Dr. Abdallah Alhaj Sulaiman

Postdoctoral Researcher

Email

asulaiman@hbku.edu.qa

Office location

B2-1461-05

Dr. Abdallah Alhaj Sulaiman

Postdoctoral Researcher

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D. in Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Masters in Science (Microbiology)

Entity

Qatar Biomedical Research Institute

Division

Translational Oncology Research Center

Biography

Dr. Abdallah Alhaj Sulaiman is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Translational Oncology Research Center at Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), working in Dr. Vladimir Katanaev’s group. He earned his PhD in Biological and Biomedical Sciences from Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar, where he studied chromatin remodeling and stress response signaling.

He holds an MSc from the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon, where he was among the first to report the presence of the colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in water sources in the country. He also earned a Bachelor of Science from Mansoura University, Egypt. His research revealed a novel role for the histone H2B Arg95 residue in recruiting the transcription factor Spt16 to regulate rapamycin-induced cell cycle arrest.

Dr. Alhaj Sulaiman served as a consultant at HBKU’s College of Health and Life Sciences (CHLS), contributing to projects involving CRISPR-based bacterial detection and studying GLUT3 regulation in PRDX1-null cells and its role in arsenite sensitivity. He was awarded first place by jury in Season 15 of Stars of Science.

Ph.D. in Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2024

Masters in Science (Microbiology)

American University of Beirut, Lebanon

2020

Bachelors in Science

Mansoura University, Egypt

2016

  • Drug Resistance
  • Drug Discovery
  • Signaling Pathways
  • Redox Biology

Postdoctoral Researcher

Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2025 - Present

Consultant

College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2024 - 2025

Research Assistant

College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2021 - 2023

Research Assistant

Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

2018 - 2021

Bakleh, M. Z., Kohailan, M., Marwan, M., & Alhaj Sulaiman, A. (2024). A systematic review and comprehensive analysis of mcr gene prevalence in bacterial isolates in Arab countries. Antibiotics, 13(10), 958.

Alhaj Sulaiman, A., Ali, R., & Ramotar, D. (2023). The histone H2B Arg95 residue efficiently recruits the transcription factor Spt16 to mediate Ste5 expression of the pheromone response pathway. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 10189.

Alhaj Sulaiman, A., Ali, R., Aouida, M., Moovarkumudalvan, B., & Ramotar, D. (2022). The histone H2B Arg95 residue links the pheromone response pathway to rapamycin-induced G1 arrest in yeast. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 10023.

Alhaj Sulaiman, A. A., & Kassem, I. I. (2020). First report of the plasmid-borne colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) in Proteus mirabilis isolated from domestic and sewer waters in Syrian refugee camps. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 33, 101482.

Alhaj Sulaiman, A. A., & Kassem, I. I. (2019). First report on the detection of the plasmid-borne colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in multi-drug resistant E. coli isolated from domestic and sewer waters in Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 30, 117–120.

Complete Publication Listing(s): Google Scholar

  • 3rd Place in the 3MT Thesis, 2024, HBKU
  • First place as awarded by the jury in Stars of Science Season 15, 2023, SOS15 TV Show
  • Innovation Fund Grant Cycle 5, 2022, HBKU
  • Dean Thomas Sutherland Award, 2020, AUB
  • Water Innovation Lab Prize, 2019, Waterlution