Academic Staff

Nov. 25, 2025, 9:33 a.m.
BUSHRA TAHER MOHAMMED (PhD) teaching staff
Assistant Professor
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).

Research

1. AHMED SJ, MOHAMMED BT. BIOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTORS (IGF1 AND IGF2) GENES AND STEROIDOGENESIS IN OVINE OVARIAN ANTRAL FOLLICLES. J Duhok Univ. 2022;25(2):201–10.
2. Donadeu FX, Mohammed BT, Ioannidis J. A miRNA target network putatively involved in follicular atresia. Domest Anim Endocrinol. 2017;58.
3. Donadeu FX, Sanchez JM, Mohammed BT, Ioannidis J, Stenhouse C, Maioli MA, et al. Relationships between size, steroidogenesis and miRNA expression of the bovine corpus luteum. Theriogenology [Internet]. 2019; Available from: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0093691X1930487X
4. Mohammed BT, Donadeu FX. Localization and in silico-based functional analysis of miR-202 in bull testis. Reprod Domest Anim [Internet]. 2022 May 15;n/a(n/a). Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/rda.14159
5. Mohammed BT. Identification and bioinformatic analysis of invA gene of Salmonella in free range chicken. Vol. 84, Brazilian Journal of Biology. scielo ; 2024.
6. Sontakke SD, Mohammed BT, McNeilly AS, Donadeu FX. Characterization of microRNAs differentially expressed during bovine follicle development. Reproduction. 2014;148(3):271–83.
7. Mohammed BT, Donadeu FX. Bovine Granulosa Cell Culture. In: Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana Press Inc.; 2018. p. 79–87.
8. Mohammed BT, Sontakke SD, Ioannidis J, Duncan WC, Donadeu FX. The adequate corpus luteum: Mir-96 promotes luteal cell survival and progesterone production. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Jul 1;102(7):2188–98.
9. Mohammed BT, Esteves CL, Donadeu FX. Analyses of bovine luteal fractions obtained by FACS reveals enrichment of miR-183-96-182 cluster miRNAs in endothelial cells. Reprod Biol Endocrinol [Internet]. 2019 May;17(1):41. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12958-019-0484-9
10. Mohammed, B.T.M.F.S.M., 2008. Anatomical And Histological Study Of Goat ̉s Kidney. J. Duhok Univ. 11, 148–154.

Molecular Biology of the cell

MSc student
PhD student