Mohammed Asiri

Ph.D. Candidate

Mohammed Asiri is a fifth year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Microbiology working with Dr. Karl Thompson. Mohammed received his BS degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences from King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia in 2006 and his MHS degree inMedical Laboratory Sciences from Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT in 2012. Prior to coming to Howard University, Mohammed worked as a lecturer in King Khalid University in the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences. Mohammed joined Thompson laboratory in December 2016. His research focuses on the envelope stress responses in Yersinia pseudotuberculosisYPIII and how small RNAs are regulated and how do they contribute to gene regulation. His research particularly aims to discover novel CpxR-regulated small RNAs in Yersinia pseudotuberculosisYPIII.

Techniques: Cloning, Northern Blot, RT-PCR, RACE, CRISPR/Cpf1, PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, Gene Expression

Contact Information: Moammed.asiri@bison.howard.edu

masiri@kku.edu.sa

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