Abu Salim Mustafa, male, molecular biologist and immunologist; BSC (1972) and MSc (1974) from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh;and PhD (1979) from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. I have been a Scientist (1980-1987) at the Norwegian Cancer Research Institute, Oslo, Norway (1980 to 1987), Research Associate (1987-1989) at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT, Cambridge, USA, and Assistant Professor (189-192), Associate Professor (1992-1996) and Full Professor (1996-till date) at the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait.I became a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, UK in 1998 and was Visiting Professor (Resource Person Program) of American Society for Microbiology/UNESCO in 2001 and 2004. At Kuwait University, I became Research Coordinator in 1992, Graduate Program Director in 1998, Member of Medical Research Council in 2001 and Director of Research Core Facility in 2012. Till date, I have published 255 full-length papers, 375 conference abstracts and edited 3 books and conference proceedings. I am a recipient of 25 national and international awards in recognition of excellence in research. I am a recipient of more than 50 funded research grants from national and international funding bodies, and have refereed more than 60 research projects submitted for funding to national and international institutions. I am a member of the editorial board of two international journals, member of 11 Scientific Societies, supervised more than 25 graduate research thesis, invited speaker in 50 scientific conferences and chaired scientific sessions in 15 conferences. In the recent years, the focus of my research has been molecular biology and immunology of infectious diseases with specific reference to diagnosis and identification of new vaccine candidates against tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases. Abu Salim Mustafa, male, molecular biologist and immunologist; BSC (1972) and MSc (1974) from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh;and PhD (1979) from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. I have been a Scientist (1980-1987) at the Norwegian Cancer Research Institute, Oslo, Norway (1980 to 1987), Research Associate (1987-1989) at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT, Cambridge, USA, and Assistant Professor (189-192), Associate Professor (1992-1996) and Full Professor (1996-till date) at the Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait.I became a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, UK in 1998 and was Visiting Professor (Resource Person Program) of American Society for Microbiology/UNESCO in 2001 and 2004. At Kuwait University, I became Research Coordinator in 1992, Graduate Program Director in 1998, Member of Medical Research Council in 2001 and Director of Research Core Facility in 2012. Till date, I have published 255 full-length papers, 375 conference abstracts and edited 3 books and conference proceedings. I am a recipient of 25 national and international awards in recognition of excellence in research. I am a recipient of more than 50 funded research grants from national and international funding bodies, and have refereed more than 60 research projects submitted for funding to national and international institutions. I am a member of the editorial board of two international journals, member of 11 Scientific Societies, supervised more than 25 graduate research thesis, invited speaker in 50 scientific conferences and chaired scientific sessions in 15 conferences. In the recent years, the focus of my research has been molecular biology and immunology of infectious diseases with specific reference to diagnosis and identification of new vaccine candidates against tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases.

Vaccines, Immunology