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Seleem elected fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
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🎉 Congratulations to Somaia Abdelmegeed!🎉
We are delighted to celebrate Somaia’s successful completion of her Master’s degree! Her hard work, dedication, and impressive scientific contributions have made a tremendous impact in our group.
Somaia will now be taking the next exciting step in her academic journey as she begins her PhD in the Department of Biochemistry under the mentorship of Dr. Soumi Ghosh.
🏅 Congratulations, Dr. Ahmed Abouelkhair!
He is now a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists, board-certified in Bacteriology & Mycology, an achievement reserved for the very best in the field.
We're proud to share that Ahmed Abouelkhair has been awarded Best Poster Presentation at the Virginia Tech Drug Discovery Center Symposium-VTCDD 2025 for outstanding work on drug discovery targeting Clostridioides difficile! 🎉
Congratulations on this well-deserved achievement.
Congratulations to Somaia Abdelmegeed!
Somaia won third place in the poster presentation at VCOM-VA Research Day! Well done, Somaia! We’re proud of you!
Congratulations to Ahmed Abouelkhair! We’re excited to celebrate Ahmed, a Ph.D. candidate in our group, for receiving 1st place in the poster presentation at the CRWAD conference in Chicago, January 18–21.
Congratulations to Ahmed Abouelkhair! We’re thrilled to celebrate Ahmed, a PhD candidate in our group, for receiving the BMVS Travel Award to support his participation in the CRWAD conference in Chicago from January 18–21, where he will showcase his amazing work.
🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Yehia Elgammal! 🎉
We are thrilled to announce that Yehia Elgammal has successfully defended his PhD! We couldn’t be prouder of his accomplishments and the impact he has made in his field.
Congratulations to Ahmed Abouelkhair!
We’re thrilled to share that Ahmed, a PhD candidate in our group, has been awarded the prestigious ACVM Graduate Student Travel Award!
Congratulations to Ahmed Abouelkhair for officially becoming a PhD candidate after successfully passing his preliminary exam! Fantastic achievement—keep up the amazing work!
Huge congratulations to Nour Alkashif on officially becoming a PhD candidate after successfully passing his preliminary exam! Well done and keep up the great work!
Somaia also completed a research internship at Purdue University in Indiana, where she worked on identifying molecular markers in dog mammary tumors as a predictive model for human breast cancer.
Her journey includes significant experience as a Microbiologist at a human medical diagnostic laboratory, where she refined her skills in pathogen isolation, identification from clinical samples, and conducting antimicrobial susceptibility and serological tests.
Meet Our New Team Member: Somaia, Master's Student at Dr. Seleem's Lab
We are thrilled to introduce Somaia, who has joined Dr. Seleem's laboratory as a master's student. She specializes in developing antimicrobial peptides aimed at combating superbugs.
