Hamide Zoqi
PhD Student at Medical Microbiology Institute, Medical University Essen
Ratingen
Summary
A microbiologist with research experience in infection microbiology, antibiotic resistance, and molecular genetics and cell cultures.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
Work History
PhD Thesis Project
Medical Microbiology Institute, Medical University Essen
07.2021 - Current
- Title: The role of melanin in biofilm and hyphal formation process of pathogenic melanized- fungi
Internship
Institute of Medical Microbiology, Medical University Jena (UKJ)
01.2020 - 03.2020
- Project: Biofilm treatment of new Staphylococcus aureus strains
Master Thesis Project
Institute of Infection Medicine and Hospital Hygiene (IIMK), Medical University Jena (UKJ)
Jena
12.2018 - 08.2019
- Title: Analysis of the effect of specific amino acid substitutions on the substrate specificity of TEM β-Lactamases
Coworker in Translate Project
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Project: Persian Translate of Physical Biochemistry: Principles and Applications book, 2nd Edition, David Sheehan, ISBN: 978-0-4708560
Education
Ph.D. - Medical Biology
University of Duisburg-Essen
Essen, Germany 04.2021 - Current
Master of Science - Microbiology
Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
Kerman, Iran 01.2016 - 01.2019
Bachelor of Science - Cellular and Molecular Biology
University of Guilan
Guilan, Iran 01.2010 - 01.2014
Skills
Bacterial and fungi isolation, culture and inoculation, morphology methods
Antimicrobial susceptibility tests (E-Test, microdilution broth, MIC checkerboard titration)
Plasmid isolation, RNA and DNA extraction
PCR approaches (Real-time PCR, qPCR)
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
RNA sequence data analysis
RNA and DNA Gel electrophoresis
Biofilm treatment and culture
Cell culture techniques
Confocal laser microscopy (CLSM), light fluorescent microscopy
Melanin Isolation
Isothermal microcalorimetry assay
Personal Information
Birth on 03.06.1992, Shiraz, Iran
Marital status: Married
Resident in Germany
Seminar and Congress Participation
- Workshop: Basic Bacteriology in the Context of Antibiotic Resistance, Universitätsklinikum Jena, 2020
- Annual Research Day, Medical Faculty, University of Duisburg-Essen, 11/2021, Online oral presentation, The effect of melanization on fungal biofilm formation., 09/2022, Poster presentation, How melanization affects the cell wall constitution of melanized pathogenic fungi.
- 74th Meeting of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM), 09/2022, Poster presentation, Melanization in human pathogenic melanized fungi is associated with altered cell wall constitution and biofilm formation capability.
- 56th Scientific Conference of the German Mycological Society (DMykG), 09/2022, Oral presentation, The effects of melanization on cell wall constitution and biofilm formation capability of melanized fungi.
- European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Copenhagen, Denmark, 04/2023, Poster presentation, Melanin biosynthesis plays a crucial role in the biofilm formation process of pathogenic melanized fungi.
- European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Barcelona, Spain, 04/2024, Poster presentation, The impact of melanisation on hyphal formation in pathogenic fungi.
Publications
Zoqi, H., Schmidt, D., Sedlacek, L., et al., 2024, Establishment of a Novel Short Tandem Repeat Typing Method for Exophiala dermatitidis., Mycopathologia, 189, 5, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-023-00825-y
Research Interests
- Medical Microbiology
- Cellular and Molecular Biology
- Immunology
Additional Skills
• IT Skills: Microsoft Office, CLC Workbench, GraphPad Prism, R, ZEN software, ImageJ, Photoshop CS; databases: NCBI, UniProt.
• Interpersonal Skills: Empathy, Teamwork, Responsibility, Project Management, Problem-Solving, Self-Motivation, Open-Mindedness, Flexibility.
• Language Skills: Persian language (Mother Tongue), English language (Fluent), German language (intermediate B2)
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Hamide Zoqi
Timeline
PhD Thesis Project
Medical Microbiology Institute, Medical University Essen
07.2021 - Current
Ph.D. - Medical Biology
University of Duisburg-Essen
04.2021 - Current
Internship
Institute of Medical Microbiology, Medical University Jena (UKJ)
01.2020 - 03.2020
Master Thesis Project
Institute of Infection Medicine and Hospital Hygiene (IIMK), Medical University Jena (UKJ)
12.2018 - 08.2019
Master of Science - Microbiology
Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
01.2016 - 01.2019
Coworker in Translate Project
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan
01.2013 - 01.2014
Bachelor of Science - Cellular and Molecular Biology
University of Guilan
01.2010 - 01.2014