My research interests centre around fish health and welfare, with a specific focus on the intricate dynamics of host-pathogen interactions and the fascinating interplay between hosts and their microbiomes. I tackle these employing cutting-edge multi-omics tools including high throughput amplicon and metagenome sequencing, metatranscriptomics, and metabolomics. Throughout my research journey, I have built extensive expertise in various microbiology, molecular and cell biology tools, with a prominent emphasis on large-scale amplicon sequencing and RNA sequencing, absolute qPCR, cell culture, molecular cloning, and proteomics.
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Elsheshtawy A, Clokie BGJ, Albalat A, Nylund A, Kvåle BL, Andersen L, Moore LJ & MacKenzie S (2024) Exploring the impact of thermal delousing on gill health and microbiome dynamics in farmed Atlantic Salmon. Aquaculture, 582, Art. No.: 740455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.740455
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Net cleaning impacts Atlantic salmon gill health through microbiome dysbiosis
Elsheshtawy A, Clokie BGJ, Albalat A, Nylund A, Isaksen TE, Napsøy Indrebø E, Andersen L, Moore LJ & MacKenzie S (2023) Net cleaning impacts Atlantic salmon gill health through microbiome dysbiosis. Frontiers in Aquaculture, 2. https://doi.org/10.3389/faquc.2023.1125595
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Clokie BGJ, Elsheshtawy A, Albalat A, Nylund A, Beveridge A, Payne CJ & MacKenzie S (2022) Optimization of Low-Biomass Sample Collection and Quantitative PCR-Based Titration Impact 16S rRNA Microbiome Resolution. Microbiology Spectrum, 10 (6), Art. No.: e02255-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02255-22
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Elbialy ZI, Atiba A, Abdelnaby A, Al-Hawary II, Elsheshtawy A, El-Serehy HA, Abdel-Daim MM, Fadl SE & Assar DH (2020) Collagen extract obtained from Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) skin accelerates wound healing in rat model via up regulating VEGF, bFGF, and α-SMA genes expression. BMC Veterinary Research, 16 (1), Art. No.: 352. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02566-2
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Mohamed RA, Elbialy ZI, Abd El Latif AS, Shukry M, Assar DH, El Nokrashy AM, Elsheshtawy A, Dawood MA, Paray BA, Doan HV & El-Far AH (2020) Dietary clenbuterol modifies the expression of genes involved in the regulation of lipid metabolism and growth in the liver, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Aquaculture Reports, 17, Art. No.: 100319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2020.100319
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Elsheshtawy A, Yehia N, Elkemary M & Soliman H (2019) Direct detection of unamplified Aeromonas hydrophila DNA in clinical fish samples using gold nanoparticle probe-based assay. Aquaculture, 500, pp. 451-457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2018.10.046
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
