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Mohammed Uddin Biography Academic Appointments Professional Education Teaching Honors and Awards Publications Membership of Professional Bodies and Associations Research Interests
Associate Professor - Human Genetics

Mohammed Uddin

mohammed.uddin@mbru.ac.ae +971 4 383 8722

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

2017-present

Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Medicine

2015-2017

International Banting Fellow

The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

2012-2017

Fellow

The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Professional Education

2013

PhD in Human Genetics

Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

2008

Master of Science

Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

2006

Bachelor of Science (Honors)

Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Teaching

Genetics and Molecular Biology – MEDC 1232

Mentoring Graduate, Intern Students

Honors and Awards

2016

28th Andrew Sass-Kortsak Award, Best trainee of the year

The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2015

Best Paper of the Year Award, Genetics and Genome Biology (GGB)

The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2015

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Postdoctoral Fellowship

Canada

2015

Centre for Genetic Medicine Travel Award

The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2015

International Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

2015

McLaughlin Centre Training Award

University of Toronto, Canada

2014

Centre for Genetic Medicine Travel Award

The Hospital for Sick Children

2014

McLaughlin Centre Training Award

University of Toronto, Canada

2011-2012

Janeway Trainee Research Grant, Child Based Research Grant

Eastern Health, Health Science, St. John’s, Newfoundland

2012

Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Basic Science Award

Canada

2011

Best Ph.D. Research Presentation Award

Discipline of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Canada

2011

Colman Graduate Student Award

Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Canada

2010

Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) Basic Science Award

Canada

2005

Department of Computer Science Silver Jubilee Course Achievement Award

Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Publications

A high-resolution copy-number variation resource for clinical and population genetics. Genomic in Medicine

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Brain-expressed exons under purifying selection are enriched for de novo mutations in autism spectrum disorder. Nature Genetics

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Detection of clinically relevant genetic variants in autism spectrum disorder by whole-genome sequencing. American Journal of Human Genetics.

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Whole genome sequencing resource identifies 18 new candidate genes for autism spectrum disorder. Nature Neuroscience

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Genome-wide characteristics of de novo mutations in autism.NPJ Genomic Medicine

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Indexing Effects of Copy Number Variation on Genes Involved in Developmental Delay. Scientific Reports

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Molecular Diagnostic Yield of Chromosomal Microarray Analysis and Whole-Exome Sequencing in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. JAMA

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Disruption of the ASTN2/TRIM32 locus at 9q33.1 is a risk factor in males for autism spectrum disorders, ADHD and other neurodevelopmental phenotypes. Human Molecular Genetics

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Whole-genome sequencing of quartet families with autism spectrum disorder. Nature Medicine

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Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling promotes tumorigenicity and stemness via activation of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in bladder cancer. Molecular Carsiogenesis.

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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.

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info@mbru.ac.ae
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