Biomedical Research Tower
460 W 12th Ave / ROOM 1014
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: (614) 247-1566
Email: Amal.Amer@osumc.edu
Current OSU Appointments
Assistant Professor, Pulm,Allergy,Crit Care & Sleep
Assistant Professor, SBS-Microbial Infectn/Immunity
Advising
Doctoral Student (Dissertation Advisor)
| 2009 - 2011 | Dalia Hussein. The role of caspases in Legionella pneumophila infection. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH. Graduated: 2011. Current Position: Graduate student/OSU Noteworthy Accomplishments: She trained for the last 2 years in my laboratory at OSU and her work resulted in 3 manuscripts and a review article. She is now an Assistant Professor at Helwan University in Egypt. |
| 2009 - present | Kyle Caution. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH. Current Position: Graduate student Noteworthy Accomplishments: Kyle received a travel award for best poster presentation on the CMIB research retreat 2010. Kyle also received a travel award for best poster presenation on DHLRI research day 2011. |
Doctoral Student (Dissertation Committee Member)
| 2009 - 2010 | Tom Cremer. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH. Graduated: 2010. |
| 2009 - present | Dawn Walker. IBGP program (PI: Mark Drew). The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Current Position: Graduate student |
Doctoral, post-candidacy (Advisor)
| 2009 - present | Kyle Caution. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Current Position: Graduate Student Noteworthy Accomplishments: CMIB Retreat Travel Award 2010 DHLRI Research Day Best Poster Presentation 2011 |
Fellow (Advisor)
| 2009 - present | Arwa Abu Khweek. the role of caspase-7 substrates in pulmonary infection. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Noteworthy Accomplishments: Arwa received The DHLRI Research Day Distinguished Postdoc Award 2011 |
Research Associate (Advisor)
| 2008 - present | Anwari Akhter. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Noteworthy Accomplishments: Her work in my laboratory granted her first authorship on a paper that was published in PloS Pathogens (impact factor 9.5) and another paper under second review in Immunity (impact factor 24.2). |
Undergraduate (Research Advisor)
| 2008 | Cameron Ditty. The role of caspase-7 in Legionella infection. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Noteworthy Accomplishments: His work in my laboratory granted him co-authorship on a paper that was published in PloS Pathogens (impact factor 9.5) and she got accepted to medical school like he wanted. |
| 2008 | Colby Day. The role of mcrovesicles during Burkholderia cepacia infection. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Noteworthy Accomplishments: Recipient of The Landacre Honor Society Award. Her work in my laboratory granted her co-authorship on a paper that was published in PloS Pathogens (impact factor 9.5) |
| 2008 - 2009 | Songcerae Washington. The role of caspase-7 in Legionella infection. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Noteworthy Accomplishments: Her work in my laboratory granted her co-authorship on a paper that was published in Plod Pathogens (impact factor 9.5) and she got accepted to nursing school like she wanted. |
Certifications
| Medical License: Medicine, Cairo University |
Edited Books
Amer, A, O, ed. 2011. Pulmonary Infections. Rijeka, Croatia: InTechOpen Access Publisher. (Formally Accepted)
Editorial Activities
Ad Hoc Reviewer
| Host Interaction with Bacterial Pathogens (HIBP). (Study Section) (October 05, 2011). |
| LCMI. (Study Section) (February 09, 2012). |
Associate Editor
| 2011 - present | The International Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. |
| 2011 - present | The Autophagy Journal. |
Editor
| 2009 - present | The Journal of Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. (12 Publications) "Special issue on The Inflammasome." |
Reviewer
| 2011 - present | Cellullar Microbiology Journal. |
| 2011 - present | Virulence Journal. |
| 2011 | Plos One. |
| 2011 | Journal of Immunology. |
| 2011 | Trends in Microbiology. |
| 2011 | Proceedings of the National Academie of Science (PNAS). |
| 2010 | Infection and Immunity Journal. |
| 2009 | The Journal of Biological Chemistry. |
| 2009 | The Journal of Cell Hosts and Microbes. |
| 2009 | The International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. |
Fellowship, Internship or Residency
| 09/80 - 08/86 | Undergraduate, Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. |
| 09/85 - 08/86 | Internship, Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. |
| September 1986 - August 1987 | Residency, Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. |
Graduate Faculty Representative Service
| 2009 | Matthew Hurley. Sanctuary Lost: the air war for Portuguese Guinea. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. |
Honors
| 1997 | Special University Scholarship. University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. |
| 1998 | Special University Scholarship. University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. |
| 1999 - 2000 | Ontario Graduate Scholarship. University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. |
| 2000 | Student Travel Award. University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. |
| 2000 - 2001 | Ontario Graduate Scholarship. University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. |
| 2007 | Thematic Grants Program. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States. |
| 2012 | Travel award. ASBMB. Subject: Autophagy and burkholderia cenocepacia |
Inventions and Patents
Amal Amer, or Amal O. Amer, PI. (patent pending) Autophagy stimulation can control Burkholderia cepacia infection.
Amal Amer, or Amal O. Amer, Co-PI. (patent pending) Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 3rd year Fellowship Grant.
Languages
French: Parisian (ability to read: Fluent, ability to write: Fluent, ability to speak: Fluent)
Arabic: Egyptian Spoken (ability to read: Fluent, ability to write: Fluent, ability to speak: Fluent)
Licensure
| Medical license: Cairo University |
Memberships
| 1993 | Member. The Symposium on the Medical Genetics in the Setting of a Middle Eastern Population. Organizing Committee |
| 1998 - 2000 | Member. The Canadian Society of Microbiologists |
| 1998 - 2007 | Member. The American Society for Microbiology |
| 1998 - 2007 | Member. Canadian Society of Microbiologists |
| 1999 | Member. University of Western Ontario. 3M Distinguished Lecturship Committee |
| 1999 | Member. University of Western Ontario. Moffat Research Day Award |
| 2000 - 2001 | Member. The Canadian Society of Microbiologists |
| 2002 - 2007 | Member. University of Michigan. Postdoctoral Association |
| 2002 - 2007 | Member. American Society for Cell Biology |
| 2009 - present | Active Member. American Association of Immunologists, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. AAI |
| 2010 - present | Member. American Thoracic Society |
| 2011 | Ad hoc Member. NIH, Baltimore, MD, USA. NIH Host Interaction with Bacterial Pathogens (HIBP) Study Section |
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Amer, A, O; Valvano, M A. 2000. The N-terminal region of the Escherichia coli WecA (Rfe) protein, containing three predicted transmembrane helices, is required for function but not for membrane insertion. Journal of Bacteriology. Vol. 182, no. 2. (January): 498-503. (IF: 4)
Amer, A, O; Valvano, M A. 2001. Conserved amino acid residues found in a predicted cytosolic domain of the lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic protein WecA are implicated in the recognition of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine. Microbiology. Vol. 147, no. Pt 11. (February): 3015-25. (IF: 3)
Amer, Amal, O; Valvano, Miguel A. 2002. Conserved aspartic acids are essential for the enzymic activity of the WecA protein initiating the biosynthesis of O-specific lipopolysaccharide and enterobacterial common antigen in Escherichia coli. Microbiology. Vol. 148, no. Pt 2. (February): 571-82. (IF: 3)
Amer, Amal, O; Byrne, Brenda, G; Swanson, Michele S. 2005. Macrophages rapidly transfer pathogens from lipid raft vacuoles to autophagosomes. Autophagy. Vol. 1, no. 1. : 53-8. (IF: 6.8)
Amer, Amal, O; Swanson, Michele S. 2005. Autophagy is an immediate macrophage response to Legionella pneumophila. Cellular Microbiology. Vol. 7, no. 6. : 765-78.
Amer, Amal; Franchi, Luigi; Kanneganti, Thirumala-Devi; Body-Malapel, Mathilde; Ozoren, Nesrin; Brady, Graham; Meshinchi, Sasha; Jagirdar, Rajesh; Gewirtz, Andrew; Akira, Shizuo; Nunez, Gabriel. 2006. Regulation of Legionella phagosome maturation and infection through flagellin and host Ipaf. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Vol. 281, no. 46. : 35217-23. (IF: 7.2)
Franchi, Luigi; Amer, Amal; Body-Malapel, Mathilde; Kanneganti, Thirumala-Devi; Ozoren, Nesrin; Jagirdar, Rajesh; Inohara, Naohiro; Vandenabeele, Peter; Bertin, John; Coyle, Anthony; Grant, Ethan, P; Nunez, Gabriel. 2006. Cytosolic flagellin requires Ipaf for activation of caspase-1 and interleukin 1beta in salmonella-infected macrophages. Nature Immunology. Vol. 7, no. 6. : 576-82. (IF: 26)
Franchi, Luigi; McDonald, Christine; Kanneganti, Thirumala-Devi; Amer, Amal; Nunez, Gabriel. 2006. Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptors: intracellular pattern recognition molecules for pathogen detection and host defense. Journal of Immunology.. Vol. 177, no. 6. : 3507-13. (IF: 7)
Kanneganti, Thirumala-Devi; Body-Malapel, Mathilde; Amer, Amal; Park, Jong-Hwan; Whitfield, Joel; Franchi, Luigi; Taraporewala, Zenobia, F; Miller, David; Patton, John, T; Inohara, Naohiro; Nunez, Gabriel. 2006. Critical role for Cryopyrin/Nalp3 in activation of caspase-1 in response to viral infection and double-stranded RNA. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Vol. 281, no. 48. : 36560-8. (IF: 7.2)
Kanneganti, Thirumala-Devi; Ozoren, Nesrin; Body-Malapel, Mathilde; Amer, Amal; Park, Jong-Hwan; Franchi, Luigi; Whitfield, Joel; Barchet, Winfried; Colonna, Marco; Vandenabeele, Peter; Bertin, John; Coyle, Anthony; Grant, Ethan, P; Akira, Shizuo; Nunez, Gabriel. 2006. Bacterial RNA and small antiviral compounds activate caspase-1 through cryopyrin/Nalp3. Nature. Vol. 440, no. 7081. : 233-6. (IF: 30)
Lamkanfi M; Amer A; Kanneganti TD; Muñoz-Planillo R; Chen G; Vandenabeele P; Fortier A; Gros P; Núñez G. 2007. The Nod-like receptor family member Naip5/Birc1e restricts Legionella pneumophila growth independently of caspase-1 activation. Journal of Immunology.. Vol. 178, no. 12. (June): 8022. (IF: 7)
Thomas J. Cremer; Amal Amer; Susheela Tridandapani and Jonathan P. Butchar. 2008. Francisella tularensis regulates autophagy-related host cell signaling pathways. Autophagy. Vol. 5, no. 1. : 125-128. (IF: 6.8)
Rajaram MV; Butchar JP; Parsa KV; Cremer TJ; Amer A; Schlesinger LS; Tridandapani S. 2009. Akt and SHIP modulate Francisella escape from the phagosome and induction of the Fas-mediated death pathway. Plos One. Vol. 4, no. 11. (January 1): e7919. (IF: 4)
Akhter A.; Mikhail A. Gavrilin; Frantz L.; Washington S.; Ditty C.; Limoli D.; Day C.; Sarkar A.; Newland C.; Butchar J.; Marsh C.B.; Wewers M.D.; Tridandapani S.; Kanneganti T.D. & A. O. Amer. 2009. Caspase-7 activation by the Ipaf inflammasome restricts Legionella pneumophila infection. PLoS Pathogens. Vol. 5, no. 4. (April 3) (IF: 9.5)
Cremer, TJ, Ravneberg DH, Clay CD, Piper-Hunter, MG, Marsh, CB, Elton TS, Gunn JS, Amer A, Kanneganti TD, Schlesinger LS, Butchar JP, Tridandapani S. 2009. MiR-155 induction by Francisella novicida but not the virulent F. tularensis results in SHIP down-regulation and enhanced pro-inflammatory cytokine response. PloS One. Vol. 4, no. 12. (December): e8508. (IF: 4)
Amer, A, O. 2010. Modulation of caspases and their non-apoptotic functions by Legionella pneumophila. Cellular Microbiology. Vol. 12, no. 2. (February) (IF: 5.7)
Brooks MN; Rajaram MV; Azad AK; Amer AO; Valdivia-Arenas MA; Park JH; Nunez G; Schlesinger LS. 2010. NOD2 controls the nature of the inflammatory response and subsequent fate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. Bovis BCG in human macrophages. Cellular Microbiology. Vol. 13, no. 3. (March) (IF: 5.7)
Butchar JP, Mehta P, Justiniano SE, Guenterberg KD, Kondadasula SV, Mo X, Chemudupati M, Kanneganti TD, Amer A, Muthusamy N, Jarjoura D, Marsh CB, Carson WE III, Byrd JC, Tridandapani, S. 2010. Reciprocal regulation of activating and inhibitory Fc(gamma) receptors by TLR7/8 activation: implications for tumor immunotherapy. Clinical Cancer Research. Vol. 16, no. 7. (March): 2065-2075. (IF: 3.4)
Abdelaziz, D. H.; Amr, K.; Amer, A. O.. 2010. Nlrc4/Ipaf/CLAN/CARD 12: more than a flagellin sensor. International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Vol. 12, no. 2. (June): 140-147. (IF: 3)
Lamkanfi, M.; Sarkar, A.; Vitari, A. C.; Amer, A. O.; Wewers, M. D.; Tracey, K. J.; Kanneganti, T-D.; Dixit, V. M. 2010. Inflammasome-dependent release of the alarmin HMGB1 in endotoxemia. Journal of Immunology. Vol. 185, no. 7. (August) (IF: 7)
Amer, A, O. 2011. The Inflammasome. Frontiers in Microbiology. Vol. 2, no. 4. (January) (IF: 3)
Dalia H. Abdelaziz; Mikhail A. Gavrilin; Anwari Akhter; Kyle Caution; Sheetal Kotrange; Arwa Abu Khweek; Basant A. Abdulrahman; Zeinab A. Hassan; Clay Marsh; Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti; Mark D. Wewers and Amer, Amal, O. 2011. ASC is required for caspase-1 activation in murine macrophages. Frontiers Cellular and Infection Microbiology.. Vol. 2, no. 18. (February) (IF: 3)
Dalia H. Abdelaziz; Mikhail A. Gavrilin; Anwari Akhter; Kyle Caution; Sheetal Kotrange; Arwa Abu Khweek; Basant A. Abdulrahman; Zeinab A. Hassan; Jaykumar Grandhi; Clay Marsh; Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti; Mark D. Wewers and Amer A. 2011. ASC controls Legionella pneumophila infection in human monocytes. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Vol. 286, no. 4. (February) (IF: 7.2)
Paras K. Anand; Stephen W.G. Tait; Mohamed Lamkanfi; Amer A; Douglas R. Green and Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti. 2011. TLR2 and Nod/Rip2 Cascade Mediate Autophagy Against Listeria monocytogenes via ERK activation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. in press. (October) (IF: 7.2)
Basant A. Abdulrahman; Arwa Abu Khweek; Anwari Akhter; Kyle Caution; Sheetal Kotrange; Dalia H.A. Abdelaziz; Christie Newland; Roberto Rosales-Reyes; Benjamin Kopp; Karen McCoy; Richard Montione; Larry Schlesinger; Mikhail Gavrilin; Mark D. Wewers; Miguel A. Valvano; and Amer A. 2011. Rapamycin rescues cystic fibrosis lungs from Burkholderia cenocepacia infection and inflammation. Autophagy Journal. Vol. 7, no. 11. (November) (IF: 6.8)
Kotrange, S.; Kopp, B.; Akhter, A.; Hussein, D.; Khweek, A. A.; Caution, K.; Bedi, S.; Abdulrahman, B.; Wewers, M. D.; McCoy, K.; Valvano, M.; Amer, A. O. 2011. Burkholderia cenocepacia O-polysaccharide chain is required for caspase-1-independent IL-1beta production in macrophages. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. Vol. 98, no. 3. (December) (IF: 4.5)
Mikhail A. Gavrilin, Dalia H.A. Abdelaziz, Mahmoud Mostafa, Basant A. Abdulrahman, Jaykumar Grandhi, Anwari Akhter, Arwa Abu Khweek, Daniel Aubert, Miguel A. Valvano, Mark D. Wewers and Amal O. Amer. 2012. Activation of the Pyrin Inflammasome by IntracellularBurkholderia cenocepacia. Journal of Immunology. Vol. in press. (March)
Positions
| 1987 - 1988 | Internship, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. Cairo, Egypt. |
| 1988 - 1993 | Research Associate, The National Research Center, Department of Biochemistry. Cairo, Egypt. |
| 1993 - 1995 | Medical Research Associate, World Health Organization Collaborating Center, Department of Biochemistry. Saudia Arabia. |
| 1999 - 2000 | Teaching Assistant, University of Western Ontario, University of Western Ontario, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. London, ON, Canada. |
| 1997 - 2002 | Graduate Student, University of Western Ontario, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. London, Canada. |
| 2001 - 2004 | Post-doctoral Fellow, Univeristy of Michigan, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Ann Arbor, Michigan. |
| 2002 - 2004 | Small Group Leader, University of Michigan, University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Ann Arbor, MI, United States. |
| 2005 - 2006 | Laboratory Supervisor, University of Michigan, University of Michigan, Department of Pathology. Ann Arbor, MI, United States. |
| 2004 - 2007 | Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan Cancer Center, University of Michigan Cancer Center. Ann Arbor, Michigan. |
| 2007 - present | Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine. Columbus, OH, United States. |
Presentations
Invited Presentations
Local
Amal O. Amer, Presenter. 2007. How caspases dictate the fate of the intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila. Presented at 2nd Annual Center for Microbial Interface Biology Retreat. Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Amal O. Amer, Presenter. 2008. How caspases regulate the survival of intracellular pathogens. Presented at Immunology Seminar Series. OSU. Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Amal O. Amer, Presenter. 2008. Caspase activation does not always mean cell death. Presented at Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine 3rd Annual Research Day, to OSU faculty and staff. The Biochemical Research Tower. Columbus, OH, USA.
Amal O. Amer, Presenter. 2009. Legionella pneumophila: the atypical pulmonary pathogen. Presented at Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine 4th Annual Research Day. DHLRI. OSU. Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Amal O. Amer, Presenter. 2009. The role of the inflammasome in Burkholderia cepacia infection. Presented at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Nationwide Children's Hospital. Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Amal O. Amer, Presenter. 2009. How the inflammasome restricts pulmonary infections. Presented at Dorothy Heart and Lung Research Institute (DHLRI) Reasearch in Progress Seminar Series. DHLRI. OSU. Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Amal Amer, Presenter. 2011. A novel use of Rapamycin in cystic fibrosis patients infected with Burkholderia cepacia. Presented at Dorothy Heart and Lung Research Institute Reasearch in Progress Series. DHLRI. OSU. Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Amal Amer, Presenter. 2011. The role of the inflammasome in Burkholderia cepacia infection. Presented at Nationwide Children's Hospital Seminars, to Nationwide Children's Hospital. Columbus, OH, USA.
State
Amal O. Amer, Presenter. 2008. Caspase activation does not always mean cell death. Presented at Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine 3rd Annual Research Day. DHLRI. Columbus, Ohio.
Regional
Amal O. Amer, Presenter. 2004. Lipid raft invasion by uropathogenic Escherichia coli or Legionella pneumophila triggers the macrophage autophagy machinery. Presented at Wayne State University Department Microbiology and Immunology. Detroit. Detroit, MI, USA.
Amal O. Amer, Presenter. 2004. Lipid raft invasion by pathogens triggers the macrophage autophagy machinery. Presented at University of Michigan Department of Pulmonary Medicine. Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor, MI, USA. (January 1)
Amal O. Amer, Presenter. 2008. The role of caspases in Legionella pneumophila infections. Presented at Department of Microbiology and Immunology, to Department of Microbiology and Immunology. University of Louisville. Louisville, KY, USA.
National
Amer, A.O. and M.A. Valvano, Presenter. 1999. Epitope fusion vector for the characterization of the WecA (Rfe) protein involved in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis. Presented at American Society for Microbiology 99th General Meeting. Chicago. Chicago, IL, USA.
Amer, A.O. and M.A. Valvano, Presenter. 2000. Structure function analysis of the WecA protein in Escherichia coli. Presented at American Society for Microbiology 100th General Meeting. Los Angeles. LA, CA, USA.
Amal O. Amer, Presenter. 2001. Structure-Function of WecA protein involved in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis. Presented at Wayne State University Center for Human Genetics. Detroit. Detroit, MI, USA.
Amal O. Amer, Presenter. 2002. Autophagy is an immediate macrophage response to infection by Legionella pneumophila. Presented at The American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting. San Francisco. San Francisco, CA, USA.
Amer, A.O. and M.S. Swanson, Presenter. 2003. Autophagy is an immediate macrophage response to Legionella pneumophila infection. Presented at Gordon Research Conference. Waterville. Waterville, ME, USA.
Amer, A.O. and M.S. Swanson, Presenter. 2004. Lipid raft invasion by pathogens triggers the macrophage autophagy machinery. Presented at Gordon Research Conference. Andover. Andover, MA, USA. (January 1)
Amal O. Amer, Presenter. 2009. How caspase-7 controls intracellular infection in macrophages. Presented at 96th Annual Meeting of The American Association of Immunologists, to The American Association of Immunologists. Washington State Convention and Trade Center. Seattle, Washington, USA.
Amal Amer, Presenter. 2011. Burkholderia cenocepacia O polysaccharide chain contributes to caspase-1-dependent IL-1B production in macrophages: Host defense mechanisms against bacterial respiratory infections. Presented at ATS International Conference. Denver, CO, USA.
International
Amer, A.O. and M. Amr, Presenter. 1990. National study on the effect of pesticides on pesticide formulators in Egypt. Presented at The International Development Center's Project IDRC. Cairo, Egypt.
Amal O. Amer, Presenter. 1993. Differential Diagnosis in heomoglobinopathies. Presented at Heomoglobinopathies in Saudi Arabia. Ryaddh, Saudi Arabia.
Amer, A.O. and M.A. Valvano, Presenter. 1998. Topological map of the Rfe (WecA) protein involved in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis and its functional characterization. Presented at Canadian Society of Microbiologists Annual Meeting. Guelph. Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Amal O. Amer, Presenter. 2001. Structure-Function of WecA protein involved in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis. Presented at Canadian Society of Microbiologists 51st Annual Meeting. Ontario. Ontario, Canada.
Amal Amer, Presenter. 2011. Legionella pneumophila modulates the expression of the inflammasome members to establish infection in human monocytes. Presented at The 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigations. Crete, Greece.
Other Presentations
National
Amer, A.O., B.B. Byrne and M.S. Swanson, Poster Presenter. 2004. Lipid raft invasion by uropathogenic Escherichia coli or Legionella pneumophila triggers the macrophage autophagy machinery. Presented at American Society for Microbiology 104th General Meeting. New Orleans. New Orleans, LA, USA.
International
Amer, A.O. and M.S. Swanson, Poster Presenter. 2004. Lipid raft invasion by pathogens triggers the macrophage autophagy machinery. Presented at Japan Society for Cell Biology 57th Annual Meeting. Osaka, Japan. Osaka, Japan. (January 1)
Amal O. Amer, Poster Presenter. 2009. The role of caspases in Legionella pneumophila infection. Presented at Legionella 2009. Paris, France.
Professional Activities
Conference Participation
| 2007 | Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical care and Sleep Medicine 2nd Annual Research Day. Presenter. PACCS Division. Biochemical Research Tower. Columbus, OH, USA. |
| 2007 | DHLRI 2nd Annual Research Retreat. Presenter. DHLRI. Ross Heart Hospital Auditorium. Columbus, OH, USA. |
| 2007 | 2nd annual CMIB retreat. OSU. 2007. Presenter. The Center for Microbial Interface Biology. OSU. Biochemical research tower. Columbus, OH, USA. |
| 2007 | DHLRI Research Day. Judge. DHLRI. The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio, USA. |
| 2007 | CMIB Annual Retreat. Judge. The Center for Microbial Interface Biology. The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio, USA. |
| 2008 | CMIB Research Day. Judge. The Center for Microbial Interface Biology. The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio, USA. |
| 2008 | Pulmonary, Allergy, Critcal Care and Sleep Medicine 3rd Annual Research Day. Presenter. Pulmonary, Allergy, Critcal Care and Sleep Medicine 3rd Annual Research Day. Biochemical Research Tower. Columbus, OH, USA. |
| 2008 | DHLRI Research Day. Moderator. DHLRI. The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio, USA. |
| 2008 | Keystone symposia. Presenter. Keystone symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. Keystone Resort. Keystone, Colorado, USA. |
| 2008 | Invited Speaker. Presenter. University of Louisville. Department of Microbiology and Immunology. 1. University of Louisville. Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Louisville, Kentucky, USA. |
| 2008 | Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical care and Sleep Medicine Annual Research Day. Judge. PACCS Division. Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio, USA. |
| 2009 | Research Conference for Legionella. Presenter. Legionella Research Conference. Pasteur Research Institute. Paris, France. |
| 2009 | Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical care and Sleep Medicine Annual Research Day. Judge. PACCS Division. Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio, USA. |
| 2009 | 96th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Immunologists. Invited Speaker. The American Association of Immunologists. Washington State Convention and Trade Center. Seattle, Washington, USA. |
| 2009 | Invited speaker. Presenter. DHLRI Research In Progress Seminar Series. OSU. Columbus, Ohio, USA. |
| 2009 | Pulmonary, Allergy, Critcal Care and Sleep Medicine 4th Annual Research Day. Invited Speaker. Pulmonary, Allergy, Critcal Care and Sleep Medicine 4th Annual Research Day. OSU. Columbus, Ohio, USA. |
| 2010 | Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical care and Sleep Medicine Annual Research Day. Judge. PACCS Division. Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio, OSU. |
| 2010 | Cell Symposia Inflammation and Disease. Presenter. Cell Symposia Inflammation and Disease. Sheraton Lisboa. Lisboa, Portugal. |
| 2010 | CMIB Research Day. Judge. The Center for Microbial Interface Biology. Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio, USA. |
| 2011 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Seminar Series. Invited Speaker. Nationwide Children's Hospital Seminar Series. Nationwide Children's Hospital. Columbus, Ohio, USA. |
| 2011 | Pulmonary, Allergy, Critcal Care and Sleep Medicine Research In Progress Seminar Series. Invited Speaker. Pulmonary, Allergy, Critcal Care and Sleep Medicine Research Institute (DHLRI). Pulmonary, Allergy, Critcal Care and Sleep Medicine Research Institute (DHLRI). Columbus, Ohio, USA. |
| 2011 | American Thoracic Society. Thematic Presentation. American Thoracic Society. American Thoracic Society. Denver, Colorado, USA. |
| 2011 | OSUMC Trainee Research Day. Poster judging. OSUMC. The Biochemical Research Tower. Columbus, Ohio, USA. |
| 2011 | 46th European Society of Clinical Investigation Meeting. Invited speaker. 46th European Society of Clinical Investigation Meeting. Crete, Greece. |
| 2011 | Autophagy Keystone Meeting. Presenter. Keystone Meeting. Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. |
| 2011 | Invited Speaker. Gordon Research Conference for Phagocytes. Davidson College. Davidson, North Carolina, USA. |
| 2011 | CMIB Annual Retreat. Judge. Center for Microbial Interface Biology. The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio, USA. |
Reviews
Journal appointed reviewers. 2002. A phagosome of one's own: a microbial guide to life in the macrophage. Review of phagosome characteristics of different bacteria, by Amer Amer O., Swanson, Michele S. Vol. 5, no. 1: Current Opinion in Microbiology (7.500) [Peer Reviewed] (Published)
Journal appointed reviewers. 2007. Lung infections and innate host defense. Review of Lung infections and innate host defense, by Valdivia-Arenas M.A., Amer A., Wewers M.D., Schlesinger L.S. Vol. 2, no. 4: Drug Discovery Today: Disease Mechanisms (7.700) [Peer Reviewed] (Published)
Journal appointed reviewers. 2009. Review of Modulation of caspases and evasion of innate immunity by Legionella pneumophila, by Amal Amer. Vol. 12: Cellular Microbiology: 140-147. [Peer Reviewed] (Published)
Journal appointer reviewers. 2010. Replication of Legionella in human cells. Why are we susceptible?. Review of How Legionella pneumophila replicates in human monocytes., by Arwa Abu Khweek, Amal O. Amer. Vol. 1, no. 133: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. (December) [Peer Reviewed] (Published)
Journal appointed reviewers. 2011. Cell Intrinsic Roles of Apoptosis-AssociatedSpeck-Like Protein in Regulating Innate and AdaptiveImmune Responses. Review of The role of ASC during Legionella infection, by Hoda Hassan and Amal O. Amer. no. 11: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL. (October): 2418-2423. [Peer Reviewed] (Published)
Undergrad., Grad. and Prof. Courses Taught
Summer 2007. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, IBGP. Research in Integrated Biomedical Science 999. 1-18 credit hours
Autumn 2007. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, IBGP. Research in Integrated Biomedical Science 999. 1-18 credit hours
Winter 2008. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, IBGP. Selected Topics in Microbial Pathogenesis 740. 2 credit hours.
Winter 2008. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, IBGP. Research in Integrated Biomedical Science 999. 1-18 credit hours
Spring 2008. The Ohio State University, Microbiology. Microbiology 524. 4 credit hours.
Spring 2008. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, MVIMG. Current Topics in Microbiology 814.04. .
Spring 2008. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, IBGP. Research in Integrated Biomedical Science 999. 1-18 credit hours
Summer 2008. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, INTEGRATED BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE. Individual Studies 793. 1-15 credit hours
Summer 2008. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, IBGP. Research in Integrated Biomedical Science 999. 1-18 credit hours
Autumn 2008. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, IBGP. Research in Integrated Biomedical Science 999. 1-18 credit hours
Winter 2009. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Host-Pathgn Intrac, Integrated Biomedical Science 795. 1 credit hours
Winter 2009. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Immunology and Inflammation. Signature Program Translational Science 880.01. 3 credit hours
Winter 2009. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, INTEGRATED BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE. Host-Pathgn Intrac 795. 1 credit hours
Spring 2009. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, INTEGRATED BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE. Individual Studies 793. 1-15 credit hours
Summer 2009. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, IBGP. Research in Integrated Biomedical Science 999. 1-18 credit hours
Autumn 2009. The Ohio State University, Microbiology 724. 5 credit hours.
Autumn 2009. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, IBGP. Research in Integrated Biomedical Science 999. 1-18 credit hours
Autumn 2009. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Integrated Biomedical Science. Host-Pathgn Intrac 795. 1 credit hours
Winter 2010. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Biol Hum Dis 702.05. 10 credit hours.
Winter 2010. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Integrated Biomedical Science. Host-Pathgn Intrac 795. 1 credit hours
Winter 2010. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, IBGP. Research in Integrated Biomedical Science 999. 1-18 credit hours
Spring 2010. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Integrated Biomedical Science. Host-Pathgn Intrac 795. 1 credit hours
Spring 2010. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, IBGP. Research in Integrated Biomedical Science 999. 1-18 credit hours
Summer 2010. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, IBGP. Research in Integrated Biomedical Science 999. 1-18 credit hours
Autumn 2010. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, IBGP. Research in Integrated Biomedical Science 999. 1-18 credit hours
Autumn 2010. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Integrated Biomedical Science. Individual Studies 793. 1-15 credit hours
Autumn 2010. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Integrated Biomedical Science. Host-Pathgn Intrac 795. 1 credit hours
Autumn 2010. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Mol Bio Bac Pathog, IBGP 724. 5 credit hours.
Autumn 2010. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, SPTS-Immunology 880.01. 3 credit hours.
Autumn 2010. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Integrated Biomedical Science. Mol Bio Bac Pathog 724. 5 credit hours.
Autumn 2010. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Mol Mio Bac Path, Microbiology 724. 5 credit hours.
Winter 2011. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, IBGP. Research in Integrated Biomedical Science 999. 1-18 credit hours
Winter 2011. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, The College of Medicine. Host-Pathgn Intrac 795. 1 credit hours
Winter 2011. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, The College of Medicine. Biol Humn Dis 2 702.05. 10 credit hours.
Winter 2011. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, IBGP. Research in Integrated Biomedical Science 999. 1-18 credit hours
Spring 2011. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, IBGP. Research in Integrated Biomedical Science 999. 1-18 credit hours
Spring 2011. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, The College of Medicine. Individual Studies 793.
Spring 2011. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, The College of Medicine. Sel Tpx Micrb Path 740. 2 credit hours
Summer 2011. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Integrated Biomedical Science. Individual Studies 793. 1-15 credit hours
Summer 2011. The College of Medicine COLMBUS, Integrated Biomedical Science. Individual Studies 793 . 15 credit hours
Summer 2011. The College of Medicine COLMBUS, Integrated Biomedical Science. Dissertation Res 999 . 18 credit hours
Autumn 2011. The Ohio State University, Microbiology 724. 5 credit hours.
Autumn 2011. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Host-Pathgn Intrac 795. 1 credit hours
Autumn 2011. The Ohio State University College of Medicine, SPTS-Immunology 880.01. 3 credit hours.
Autumn 2011. The College of Medicine COLMBUS, Integrated Biomedical Science. Mol Bio Bac Pathog 724 . 5 credit hours
Autumn 2011. The College of Medicine COLMBUS, Integrated Biomedical Science. Host-Pathgn Intrac 795 . 1 credit hours
Autumn 2011. The College of Medicine COLMBUS, Integrated Biomedical Science. SPTS-Immunology 880.01. 3 credit hours
Autumn 2011. The College of Medicine COLMBUS, Integrated Biomedical Science. Dissertation Res 999 . 18 credit hours
Winter 2012. The College of Medicine COLMBUS, Integrated Biomedical Science. Biol Humn Dis 2 702.05. 10 credit hours
Winter 2012. The College of Medicine COLMBUS, Integrated Biomedical Science. Host Defense 703.02. 3 credit hours
Winter 2012. The College of Medicine COLMBUS, Integrated Biomedical Science. Host-Pathgn Intrac 795 . 1 credit hours
Winter 2012. The College of Medicine COLMBUS, Integrated Biomedical Science. Dissertation Res 999 . 18 credit hours