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Hassan El-Saidi

Hassan

Hassan graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (with Honors Distinction) from the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt in 2000. He obtained his M.Sc. in medicinal chemistry for the design, synthesis and evaluation of some quinonoid antimicrobial and antitumor compounds in 2004. In 2006, he joined Dr. Todd Lowary's group as a Ph.D. student. His current interests ivolve the synthesis and rational design of some carbohydrate molecules that could modulate immunity with the potential for use as vaccines. He will be working in the field of synthesis and biological investigations of some phenolic glycolipids that could be vaccine candidates. Hassan has been awarded an Alberta Ingenuity award for 2006-2007.