Mireille KALLASSY AWAD
Enseignant Cadré - Professeur - HDR
Faculty of Science (FS)Research Unit: Environment, Functional Genomics, and Proteomics (UR-EGP)
(+961) 1 421 000 ext 3381 mireille.kallassy@usj.edu.lb
- Professor (HDR) at the Faculty of Sciences, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Department of Life and Earth Sciences
- Head of a Research Team at the Faculty of Sciences, Saint Joseph University, within the Biodiversity and Functional Genomics Laboratory of the Research Unit: Environment, Genomics, and Proteomics "UR-EGP"
- Co-founder and Scientific Director of the Lebanese Human Tissue Bank
- Co-founder of a biopesticide production start-up
- Sworn Expert with the Lebanese courts in the fields of health and microbiology
- Mentor in the Impact Rise program at Berytech (business incubator)
- Academic Director of the Master's in Industrial Technology
- Head of the Master's Program in Engineering (CMI) - Industrial Technology at the Faculty of Sciences, Saint Joseph University
+ Degrees
• Lutte biologique et étude de différents aspects de la virulence des bactéries : Bacillus cereus/thuringiensis
• Identification and study of gene regulation involved in human skin cancers
• Génie biomédical
• Matrise es en Biologie option physiologie animale
+ Teaching experience outside USJ
+ Professionnal experience outside USJ
+ Expertise field
Engineering and Technology, Sciences
+ Research topics
Biopesticides: Characterization and Production (Spin-off Production)
Study of Various Aspects of Virulence in Bacteria, Host/pathogen interaction
Molecular Analysis of Yeasts, Fungi, and Bacteria and Study of Their Capacity to Produce Bioactive Molecules
Culture of Primary Cells and Tissue Reproduction In Vitro
Preparation of Human Tissues and Organs for Transplantation
+ Publications and communications
Carine Mouawad, Mireille Kallassy Awad, Samuel Liegeois, Dominique Ferrandon, Vincent Sanchis-Borja, Laure El Chamy. The NF-κB factor Relish is essential for the epithelial defenses protecting against δ-endotoxin dependent effects of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis infection in the Drosophila model. Res Microbiol 2023 20 June 2023, 104089 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2023.104089
Rita Barssoum, Gabrielle Al Kassisa, Rayan Nasseredinea, Jihane Saada, Meriem El Ghould, Joanna Abboud, Nancy Fayad, Stéphanie Dupoiron, Julien Cescut, César Arturo Aceves-Lara, Luc Fillaudeau, Mireille Kallassy Awad. Biochemical limitations of Bacillus thuringiensis based biopesticides production in a wheat bran culture medium. Res Microbiol 2023 Feb 8;104043. doi: 10.1016/j.resmic.2023.104043
Nancy Fayad, Joanna Abboud, Fatma Driss, Nicolas Louka and Mireille Kallassy Awad. Optimization of Culture Conditions and Wheat Bran Class Selection in the Production of Bacillus thuringiensis- Based Biopesticides. Fermentation 2022, 8(12), 666; https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation8120666
Fayad, N., Kambris, Z., El Chamy, L., Mahillon, J., & Kallassy Awad, M. (2020). A new non-cytolytic anti-dipteran Bacillus thuringiensis strain: Unusual Cry toxin genes in a highly dynamic plasmid environment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2021 Volume 87 Issue 5 e02294-20. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02294-20.
Fayad Nancy, Kallassy Awad Mireille, Mahillon Jacques. Diversity of Bacillus cereus sensu lato mobilome. BMC Genomics. 2019 May 29;20(1):436. doi: 10.1186/s12864-019-5764-4.
+ Awards and recognition
• Award for Career Excellence In Scientific Research
+ Resourcing
Séminaires, participation à des colloques, cours en ligne, formations assurées par le laboratoire de pédagogie universitaire, mobilité dans des laboratoires de recherche