Hi !
My name is Amin Mohamed and I am currently a
research fellow at the University of Queensland’s
at the Institute of Molecular Biosciences (IMB) in Brisbane, Australia. I am currently interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms of cellular reprogramming and aging using multiomics approaches. Prior to joining UQ, I was a research fellow at GEOMAR for few month before I conducted postdoctoral research as an OCE postdoc fellow at CSIRO with Dr James Kijas to work in the area of Atlantic salmon genomics. I used NGS technologies to integrate multiple omics data types towards mechanistic understanding of onset of puberty ' sexual maturation" in salmon with a view to provide solutions to the salmon industry. The project involved experimental photoperiod manipulation of salmon to induce puberty, followed by collection of different omics data types to profile transcriptomes, methylomes and accessible chromatin in selected tissues. Gene regulatory networks were utilised to integrate results from these multi-omic analyses towards identification of key genes and their epigenetic regulators during the onset of puberty.

I completed a PhD degree at the coral genomics lab (Miller's lab), the ARC CoE for coral reef studies of James Cook University in 2016. My PhD projects explored molecular interactions between coral host and the symbiotic algae Symbiodinium and the newly-discovered Chromera. I am really passionate about nature and love to constantly learn new things from different disciplines to unfold some of the secrets of the marine organisms.

In my research I use genomics techniques (that involves next-gen sequencing) and bioinformatics to study responses of different marine organisms at the genome, transcriptome and epigenome levels.
I am currently involved in many interesting research projects that will lead to novel ideas in different topics including: establishment of coral-algal symbioses, molecular basis of symbiotic life-style in coral symbionts, Chromera comparative transcriptomics, biology of salmon sexual maturation and resistance against diseases including Amoebic gill disease (AGD), genome functional annotation, nutri(epi)genomics.

For more information about my work, please have a look at the Research page.

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