م.د. عقيل حنظل الجوذري

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Aqeel Handil Tarish Al Jothery

Place and day of birth: Iraq-1978

Nationality: Iraqi

Home address: Hilla, Babylon, Iraq

Work Address: Department of Medical Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Karbala, Iraq

Phone: +9647811479171 (Mobile)

Email: tarishaqeel@yahoo.com

Languages: English/Arabic

EDUCATION

Thesis: Lactation and oxidative stress in small mammals. Supervised by Professor John Speakman.

Thesis: The effect of Androgens on sperm activation of aged semen in vitro. Supervised by Professor Faris Al-Libawi.

SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE

Quantify the whole animal energy balance (Daily energy expenditure) using state of the art isotope methodologies (Doubly labelled water method).
Measure a resting metabolic rate (RMR) in small mammals using indirect calorimetry method.
Detection the gross energy of food and faeces using bomb calorimetry.
A commanding expertise in animal handling, whole body animal’s dissection, collection different tissues and preservation techniques with the UK certificate of personal licence holder.
Strong experience in essential molecular biology techniques including, RNA/DNA/protein extraction, Enzyme activity, ELISA, PCR, Immunohistochemistry, SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting.
Prepare samples from different animal tissues for metabolomics analysis.
Experience in analysis, understanding, and interpretation of large database (metabolomics data) using a principal components analysis and advance analysis programs such as Ingenuity pathways analysis (IPA) and Cytoscape.
Acquired a powerful core of statistical analysis expertise such as, t-test, one-way ANOVA, two-way ANOVA, ANCOVA, GLM, chi-square, correlations, regression analysis, etc. using a wide range of statistical programs including, MINITAB, SPSS, and Sigma plot.
Practical experience in infertility centre (various human sperm activation techniques) in Babylon Hospital of Paediatrics-Iraq (2002-2003).

Carrying out research and produce publications, or other research outputs, in line with personal objectives agreed in the Staff review process.
A scientific reviewer for peer- reviewed journals like Journal of Experimental Biology/UK and also many Iraqi scientific journals such as Journal of Karbala and Medical Journal of Karbala.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

PhD student (Aberdeen University 2010-2014)

PUBLICATIONS

Al Jothery, A. H., Król, E., Hawkins, J., Chetoui, A., Saint-, A., Gamo, Y., Shaw, S. C., Valencak, T., Bünger, L., William, G., Vaanholt L.M. , Hambly, C., Speakman, J.R.. (2014) Limits to sustained energy intake. XXII. Reproductive performance of two mouse lines with different thermal conductance. J. Exp. Biol. 217:3718–3732.

Gamo, Y., Bernard, A., Mitchell, S. E., Hambly, C., Al Jothery, A., Vaanholt, L. M., Król, E. and Speakman, J. R. (2013). Limits to sustained energy intake. XVI. Body temperature and physical activity of female mice during pregnancy. J. Exp. Biol. 216, 2328–2338.

· Al Jothery, A.H., Mody, N., Lykkesfeldt, J.,Bünger, L., William, G., Vaanholt, L.M., Speakman, J.R. (2015).The oxidative cost of reproduction in selected mouse strains with different reproductive performance (Submitted to Functional Ecology).

Al Jothery, A.H.,Douglas, A., Burgess, K.,Speakman, J.R.(2015). Metabolomic signatures associated with the variation in reproductive performance in mice: A new tool for testing the life history- oxidative stress theory. (Submitted).

Tarish, A.H. (2009). The correlation between Glutathione and Malondialdehyd in spermatozoa of patients with Asthenozoospermia. Kufa. Med. Journal.12 (2), 32-37.

Hadwan, M, H.,Jabir, F, A.,Tarish, A, H.(2009). Zinc, Copper, and Superoxide Dismutase in Spermatozoa of Patients with Asthenospermia. Karbala Journal of Medicine.2 (6), 420-429.

Alhady, F.N.A.; Tarish, A, H. (2006). Effect of semen aging on sperm parameters and protein concentration of normospermic and asthenospermic patients Kufa. Med. Journal.9 (2), 329–337.

Alhady, F.N.A.; Tarish, A, H. (2006). Effect of Sustanone on sperm activation of fresh and aged semen samples in vitro. Kufa. Med. Journal.9 (2), 315–321.

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Demonstrator in the School of Biological Sciences- Aberdeen University/UK, Undergraduate courses: Cell Biology, Principle of Animal Physiology, and ecology.2011-2013.

Lecturer in Physiology Department/College of Medicine at Karbala University –Iraq since 2005- until now. Teaching a medical physiology courses for 1^stand 2^ndyears for medical students at both the introductory (Human Physiology and Haematology) and more advanced levels in my area of expertise.

Supervising of undergraduate students for final year projects, taught graduate (Masters) students.

Participating in departmental and faculty seminars aimed at sharing research outcomes and building interdisciplinary collaboration within and outside the department.

Assisting in the development of learning materials, preparing schemes of work and maintaining records to monitor student progress, achievement and attendance.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Scottish Ecological Aging Research group Meeting 4^th July 2013, Edinburgh University, UK (attended)
Institute of Biological & Environmental Sciences symposium, Aberdeen University 25^th March 2013 (oral presentation)
Aging and Basic Bioscience Conference 20th-21th September 2012. Babraham Institute. Cambridge, UK (poster presentation)
Scottish Ecological Aging Research group Meeting 18th July 2012. Durham University, UK (oral presentation)
Society of Experimental Biology/ Annual Main Meeting 2012. 29^th of June to the 2nd of July Salzburg, Austria (poster presentation and participated in the young scientists award competition).

TRAINING COURSES

Lab Safety Training Part 1, 2, Aberdeen University (November-2010).
Managing References: RefWorks part 1, 2, Aberdeen University (January-2011).
Three Day Basic Statistical Course, Aberdeen University (March-2011).
An Introduction to R course, Aberdeen University (March 2013).
Three weeks training for measuring a mitochondrial DNA damage in animal samples by QPCR, Free Radical Centre-University of Alabama at Birmingham-USA (Prof Scott Ballinger Lab) (December 2012).
Training course for Metabolomics processing and analysis of data, Glasgow Polyomics Facility, Glasgow University (November 2013).