Mohammed Uddin is a geneticist who obtained his BSc., MSc. and PhD from Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada. Mohammed has received the international Banting Fellowship 2014 by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) and was also awarded the Andrew Sass-Kortsak award by SickKids as the fellow of the year. He made significant contribution into the etiology of autism and neurodevelopmental disorder genetics. His current research interest primarily focuses on the application of CRISPR technology and single cell genomics to identify genetic etiology of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Academic Appointments
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Medicine
International Banting Fellow
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Fellow
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Professional Education
PhD in Human Genetics
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Master of Science
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Bachelor of Science (Honors)
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Teaching
Genetics and Molecular Biology – MEDC 1232
Mentoring Graduate, Intern Students
Honors and Awards
28th Andrew Sass-Kortsak Award, Best trainee of the year
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Best Paper of the Year Award, Genetics and Genome Biology (GGB)
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Postdoctoral Fellowship
Canada
Centre for Genetic Medicine Travel Award
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
International Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
McLaughlin Centre Training Award
University of Toronto, Canada
Centre for Genetic Medicine Travel Award
The Hospital for Sick Children
McLaughlin Centre Training Award
University of Toronto, Canada
Janeway Trainee Research Grant, Child Based Research Grant
Eastern Health, Health Science, St. John’s, Newfoundland
Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Basic Science Award
Canada
Best Ph.D. Research Presentation Award
Discipline of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Canada
Colman Graduate Student Award
Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Canada
Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Basic Science Award
Canada
Department of Computer Science Silver Jubilee Course Achievement Award
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Publications
Membership of Professional Bodies and Associations
- American Society of Human Genetics
- Human Genome Variation Society
- Autism Tissue Program
- World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics
Research Interests
My research includes understanding the composition of the human genome for studies of genetic disease with a specific focus on autism spectrum disorder and other neurodevelopmental disorders. My recent work characterizes a set of DNA functional units (exons) that are critical for highly expressed in developmental human brain and are constrained for accumulating pathogenic mutations in general population. These ‘critical-exons’ are found to be highly associated with autism spectrum disorder and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Long-standing endeavors include the study of mutational mechanism for therapeutic purposes.