Symposium Speakers

The GEM-CAP Symposium brings together leading researchers and experts in the field of microbiome research, bioinformatics, and metagenomics from across the globe. Below, you will find profiles of our distinguished speakers, including their roles, affiliations, bios, and the titles of their talks or workshops

Speakers and Penalists:

Technical University Munich (TUM)

Prof. Dr. Dirk Haller

Professor, Chair of Nutrition and Immunolgy
Director of the Institute for Food & Health, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany

Prof. Dr. Markus List

Assistant Professor for Data Science in Systems Biology, Technical University of Munich (TUM) , Germany

Prof. Dr. Melanie Schirmer

Professor for Translational Microbiome Data Integration, Technical University of Munich (TUM) , Germany

PD Dr. Klaus Neuhaus

Head of Core Facility Microbiome, ZIEL Institute for Food & Health, Technical University of Munich (TUM) , Germany

Dr. Amira Metwaly

Postdoctoral Scientist, Core Facility Microbiome, ZIEL Institute for Food & Health, Technical University of Munich (TUM) , Germany

Dr. Soren Ocvirk

Junior research group - Westernization of Diet and the Gut, ZIEL - Institute for Food and Health, Technical University of Munich (TUM) , Germany

Dr. Eva Rath

Postdoctoral Scientist, Technical University Munich (TUM) , Germany

The German University in Cairo (GUC)

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Hamed

Associate Professor of Bioinformatics, German University in Cairo (GUC), Egypt

Prof. Dr. Nabila Hamdi

Professor of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, German University in Cairo (GUC), Egypt

Prof. Dr. Rasha S. Hanafi

Professor of Pharmaceutical Analysis, German University in Cairo (GUC), Egypt

Eurac Research Institute for Mummy Studies, Italy

PD Dr. Frank Maixner

Coordinator, Eurac Research Institute for Mummy Studies, Italy

Dr. Mohamed Sabry Sarhan

Postdoctoral Researcher, Eurac Research Institute for Mummy Studies, Italy

Dr. Guido Valverde

Senior Researcher, Eurac Research - Institute for Mummy Studies, Italy

Luxembourg University

Dr. Venkata Satagopam

Senior Research Scientist, Deputy Head of Bioinformatics Core, Luxembourg university

Dr. Ahmed Abdelmonem Hemedan

Postdoctoral Scientist, Luxembourg university

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Prof. Dr. Mani Arumugam

Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

University of Crete

Dr. Ilias Lagkouvardos

Visiting Professor, Medical School, University of Crete, Greece

University of Birmingham Dubai

Prof. Dr. Mohamed El-Hadidi

Associate Professor and Bioinformatics Program Director, University of Birmingham Dubai

Nile University, Egypt

Dr. Mohamed Maysara

Assistant professor in biomedical informatics, Nile University, Egypt

National Research Center

Dr. Rabab Khairat

Associate Professor in the department of Medical Molecular Genetics, Human Gaenetics and Genome Research Institute, NRC.
Deputy manager of the aDNA lab in the Egyptian Museum.

Industry

Dr. Ahmed Sayed

Head of EMEA - Professional Services – Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Prof. Dr. Ramy Aziz

Head of Biosciences Research Laboratories, MARC, and Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt

Early Career Scientists:

Lena Granehäll

PhD student, Institute for Mummy Studies, Eurac Research, Italy

Annika Oßwald

PhD Student, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam, Germany

Isabel Zurblihn

PhD Student, Chair of Nutrition and Immunology, Technical University Munich (TUM), Germany

Moustafa Sherif

Master Student at the American University in Cairo (AUC)

Mohammed Khalifah

Mpharm Student, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire Hosted by Global Academic Foundation

Moshira Ghaleb

PhD Candidate, EgCompBio & Scientific Computing Dept., Faculty of Computer and Information Science, Ain Shams University

GEM-CAP Symposium on Microbiome and Bioinformatics 2024

A symposium jointly organized by The German University in Cairo (GUC) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM)

November 30 - December 2, 2024 –Cairo, Egypt