Ongoing and Conducted Researches

  • Genetic epidemiology of Cancer in East Africa (ongoing)

 

  • Genetic susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes (ongoing)

 

  • Plasmodium falicparum var genes expression and their role in different Malaria manifestations ( ongoing)

 

  • Genetics of Asthma (Ongoing)

 

  • Genetic susceptibility to HIV infection (2008-ongoing).

 

  • Functional genomics of visceral leishmaniasis (2007-2012).

 

  • Genetics of Burkitt’s lymphoma.

 

  • Possible genes control susceptibility to Mycetoma, using SNP chips.

 

  • Screening of known cytokine, nitric oxide and complement receptor one gene polymorphisms in Sudanese from malaria endemic areas.

 

  • Immunogenetics of cutaneous leishmaniasis in newly inhabited area in Khartoum.
  • Looking for possible reservoir host for visceral leishmaniasis by investigating natural infection and experimental infection in dogs

 

  • Functional and Genetic analysis of NRAMP1 gene using Real time PCR, reporter assay and sequencing
  • Diagnosis of leishmaniasis using PCR

 

  • Genetic susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis –Candidate gene approach.

 

  • Epidemiological study of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tuti Island-Khartoum looking for the prevalence of the disease in human and sandflies

 

  • Frequency of sugar feeding of Phlebotomus Papatasi in Surogia area. Graduation dissertation. Supervisor Dr. Dia Eldin Elnaiem. Faculty of Science University of Khartoum.