Dr Amin Mohamed Esmail
Research Scientist
Contact details:
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BIOSCIENCE PREC 306 CARMODY RD
ST. LUCIA QLD 4067 AUSTRALIA
Biography
Dr Amin Esmail is currently a research scientist at CSIRO, Brisbane. He is broadly interested in marine genomics research; applying next-gen sequencing (NGS) technologies and bioinformatics. He received a 3-year OCE postdoctoral fellowship from CSIRO to work in the area of Atlantic salmon genomics. During his fellowship, he worked with Dr James Kijas to understand the molecular basis of onset of sexual maturation in Atlantic Salmon. He used integrative genomics (transcriptomics, epigenomics, methylomics) with a view to developing novel approaches to assist management of the unwanted early maturation within the Atlantic salmon industry.
Amin completed his PhD in November 2016 at the coral genomics group (David Miller's lab) at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies of James Cook University. During his PhD studies, he was interested in understanding the molecular cross-talk between corals and micro-algae at the transcriptional level. He used next-gen sequencing (Illumina RNA-Seq) for the first time to understand early interactions between coral larvae and competent Symbiodinium, towards a better understanding of mechanisms underpinning Symbiodinium infection. He also explored the poorly understood association between Australian corals and a newly discovered alga called Chromera using RNA-Seq. These results have been published in Top Tier journals in Microbial Ecology and Microbiology such as: Nature's ISME journal and Molecular Ecology.
Amin received many awards including the “2016 Virginia Chadwick Award” from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Australia and awards for excellence in scientific research and publishing from Benha University in Egypt in 2017/2018. Amin has authored 10 publications as a first-author including journal articles, conference papers and a book chapter in the areas of Marine Molecular Ecology, coral-algal symbioses and coral/fish genomics. He has been a reviewer for a number of peer-reviewed conferences and journals such as BMC genomics and Frontiers in Microbiology.
Before coming to Australia, Amin did BSc in Zoology in 2006 and MSc in Marine Biology in 2011 at Benha University in Egypt where he worked as assistant lecturer and studied coral diseases/bleaching in the Egyptian Red Sea.
Achievements and Awards
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-2017
2016 Virginia Chadwick Award
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University -
-2015
Best Oral Talk Award
AIMS@JCU -
-2013
Best Poster Award
AIMS@JCU -
2014-2016
JCUPRS
James Cook University -
2014-2016
Top-up scholarship
AIMS@JCU -
2012-2016
PhD Scholarship
Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education -
-2014
Student Travel Award
AIMS@JCU -
2018-2018
Award for excellence in research and high impact publication
Benha University in Egypt -
2016-2016
Award for excellence in research and high impact publication
Benha University in Egypt -
2016-2019
OCE Postdoctoral Fellowship, salmon maturation
CSIRO
Fields of Research
Current
Current Roles
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Research Scientist
Research
Academic Qualifications
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2016
PhD in Molecular/Marine Biology
James Cook University -
2011
MSc in Marine Biology
Benha University, Egypt -
2006
BSc in Zoology
Benha University, Egypt
Professional Experiences
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8/19-now
Research Scientist (Marine Genomics)
CSIRO -
08/2016-07/2019
OCE Postdoctoral Fellow (Salmon Genomics)
CSIRO -
05/2012-06/2016
PhD scholar (Coral Reef Genomics)
James Cook University -
12/2006-04/2012
Assistant Lecturer
Benha University, Egypt
Grants
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2018-2019
CSIRO SIP: Unravelling the regulatory landscape of the Australian specific production species, Bos indicus and Tasmanian salmon
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2018-2019
CSIRO SIP: Dual Transcriptomics for salmon's AGD infection
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2016-2019
CSIRO OCE Postdoctoral Fellowship "Biology of salmon sex maturation"
