Academic Staff
Assistant Professor in Molecular Biology
Pathology and Microbiology
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Duhok
2017 PhD in Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2007 MSC. in Veterinary Anatomy and Histology, University of Duhok, Iraq
2003 BVM&S. in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Duhok, Iraq
1. Tutor, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Duhok
• courses in Veterinary anatomy (2007-2011)
• courses in Cell and Molecular Biology (2017-2022)
2. Supervisor, University of Duhok (2019-2022)
• Training lab members in practical techniques
• Supervision of undergraduates (5th year undergraduate project)
• Supervision of MSc and PhD students
CONFERENCES
Bushra Mohammed, Sadanand D. Sontakke, W. Colin Duncan and Francesc X. Donadeu, (2014). Functional evaluation of miRNAs during bovine ovarian follicular/luteal development. World Congress of Reproductive Biology, Edinburgh, UK (Oral Presentation).
Bushra T Mohammed, W Colin Duncan and Francesc X Donadeu, (2015). Functional evaluation of miRNAs during the ovarian follicular/luteal transition. Conference of the Society of Reproduction and Fertility (SRF), Oxford, UK (Poster).
Bushra T Mohammed, W. Colin Duncan and Francesc X. Donadeu, (2016). Functional evaluation of miRNAs during the follicle-luteal transition in the monovular ovary: Involvement of miR-132 and miR-96 in cell survival. 18th International Congress on Animal Reproduction (ICAR), Tours, France (Oral and Poster Presentation).
Bushra T Mohammed, Cristina Esteve, W. Colin Duncan and Francesc X. Donadeu, (2019). Isolation of different bovine luteal cell fractions using fluorescence-activated cell sorting. The Fertility Conference, Birmingham, UK (Poster).
Bushra T Mohammed and Francesc X. Donadeu, (2020). Identification of miR-202 in bull testis using in situ hybridisation. The Fertility Conference, Edinburgh, UK (Poster).
Bushra T Mohammed, (2020). SfE BES Online conference. Society of Endocrinology. UK
Bushra T Mohammed, (2021) virtual EMBL Conference: SARS-CoV-2 - Two years on: Science Meets the Challenge. Online
.Bushra T Mohammed, (2021). Relationships between size, steroidogenesis and miRNA expression of the bovine corpus luteum. 2nd scientific conference of Veterinary Medicine. University of Duhok (Oral presentation)
.Bushra T Mohammed and Francesc X. Donadeu, (2022). The Fertility Conference, (Poster). Online
.Bushra T Mohammed, (2022). Muscles and Molecular Structure Conference, Imperial College London .UK
Bushra T Mohammed, (2023). mRNA–miRNA interaction network in the ovarian follicle reveals miRNA target genes crucially involved in the regulation of cell apoptosis. The Fertility Conference, Belfast. UK (Oral presentation).
Workshops
• Presenter: April 2018 workshop on PCR essential and application organized by Duhok Research Centre, University of Duhok, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
• Presenter: July 2018 workshop on Basic Concepts in Bioinformatics and Databases organized by Duhok Research Centre, University of Duhok, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
• Participant: February 2019 workshop on Histopathological techniques organized by Duhok Research Centre, University of Duhok, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
• Organizer and Presenter: April 2019 workshop on PCR essential and application organized by Duhok Research Centre, University of Duhok, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
. Workshop for PhD holders from 2010 to now).(2021). University of Duhok
. International Workshop on Education: NEW TRENDS AND PROCPECTS (2021).