Congratulations to Ahmed Hassan (on the left) and Nader Abutaleb (on the right) for winning The first and second prizes for the “Inflammation, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases conference.  

Purdue highlighted a few scientists who focus on the Giant Leaps themes and our lab was featured among 30 labs at Purdue with Giant Leaps Research.https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/Q4/the-world-is-running-out-of-antibiotics.-this-researcher-is-working-on-finding-a-solution..html 

On the latest episode of Full Steam Ahead: A Podcast About Purdue, FOX59’s Adam Bartels talks with Dr. Seleem about his continued research, the progress that’s been made, the need to find solutions sooner, rather than later and more.

https://art19.com/shows/full-steam-ahead?q=antibiotic

Dr. Seleem, advisor of the Egyptian Student Association At Purdue (ESA-P) and ESA-P, hosted Dr. Essam Sharaf, former prime minster of Egypt, for dinner during his visit to Purdue University in March 2019.  

https://www.purdue.edu/vet/news/cpb-faculty-member-pursues-new-research-on-antibiotic-resistant-infections.php 

Congratulations to Nader Shawky Abutaleb who won First Place for his poster presentation “A Potential New Antibiotic Class Against Multidrug Resistant Bacteria” in the 5th Annual Drug Discovery Symposium held by the Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery on September 28, 2018. 

July 2018- in collaboration with Dr. Chmielewski group we were awarded a grant from the NIAID (NIH) to develop Cell-penetrating antimicrobial therapeutics for treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections.  

Dr. Seleem was honored in college promotion reception. 

https://vet.purdue.edu/news/promotions-reception-honors-seven-pvm-faculty.php

April 2018 - Congratulations to Ahmed Hassan who won First Place in the Life Sciences category at the 2018 Spring BME-IBSc-PI4D Research Symposium held April 6, 2018 at Martin Jischke Biomedical Engineering.

March 2018-A research method developed by our lab in collaboration with Dr. Ji-Xin Cheng (Boston University) was highlighted in the Chemical & Engineering News “Raman Imaging Identifies Which Bacteria are Susceptible to Antibiotics,” by Celia Henry Arnaud, 

https://cen.acs.org/articles/96/i12/Raman-imaging-identifies-bacteria-susceptible.html

Feb 2018  - Congratulations to Dr. Haroon Mohammad who won First Place (Gold)  Title: “Discovery of a Novel Dibromoquinoline Compound with Potent Antifungal and Antivirulence Activity that Targets Metal ion Homeostasis” at the Purdue University Chapter of Sigma Xi Graduate Student and Post-Doctoral Fellow Research Awards Competition held 2/21/2018 

November 2016 - Congratulations to Haroon who successfully defended his dissertation entitled, " Antimicrobial Characterization and Therapeutic Applications of Novel Synthetic Thiazole Compounds against Multi-drug-Resistant Staphylococci and Enterococci." Haroon published 20 manuscripts including 9 first authors and was awarded the first Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery prestigious Post-Doctoral Fellowship to continue his work in our group.  

August 2016 - Congratulations to Shankar who successfully defended his dissertation entitled, "REPURPOSING NON-ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS TO TREAT MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL INFECTIONS." Shankar published 17 manuscripts including 13 first authors and accepted a postdoc position in University of California San Diego! 

June 2016 - Congratulations to Haroon Mohammad for receiving ASM Microbe Travel Award to attend 2016 ASM conference.  

April 2016- The University Faculty Scholars Program recognizes outstanding faculty members who are on an accelerated path for academic distinction. 

April 2016 - Congratulations to Haroon Mohammad for receiving Purdue Graduate Student Government Travel Grant to attend 2016 ASM conference.  

April 2016 - Congratulations to Shankar Thangamani who won First-place, Indiana Branch of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Annual Meeting 2016, April 2, 2016, Fort Wayne, IN, USA. 

August 2014 – In collaboration with Dr. Yeo lab we were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a pH-sensitive delivery system (semi-nanoparticles) to promote intracellular release of antimicrobial peptides and killing of intracellular pathogens (Brucella, Listeria, MRSA and Salmonella).   

July 2014 – In collaboration with Dr. Chmielewski lab we were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support our research on targeted delivery of antimicrobial peptides to kill intracellular pathogens.  

April 2014 - Congratulations to Haroon Mohammad who won Graduate Student Excellence Award, Purdue University. April 9th, 2014 West Lafayette, IN, USA.

December 2012 - Congratulations to Muhammad Soofi who won First Place Award for Best Poster Presentation at Annual Conference of Research Worker in Animal Diseases (CRWAD) meeting. December 2–4, 2012, Chicago, IL, USA.

July 2012 –we were awarded a grant from Showalter Research Trust funds to develop novel antimicrobial compounds against multidrug resistant bacterial pathogens, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). 

 October 2011 - Congratulations to Muhammad Soofi who won Third Place Award for Best oral Presentation at Biomaterials Day Symposium, Purdue University. October 29, 2011, West Lafayette, IN, USA.