Naif Jalal
PhD Candidate
Email: naifjalal@dal.ca
Why Dal?
The department of microbiology and immunology at Dal offers exciting research with the opportunity to train at the Canadian Center for Vaccinology
What inspires me
My research focuses on investigating disulfide bond formation in the Gram-positive bacteria Streptococcus gordonii, a potential live vaccine vector. We hope that this work will advance our understanding of the fundamental mechanisms that govern the production of disulfide-bonded protein and will help toward the development of novel S. gordonii based vaccines.
Teaching, labs, research groups
- PhD candidate working under the supervision of Dr. Song Lee as a member of the vaccine discovery group at the Canadian Center for Vaccinology
- Former MSc student in Dr. Yung-Hua Li Lab, Dalhousie University
- Teaching assistant and lab instructor, 2008-2010, Medical Microbiology, Collage of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia
Awards, honours, conferences
- Ministry of Higher Education Doctoral Scholarship, 2013-2016, Saudi Arabia
- Ministry of Higher Education Masters Scholarship, 2010-2013, Saudi Arabia
- Naif A. Jalal, Scott A. Halperin, and Song F. Lee. Characterization of a Mutant Defective in Ccda2 a Potential Redox Partner of the Disulfide Bond-Forming Protein Sdba in Streptococcus gordonii. Pediatrics Research Day, Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre, Canada. 29 April 2014 (Poster).
- Naif A. Jalal, Scott A. Halperin, and Song F. Lee. Characterization of a Mutant Defective in Ccda2 a Potential Redox Partner of the Disulfide Bond-Forming Protein Sdba in Streptococcus gordonii. The Infectious Diseases Research Day and CCfV Symposium, Canadian Center for Vaccinology, Canada. 14 April 2014 (Poster).
- Naif A. Jalal, XL. Tian, and YH. Li. Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of a Novel Gene Involved in the Cell Wall Biosynthesis and Resistance to Bacitracin in Streptococcus mutans. Graduated Student Research Day, Dalhousie University, Canada. 15 may 2012 (Poster).
- Naif A. Jalal, Naif Sannan, Ahmed Al-Sulimani, Mohammed Al-Ghamdi, and Ayman Johargy. Seroprevalence of Erythrovirus B19 Among Paediatric Patients in Makkah and Jeddah Cities of Saudi Arabia. The first international medical student conference at Oman medical college, Sohar, Oman. 26-28 March 2008 (Poster).