Omar Haji Mohamed

Dr.    Omar    Haji    Mohamed    Shair
CURRICULUM VITAE Omar Haji Mohamed Shair  Ph.D.

Mobile    00966581331203

Email Address    dr.oshair@hotmail.com

oshair@ksu.edu.sa

Birth Date:    10th Oct 1959

Place of Birth:    Mogadishu, Somalia

Nationality:    Somali
 

Personal profile

Marital Status:                        Single, with 6 Children the elders 25 and the youngest 18. none of my children are working they are studying at King Saud University.

Languages Known: Somali, English, Chinese, Arabic and Italian.

Prevalent Experience and Skills

Studied   and   implemented   novel   strategies and   methodologies   for teaching.  Several  Years  of  experiences  in  lecture  based,  Student centered and core based methodology in training both Molecular Biology, Gene Cloning students; Utilized Systems based Molecular Biology teaching techniques. Supervised student projects, both library and                                            laboratory                                            based
 

Research Techniques

Fingerprinted   date   palm   and   red   weevil   by   Using   RAPD technique Cloning and genotyping of exotic Streptococcus pneumonia by using conventional PCR and cloning technique. Detected the presence of inserted genes in food by using real time PCR Technique.

I initiated and Established Biotechnology Laboratory in King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Detection  of  red  weevil  infestation  in  date  palm,  by  using molecular   marker   Preparation of   competent   cells   and   gene transfer

Other Research Skills

Constantly maintain a strict adherence to research protocols and preservation  of  standard  condition.  I  have  an  excellent  ability with regard to design, and revision of experimental protocols and excellent observation skills.

Skilled in statistical analysis and critical evaluation and graphical
 
representation of data

Highly skilled in pattern analysis ensuring the proposal of robust hypotheses from data obtained.  Experienced in management of a small team, supervised and instructed students in procedure and analysis regarding animal, plant and bacterial molecular studies.

Other Technical Skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power  point, Microsoft Excel and Gel documentation System (GDS), Programming and operating PCR machine ( RAPD, RFLP,SSR, ALFP).GDS Machine, Gel electrophoresis and

PFGE machine and DNA Sequencer Machine Real Time PCR, Light cycle (Real-time PCR).

Summary of Accomplishment

I was elected as co- coordinator of the faculty of veterinary medicine, Mogadishu, Somalia
 

Employment Profile.

Assistant Professor

At  present  I  am  acting  as  assistant  professor  at  King  Saud

University, Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

lecturing  Advanced  Molecular  Biology,  Medical  Microbiology and practical research to students in the Department of Botany and Microbiology and participate the educational activities within the Department of Botany and Microbiology.

Scientific Specialist, 1998-2007

I was working with King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Biotechnology Program Saudi Arabia, Riyadh. I gave training to junior worker in the field of Molecular Biology, gene cloning and basic molecular Biology microbiology.
 

Techniques

Having Employed Novel Training Methodologies; firstly Embarking   on   an   active   learning   Program   (with   limited success)  Recently have developed and Implemented a core-based training Approach and have applied this Methodology to new researchers and Technicians at KACST with great Success

Assistant Professor at Beijing University, 1996- 1998

Acted  as  a  course  coordinator  in  Gene  cloning and  related technique of Molecular Biology and conducted an extensive lecturing of the above mentioned subjects

Part time job VISA officer   1996-1997

Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Beijing

Worked as collector of Chinese Passport seeking VISA to Saudi
 
Arabia, Acted as translator, Tour guiding and shopping Beijing area for the Embassy guest and guest Receptionist for Saudi Embassy in Beijing.

Assistant Project Manager 1989-1990

UN Food Agricultural Organization (FAO), Mogadishu   Assisted the  FAO  Project  Manager  in  the  development  and implementation of highly successful

training courses in primary animal health care.

Taught various sessions of the courses,  Involved in the development of the course curriculum, solely held responsibilities for the arrangements of all visits to slaughter house for training sessions.

Literacy and Adult Education 1988-1989

Devoted voluntary service to literacy and adult education classes

And had been offered Honorary Diploma with good wishes for every Progress and happiness
 

Lecturer of Intermediate Education, 1987- 1988

College of Education, Pease crops Organization (USA).

Acted as lecturer in child growth and development sessions for teachers and conducted extensive lectures in teaching Methodologies for intermediate teachers and conducted practical teaching classes.

Observed nature and mode of teaching session planning

Holding  attention of  the  class, content  of the  plan  and finally

commenting each teacher’s way of teaching and lesson plan.

Future Research Interests

Isolation, Purification and Identification of Fungal and bacterial

Enzyme Molecular Characterization of Microorganisms producing

Enzymes and detection and identification of toxin

s
 

Educational Background

Ph.D.  Molecular  Biology,  1996  Department  of  Molecular  Biology, Beijing University, China

Thesis title; “Cloning the Promoter of ß-casein gene of goat”

Research utilized fresh goat mammary gland, Olygonucleotide primers, PCR, Phage vector and sequencer.

M.Sc.   Microbiology,   1993   Department   of   Microbiology,   Guanxi
University, China

Thesis title:  “Identification of Brucella abortus by tube agglutination test ELISA and Dot ELISA.” This course encompassed a range of subjects with the field of molecular biology techniques and biochemical laboratory techniques.

Assessment included; examinations of infected animals and non-infected once in the field, blood collection  and conducting the identification of
 
the presence of Brucella in the blood by the Techniques of Tube agglutination Test, ELISA and dot ELISA.

B.Sc. Veterinary of Science, 1982

Department of Veterinary Science, Joint University of Somalia and Italy

Year  one  and  two  courses  modules:  General:  Year  three  and  four course modules: Biochemistry with intensive laboratory technique, Physiology and Pathology with intensive microbiological laboratory techniques. Year five course modules:  Reproduction, Medicine and Clinical practice.
 

Current Research Interests

Stem Cells, goat embryo and enzyme production

Training and Workshop

1. Good Laboratory practice: July 2006, Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

2. International Conference on Avian Influenza: November 2005, King Abdulaziz Medical City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
3. Microarray, Bioinformatics and Bioethics: January 2003, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4. Red weevil, New Techniques and future applications: April 2007, Riyadh Saudi Arabia
5. The third conference of Scientific Research and Technology Development for Arab world: April 2004, King Fahad Cultural Center, Riyadh Saudi Arabia
6. Discussion loop of Bio-Banking Ethics: Feb 2008-02-20, King

Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
 
7. Economic Feasibility Study: Principles of Economic Feasibility,

and Marketing Art, Basic economic Feasibility  Study for Projects, Project choosing Norms, Planning and Administrating of Economic Feasibility study. Feb 2008, 02-15, King
Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Presentations

1. Omar Shair (1999). The cloning and sequencing of the regulatory element of goat Beta-casein gene. Pakistan     Journal of Biological Sciences 2 (4): 1236-1239. (Paper presented at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology(KACST), October 20002, Saudi Arabia).

2.  Al-Swailem A. M., Shibl, A. M., Shair O. H., and Kadry A. A. (2004) Genetic Relatedness of Ampicilline Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Clones from Saudi Arabia to Wild Strains. Pakistan J. Biol. Sci. 7 (8): 1346-1349. (Paper presented at the Biotechnology lab, to young researcher (KACST), May 2004, Saudi Arabia).
 

3.  Al-Ayied H., Al-Swailem A., Shair O., Al-Jabr A. (2006). Evaluation of phylogenetic relationship between three phenotypically different forms  of red date palm weevil (Rhyncophorus ferugineus (Oliv.).
Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 39 (4): 303- 309

Paper presented at the Biotechnology lab to young researcher

(KACST), November 2005, Saudi Arabia)
 

Scholarship and Awards

Research Scholarship Award

1993-1996. Beijing University, China

Honorary Diploma Awarded

1991.  Devotedness  to  study  and  enthusiastic    researcher,  Guanxi

University, China

Research Scholarship Award

1990-1993 Guanxi University, China

Honorary Diploma Awarded

1988. Ministry of Education of Somalia. Honorary Diploma Awarded
1987. College of Education of Pease corp’s organization, USA.
 

Publications

1. Omar H.M. Shair   (2014).Heat Resisting Bacteria from Soil: A Simple Method for Isolation and Extraction of DNA. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, Volume 8 No. 2 No. 1003-1007

2.  Omar H.M. Shair*, Rasheed M. Al-Ssum and Ashraf A. Hatamleh(2014).
Bacterial Contamination in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus): Evidence from Saudi Arabia Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, Volume 8 No. Special          Edition          Nov.          2014                     No.          743-747

3. Omar M.H. Shair(2013). Herbal Medication for Future Industrial Poultry Study on      chickens from Riyadh Market Saudi Arabia. BIOSCIENCES BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASIA,  Vol. 10(1), 229-233

4.  Najla Qalit Ammash Alfaqeer, Omar H. M. Shair*, Rashead M. Al-ssum and Rana Alturki(2013). Predominant Lactobacillus species Identification from Healthy and Unhealthy Saudi  Women  by Molecular Techniques.Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, Vol. 7 No. 3 No.
1909-1915.
 

5. N.M. Deraz1* and Omar H. Abd-Elkader2,3 (2013). Preparation and Characterization  of  Nano-magnetic  Ni0.5Mg0.5Fe2O4  System  for Biological Applications. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology. Vol. 7
No. Special Edition    No. 333-339

6.        Omar H.M. Shair(2013). Sequence of Lactobacillus inners PCR Product: Dominant Species in Healthy and Unhealthy Saudi Women. Journal of Pure and    Applied    Microbiology,    Volume    8    No.    1        No.    615-622

7.   Omar H.M. Shair.(2013) Bacillus Contaminated Air- conditions (A/Cs) i

Homes at areas of Umul- Hamam,  Saudi Arabia. BIOSCIENCES BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEAR CH ASIA, Vol. 10(1), 09-14

8. Mohammed S. Al-Saggaf¹, Omar H.M. Shair², Rashead M. Al-ssum² and William Macasero¹ (2012). Respiratory Viruses in Gazelles at King Khalid Wildlife Research Centre: Serological Investigation and Surveillance.  J.  of pure & Applied  Microbiology, Vol. 6(1), p. 53-58.

9.  Arishy M., Omar H.M. Shair, Rashead M. Al-ssum and Bashir A. Al-ssum (2012). An Assessment of Candidal Vulvovaginitis in Cohort of Saudi Healthy Women. J. of Pure & Applied Microbiology, Vol. 6(1), 91-95.

10.Mohammed S. Al-Saggaf¹, Omar H.M. Shair², Rashead M. Al-ssum² and
William Macasero (2012). Respiratory Viruses in Gazelles at King Khalid
 
Wildlife Research Centre: Serological Investigation and Surveillance. J. of pure & Applied Microbiology, Vol. 6(1), 53-58.

11.Hathiyah  Mohammed  Abu-Thiyab,  Omar  H.M.  Shair*,  Rashead  M.  Al- ssum, Najwa M. Aref and Bashir A. Al-ssum (2012).   Functional Redundancy Diversity of Gram Positive Bacteria as Response to Pesticide (Malathion) Exposure in Soil.   J.   of pure & Applied Microbiology, Vol,
6(1). 201-207.

12.Omar M. H. Shair (2012). Actinomyces pyogenes isolates from Sheep Biochemical identification and confirmation by molecular method. African Journal of Microbiology Research Vol. 6(6), pp. 1118-1124, 16

13. Rabab Lutfi Ashoor Al-Khateeb, Omar H.M. Shair, Rashead M. Al-ssum, Ashraf   AtefHatamleh and Mohammed Soliman EL-Shikh(2012) Multiplex and Real Time PCR for Serotyping of Important Epidemiologic Pneumococcus. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, Vol. 7No.1  125-
134.
 

14.Omar H.M. Shair (2012). Study of Susceptibilities of Saudi Isolated Erwinia and Standard Erwinia to some Antimicrobials Supplemented with Garlic Powder. Journal of Pure and Applied MicrobiologyVol. Vol. No. 1  79-84

15.  Abdullah A. Al-Arfaj, Basheer A. Al-Sum* and Omar H.M. Shair(2012).
Characterization of Bacteriophages as Indicators of Bacterial Contamination in Marketed Leafy Vegetables from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Journal of Pure and   Applied   Microbiology,   Volume   6   No.   4   Page   No.   1753-1757

16.Basheer A. Al-sum, Naif A. Al-Harbi, Omar H. M. Shair, Ashraf AtefHatamleh and Mohammed Soliman EL-Shikh(2012) Detection of microbial contamination in drinking water from Dammad City, Jazan, Saudi Arabia. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, Volume 6 No. 3 No.
1171-1175

17.Mohammed S. Al-Saggaf*, Rashead M. Al-ssum and Omar M. H. Shair (2011).    Isolation and identification of Archanobacterium pyogenes (Actinomyces pyogenes) from Arabian gazelles. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 10(80),  18614-18631.
 

18.Omar  H. Mohamed Shair( 2011).Genetic variation investigation of Tilapi Grown under Saudi Arabian Controlled Environment. American journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,1(1): 89-94.

19.  Rashead Musa Al-ssum, Wahid Abdulbari Moqbel and Omar H.M. Shair (2011)     Leprosy Survey in the Republic of Yemen: A Field Study. J. of Pure & applied Microbiology Vol.(5) 517-522.

20.Mohammed S. Al-Saggaf¹, Omar H.M. Shair², Rashead M. Al-ssum² and William Macasero¹ (2011). Respiratory Viruses in Gazelles at King Khalid Wildlife  Research  Centre:  Serological  Investigation  and  Surveillance. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, Vol. 6 No. 1  No. 53-58
 
21.  Mohssen  A.  Al-Masrhi  and  Omar  H.M.  Shair*(2010).  Capability  of Erwinia Isolates in Saudi Arabia in Inducing Soft Rot. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, Vol. 4 No. 2 No. 463-467

22.Omar  M.H.  (2010).  Bacterial  contamination  in  lettuce:  Comparison  of sewage water-irrigated plants to commercial products from Riyadh market, Saudi Arabia. Journal of food. Agriculture and environment,8 (4&3): 470-
472.

23. Omar H.M. Shair*(2010).  Capability of Erwinia Isolates in Saudi Arabia in
Inducing Soft Rot. J. of Applied and pure Microbiology,4(2): 463-467.

24.Abdulaziz M. al-Swailem, Maher M. Shehta, Omar H. Shair, Turki A. Al- shammari, Ibrahim O. Al-Anazi, and Saeedf A. Sabaan (2007). A proposed method for sampling, detection and quantification of maize kernels using traditional and real-time PCR. Journal of Food & Environment, 5 (1): 89-96.

25.Al-Ayied H., Al-Swailem A., Shair O., Al-Jabr A. (2006). Evaluation of
 
phylogenetic relationship between three phenotypically different forms of red date palm weevil (Rhyncophorus ferugineus Oliv.). Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 39 (4): 303-309.

26.Abdulaziz  M.  Al-Swailem,  Maher  M.  Shehata,  Omar  Shair,  Saeed  A.
Sabaan,  Ibrahim  O.  Al-Anazi  and  Turki  A.  Al-Shammari.  (2005)  An efficient method for identification and quantification of genetic modification of local, imported and food products of maize in Saudi Arabia using PCR- based markers and real-time PCR. Journal of Food & Agric. & Environment.
3 (2): 18-23.

27.Al-Swailem A. M., Shibl, A. M., Shair O. H., and Kadry A. A. (2004) Genetic Relatedness of Ampicilline Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Clones from Saudi Arabia to Wild Strains. Pakistan J. Biol. Sci. 7 (8): 1346-
1349.

28.Abdulaziz M. Al-Swailem, Ashraf A.  Kadry, Soliman  I.Fouda, Atef M.
Shibl and Omar H. Shair. (2004) Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Clinical Isolates. Current Therapeutic Research. 65 (5): 423-432.
 

29.Omar Shair (1999). The cloning and sequencing of the regulatory element of goat Beta-casein gene. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 2 (4): 1236-
1239.