Dr Ahmed studied to obtain a DVM and subsequently completed PhD in molecular infectious diseases. He studied Veterinary and Comparative Medicine with an inherent interest in zoonotic diseases and subsequently specialized in genomics and biology of mycobacterial and gastrointestinal pathogens.

Current research interests of Ahmed lab include diversity, evolution and biology of M. tuberculosis and Helicobacter pylori in the context of evolution of survival mechanisms, acquisition and optimization of virulence, and their impact on dissemination dynamics, invasion, persistence, signaling events, molecular pathogenesis, strain evolution and prevention measures. To address these issues he uses a hoast of genomic and cellular microbiology approaches.

Dr Ahmed works for PLoS ONE as Section Editor (Microbiology and Genomics) and is also associated with the International Society for Genomic and Evolutionary Microbiology and the European Helicobacter Study Group. He blogs at http://niyazahmed.blogspot.com

http://www.pathogen-evolution.org

Transgenic expression of Helicobacter pylori CagA induces gastrointestinal and hematopoietic neoplasms in mouse. Ohnishi N, Yuasa H, …, Azuma T, Hatakeyama M Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 Jan 22 105(3):1003-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 3 Jul 2008 The price of play: self-organized infant mortality cycles in chimpanzees. Kuehl HS, Elzner C, …, Boesch C, Walsh PD PLoS ONE 2008 3(6):e2440 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 27 Jun 2008 Baselines and degradation of coral reefs in the northern line islands. Sandin SA, Smith JE, …, Knowlton N, Sala E PLoS ONE 2008 3(2):e1548 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 20 Mar 2008 Metabolome based reaction graphs of M. tuberculosis and M. leprae: a comparative network analysis. Verkhedkar KD, Raman K, Chandra NR, Vishveshwara S PLoS ONE 2007 2(9):e881 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 12 Mar 2008 Helicobacter pylori dampens gut epithelial self-renewal by inhibiting apoptosis, a bacterial strategy to enhance colonization of the stomach. Mimuro H, Suzuki T, …, Haas R, Sasakawa C Cell Host Microbe 2007 Oct 11 2(4):250-63 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 3 Mar 2008 Microbial Ecology of Four Coral Atolls in the Northern Line Islands. Dinsdale EA, Pantos O, …, Knowlton N, Rohwer F PLoS ONE 2008 3:e1584 [FREE full text] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 26 Feb 2008 Genome Biology of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae JL03, an Isolate of Serotype 3 Prevalent in China. Xu Z, Zhou Y, …, Zhao GP, Chen H PLoS ONE 2008 3(1):e1450 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 18 Jan 2008 Detection and Isolation of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis from intestinal mucosal biopsies of patients with and without Crohn's disease in Sardinia. Sechi LA, Scanu AM, …, Fadda G, Zanetti S Am J Gastroenterol 2005 Jul 100(7):1529-36 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 10 Jan 2008 Inhibition of Poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase impairs Epstein Barr Virus lytic cycle progression. Mattiussi S, Tempera I, …, D'Erme M, Mattia E Infect Agent Cancer 2007 2:18 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 21 Dec 2007 A Novel Multi-Antigen Virally Vectored Vaccine against Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis. Bull TJ, Gilbert SC, …, Sidi-Boumedine K, Hermon-Taylor J PLoS ONE 2007 2(11):e1229 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 6 Dec 2007 Mycobacterium ulcerans in mosquitoes captured during outbreak of Buruli ulcer, southeastern Australia. Johnson PD, Azuolas J, …, Jenkin GA, Fyfe JA Emerg Infect Dis 2007 Nov 13(11):1653-60 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [order article] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 30 Nov 2007 Mining Predicted Essential Genes of Brugia malayi for Nematode Drug Targets. Kumar S, Chaudhary K, …, Ghedin E, Carlow CK PLoS ONE 2007 2(11):e1189 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 23 Nov 2007 Efficacy of eleven antimicrobials against a gregarine parasite (Apicomplexa: Protozoa). Johny S, Merisko A, Whitman DW Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 2007 Nov 12 6(1):15 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 19 Nov 2007 Genome-wide investigation reveals pathogen-specific and shared signatures in the response of Caenorhabditis elegans to infection. Wong D, Bazopoulou D, …, Tavernarakis N, Ewbank JJ Genome Biol 2007 8(9):R194 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed / Panayiotis (Takis) Benos Evaluated 14 Nov 2007 Molecular Correlates of Host Specialization in Staphylococcus aureus. Herron-Olson L, Fitzgerald JR, Musser JM, Kapur V PLoS ONE 2007 2(10):e1120 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 6 Nov 2007 Novel biochemical properties of a CRP/FNR family transcription factor from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Akhter Y, Tundup S, Hasnain SE Int J Med Microbiol 2007 Oct 297(6):451-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 5 Nov 2007 Helicobacter exploits integrin for type IV secretion and kinase activation. Kwok T, Zabler D, …, König W, Backert S Nature 2007 Oct 18 449(7164):862-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed / Silvana Curci / Pascale Cossart Evaluated 30 Oct 2007 Genome wide expression analysis in HPV16 Cervical Cancer: identification of altered metabolic pathways. Pérez-Plasencia C, Vázquez-Ortiz G, …, Moreno J, Salcedo M Infect Agent Cancer 2007 2:16 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 29 Oct 2007 The equilibria that allow bacterial persistence in human hosts. Blaser MJ, Kirschner D Nature 2007 Oct 18 449(7164):843-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed / Raymond Mejia / Gerard Muyzer / Vivek Kapur Evaluated 25 Oct 2007 Metagenomics of the deep mediterranean, a warm bathypelagic habitat. Martín-Cuadrado AB, López-García P, Gottschalk G, Rodríguez-Valera F PLoS ONE 2007 2:914 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Niyaz Ahmed Evaluated 18 Oct 2007

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