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Ramy Aziz
PeerJ Editor & Author
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Author 100
Editor 1,635

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Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Microbiology
Statistics
Genetics
Biochemistry
Global Health
Biodiversity
Ecology
Ecosystem Science
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Marine Biology
Environmental Sciences
Translational Medicine
Medical Genetics
Computational Science
Data Mining and Machine Learning
Agricultural Science
Virology
Diabetes and Endocrinology
Metabolic Sciences
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Toxicology
Public Health
Histology
Taxonomy
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Oncology
Gynecology and Obstetrics
Women's Health
Veterinary Medicine

Ramy K Aziz

PeerJ Editor & Author

Summary

I am a Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt. I am interested in microbiome research, pharmacomicrobiomics, evolution and emergence microbial pathogenesis and resistance, microbial and phage genomics, antibiotic resistance surveillance, adaptive laboratory evolution, metabolic reconstruction and pathway gap filling, and virulence gene discovery.

Bioinformatics Databases Evolutionary Studies Genomics Immunology Infectious Diseases Microbiology Molecular Biology

Past or current institution affiliations

Cairo University

Work details

Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Cairo University
September 2017
Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy

Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Cairo University
September 2016 - September 2017
Faculty of Pharmacy

Genome analyst

Argonne National Laboratory, IL, USA

Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Cairo University
October 2012 - September 2016
Faculty of Pharmacy

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
  • Edited 14
November 30, 2017
Kullback Leibler divergence in complete bacterial and phage genomes
Sajia Akhter, Ramy K. Aziz, Mona T. Kashef, Eslam S. Ibrahim, Barbara Bailey, Robert A. Edwards
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4026 PubMed 29204318

Academic Editor on

July 14, 2021
Influence of the dental topical application of a nisin-biogel in the oral microbiome of dogs: a pilot study
Eva Cunha, Sara Valente, Mariana Nascimento, Marcelo Pereira, Luís Tavares, Ricardo Dias, Manuela Oliveira
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11626 PubMed 34316391
August 18, 2020
The vaginal microbiome of sub-Saharan African women: revealing important gaps in the era of next-generation sequencing
Nkechi Martina Odogwu, Oladapo O. Olayemi, Akinyinka O. Omigbodun
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9684 PubMed 32879794
September 23, 2019
Effect of radiotherapy on the gut microbiome in pediatric cancer patients: a pilot study
Nourhan Sahly, Ahmed Moustafa, Mohamed Zaghloul, Tamer Z. Salem
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7683 PubMed 31579590
August 6, 2019
miRDRN—miRNA disease regulatory network: a tool for exploring disease and tissue-specific microRNA regulatory networks
Hsueh-Chuan Liu, Yi-Shian Peng, Hoong-Chien Lee
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7309 PubMed 31404401
December 10, 2018
Characterization and comparative genomic analysis of virulent and temperate Bacillus megaterium bacteriophages
Abdoallah Sharaf, Miroslav Oborník, Adel Hammad, Sohair El-Afifi, Eman Marei
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5687 PubMed 30581654
September 28, 2018
Sunset Yellow and Allura Red modulate Bcl2 and COX2 expression levels and confer oxidative stress-mediated renal and hepatic toxicity in male rats
Latifa I. Khayyat, Amina E. Essawy, Jehan M. Sorour, Ahmed Soffar
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5689 PubMed 30280050
September 12, 2018
The impact of chemerin or chemokine-like receptor 1 loss on the mouse gut microbiome
Helen J. Dranse, Ashlee Zheng, André M. Comeau, Morgan G.I. Langille, Brian A. Zabel, Christopher J. Sinal
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5494 PubMed 30225164
August 23, 2018
Genetic diversity and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella serotypes recovered throughout the beef production chain and from patients with salmonellosis
Mauricio Realpe-Quintero, Jeannette Barba-León, Julia A. Pérez-Montaño, Carlos Pacheco-Gallardo, Delia González-Aguilar, Rosa M. Dominguez-Arias, Elisa Cabrera-Diaz
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5482 PubMed 30155367
July 31, 2018
Co-occurring nematodes and bacteria in submarine canyon sediments
Jadwiga Rzeznik-Orignac, Antoine Puisay, Evelyne Derelle, Erwan Peru, Nadine Le Bris, Pierre E. Galand
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5396 PubMed 30083476
November 17, 2017
Comparative analysis of prophages in Streptococcus mutans genomes
Tiwei Fu, Xiangyu Fan, Quanxin Long, Wanyan Deng, Jinlin Song, Enyi Huang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4057 PubMed 29158986
April 27, 2017
A Profile Hidden Markov Model to investigate the distribution and frequency of LanB-encoding lantibiotic modification genes in the human oral and gut microbiome
Calum J. Walsh, Caitriona M. Guinane, Paul W. O’ Toole, Paul D. Cotter
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3254 PubMed 28462050
October 27, 2016
The mosaic architecture of Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida pAsa4 plasmid and its consequences on antibiotic resistance
Katherine H. Tanaka, Antony T. Vincent, Mélanie V. Trudel, Valérie E. Paquet, Michel Frenette, Steve J. Charette
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2595 PubMed 27812409
January 21, 2016
The impact of freeze-drying infant fecal samples on measures of their bacterial community profiles and milk-derived oligosaccharide content
Zachery T. Lewis, Jasmine C.C. Davis, Jennifer T. Smilowitz, J. Bruce German, Carlito B. Lebrilla, David A. Mills
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1612 PubMed 26819854
February 17, 2015
Insight into Shiga toxin genes encoded by Escherichia coli O157 from whole genome sequencing
Philip M. Ashton, Neil Perry, Richard Ellis, Liljana Petrovska, John Wain, Kathie A. Grant, Claire Jenkins, Tim J. Dallman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.739 PubMed 25737808