Kagnew Hailesellasse

Bachelor of Science Degree (Addis Ababa University)

Masters of Science Degree (Wageningen University)

Accepted for Doctoral Degree (Calgary University)

Mr. Kagnew is receiver of scholarships from Addis Ababa University, the government of Israel, the government of Holland and the government of Canada.

Kagnew was raised in a small village in North Shewa, Amhara Regional State (Ethiopia). Being hard working and lucky, Kagnew acquired a broader exposure in biology and chemistry. Have you ever visited historical sites in Ethiopia? What about the holly land, Israel? I was also in Europe. Currently I am located in Ontario Ottawa. Soon I will move to the city of Calgary. Ask me! I can happily share you my little experiences from all these places.

I, 28, single strongly believes in hard work and its results!

Feel free to contact me via kagnew.hailesellasse@wur.nl or kagnewh2004@yahoo.com

Last updated July 2005

Bibliography and academic background

Date of Birth: 24 February 1978

Citizenship: Ethiopian

Marital status: single

Contact address:

Education

2005 onwards – Doctoral (PhD) student

2005 M.Sc in Biology (Cell Biology). Wageningen University ( www.wau.nl), Wageningen, The Netherlands

2000 B.Sc. in Biology. Addis Ababa University (http://www.aau.edu.et) , Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Work experience

2001 High School Biology Teacher

2003 Junior Researcher. Ethiopian Biodiversity Conservation and Research Institute

(http://www.telecom.net.et/~ibcr/). Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

International Training

May 2003 Conservation of Biodiversity in Desert Ecosystem.

Ben Gurion University of the Negev (http://www.bgu.ac.il/index.php)

Sede Boqer, The state of Israel.

Scholarships

September 1999 – August 2000 Aklilu Lemma Foundation Fellow

May 2003 MASHAV (International Training Unit, Ministry of Foreign affairs, the state of Israel)

October 2003 - August 2005 Wageningen University fellowship

April 2005- July 2005 Co-op work term. Ottawa Health Research

Institute. Ontario Ottawa, Canada

University of Calgary Fellowship Doctoral student salary

Labs visited

- The Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology (Prof. Yael Lubin)

(http://www.bgu.ac.il/desert_ecology/ecology/index.html)

International training project: “Spider diversity in Sede Boqer plantation”

- Bacterial genetics group (Prof. John Van der Oost), Wageningen (http://www.ftns.wau.nl/micr/bacgen/fotobg.html)

- M. Sc thesis (“Transcripitional Regulation of Halorespiration in Desulfitobacterium hafninense”)

- Bioinformatcis group (Dr. Andrade Miguel): Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ontario Ottawa, Canada

(http://www.ottawagenomecenter.ca/research/bioinformatics/)

Internship:“Computational study of genes key to human stem cell”

Scientific interest

I started my career as a Biologist. I have entertained ample of ecological visits in different bioregions of Ethiopia. My present research interest is in novel enzymes applicable in microbial biotechnology. Specifically my interest is in anaerobic metabolic pathways such as Halorespiration and the sulfate reduction pathway. Model organisms: Desulfitobacterium hafninense. Soon I will switch to Desulfovibiro vulgaris.

Web based Molecular Biology/Genomics resources

PCR & Primer design, Translation, Restriction Analysis

Protocols

https://catalog.invitrogen.com/

http://rebase.neb.com/rebase/rebase.html

http://www.protein.sdu.dk/bm131/html/downloads.html

http://www.expasy.org/spdbv/text/disclaim.htm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/CN3D/cn3d.shtml

http://www.mbio.ncsu.edu/BioEdit/bioedit.html

http://www.psc.edu/biomed/genedoc/

http://pymol.sourceforge.net/

http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr/software/njplot.html