@Elsaadi97

Bio in progress, currently hibernating

 Ottawa, Ontario
Joined May 2017
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I'm happy to say that my paper is now available online! In this study done alongside @hedavis_msc and Marshall Ritchie in the @heathmacmillan lab, we looked at repeated cold stresses and warming periods in D. melanogaster. Here's a summary thread: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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It’s the real ✨ Orange Glow ✨ folks! Check out our GIANT pumpkin’s shell care routine 😜 🎃 ⬇️ Can you guess its weight? science.carleton.ca/giantpum…
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A behind-the-scenes 📸 of @Elsaadi97’s interview with @CBCOttawa this morning at the @Carleton_U Nesbitt Greenhouse! 🤩 🎤 Thank you, CBC, for featuring our pumpkin and fundraiser! 👏 🎃 science.carleton.ca/giantpum… Stay tuned for a link to the segment…
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HUGE thanks to @CTVOttMornLive for featuring our HUGE pumpkin this morning! 🤩 🎃 Here’s a sneak peek at the interview with @CarletonBiology PhD student @Elsaadi97 — catch the full interview here: ottawa.ctvnews.ca/mobile/vid… Details on how to participate: science.carleton.ca/giantpum…
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Kate Helmore from @globeandmail recently visited us at @CarletonBiology @CarletonScience to talk about microplastics in the environment: we know they're there, but where are they ending up? 🦗🌎theglobeandmail.com/business…

Researchers race to track the mysterious path of microplastics after they seep into the ground

Farmers’ fields are littered with tiny plastic particles, thanks to cities that turn wastewater into fertilizer. But scientists aren’t sure where those substances go next – or what effect they might...

theglobeandmail.com
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Shoutout to the people who laid the groundwork for our lab's research featured here! @MarshallRitch13, @SeritaFudlosid, @je_allis, @muzzm23, @jenni_pro, and @heathmacmillan💪
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🎃 Can you guess the weight of our GIANT pumpkin? 🤔  @CarletonBiology has done it again, growing a MASSIVE pumpkin next to the greenhouses at Nesbitt. 🤯 Participate in the fundraiser & submit your guess for the chance to win AirPods! 🎧 Details here: science.carleton.ca/giantpum…
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🎃 Can you guess the weight of our GIANT pumpkin? 🤔  @CarletonBiology has done it again, growing a MASSIVE pumpkin next to the greenhouses at Nesbitt. 🤯 Participate in the fundraiser & submit your guess for the chance to win AirPods! 🎧 Details here: science.carleton.ca/giantpum…
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Mahmoud El-Saadi retweeted
bioRxiv@biorxivpreprint12 Sep 2023
Effects of a high cholesterol diet on Drosophila chill tolerance are highly context-dependent biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
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Full version is now published on the JEB website! In a nutshell, FITC-dextran leaks in vivo, but not ex vivo. No in vivo bacterial leak across the gut either, so we think that FITC-dextran is metabolized by gut bacteria in the locusts :) doi.org/10.1242/jeb.246306

Locust gut epithelia do not become more permeable to fluorescent dextran and bacteria in the cold

Summary: Molecular probe leaks across gut wall of cold-stressed locusts in vivo, whereas the gut microbiome does not cross the gut epithelium, suggesting that probe breakdown by the microbiome is a...

journals.biologists.com
Mahmoud El-Saadi@Elsaadi9723 Sep 2022
New pre-print is now up where we investigated locust gut epithelial permeability in vivo and ex vivo at low temperatures! This work is the product of part of Kaylen Brzezinski's MSc research, as well as mine. Big shoutout to a great group of people who were a part of this >>>
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We’re hiring! 🧬💻🐝 Please RT! Looking for a Postdoc to join our collaborative #eDNA team! The funded project involves international travel, and plenty of opportunities to make “beeDNA” jokes! 😁 More info here: entnemdept.ufl.edu/employmen… @eDNA_Society @eDNAcollab
Dr Leigh Boardman@biologicalLeigh25 May 2023
We’re looking to hire a Postdoc for a @USDA_NIFA funded #eDNA project. They will be based at #UFbugs @UFhoneybeelab 🐝 🧬 please RT. #eDNAjobs #metabarcoding
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For some light reading, check out our review/commentary on insect immune activation at stressful low temperatures! Why does it happen, what could trigger it, and how do we go about investigating this phenomenon? authors.elsevier.com/a/1hDVe…
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New pre-print is now up where we investigated locust gut epithelial permeability in vivo and ex vivo at low temperatures! This work is the product of part of Kaylen Brzezinski's MSc research, as well as mine. Big shoutout to a great group of people who were a part of this >>>
bioRxiv@biorxivpreprint22 Sep 2022
Mortality without springing a leak: Locust gut epithelia do not become more permeable to fluorescent dextran and bacteria in the cold biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
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Kaylen Brzezinski, the Wong Lab @CarletonScience (Aaron Hinz, Laura Phillips, Alex Wong), @lgerber_lucie, Johannes Overgaard, and, of course, my advisor @heathmacmillan 😁
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Mahmoud El-Saadi retweeted
Biggar lab@biggarlab28 Apr 2022
Congratulations to PhD student Anand Chopra who recently published a paper entitled "Insights into a Cancer-Target Demethylase: Substrate Prediction through Systematic Specificity Analysis for KDM3A" in Biomolecules! 🧑‍🔬🧬 mdpi.com/2218-273X/12/5/641

Insights into a Cancer-Target Demethylase: Substrate Prediction through Systematic Specificity...

Jumonji C (JmjC) lysine demethylases (KDMs) catalyze the removal of methyl (-CH3) groups from modified lysyl residues. Several JmjC KDMs promote cancerous properties and these findings have primarily...

mdpi.com
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Gorgeous red fox on campus today 🦊
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Mahmoud El-Saadi retweeted
Erin Jackson@tenkdayss14 Feb 2022
I'm thrilled to be featured in @NatureVolve with a short piece about my MSc research on bird migration and humans, as well as a digital painting of mine. I love the combination of science and art in this magazine - it's a great combo! naturevolve.com/subscribe
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1. I’m excited to share this preprint! This work was led by Serita Fudlosid, a talented then-MSc and now-PhD student. The first product of a fruitful cricket collab between my lab and @jenni_pro! #microplastics #insects #PlasticPollution 🦗biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Ingestion of microplastic fibres, but not microplastic beads, impacts growth rates in the tropical...

Microplastic is a growing concern as an environmental contaminant as it is ubiquitous in our ecosystems. Microplastics are present in terrestrial environments, yet the majority of studies have...

biorxiv.org
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