Hosni Hassan
Bio
*Not currently taking new graduate students*
Education
B.S. Food Science and Microbiology Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt 1959
Ph.D. Microbiology University of California, Davis 1967
Postdoctoral Fellow Microbiology University of California, Davis 1968
Area(s) of Expertise
Dr. Hassan’s research focuses on applying microbial physiology, genetics and molecular biology to food safety, to protect public health.
Research interests include
- microbiology and food safety
- poultry microbiome and metabolome
- developing patented salmonella vaccines
- isolation/application of species-specific probiotics
- developing best practices to eliminate human salmonellosis
Publications
- On 'Intracellular production of superoxide radical and of hydrogen peroxide by redox active compounds' by H. Moustafa Hassan, Irwin Fridovich , Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics (2022)
- Role of the Mn-Catalase in Aerobic Growth of Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 14431 , Applied Microbiology (2021)
- Attenuated Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium, Strain NC983, Is Immunogenic, and Protective against Virulent Typhimurium Challenges in Mice , VACCINES (2020)
- Complete Genome Sequences of Lactobacillus Strains C25 and P38, Isolated from Chicken Cecum , Microbiology Resource Announcements (2020)
- Complete Genome Sequences of Six Lactobacilli Isolated from American Quarter Horses , MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS (2020)
- An attenuated salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium strain and galacto-oligosaccharides accelerate clearance of Salmonella infections in poultry through modifications to the gut microbiome , Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2018)
- A comparison of sequencing platforms and bioinformatics pipelines for compositional analysis of the gut microbiome , BMC Microbiology (2017)
- Impact of Dietary Galacto-Oligosaccharide (GOS) on Chicken’s Gut Microbiota, Mucosal Gene Expression, and Salmonella Colonization , Frontiers in Veterinary Science (2017)
- Complete Genome Sequence of NC983, a Live Attenuated Strain of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium , Genome Announcements (2016)
- Designer Probiotic Lactobacilli for use in Farm Animals and Methods for Enrichment and Isolation from any Animal Species or Human , (2016)