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College of Veterinary Medicine

Mohamed Seleem, DVM, MS, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Veterinary Microbiology
  • Department of Comparative Pathobiology
  • Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine
  • 625 Harrison Street
  • West Lafayette, IN 47907



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Education

  • 2006 - Ph.D. | Virginia Tech
  • 2000 - MS | Assiut University
  • 1995 - DVM | Assiut University

Experience

  • 2011 - | Assistant Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University
  • 2007 - 2009 | Postdoctoral Research Associate: The Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science, Virginia Tech, USA.
  • 2006 - 2007 | Postdoctoral Research Associate: College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, USA.
  • 2003 - 2006 | Teaching and Research Assistant: VA-MD Regional College of Vet. Med. Virginia Tech, USA.
  • 2001 - 2003 | Visiting Scholar, VA-MD Regional College of Vet. Med. Virginia Tech, USA.
  • 1996 - 2001 | Assistant Lecturer and Research Scientist: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt.

Selected Publications

  • Genome Mapping in Animals and Microbes, Volume 8- Animal Associated Microbes (Springer -2009) ISBN: 978-3-540-74040-7.
  • Jain N., Contreras A., Kimswade G., Seleem M.N., Boyle S.M., Sriranganathan N. (2011). Effect of entF deletion on iron acquisition and erythritol metabolism by Brucella abortus 2308. "FEMS Microbiological Letters" Mar;316(1):1-6.
  • Surendran N, Zimmerman K, Seleem M. N., Sriranganathan N, Boyle SM, Hiltbold EM, Lawler H, Heid B, Witonsky SG. (2010). Ability of Brucella abortus rough vaccine strains to elicit DC and innate immunity in lung using a murine respiratory model. "Vaccine".
  • A. Ranjan, N. Pothayee, T. P. Vadala, Seleem M.N., E. Restis, N. Sriranganathan,J. S. Riffle and R. Kasimanickam. (2010). Efficacy of amphiphilic Development of pluronic P85 based core-shell nanostructures encapsulating gentamicin against an in-vitro Salm
  • Ranjan, A., Seleem M.N., N Jain, N. Pothayee, N. Sriranganathan, J. S. Riffle, R. Kasimanickam. (2010). Drug delivery using novel nanoplexes against a Salmonella mouse infection model. "Journal of Nanoparticle Research". May (12):905-914.
  • H. Alqublan, Seleem M. N., S. M. Boyle, and N. Sriranganathan. (2010). Tightly regulated expression system for Ochrobactrum. "Current Microbiology", Apr; 60(4):242-7.
  • Seleem M.N., S.M. Boyle and N. Sriranganathan. (2010). Brucellosis; A re-emerging zoonosis. "Veterinary Microbiology". Jan;140(3-4):392-8.2010
  • Seleem, M.N., P. Munusamy, H. Alqublan, A. Ranjan, G. Pickrell, N. Sriranganathan. (2009). Silica-antibiotic hybrid for targeting Salmonella. "Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy" Oct; 53(10):4270-4.
  • D. Gillaspie, I. Perkins, K. Larsen, A. McCord, S. Pangonis, D. Sweger, Seleem M.N., N. Sriranganathan, and B. Anderson. (2009). Plasmid based system for high-level gene expression and antisense gene knockdown in Bartonella. "Applied and Environmental Mic
  • Ranjan, A., N. Pothayee, Seleem M.N., N. Sriranganathan, R. Kasimanickam, M. Makris and J. S. Riffle. (2009). In-vitro trafficking and efficacy of core-shell nanostructures for treating intracellular Salmonella. "Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy". Se
  • P. Munusamy, Seleem M.N., N. Sriranganathan, G. Pickrell. (2009). Synthesis and characterization of Magnetic Silica Xerogels for Targeting Intracellular Pathogens. "Journal of Bionanoscience". Jun;3 (1):16-21.
  • Ranjan, A., N. Pothayee, Seleem M.N., R. Tyler, N. Sriranganathan, R. Kasimanickam, M. Makris and J. S. Riffle. (2009). Antibacterial efficacy of core-shell nanostructures encapsulating gentamicin against in vivo intracellular Salmonella model. "Internati
  • Seleem M.N., Jain N., Pothayee N., Ranjan A, Riffle J., Sriranganathan N. (2009). Streptomycin-Doxycycline nanoparticles for targeting Brucella melitensis infection. "FEMS Microbiology Letters". 294(1): 24-31.
  • P. Munusamy, Seleem M.N., H. Alqublan, R. Tyler, N. Sriranganathan, G. Pickrell. (2009). Sol-gel derived Silica matrix as drug delivery system for intracellular pathogens. "Material Science and Engineering C". Oct;29( 8): 2313-18.
  • Seleem M.N., N. Jain, H. Alqublan, R. Vemulapalli, S. M. Boyle, and N. Sriranganathan. (2008). Activity of native vs. synthetic promoters in Brucella. "FEMS Microbiological Letters". 288 (2): 211-5.
  • Rajasekaran, P., Seleem M.N., A. Contreras, N. Sriranganathan and S. Boyle. (2008). A leucine auxotroph of Brucella abortus strain RB51 vaccine as an environmentally safe vector for plasmid maintenance and antigen expression. "Applied and Environmental Mi
  • Seleem M.N., M. Ali, S.M. Boyle and N. Sriranganathan. (2008). Reporter genes for real-time in vivo monitoring of Ochrobactrum anthropi infection. "FEMS Microbiological letters". 286:124-9.
  • Pothayee, N., M. L. Vadala, A. Ranjan, N. Jain, Seleem M.N., N. Sriranganathan and J. S. Riffle. (2008). Aminoglycoside-Ionopolymeric nanoplexes for targeting intracellular bacterial pathogens. "Polymer Preprints". 49 (2): 1036.
  • Seleem M.N., M. Ali, S.M. Boyle and N. Sriranganathan. (2008). Vectors for enhanced gene expression and protein purification in Salmonella. "GENE". 421: 95-8.
  • Sandal, I., S., Seleem M.N., Elswaifi, N. Sriranganathan and T. Inzana. (2008). Efficient expression vectors for Histophilus somnus. "Microbiological Methods". 74:106-9. 2008.
  • Seleem M.N., P. Rajasekaran, M. Ali, S.M. Boyle and N. Sriranganathan. (2008). Simple Method for Transformation of Ochrobactrum anthropi. "World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology" 24: 2111-4.
  • Seleem M.N., S.M. Boyle and N. Sriranganathan. (2008). Brucella; a pathogen without classical virulence genes. "Veterinary Microbiology". 25:1-14.
  • Seleem M.N., M. Ali, M. Abd Alazim, S. Boyle and N. Sriranganathan. (2007). Enhanced expression, detection and purification of recombinant protein using tandem fusion tags RNA stem loop. "Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 75:1385-92.
  • Seleem M.N., M. Ali, M. Abd Alazim, S. Boyle and N. Sriranganathan. (2007). High-level heterologous gene expression in Ochrobactrum anthropi using an A-rich UP element. "Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology". 73:1123-7.
  • Seleem M.N., M. ALI, S.M. Boyle, and N. Sriranganathan. (2006). Establishment of gene expression system in Ochrobactrum species. "Applied and Environmental Microbiology". 72: 6833-6.
  • Contreras, A., Seleem M.N, S. M. Boyle, G. Schurig, N. Sriranganathan and A. Lopez-merino. (2006). Cloning, expression and characterization of immunogenic aminopeptidase N from Brucella melitensis. "FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology". 48: 252-6.
  • Bandara, A., Seleem M.N, C. Jordan, D. Lindsay, G. Schurig, and N. Sriranganathan. (2006). Brucella abortus Strain RB51 can be used to Express Potentially Protective Antigens of Toxoplasma gondii. "J. Eukaryot. Microbiol". 53(S1): S166-8.
  • Seleem M.N., R. Vemulapalli, S.M. Boyle, G.G. Schurig and N. Sriranganathan. (2004). Improved expression vector for Brucella species. "BioTechniques". 37: 740-44.