Alaa Ahmed

Senior research specialist, Emory University

Research Interests

SARS-CoV-2
genomics
microbiology
Next-generation sequencing
laboratory evolution
Infectious Diseases
Immunology and Allergy

Publications

Accelerating pathway evolution by increasing the gene dosage of chromosomal segments

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences / Jun 18, 2018

Tumen-Velasquez, M., Johnson, C. W., Ahmed, A., Dominick, G., Fulk, E. M., Khanna, P., Lee, S. A., Schmidt, A. L., Linger, J. G., Eiteman, M. A., Beckham, G. T., & Neidle, E. L. (2018). Accelerating pathway evolution by increasing the gene dosage of chromosomal segments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(27), 7105–7110. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1803745115

Multisite Mpox Infection and Viral Dynamics Among Persons With HIV in Metro Atlanta

The Journal of Infectious Diseases / Nov 29, 2023

Damhorst, G. L., Fujita, A. W., Fitts, E., Szabo, B., Bowers, H. B., Sabino, C., Ahmed, A., Wang, E., Piantadosi, A., McLendon, K., Sullivan, J., Greenleaf, M., McCaslin, D., Palmore, M., Anderson, A. M., Aldred, B., Gunthel, C., Martin, G. S., Colasanti, J. A., … Titanji, B. K. (2023). Multisite Mpox Infection and Viral Dynamics Among Persons With HIV in Metro Atlanta. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 229(Supplement_2), S213–S218. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiad530

Viral and host factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 disease severity in Georgia, USA

Oct 25, 2023

Carmola, L. R., Roebling, A. D., Khosravi, D., Langsjoen, R. M., Bombin, A., Bixler, B., Reid, A., Chen, C., Wang, E., Lu, Y., Zheng, Z., Zhang, R., Nguyen, P.-V., Arthur, R. A., Fitts, E., Gulick, D. A., Higginbotham, D., Taz, A., Ahmed, A., … Piantadosi, A. (2023). Viral and host factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 disease severity in Georgia, USA. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.25.23297530

Accelerating pathway evolution by increasing the gene dosage of chromosomal segments

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences / Jun 18, 2018

Tumen-Velasquez, M., Johnson, C. W., Ahmed, A., Dominick, G., Fulk, E. M., Khanna, P., Lee, S. A., Schmidt, A. L., Linger, J. G., Eiteman, M. A., Beckham, G. T., & Neidle, E. L. (2018). Accelerating pathway evolution by increasing the gene dosage of chromosomal segments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(27), 7105–7110. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1803745115

Accelerating pathway evolution by increasing the gene dosage of chromosomal segments

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences / Jun 18, 2018

Tumen-Velasquez, M., Johnson, C. W., Ahmed, A., Dominick, G., Fulk, E. M., Khanna, P., Lee, S. A., Schmidt, A. L., Linger, J. G., Eiteman, M. A., Beckham, G. T., & Neidle, E. L. (2018). Accelerating pathway evolution by increasing the gene dosage of chromosomal segments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(27), 7105–7110. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1803745115

Education

The University of Georgia

PhD, Microbiology / December, 2020

Athens

Experience

Emory University

Senior Research Specialist / June, 2022Present

Invitae Corporation

Field Application Scientist / November, 2021June, 2022

The University of Georgia

Genomics Research Associate / March, 2020November, 2021

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