Elaf Alshdokhi, Msc Email & Phone Number

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Support, design, perform, and evaluate bioinformatics projects at microbiology reference laboratory department.• Design and perform advanced bioinformatics methods that benefit data analysis efficiency in quality, time, and cost.• Analyze BioData using bioinformatics tools: QC; alignment and assembly; mapping; variantcalling; identifying differentially expressed genes, and biological interpretation.• Maintain, troubleshoot, and perform day-to-day work on next-generation sequencing data. • Conducting literature reviews and edit data to ensure completeness and accuracy of information.

Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance Section:• Researches, reviews and implements regulations, standards or rules related to communicable disease control.• Participation in routine and outbreak infectious disease monitoring and response activities.• Performs public health surveillance activities by reviewing laboratory and other data reports.• Completes outreach activities through community engagement of at-risk populations.• Collaborates with the disease surveillance team in ongoing programs in order to implement measures to prevent and control the spread of disease.

• Work on projects involved developing a vaccine for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).• Perform, and evaluate molecular biotechnology laboratory techniques such as PCR, DNA extraction, gel electrophoresis, plasmid isolation, cloning, and tissue culture.• Performing laboratory tests and/or experiments following established procedures or protocols.• Work on genomics and bioinformatics projects related to vaccine development.

United States

• Responsible for teaching and managing multiple labs sections (General Biology GB101) and preparing materials for general biology lab.• Writing and grading tests and papers, leading discussions and answering questions.• Responsible for teaching and training cells culture techniques (Cell Biology lab)• Working with students one-on-one; to learn about problems they are having with the coursematerial.

Emporia, Ks

• Basic laboratory techniques such as media preparation, mammalian cell culture.• Collecting bacterial samples and DNA extraction• Preparing DNA samples for Next Generation Sequencing (Illumina MiSeq system)• Bioinformatics analysis: analyze Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data.• Taxonomic classification of bacterial DNA sequences using bioinformatics pipelines.

Micromaster, Bioinformatics

Master Of Science - Ms

Bachelor Of Science - Bs