عضو هيئة تدريسية ميساء عبد الرزاق ضاحي

Nationality: Iraqi
Place of Birth: Basrah - Iraq
Place of living: Baghdad - Iraq.

- 6/1996, BS.c. in Microbiology/ Microbiology Dept. - College of Science-Al-Mustanseria University.
- 2/2001, MS.c. in Biotechnology (Molecular Biology), Biotechnology Dept. - College of Science-Baghdad University.
- 3/2009, Ph.D. in Microbiology (Molecular Biology) - Microbiology Dept. - College of Medicine- Al-Nahrain University

-Molecular Biology for MS.c and PhD students of Medical Microbiology Dept.
- Gene therapy for PhD students of Medical Microbiology Dept.
-Bacterial Physiology for PhD students of Medical Microbiology Dept.
-Bacteriology for undergraduate students (Third stage).
-Molecular Biology for undergraduate students (Fifth stage).
-Systemic Bacteriology for PhD students of Medical Microbiology Dept. .
-Human genetics for undergraduate students (first year). 2016-2017
- Molecular Biology for MS.c student of Histology Dept.
-Molecular Biology for MS.c and PhD students of Pharmacology Dept.
- Molecular Biology for MS.c and PhD students of Pathology Dept

 Supervisor of postgraduat students :
-2011-2012 Two M.Sc. students.
-2012-2013 one M.Sc. student.
-2013-2014 Two M.Sc. students.
-2014-2015 Three M.Sc. students.
-2015-2016 Two MS.c. students and Two PhD students
-2016-2017 Two Ph.D.students and one M.Sc. student.
- 2017-2018 Two Ph.D.students and Two M.Sc. students.
-2018-2019 Two Ph.D.students and Two M.Sc. students.
-2019-2020 Two MSc students and Three PhD Students.
-2020-2021 Two MSc students and Two PhD Students.
-2021-2022 Two MSc students and Two PhD Students.
-2022-2023 Three MSc students and Two PhD Students.
-2023-2024 Two MSc students and Two PhD Students.

1- Epigenetic of cancers.
2- Mitochondrial related diseases.
3- Direct molecular identification of Antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

 Acquired experiences
1- Conventional PCR applications(Allele Specific Oligonucleotides, Variable Number of tandem repeats and Short tandem repeats).
2- Reverse Transcriptase–PCR applications.
3-Taqman-Real Time PCR applications.
4-DNA methylation mapping using specific restriction enzymes.
5-Sequancing and data analysis(primary knowledge).
6-Convintional cytogenetic.
7- Mammalian cell culture techniques.
8-Protiene extraction and purification using gel chromatography.
9-Immunohistochemistry applications.

1- Dhahi , M. A. R. ; Youisf , S. Y. ; Mustafa , M. (2002). Isolation and characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes and its ability to produce – M – protein and streptokinase . J. Iraqi Science .2002;43 B(2): 1 – 25 .
2- Dhahi , M. A. R. ; Youisf , S. Y. ; Mustafa , M. Protein – M – extraction from locally isolated Streptococcus pyogenes . J. Iraqi Science 2002;43 B(2): 26 - 43 .
3- Ibrahim , M. A. ; Dhahii , M. A. R. ; Jubreal , J. S. and Khalid , L . RAPD – PCR Patterns of genomic DNA extracted from goat`s liver and blood. Selected Research Papers. 2003;20:82 – 91.
4- Ibrahim , M. A. ; Dhahii , M. A. R. ; Rabii , M . B. ; Baker , F . A . and Jaber , A .DNA methylation polymorphism of aging human ovaries. Selected Research Papers.2004.
5- Dhahi, M.R.; Imad, D., Abdul Mohaymen, N.M. and Murad, N.S. Cytogenetic response in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia patients treated with Imatinb. Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal. 2009; 8(4):356-362.
6- Dhahi, M.R.; Muhammad, N.M and Murad, N.S. Molecular diagnosis of bcr-abl fusion gene in CML patients using Multiplex-Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction. The Iraqi Journal of Community Medicine.2010; 23(3).

7-Dhahi, M.R. Molecular diagnosis of bcr-abl fusion gene in CML patients using Monoplex-Two Steps- Reverse Transcriptase–Polymerase Chain Reaction. Journal of the faculty of medicine.2010;52(1):66-70.
8- Dhahi, M.R.; Abdul Mohaymen, N.M. and Murad, N.S. Detection of BCR-ABL protein using Immunocytochemistry. Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences.2010;8(1):39-43.
9- Dhahi M.R., Al-Anee Sh. J., Auaid S.A. and Al-Naaimi A. S. Molecular analysis of polymorphisms in IL-6 gene and the predisposition to osteoporosis using Variable Number of Tandem Repeats- Polymerase chain reaction (VNTRs-PCR) technique. International Journal of Biology .2011; 3(2):82-88.
10-Dhahi M.R., Murad N.S., Matti B.F. Screening of point mutation (T315I) using Allele Specific Oligonucleotides-polymerase chain reaction (ASO-PCR). Journal of the Arab Board of Health Specializations.2011; 12(1):10-14.
11-Dhahi M.R., Murad N.S., Matti B.F. and Muhammad N.M. Evaluation of molecular response to Imatinib in Iraqi Chronic Myeloid Leukemia patients using Real Time-reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-RT-PCR)-Taqman assay. Journal of Molecular Biology Research . 2011;1(1): 47-54.
12- Dhahir EK and Dhahi MAR. High Frequency of Nucleophosmin Mutations in Thirty Two Iraqi Adult Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. International Journal of Applied Science and Technology.2012; 2(5):97-105.ISSN 2221-1004.
13- Dhahir EK, Al-Mudallel SS, Dhahi MAR. The frequency of FLT3mutation in fifty five Iraqi adult patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Iraqi J Medical Sciences.2012;10(2):140-147.ISSN 1681-6579.
14- Dhahir EK, Dhahi MAR, Al-Mudallel SS. Detection of FLT3-ITD mutation in Twenty child with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Iraq. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine.2012;54(2):138-141.ISSN 0041-9419.
15-Dhahi MAR. Molecular screening for single nucleotide polymorphism in insulin receptor gene in Iraqi women with polycystic ovarian syndrome. International Journal of Modern Biology and Medicine.2013; 3(1): 17-26. ISSN: 2165-0136.
16- Dhahi MR and Hussam Al-Deen Th. Molecular screening for polymorphism in Follistatin gene coding regions in Iraqi women with polycystic ovarian syndrome.Open Science Repository. 2013. doi:dx.doi.org/10.7392/Biology.70081916.
17- Dhahi M. A., Matti B.F. and Fadel F. Molecular screening for T315I and F317L resistance mutations in Iraqi Chronic Myeloid Leukemia non-responders patients to Imatinib. Cancer and Clinical Oncology.2013,2(2):55-61.
18- Jaafar Z.M., Dhahi M.A.R., Abd A.K. H. and Jaafar S.M. Molecular identification and antibiotics resistance genes profile of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from Iraqi patients. African Journal of Microbiology Research.2014,8(21):2183-2192.(IF=0.57 Thomson reuters).
19-Ethar K. Dhahir Al-Husseinawi, Subh S. Al-Mudallel and Maysaa A. Dhahi. Blending Data of FLT3-ITD Mutation and Nucleophosmin Gene Mutations Detection Showed Significant Results in Comparison to Separate Mutation Detection in 32 Iraqi Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients. American Journal of Research Communication.2014, Vol 2(8):87-104.

20- Jamal Q.W., Dhahi M.A.R and Mattii B.F. Molecular screening for E255k and F359V Mutations in Non-Responders Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Iraqi Patients to Imatinib Mesylate Therapy. International Journal of Biology.2014 October,Vol. 6(4).ISSN 1916-9671.

21-Ali H.N., Dhahi M.A.R. and Abd A.K. H. Molecular screening for erythromycin resistance genes in Streptococcus pyogenes isolated from Iraqi patients with tonsilo-pharyngites. African Journal of Biotechnology.2015. Vol. 14(28):2244-2250. DOI: 10.5897/AJB2015.14668 (IF=0.57).
22- Dhahi M.A.R., Abdul Jaleel Y. and Mahdi Q.A. Screening for Mitochondrial DNA A4977Common deletion mutation as predisposing marker in Breast tumors in Iraqi patients. Current Research Journal of Biological Sciences.2016.8(1): 6-9.

23- Fawzi T. and Dhahi M.A.R. Chronic gastric and related lesions in association with Helicobacter pylori as predisposing factor: Molecular study. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH..2016;3(3).
24-Noor Flayyih Hasan, Mayssa Abdul Razzaq Dhahi & Raghad Jawad H. Al-Akayshee. Molecular identification of Helicobacter pylori and screening for Clarithromycin resistance mutations from patients with gastric diseases in Baghdad-Iraq. Journal of Molecular Biology Research(accepted for publishing).9-2016.
25-Ali HS, Dhahi MAR, Al-Maliki JM. Genotyping of vacA of Helicobacter pylori in patients from Baghdad with gastro-duodenal diseases. J Gastroenterol Dig. Dis. 2017;2(2):25-31.

26-Hiba Sabah Jasim, Maysaa Abdul Razzaq Dhahi,Thuraya Hussam Al-Deen Abdullah. Genotyping of Human papilloma virus DNA isolated from cervical tissue biopsies of Iraqi women with different cervical abnormalities. IOSR-JPBS. 2017; 12, 5 Ver. VI: 69-75.

27- Hiba Sabah Jasim and Maysaa Abdul Razzaq Dhahi. DNA methylation pattern of L1 gene of high risk Human Papillomaviruses and IFN-gamma as a candidate biomarkers for predispose to cervical neoplasia in women from Baghdad. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 2018; 7, Issue 2: 177-191. Impact Factor 7.523.

28- Maysaa A. R. Dhah. Variation In Expression Level Profile Of MicroRNA-150-1 As Prognosis Biomarker For Responsiveness Totyrosine Kinase Inhibitorsin Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences. 2018;9(6) :1460. Impact Factor 0.35.

29- Fawzi Hassan Zayr, Maysaa A. R. Dhahi, Omar F. Abdul-Rasheed and Hashim M. Hashim. DNA methylation patterns of Interferon gamma gene promoter and serum level in pulmonary tuberculosis: Their role in prognosis. Baghdad Science Journal .2019;16(1):178-184. Scopus.
30- Noor Jawad Obeed and Maysaa Abdul Razzaq Dhahi. The Role of Mutation and Gene Expression Level of marRAB operon in Multi Antibiotic Resistance uropathic Escherichia coli and 0157:H7 isolates from patients in Baghdad. J. Pharm. Sci. Res. 2020;12(3): 365-374.
31- Salma Zuhier Ahmed, Maysaa Abdul Razzaq Dhahi and Jasim Mohsin Ghadhban. Molecular Quantification of Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigen Gene and DNA Methylation Patterns of Human Tumor Suppressor Genes p16 and E-cadherin in Relation to Infection with Helicobacter pylori as Early Prognostic Biomarker for Gastric Tumorgenesis in Patients from Baghdad. International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences. 2020;9(4): 50-60.

32-Maysaa Abdul Razzaq Dhahi. Sequencing Analysis of Pyelonephritis-Associated Pili Gene of Uro-Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolated in From Iraqi Patients,Baghdad. Biomedical & Pharmacology Journal.2020;13(2):1011-1019. Scopus.
33-Abbas S. M. and Dhahi M. A.R. Evaluation of some Virulence Factors and Drug Resistance of Bacteria Isolated from the Urine of Patients with TCC Bladder Cancer. 2022;19(3): 469-482. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21123/bsj.2022.19.3.0469 (https://doi.org/10.21123/bsj.2022.19.3.0469). Scopus.

34-Sura Mouaid Abbas , Maysaa Abdul Razzaq Dhahi , Saif Hammed Muhammad. Evaluation of Gene Expression Level of miRNA-29c, miRNA-125, miRNA-141, miRNA-145 and miRNA-205 as Predisposing Factors for Transitional Cell Carcinoma-Bladder Cancer in Iraqi Patients. Iraqi Journal of Science. 2023,Volume (64) Issue (8) . Accepted for publishing. Scopus

35- Nada Ali Abdul Ameer , Maysaa Abdul Razzaq Dhahi. Alterations in Gene Expression of recA and umuDC in Antibiotic-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Journal of Medicine and Life. 2023; 16(4):531-539. DOI: 10.25122/jml-2022-0358. Scopus.

36- Ayat Abbas Mohammed, Maysaa Abdul Razzaq Dhahi. FREQUENCY OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE MUTATIONS IN GYRA, GYRB, AND FRXA OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI. International Journal of Applied Engineering & Technology.2023; 5 (No.4): 1557.