CURRICULUM VITAE Personal information: Name: Gamal H. A. El-Sokkary Date & place of birth: Feb. 3, 1962, Assiut, Egypt. Citizenship: Egyptian Address: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt. Academic Qualifications: Ph.D. Zoology (1998) Effect of melatonin on DNA synthesis and cell cycle in some organs of mice after the administration of a chemical carcinogen DMBA. Assiut University, Egypt. M. Sc. Zoology (1990) Histochemical studies on the effect of melatonin on some organs of mice Assiut University, Egypt. B.Sc. Zoology (1985) Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt. Academic Position: April 2009 till now: Professor of Cell Biology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut Febroury 2004-April 2009 Associate Professor of Zoology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut November 1998- Febroury 2004: Lecturer of Zoology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut July 1990-November 1998: Assistant lecturer of Zoology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut November 1985-July 1990: Demonstrator of Zoology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut Scholastic Awards: September 1996 September 1998: Channel system to The University of Texas, Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology Membership: Egyptian Society of Histology and Cytology. The Egyptian German Society of Zoology. Editorial board in the Journal of Neuroendocrinology Letters. 1
Editorial board in: "The Open Neuroendocrinology Journal". Reviewer in many international Journals Research interests: Melatonin as an antioxidant and free radical scavenger. Effect of oxidative stress on DNA synthesis, cell proliferation, and cell cycle duration and the protective role of melatonin. Work Experience: Theoretical and practical teaching of the following courses in the faculties of Science, Education, Pharmacy and Agriculture of Assiut University, Egypt: - General Zoology - Cell biology - Histology - Histochemistry - Microtechnique - Animal behavior Use of Autoradiography technique in DNA synthesis, cell proliferation and cell cycle duration studies. Awards: - Best Research Award of the Faculty of Science (Zoology) 2000/2001. - Prof. Dr. Sulayman Huzayyin s Award for Academic Excellence 2002/2003. - Best Research Award of the Faculty of Science (Zoology) 2004/2005. - Prof. Dr. Sulayman Huzayyin s Award for Academic Excellence 2006/2007. Professional Activities: 1991: Program of: How to use the transmission electron microscope in the examination of different biological tissues, Alexandria University Egypt. 1993: Program of: Treatment and keeping of dangerous radioactive hazards, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo Egypt. 1998:22 nd Conference of the Egyptian Society of Histology and Cytology Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. 2000: 2 nd International Conference on Basic Science and Advanced Technology, Assiut 2002:25 th Conference of the Egyptian Society of Histology and Cytology, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt. 2
2003: 26 th Conference of the Egyptian Society of Histology and Cytology, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt. 2003: The training course and workshop on Gene Cloning and Recombinant DNA Technology, The Molecular Biology Research Unit of Assiut University. 2003: 27 nd Conference of the Egyptian Society of Histology and Cytology Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. 2004: 2 nd International Conference for Development and Environment in Arab World 23-25 March, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. 2004: 22 nd Annual Conference of the 29 th March- 1 st April, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut 2004: 11 th Scientific Congress 5-7 December, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, 2005: 23 rd Annual Conference of the 7 th - 10 th March, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, 2005: Eighth Scientific Congress of Egyptian Society for Cattle Disease with Cooperation of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut 11 13 December, 2006: 3 rd International Conference for Development and Environment in the Arab World 21-23 March, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. 2006: 24 th Annual Conference of the 2 nd - 5 th April, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, 2006: 12 th Scientific Congress 10-12 December, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut 2007: 25 th Annual Conference of the 11 th - 14 th March, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, 2008: The 3 rd Flow Cytometry Workshop "Flow cytometry: a sensitive analytic tool for small populations" Feb. 12 th 14 th, 2008. Flow Cytometry Lab., Oncological Clinical Pathology Dept., South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Assiut. 2008: 26 th Annual Conference of the 8 th - 11 th March, "Quality of Medical Education in Assiut University Golden Jubilee" Faculty of Medicine, Assiut 2008: Conference of "Conflicts and Violence in Southern Countries" 29 th -30 th March, Faculty of Commerce, Assiut 2008: 13 th Scientific Congress 23-25 November, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut 3
List of Publications Gamal Hassan Abdel-Sabour El-Sokkary Department of Zoology, Faculty of Scieence, Assiut University, Assiut Egypt 1- Gamal A. Morsi; Ibrahim M. Anwar and Gamal H. El-Sokkary (1991): Autoradiographic study on the effect of melatonin on proliferation and DNA synthesis in the intestinal epithelium and hepatocytes of male mice. Egypt. J. Hisol. 14(2): 525-541. 2- Gamal A. Morsi; Ibrahim M. Anwar and Gamal H. El-Sokkary (1992): Autoradiographic study on the effect of melatonin on the proliferation and DNA synthesis in the spleen and thymus lymphocytes of male mice. J. Egypt. Ger. Soc. Zool. 9 :101-124. 3- Gamal A. Morsi and Gamal H. El-Sokkary (1992): Effect of melatonin on the cellular proliferation and functions of the adrenal cortex in male mice. J. Egypt. Ger. Soc. Zool. 9 : 189-203. 4- Seok J. Kim; Russel J. Reiter; Veronica Rouvier Garay M.; Wenbo Qi; Gamal H. El-Sokkary and Dun-Xian Tan (1998): 2-Nitropropan-induced lipid peroxidation: antitoxic effect of melatonin. Toxicology 130: 183-190. 5- Dun-Xian Tan; Lucien C. Manchester; Russel J. Reiter; Wenbo Qi; Seok J. Kim and Gamal H. El-Sokkary (1998): Melatonin protects hippocampl neurons in vivo against kainic acid-induced damage in mice. J. Neuroscience Research 54: 382-389. 6- Dun-Xian Tan; Lucien C. Manchester; Russel J. Reiter; Wenbo Qi; Seok J. Kim and Gamal H. El-Sokkary (1998): Ischemia/reperfusion-induced arrhythmias in the isolated rat heart: prevention by melatonin. J. Pineal Research 25:184-199. 7- Reiter. R. J.; Tan, D. X.; Kim, S. J.; El-Sokkary, G. H. and Qi, W. (1998): Reduction of oxidative stress by melatonin: Physiology versus pharmacology. Pathophysiology 5(Suppl. 1) 267. 8- Gamal H. El-Sokkary; Russel J. Reiter; Dun-Xian Tan; Soek J. Kim and Javier Cabrera (1999): Inhibitory effect of melatonin on products of lipid peroxidation resulting from chronic ethanol administration. Alcohol and Alcoholism 34:842-850. 9- Gamal H. El-Sokkary; Russel J. Reiter; Salvatore Cuzzocrea; Achille P. Caputi; Abdel-Fattah M. M. Hassanein and Dun-Xian Tan (1999): Role of melatonin in reduction of lipid peroxidation and peroxinitrite formation in non-septic shock induced by zymosan. Shock 12:402-408. 10- Reiter R. J.; Tan, D. X.; Kim, S. J.; Manchester, L. C.; Qi, W.; Garcia, J. J.; Cabrera, J.; El- Sokkary, G. H. and Rouvier-Garay, V. (1999): Augmentation of indices of oxidative damage in life-long melatonin-deficient rats. Mechanisms of Aging and Development. 110:157-173. 11- Cabrera, J.; Reiter, R. J.; Tan, D. X.; Qi, W.; Sainz, R. M.; Mayo, J. C.; Garcia, J. J.; Kim, S. J. and El-Sokkary, G. H. (2000): Melatonin reduces oxidative neurotoxicity due to quinolinic acid: in vitro and in vivo findings. Neuropharmacology 39:507-514. 4
12- Saleh, M. A.; El-Sokkary, G. H. and Abdel-Razik, A. KH. (2000): Circulating steroids and proteins in Egyptian Oasis pregnant camel (Camelus dromedarius). J. Camel Practice and research. 7:9-13. 13- Gamal H. El-Sokkary (2000): Melatonin protects against oxidative stress induced by the kidney carcinogen KBrO 3. Neuroendocrinolgy Letters. 21:461-468. 14- Saleh, M. A.; El-Sokkary, G. H. and Abdel-Salam, M. (2000): Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of dromedary blood serum proteins under Egyptian Oases conditions. BSAT-II, Assiut Univ.163-172. 15- Gamal H. El-Sokkary (2001): Quantitative study on the effects of chronic ethanol administration on the testis of adult male rat. Neuroendocrinology Letters. 22:93-99. 16- Gamal H. El-Sokkary (2002): Inhibition of 2-nitropropane induced cellular proliferation, DNA synthesis and histopathological changes by melatonin. Neuroendocrinology Letters. 23:335-340 17- Gamal H. El-Sokkary, Hosam M. Omar, Abdel-Fattah M. M. Hassanein, Salvatore Cuzzocrea, and Russel J. Reiter (2002): Melatonin reduces oxidative damage and increase survival of mice infected with Schistosomaa mansoni. J. Free Radical Biology & Medicine. 32:319-332. 18- Ramadan, T.; El-Sokkary, G. H. and El-Enany, A. E. (2002): Autoradiographic study on the effect of lead on DNA synthesis and cell proliferation of soybean callus culture. Bull. Fac. Sci., Assiut Univ. 31D: 103-111. 19- Mostafa A. Saleh and Gamal H. El-Sokkary (2003): Clinical reference values for blood serum proteins in nomadic bedouin camels (Camelus dromedarius) in the Egyptian Oasis. Assiut Vet. J. 49(97): 160-173. 20- Gamal H. El-Sokkary, Esam S. Kamel, and Russel J. Reiter (2003): Prophylactic effect of melatonin in reducing lead-induced neurotoxicity in the rat. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters. 8(2):461-470. 21- Gamal H. El-Sokkary, Russel J. Reiter, and Sary Kh. Abdel Ghaffar (2003): Melatonin supplementation restores cellular proliferation and DNA synthesis in the splenic and thymic lymphocytes of old rats. Neuroendocrinology Letters. 24 (3/4): 77-85. 22- Mostafa A. Saleh; Abdel-Salam, M.; El-Mileegy, I. M. H. and Gamal H. El-Sokkary (2003): Electrolytes and protein homeostasis in bedouin camels (Camelus dromedarius) during dry thermal stress in the Egyptian Oasis. 7th Sci. Cong. Egyptian Society for Cattle Diseases, 7-9 Dec. Assiut, Egypt, 319-329. 23- Gamal H. El-Sokkary and Esam S. Kamel (2004): Neuroprotective role of melatonin on leadinduced neurotoxicity of hippocampus and corpus striatum in male albino rat. South Valley Medical J. 113-132. 5
24- Gamal H. El-Sokkary; Safwat A. Okasha and Eatmad A. Awad-Allah (2004): Effect of 2 - nitropropane on the mitotic index in the liver of albino rat: The protective role of melatonin. Bull. Fac. Sci., Assiut Univ. 33(2-E) 61-70. 25- Gamal H. Elsokkary; Safaa A. Abdl-Maksoud; Eman E. Abu-Dief and Russel J. Reiter (2004): Augmentation of age-related changes in somatotrophs after long term pinealectomy. Progress in Medical Research, 2:38. 26- Gamal H. El-Sokkary; Gamal H. Abdel-Rahman and Esam S. Kamel (2005): Melatonin protects against lead-induced hepatic and renal toxicity in male rats. Toxicology, 213 (1-2): 25-33. 27- Sary Kh. Abd-Elghaffar; Gamal H. El-Sokkary and Ahmed A. Sharkawy (2005): Aluminuminduced neurotoxicity and oxidative damage in rabbits: Protective effect of melatonin. Neuroendocrinology Letters, 26 (5):609-616. 28- Gamal H. El-Sokkary; Bothaina M. Khidr and Hala A. Younes (2006): Role of melatonin in reducing hypoxia-induced oxidative stress and morphological changes in the liver of male mice. Europian Journal of Pharmacology, 540:107-114. 29- Eman Ez. El-Sharkawy; Neveen A. El-Nisr and Gamal H. El-Sokkary (2006): Effect of maternal dioxin administration on the morphology and function of the reproductive organs of male rat offspring. Assiut University J. of Zoology 35(2): 131-145. 30- Gamal H. El-Sokkary (2007): An autoradigraphic study of cell proliferation, DNA synthesis and cell cycle variability induced by phenobarbital in rat hepatocytes: Role of melatonin. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters. 12(3): 317-330 31- Gamal H. El-Sokkary; Salvatore Cuzzocrea and Russel J. Reiter (2007): Effect of chronic nicotine administration on the rat lung and liver: Beneficial role of melatonin. Toxicology, 239:60-67. 32-Gamal H. El-Sokkary (2008): Melatonin and vitamin C administration ameliorate diazepaminduced oxidative stress and cell proliferation in the liver of rats. Cell Proliferation, 41:168-176. 33- Gamal H. El-Sokkary; Bothaina M. Khidr and Hala A. Younes (2008): Melatonin administration inhibits hypoxia-induced oxidative stress and morphological changes in the testes of adult male mice. Assiut University J. of Zoology 37(2): 1-22. 34- Gamal H. El-Sokkary; Alaam A. Nafady and El-Hammaly H. Shabash (2009): Melatonin Ameliorates Cadmium-induced Oxidative Damage and Morphological Changes in the Kidney of Rat. The Open Neuroendocrinology Journal, 1-9. 35- Gamal H. El-Sokkary; Alaam A. Nafady and El-Hammaly H. Shabash (2010): Melatonin Administration Ameliorates Cadmium-induced Oxidative Stress and Morphological Changes in the Liver of Rat. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 73: 456-463. 6