Sherif El-Khamisy

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Sherif El- Khamisi
NationalityEgyptian
CitizenshipEgypt
Alma mater Cairo University (PharmD)
 Ain Shams University (Master of Science)
American University in Cairo (Diploma) University of Sussex (PhD)
Known for Molecular biology, human genetics
Awards Biochemical Society Award

Wellcome Trust Investigator Award Lister Research Fellowship Prize

The State Award for Medical Sciences

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Scientific career
Fields Molecular biology, Genetics
Institutions

Sherif El- Khamisy is an Egyptian Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics. He is the Director of Research and Innovation and co-founder of the Healthy Life Span Institute, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. [1] [2] [3] He is also one of the 2022 winners of Obada Prize [4]

Education

El- Khamisy obtained his first degree in pharmacy at Cairo University in 1997 and moved to Ain Shams University for his master's degree in the same course where he graduated in 2000. He obtained a Diploma in Business administration from American University in Cairo in 2002 and bagged his PhD in University of Sussex in 2005. [5]

Career

In 2005, he became a lecturer at department of Biochemistry, Ain Shams University, Egypt. In 2006, he was a post doctoral fellow at the Department of Genetics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, US. From 2007 to 2008, he was a MRC Post-doctoral Fellow, Genome Center, University of Sussex, UK. In 2008, he became a fellow of Wellcome Trust, Genome Center, University of Sussex. In 2013, he became a Reader at Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield and in the same year he became the group leader of Wellcome Trust. In 2014, he became the Chair of Molecular Medicine Department, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield and in 2015, he became the Director of Research and Innovation of the institution. [5]

Awards and memberships

In 2004, he received the Biochemical Society Award and became a fellow of Wellcome Trust in 2008. He received The State Award for Medical Sciences in 2011 and the Lister Research Fellowship Prize in 2015. He is also a recipient of Wellcome Trust Investigator Award and Shoman Award for Medical Sciences in 2015 and 2016 respectively. In 2017 and 2018, he became a fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and the Royal Society of Chemistry. [5]

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References

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