I., ElKenawy, N. M., Yassin A.S., and Amin M.A., "Laccase production by Pleurotus ostreatus and its application in synthesis of gold nanoparticles", Biotechnology Reports, vol. 5, pp. 31 - 39, 2015.9. Shaikh T.R., Yassin A.S., Lu Z., Barnard D., Meng X., Lu T.M., Wagenknecht T., Agrawal R.K. Initial bridges between two ribosomal subunits are formed within 9.4 milliseconds, as studied by time-resolved cryo-EM. Proceedings in the National Academy of Science U S A. 111(27):9822-7. Jul 8; (2014).10. Lu, Z., Barnard, D., Shaikh, T.R., Meng, X., Mannella, C.A, Yassin, A.S., Agrawal, A., Wagenknecht, T. and Lu. T.M. Gas-Assisted Annular Microsprayer for Sample Preparation for Time-Resolved Cryo-Electron Microscopy. Journal of micromechanics and microengineering : structures, devices, and systems, vol. 24, issue 11, pp. 115001, (2014). 11. Metwally, M. A., Yassin, A. S., Essam, T. M. Hamouda, H. M. and Amin, M. A. Detection, characterization, and molecular typing of human Mycoplasma spp. from major hospitals in Cairo, Egypt. The Scientific World Journal, vol. 2014, pp. 549858. (2014). 12. Sheraba, N. S., Yassin, A.S., Fahmy, A. and Amin, M.A. Quantitative suspension tests for the evaluation of bactericidal, fungicidal and sporicidal effects of biocides used in vaccine production facility. African Journal of Microbiology Research, vol. 8, issue 5, pp. 417-424, (2014). 13. Hassan M., Essam T., Yassin A.S., Salama A. Screening of Bio-Surfactant Production Ability among Organic Pollutants Degrading Isolates Collected From Egyptian Environment. Journal of Microbial and Biochemical Technology. 6: 195-201. (2014).14. Ramadan M.A., Megahed S.A., Eltaweel K.M. and Yassin AS. Potential in vitro anti-helicobacter activity of bacteriocin and bacteriocin-like compounds produced by lactobacilli. The Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences. Vol 4, No 2, Oct-Nov. (2014).15. Yassin, A., Tawfeek,M., Hashem, R., Nagy, Y., Hashem, Y., Salam,S.A., Emad, A., Ragab, Y., Kholiefy, A. Shawky, A., et al., Antibiotic resistance patterns among common Gram positive and Gram negative pathogens in clinical isolates from major hospitals in Cairo, Egypt. Worldwide Research Efforts in the Fighting against Microbial Pathogens: From Basic Research to Technological Developments, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, BrownWalker Press, pp. 34-39, (2013).16. Hashem, R. A., Yassin, A.S., Zedan, H.H., and Amin,M.A. Fluoroquinolone resistant mechanisms in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates in Cairo, Egypt, Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, vol. 7, issue 11, pp. 796-803( 2013).17. Ayoub, E.A., Shafik, C.F., Gaynor, A.M. Mohareb, E.W., Amin, M.A., Yassin, A.S., El-Refaey, S., Genedy, M. and Kandeel, A. A molecular investigative approach to an outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Egypt, October 2010. Virology Journal, vol. 10, (2013).18. Shafik, C.F., Mohareb, E.W., Yassin, A.S., Amin, M.A., ElKholy, A., El-Karsasky, H. and Youssef, F.G. Viral Etiologies of lower

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1. Eraqi, W.A., Yassin, A.S., Ali, A.E., Amin, A.M. Utilization of Crude Glycerol as a Substrate for the Production of Rhamnolipid by Pseudomonas aeruginosa,” Biotechnology Research International, vol. 2016, Article ID 3464509, 9 pages, 2016.2. Hassan M, Essam T, Yassin A.S., Salama A. Optimization of rhamnolipid production by biodegrading bacterial isolates using Plackett-Burman design. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. Jan; 82:573-9, 2016.3. Sheraba, N.S., Diab, M.R., Yassin, A.S., Amin, M.A., Zedan, H.H. Quality Control Testing for Tracking Endotoxin-Producing Gram-Negative Bacteria during the Preparation of Polyvalent Snake Antivenom Immunoglobulin. PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology. Jul-Aug; 69(4):499-510, 2015.4. Farag, M.A., Al-Mahdy, D.A., Salah, El Dine R., Fahmy, S., Yassin, A.S., Porzel, A., Brandt, W. Structure-Activity Relationships of Antimicrobial Gallic Acid Derivatives from Pomegranate and Acacia Fruit Extracts against Potato Bacterial Wilt Pathogen. Chemistry and Biodiversity. Jun; 12(6):955-62, 2015.5. Elhosseiny, N. M., Amin, M.A., Yassin, A.S., and Attia, A.S. Acinetobacter baumannii universal stress protein A plays a pivotal role in stress response and is essential for pneumonia and sepsis pathogenesis. International journal of Medical Microbiology. vol. 305, issue 1, pp. 114-23, 20156. Hashem, Y. A., Yassin, A.S., and Amin, M. A. Molecular characterization of Enterococcus spp. clinical isolates from Cairo, Egypt. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, vol. 33 Suppl, pp. S80-6, 2015 7. Raouf, H. E., Yassin, A.S., Megahed, A.S., Ashour, M.S. and Mansour, T.M. "Seroprevalence of occult hepatitis B among Egyptian paediatric hepatitis C cancer patients. Journal of viral hepatitis, vol. 22, issue 2, pp. 101-9 (2015). 8. El-Batal, A. I., ElKenawy, N. M., Yassin A.S., and Amin M.A., "Laccase production by Pleurotus ostreatus and its application in synthesis of gold nanoparticles", Biotechnology Reports, vol. 5, pp. 31 - 39, 2015.9. Shaikh T.R., Yassin A.S., Lu Z., Barnard D., Meng X., Lu T.M., Wagenknecht T., Agrawal R.K. Initial bridges between two ribosomal subunits are formed within 9.4 milliseconds, as studied by time-resolved cryo-EM. Proceedings in the National Academy of Science U S A. 111(27):9822-7. Jul 8; (2014).10. Lu, Z., Barnard, D., Shaikh, T.R., Meng, X., Mannella, C.A, Yassin, A.S., Agrawal, A., Wagenknecht, T. and Lu. T.M. Gas-Assisted Annular Microsprayer for Sample Preparation for Time-Resolved Cryo-Electron Microscopy. Journal of micromechanics and microengineering : structures, devices, and systems, vol. 24, issue 11, pp. 115001, (2014). 11. Metwally, M. A., Yassin, A. S., Essam, T. M. Hamouda, H. M. and Amin, M. A. Detection, characterization, and molecular typing of human Mycoplasma spp. from major hospitals in Cairo, Egypt. The Scientific World Journal, vol. 2014, pp. 549858. (2014). 12. Sheraba, N. S., Yassin, A.S., Fahmy, A. and Amin, M.A. Quantitative suspension tests for the evaluation of bactericidal, fungicidal and sporicidal effects of biocides used in vaccine production facility. African Journal of Microbiology Research, vol. 8, issue 5, pp. 417-424, (2014). 13. Hassan M., Essam T., Yassin A.S., Salama A. Screening of Bio-Surfactant Production Ability among Organic Pollutants Degrading Isolates Collected From Egyptian Environment. Journal of Microbial and Biochemical Technology. 6: 195-201. (2014).14. Ramadan M.A., Megahed S.A., Eltaweel K.M. and Yassin AS. Potential in vitro anti-helicobacter activity of bacteriocin and bacteriocin-like compounds produced by lactobacilli. The Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences. Vol 4, No 2, Oct-Nov. (2014).15. Yassin, A., Tawfeek,M., Hashem, R., Nagy, Y., Hashem, Y., Salam,S.A., Emad, A., Ragab, Y., Kholiefy, A. Shawky, A., et al., Antibiotic resistance patterns among common Gram positive and Gram negative pathogens in clinical isolates from major hospitals in Cairo, Egypt. Worldwide Research Efforts in the Fighting against Microbial Pathogens: From Basic Research to Technological Developments, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, BrownWalker Press, pp. 34-39, (2013).16. Hashem, R. A., Yassin, A.S., Zedan, H.H., and Amin,M.A. Fluoroquinolone resistant mechanisms in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates in Cairo, Egypt, Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, vol. 7, issue 11, pp. 796-803( 2013).17. Ayoub, E.A., Shafik, C.F., Gaynor, A.M. Mohareb, E.W., Amin, M.A., Yassin, A.S., El-Refaey, S., Genedy, M. and Kandeel, A. A molecular investigative approach to an outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Egypt, October 2010. Virology Journal, vol. 10, (2013).18. Shafik, C.F., Mohareb, E.W., Yassin, A.S., Amin, M.A., ElKholy, A., El-Karsasky, H. and Youssef, F.G. Viral Etiologies of lower

21. Sheraba, N.S., Yassin, A.S., Fahmy, A. and Amin, M.A. Efficacy and toxicity of neutralizers against disinfectants and antiseptics used in vaccine production facility. African Journal of Microbiology Research Vol. 6(36), pp. 6565-6571, 20, (2012).22. Suzan, M.R., Yassin, A.S. And Amin, M.A. The application of uniplex, duplex, and multiplex PCR for the absence of specified microorganism testing of pharmaceutical excipients and drug products. PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology. 66(4):307-17, (2012).23. Yassin, A.S., Agrawal, R. K., and Banavali N., K. Computational Exploration of Structural Hypotheses for an Additional Sequence in a Mammalian Mitochondrial Protein. PLoS ONE, 6(7): e21871. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021871, (2011).24. Agrawal, R.K., Sharma, M.R., Yassin, A., Lahiri, I., and Spremulli, L.L. Structure and function of organellar ribosomes as revealed by cryo-EM. In "Ribosomes: Structure, Function, and Dynamics," Rodnina, M.,Wintermeyer, W., & Green, R. eds. (SpringerWien, New York), pp. 83-96, (2011).25. Yassin, A.S., Haque Md., Datta P.P., Elmore, K., Banavali, N.K., Spremulli, L. L., and Agrawal, R. K. Insertion domain within mammalian mitochondrial translation initiation factor 2 serves the role of eubacterial initiation factor 1. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA , 108(10):3918-23, (2011).26. Sheraba, N.S., Yassin, A.S., and Amin, M.A. High-Throughput Molecular Identification of Staphylococcus spp. Isolated from a Clean Room Facility in an Environmental Monitoring Program. BMC research Notes, 4; 3:278, (2010).27. Lu, Z., Shaikh, T., Barnard, D., Meng, X., Mohamed, H., Yassin, A., Mannella, C., Agrawal, R., Lu, T. and Wagenknecht, T. Monolithic Microfluidic Mixing-Spraying Devices for Time-Resolved Cryo-EM, Journal of Structural Biology, 168 (3), 388-395, (2009).28. Yassin, A. and Mankin, A. S. Potential New Antibiotic Sites In the Ribosome Revealed By Deleterious Mutations in RNA of the Large Ribosomal Subunit. Journal of Biological Chemistry 282, 24329-24342, (2007).29. Yassin, A., Fredrick, K. and Mankin, A. S. Deleterious Mutations in Small Subunit Ribosomal RNA identify Functional Sites and Potential Targets for Antibiotics. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 102, 16620-16625, (2005). 30. Polacek, N., Gaynor, M., Yassin, A. and Mankin, A. S. Ribosomal Peptidyl Transferase can withstand Mutations at the Putative Catalytic Nucleotide. Nature 411, 498-501, (2001).

Selected Oral Presentations

1. Structural Biology and Applications on the Cryo-EM Structures of the Ribosome. The Third International Workshop on Industrial Biotechnology, Sfax, Tunisia, April 24th, 2012.2. Cryo-EM structures of the Mitochondrial Ribosome Initiation Complexes, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, September, 12th, 2011.3. Biotechnological Tools. The Second International Workshop on Industrial Biotechnology, Cairo, Egypt, July 20th, 2011.4. The Bacterial Ribosome as a Target for Antibiotics. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Southwest Oklahoma State University, January, 28th, 2010.5. The Cryo-EM Structure of the Mitochondrial Translation Initiation Complex. Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan. October 16th, 2009.6. A Cryo-EM Study of the Mitochondrial Translation Initiation Complex. Department of Structural Biology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan. October 13th, 2009.7. Mapping Potential New Sites for Antibiotic Action in the Ribosome. Department of Chemistry University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. October 10th, 2008.8. Mapping Potential New Sites for Antibiotic Action in the Ribosome. The Chicago-land Area RNA club. May 15th 2006.9. Mapping New rRNA Functional Sites, Potential Targets for Antibiotics in the Ribosome. The 2005 Rustbelt RNA meeting. Mt. Sterling, OH. (October 28th -29th, 2005).10. Mapping Potential New Sites for Antibiotic Action in the Ribosome. The 43rd Annual MIKI Meeting. Minneapolis, MN. (June 3rd-5th, 2005).11. Mapping Putative Target Sites for Antibiotic Action in the Ribosome. The 2002 Rustbelt RNA meeting. Mt. Sterling, OH. (November 1st -2nd, 2002).12. The Catalytic center of the ribosome as a Target for Antibiotics. The department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy Student Literature Seminar. University of Illinois at Chicago. Chicago, IL. (February 22nd, 2002). 13. Aminoglycosides as Inhibitors of Protein Biosynthesis. The Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Student Literature Seminar, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. (October 18th, 2001).

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1. Yassin, A., Tawfeek, M., Hashem, R., Nagy, Y., Hashem, Y., AbdelSalam, S., Emad, A., Ragab, Y., Kholiefy, A., Shawky, A., Zedan, H., Ashour, S., Hashem, A. and Amin, M. Antibiotic resistance patterns among common Gram positive and Gram negative pathogens in clinical isolates from major hospitals in Cairo, Egypt. The II International Conference on Antimicrobial Research. Lisbon, Portugal (Nov, 21st -23rd, 2012).2. Yassin, A., Datta, P., Haque, Md., Elmore, K., Booth, T., Banavali, N., Spremulli, L., and Agrawal, R. Cryo-EM of Translation Initiation Complexes Reveals Function of the Unique 37 Amino-Acid Insertion Domain of the Mitochondrial IF2. Translational Control Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, (Sep, 13th -17th, 2010). 3. Shaikh, T., Yassin, A., Lu, Z., Barnard, D., Meng, X., Mohamed, H., Lu, T., Wagenknecht, T., and Agrawal, R. Initial Bridges between the Two Ribosomal Subunits are formed within 9.4 Milliseconds. Translational Control Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, (Sep, 13th -17th, 2010).4. Lahiri, I., Booth, T., Yassin, A., Haque, Md., Elmore, K., Spremulli, L., and Agrawal, R. Visualization of Mitochondrial Initiation Factor 3 on the Mammalian Mitochondrial Small Ribosomal Subunit. Translational Control Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, (Sep, 13th -17th, 2010).5. Shaikh, T., Yassin, A., Lu, Z., Barnard, D., Meng, X., Mohamed, H., Lu, T., Wagenknecht, T., and Agrawal, R. Association of the Ribosomal Subunits as Studied by Time-resolved Cryo-EM. The 2010 Microscopy and Microanalysis Meeting. Portland, OR. (August 1st-5th, 2010).6. Yassin, A., Sharma, M., Datta, P., Lahiri, I., Haque, Md., Elmore, K., Booth, T., Banavali, N., Spremulli, L., and Agrawal, R. Structural Aspects of Translation Initiation on the Mammalian Mitochondrial Ribosome. The Ribosome 2010 meeting. Orvieto, Italy, (May 3rd - 7th, 2010). 7. Lu, Z., Barnard, D., Shaikh, T., Yassin, A., Mohamed, H., Meng, X., Mannella, C., Agrawal, R., Wagenknecht, T. and Lu, T. Time-Resolved Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Ribosomal Subunit Reassociation using a Microfluidic Device. The 2009 Microscopy and Microanalysis Meeting. Richmond, VA. (July 26th-30th, 2009).8. Lu, Z., Shaikh, T., Barnard, D., Mohamed, H., Meng, X., Yassin, A., Agrawal, R., Lu, T. and Wagenknecht, T. Microfluidic devices for Time-Resolved Cryo-Electron Microscopoy. The 53rd Annual Biophysical Society Meeting. Boston, MA. (Feb. 28th-March 4th 2009).9. Yassin, A. and Mankin, A. S. Mapping New Sites for Antibiotic Action in the Ribosome. The 44th Annual MIKI meeting. Chicago, IL. (April21st-23rd, 2006).10. Yassin, A. and Mankin, A. S. Mapping New Sites for Antibiotic Action in the Ribosome. The Sigma Xi Science Research Forum. University of Illinois at Chicago. (April 14th 2006).11. Yassin, A. and Mankin, A. S. Mapping New Sites for Antibiotic Action in the Ribosome. The 2006 Biotechnology Industry Organization Annual Convention. Chicago, IL. (April 12th 2006).12. Yassin, A. and Mankin, A. S. Mapping New Sites for Antibiotic Action in the Ribosome. The 7th Annual Chicago Science Career Forum. Chicago, IL. (March 15th, 2006).13. Yassin, A. and Mankin, A. S. Mapping New Sites for Antibiotic Action in the Ribosome. The 45th Annual ICAAC Meeting (Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy). Washington D.C. (December 16th -19th, 2005).14. Yassin, A. and Mankin, A. S. Mapping Potential New Sites for Antibiotic Action in the Ribosome. The 6th Annual Chicago Science Career Forum. Chicago, IL. (March 18th, 2005).15. Yassin, A. and Mankin, A. S. Identifying New rRNA Functional Sites, Potential Sites for Antibiotic Action in the Ribosome. The 9th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society. Madison, WI. (June1st –6th, 2004).16. Yassin, A. and Mankin, A. S. Mapping Putative Sites for Antibiotic Action in the Ribosome. The 43rd Annual ICAAC Meeting (Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy). Chicago, IL (September 14th -17th, 2003).17. Yassin, A. and Mankin, A. S. Target Sites for Antibiotic Action in the Ribosome. The 103rd General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Washington D.C. (May 18th- 22nd, 2003).18. Yassin, A. and Mankin, A. S. Target Sites for Antibiotic Action in the Ribosome. The 7th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society. Madison, WI. (May 28th-June2nd, 2002).