Sherif El-Khamisy
academic title
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
position
Director of the Center for Genomics
Contact Information
Email: selkhamisy@zewailcity.edu.eg
Office#: HIMS, F046
Education: Doctor of Philosophy degree in biochemistry from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom
Research Areas: Biochemistry, Genetics , Molecular Biology , Cell Biology, Medicine, Neuroscience , Pharmaceutics, Biological Sciences
Research Interests: Genomics, yeast genetics, mammalian genetics, nanotechnology
Keywords: yeast, genomics, nano, medicine, repair, diagnoses
1) Hegazy, M. T., Allam, W. R., Hussein, M. A., Zoheir, N., Quartuccio, L., El-Khamisy, S. F., . . . the Mediterranean Consortium for the study of Cryoglobulinemic Vasculitis. (2018). Increased genomic instability following treatment with direct acting anti-hepatitis C virus drugs. EBioMedicine, 35, 106-113.
2) Elserafy, M., & El-Khamisy, S. F. (2018). Choose your yeast strain carefully: The RAD5 gene matters. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 19(6), 343-344
3) Walker, C., Herranz-Martin, S., Karyka, E., Liao, C., Lewis, K., Elsayed, W., . . . El-Khamisy, S. F. (2017). C9orf72 expansion disrupts ATM-mediated chromosomal break repair. Nature Neuroscience, 20(9), 1225-1235.
1) State Award for Excellence in Medical Sciences 2018 from the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology
2) The distinguished Wellcome Trust Fellowship and Wellcome Trust Investigator Award from the United Kingdom
3) The Egyptian National Award in Medical Sciences from the National Science Academy in Egypt