Ahmed Moustafa's Curriculum Vitae

Appointments

2020	—	Present	Professor (tenured)	American University in Cairo
2014	—	2020	Associate Professor (tenured)	American University in Cairo
2010	—	2014	Assistant Professor	American University in Cairo
2010	—	Present	Adjunct Scientist	J. Craig Venter Institute
2009	—	2010	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	J. Craig Venter Institute
2008	—	2009	Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow	University of Iowa (NIH \| NRSA)
2005	—	2008	Graduate Research Assistant	University of Iowa
2000	—	2005	Senior Software Engineer	Kaiser Permanente
1998	—	2000	Software Engineer	Arab Academy for Science and Technology

Education

2005	—	2009	PhD Computational Genetics	University of Iowa
1993	—	1998	BSc Computer Science	Alexandria University

Teaching Experience

Biostatistics
Molecular Evolution & Population Genetics
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Computational Genomics & Transcriptomics

Editorial Boards

Professional Memberships

Genetics Society of America (GSA)
American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)
International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Publications

Patents

Compositions and methods for treating biofilms, infections and periodontitis Karen E. Nelson, Manny Torralba, Ahmed Moustafa, Josue Hernandezl, Anthony Hill PCT: WO2021154954A1 August 2021

Datasets

Phylogenomic Revisit for Green Contribution to Diatoms Ahmed Moustafa, Klaus Valentin, Debashish Bhattacharya *figshare*. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.735804			Phylogenomic Revisit for Green Contribution to Diatoms
The Chromalveolate Hypothesis Ahmed Moustafa, Debashish Bhattacharya, Adrian Reyes-Prieto *figshare*. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.97283			The Chromalveolate Hypothesis

Media Coverage

The 2020 medRxiv preprint on finding SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the blood of COVID-19 patients was featured in News-Medical.Net
The 2019 Science Advances DNA-lacking mitochondria paper was featured in many science news outlets including Science News, EurekAlert!, Scoop Empire, Al Jazeera (الجزيرة‎), and Shorouk News (الشروق).
The 2018 Scientific Reports urinary tract infection paper was featured in a YouTube video
The 2017 PLOS Pathogens blood virome paper was discussed in several blogs including Virology Blog and npj Biofilms and Microbiomes and in different languages including Basque and Chinese
The 2016 PNAS paper was featured in Nature Reviews Genetics and PNAS and many other scientific blogs and science news portals.
The 2015 PNAS paper was featured in many popular science news bulletins and blogosphere such as Science Daily.
The 2013 PNAS paper was featured in a “Research highlight” in Nature Middle East.
The 2013 The Plant Cell (TPC) paper was featured in a “Commentary” in TPC.
The 2012 expedition of my former graduate student, Mariam Reyad Rizkallah, to the Arctic Ocean was featured in the Egyptian news portals Al-Ahram and Al-Bawaba and the Egyptian TV channel Nile Life.
The 2009 Science paper was featured in a “Perspective” in Science.
The 2008 PNAS paper was featured in many popular science news bulletins and blogosphere such as National Geographic and Science Daily. It was also featured on the PNAS cover.

Media Appearances

Scientific American	لماذا سُحبت دراسة مصرية حول فاعلية عقار إيفرمكتين في علاج كوفيد-19؟	July 27, 2021
Scientific American	تحديات تواجه جهود التسلسل الجيني لفيروس «سارس-كوف-2» في مصر	May 26, 2021
Scientific American	إطلاق اتحاد دولي لفهم أسباب الإصابة بباركنسون لدى الأفارقة	May 9, 2021
Nature Middle East	Egypt’s SARS-CoV-2 sequencing challenges	May 7, 2021
AUC Today	The Hugger’s Dilemma	March 16, 2021
Scientific American	دراسة آلية إصلاح عيوب المادة الوراثية في كائن حي كامل	March 4, 2021
SciDev.Net	Unlocking modern, ancient Egyptian DNA secrets	October 26, 2020

The Egypt Genome Project Mohamed A Elmonem, Neveen A Soliman, Ahmed Moustafa, Yehia Z Gad, Wael A Hassan, Tarek Taha, Gina El-Feky, Mahmoud Sakr, Khaled Amer *Nature Genetics*. 2024 April pmid: 38684896 \| doi: 10.1038/s41588-024-01739-1			The Egypt Genome Project
UV-VIs Spectrophotometry Study of Escherichia coli Bacteria and Microfluidic Channel Chip Fabrication For Optical Biosensing Application Sara Mohamed, Amira AM Ahmed, Ahmed Kreta, Amany Khalifa, Mai Mostafa, Shaimaa Ahmed, Heba Refaat, AM Faramawy, Ahmed Moustafa, Mohamed A Swillam *41st National Radio Science Conference (NRSC)*. 2024 April pmid: xxxx \| doi: 10.1109/NRSC61581.2024.10510517			UV-VIs Spectrophotometry Study of Escherichia coli Bacteria and Microfluidic Channel Chip Fabrication For Optical Biosensing Application
Patterned PCL/PGS Nanofibrous Hyaluronic Acid-Coated Scaffolds Promote Cellular Response and Modulate Gene Expression Profiles Shrouk M. Abdou, Ahmed Moustafa, Nageh K. Allam *ACS Applied Bio Materials*. 2024 April pmid: 38570335 \| doi: 10.1021/acsabm.4c00196			Patterned PCL/PGS Nanofibrous Hyaluronic Acid-Coated Scaffolds Promote Cellular Response and Modulate Gene Expression Profiles
Beyond acute infection: molecular mechanisms underpinning cardiovascular complications in long COVID Roba Hamed Mostafa, Ahmed Moustafa *Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine*. 2024 February pmid: 38495940 \| doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1268571			Beyond acute infection: molecular mechanisms underpinning cardiovascular complications in long COVID
The coral microbiome: Towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of coral-microbiota interactions Amin Mohamed, Michael Ochsenkuhn, Ahmed Kazlak, Ahmed Moustafa, Shady Amin *FEMS Microbiology Reviews*. 2023 March. pmid: 36882224 \| doi: 10.1093/femsre/fuad005			The coral microbiome: Towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of coral-microbiota interactions
Computational comparative analysis identifies potential stemness-related markers for mesenchymal stromal/stem cells Myret Ghabriel, Ahmed El Hossein, Ahmed Moustafa, Asma Amleh *Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology*. 2023 March. pmid: 36936690 \| doi: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1065050			Computational comparative analysis identifies potential stemness-related markers for mesenchymal stromal/stem cells
Applications of Machine Learning in Metabolomics: Disease Modeling and Classification Aya Galal, Marwa Talal, Ahmed Moustafa *Frontiers in Genetics*. 2022 November. pmid: 36506316 \| doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1017340			Applications of Machine Learning in Metabolomics: Disease Modeling and Classification
Gene Networks and Pathways Involved in Escherichia coli Response to Multiple Stressors Eman K. Abdelwahed, Nahla A. Hussein, Ahmed Moustafa, Nayera A. Moneib, Ramy K. Aziz *Microorganisms*. 2022 September. pmid: 36144394 \| doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10091793			Gene Networks and Pathways Involved in Escherichia coli Response to Multiple Stressors
Nitrogen and Iron Availability Drive Metabolic Remodeling and Natural Selection of Diverse Phytoplankton during Experimental Upwelling B C Kolody, S R Smith, L Zeigler Allen, J P McCrow, Ahmed Moustafa, D Shi, B M Hopkinson, F M M Morel, B B Ward, A E Allen *mSystems*. 2022 August. pmid: 36036504 \| doi: 10.1128/msystems.00729-22			Nitrogen and Iron Availability Drive Metabolic Remodeling and Natural Selection of Diverse Phytoplankton during Experimental Upwelling
Profiling Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Patterns in Human Aortic and Mitral Valves Sarah Halawa, Najma Latif, Yuan-Tsan Tseng, Ayman M. Ibrahim, Adrian H. Chester, Ahmed Moustafa, Yasmine Aguib, Magdi H. Yacoub *Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine*. 2022 April. pmid: 34460321 \| doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.840647			New Variant With a Previously Unrecognized Mechanism of Pathogenicity in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
New Variant With a Previously Unrecognized Mechanism of Pathogenicity in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Yasmine Aguib, Mona Allouba, Roddy Walsh, Ayman M. Ibrahim, Sarah Halawa, Alaa Afify, Mohammed Hosny, Pantazis I. Theotokis, Aya Galal, Sara Elshorbagy, Mohamed Roshdy, Heba S. Kassem, Amany Ellithy, Rachel Buchan, Nicola Whiffin, Shehab Anwer, Stuart A. Cook, Ahmed Moustafa, Ahmed ElGuindy, James S. Ware, Paul J.R. Barton, Magdi H. Yacoub *Circulation*. 2021 August. pmid: 34460321 \| doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.048295			New Variant With a Previously Unrecognized Mechanism of Pathogenicity in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Traces of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Peripheral Blood Cells of Patients with COVID-19 Ahmed Moustafa, Rana Salah Khalel, Ramy K. Aziz *OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology*. 2021 July. pmid: 34280038 \| doi: 10.1089/omi.2021.0068			Traces of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Peripheral Blood Cells of Patients with COVID-19
Neonatal and Young Infant Sepsis in a Regional Hospital in Ghana Innocent Afeke, Misa Hirose, Kokou Hefoume Amegan-Aho, Christoph Haertel, Mareike Becker, Ahmed Moustafa, Paul Schilf, Mohamed Tarek Badr, Graceful Lord Mensah, Hintermann Kobina Mbroh, Jan Rupp, Saleh Ibrahim *Open Journal of Pediatrics*. 2021 June 22. doi: 10.4236/ojped.2021.112027			Neonatal and Young Infant Sepsis in a Regional Hospital in Ghana
Toward Colorectal Cancer Biomarkers: The Role of Genetic Variation, Wnt Pathway, and Long Noncoding RNAs Amany I. Abdel-Motaleb, Hassan M. Azzazy, Ahmed Moustafa *OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology*. 2021 April 22. pmid: 33891491 \| doi: 10.1089/omi.2020.0231			Toward Colorectal Cancer Biomarkers: The Role of Genetic Variation, Wnt Pathway, and Long Noncoding RNAs
Gut microbiome differences between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients and spouse controls Vicki S. Hertzberg, Harinder Singh, Christina N. Fournier, Ahmed Moustafa, Meraida Polak,Claire A. Kuelbs, Manolito G. Torralba, Malú G. Tansey, Karen E. Nelson, Jonathan D. Glass *Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration*. 2021 April 5. pmid: 33818222 \| doi: 10.1080/21678421.2021.1904994			Gut microbiome differences between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients and spouse controls
Draft Genome Sequences and Antimicrobial Profiles of Three Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains from Neonatal Blood Samples Innocent Afeke, Ahmed Moustafa, Misa Hirose, Mareike Becker, Hauke Busch, Axel Kuenstner, Anke Faehnrich, Anthony S. Ablordey, Christoph Haertel, Kokou Hefoume Amega-Aho, Mohamed Tarek Badr, Jan Rupp, Saleh Ibrahim *Microbiology Resource Announcements*. 2021 April 1. pmid: 33795343 \| doi: 10.1128/MRA.00170-21			Draft Genome Sequences and Antimicrobial Profiles of Three Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains from Neonatal Blood Samples
Traces of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the Blood of COVID-19 Patients Ahmed Moustafa, Ramy K Aziz *medRxiv*. 2020 May 18. doi: 10.1101/2020.05.10.20097055			Traces of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the Blood of COVID-19 Patients
Longitudinal Study of Oral Microbiome Variation in Twins Marcelo Freire, Ahmed Moustafa, Derek M. Harkins, Manolito G. Torralba, Yun Zhang, Pamela Leong, Richard Saffery, Michelle Bockmann, Claire Kuelbs, Toby Hughes, Jeffrey M. Craig, Karen E. Nelson *Scientific Reports* . 2020 May 14. pmid: 32409670 \| doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64747-1			Longitudinal Study of Oral Microbiome Variation in Twins
*Deciphering patterns of adaptation and acclimation in the transcriptome of Phaeocystis antarctica* to changing iron conditions Mariam R. Rizkallah, Stephan Frickenhaus, Scarlett Trimborn, Lars Harms, Ahmed Moustafa, Vladimir Benes, Steffi Gäbler‐Schwarz, Sara Beszteri Journal of Phycology**. 2020 February 18. pmid: 32068264 \| doi: 10.1111/jpy.12979			Deciphering patterns of adaptation and acclimation in the transcriptome of Phaeocystis antarctica to changing iron conditions
Effect of Radiotherapy on the Gut Microbiome in Pediatric Cancer Patients: A Pilot Study Nourhan Sahly, Ahmed Moustafa, Mohamed Zaghloul, Tamer Z Salem *PeerJ*. 2019 September 23. pmid: 31579590 \| doi: 10.7717/peerj.7683			Effect of Radiotherapy on the Gut Microbiome in Pediatric Cancer Patients: A Pilot Study
Diel transcriptional response of a California Current plankton microbiome to light, low iron, and enduring viral infection B. C. Kolody, J. P. McCrow, L. Zeigler Allen, F. O. Aylward, K. M. Fontanez, A. Moustafa, M. Moniruzzaman, F. P. Chavez, C. A. Scholin, E. E. Allen, A. Z. Worden, E. F. Delong & A. E. Allen *The ISME Journal*. 2019 July 18. pmid: 31320727 \| doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0472-2			Diel transcriptional response of a California Current plankton microbiome to light, low iron, and enduring viral infection
An aerobic eukaryotic parasite with functional mitochondria that likely lacks a mitochondrial genome Uwe John, Yameng Lu, Sylke Wohlrab, Marco Groth, Jan Janouškovec, Gurjeet S. Kohli, Felix C. Mark, Ulf Bickmeyer, Sarah Farhat, Marius Felder, Stephan Frickenhaus, Laure Guillou, Patrick J. Keeling, Ahmed Moustafa, Betina M. Porcel, Klaus Valentin, Gernot Glöckner *Science Advances*. 2019 April 24. pmid: 31032404 \| doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aav1110			An aerobic eukaryotic parasite with functional mitochondria that likely lacks a mitochondrial genome
Xylitol and Sorbitol effects on the microbiome of saliva and plaque Reisha Rafeek, Christine V. F. Carrington, Andres Gomez, Derek Harkins, Manolito Torralba, Claire Kuelbs, Jonas Addae, Ahmed Moustafa, Karen E. Nelson *Journal of Oral Microbiology*. 2018 October. pmid: 30598728 \| doi: 10.1080/20002297.2018.1536181			Xylitol and Sorbitol effects on the microbiome of saliva and plaque
Transcriptional Regulatory Networks in Hepatitis C Virus-induced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Marwa Zahra, Hassan Azzazy, Ahmed Moustafa *Scientific Reports*. 2018 September 24. pmid: 30250040 \| doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-32464-5			Transcriptional Regulatory Networks in Hepatitis C Virus-induced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Microbial metagenome of urinary tract infection Ahmed Moustafa, Weizhong Li, Harinder Singh, Kelvin J. Moncera, Manolito G. Torralba, Yanbao Yu, Oriol Manuel, William Biggs, J. Craig Venter, Karen E. Nelson, Rembert Pieper, Amalio Telenti *Scientific Reports*. 2018 March 12. pmid: 29531289 \| doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22660-8			Microbial metagenome of urinary tract infection
Genetic risk, dysbiosis, and treatment stratification using host genome and gut microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease Ahmed Moustafa, Brigid S. Boland, Weizhong Li, Ericka L. Anderson, Emily H. M. Wong, Parambir S. Dulai, William J. Sandborn, William Biggs, J. Craig Venter, Karen E. Nelson, Amalio Telenti, John T. Chang *Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology*. 2018 January 18. pmid: 29345635 \| doi: 10.1038/ctg.2017.58			Genetic risk, dysbiosis, and treatment stratification using host genome and gut microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease
Microbial Metagenome Of Urinary Tract Infection Ahmed Moustafa, Harinder Singh, Weizhong Li, Kelvin Moncera, Manolito Torralba, Yanbao Yu, Oriol Manuel, William Biggs, J. Craig Venter, Karen Nelson, Rembert Pieper, Amalio Telenti *BioRxiv*. 2017 May 4. doi: 10.1101/134320			Microbial Metagenome Of Urinary Tract Infection
Nutrient stoichiometry shapes microbial community structure in a shallow evaporitic pond Zarraz M. Lee, Amisha T. Poret-Peterson, Janet L. Siefert, Drishti Kaul, Ahmed Moustafa, Andrew E. Allen, Chris L. Dupont, Luis E. Eguiarte, Valeria Souza, James J. Elser *Frontiers in Microbiology*. 2017 May 11. pmid: 28611750 \| doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00949			Nutrient stoichiometry shapes microbial community structure in a shallow evaporitic pond
The blood DNA virome in 8,000 humans Ahmed Moustafa, Chao Xie, Ewen Kirkness, William Biggs, Emily Wong, Yaron Turpaz, Kenneth Bloom, Eric Delwart, Karen E. Nelson, J. Craig Venter, Amalio Telenti *PLOS Pathogens*. 2017 March 22. pmid: 28328962 \| doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006292			The blood DNA virome in 8,000 humans.
Deep Sequencing of 10,000 Human Genomes Amalio Telenti, Levi T Pierce, William H Biggs, Julia di Iulio, Emily H.M. Wong, Martin M Fabani, Ewen F Kirkness, Ahmed Moustafa, Naisha Shah, Chao Xie, Suzanne C Brewerton, Nadeem Bulsara, Chad Garner, Gary Metzker, Efren Sandoval, Brad A Perkins, Franz J Och, Yaron Turpaz, J. Craig Venter *Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences*. 2016 October 4. pmid: 27702888 \| doi: 10.1073/pnas.1613365113			Deep Sequencing of 10,000 Human Genomes
Intact polar diacylglycerol biomarker lipids isolated from suspended particulate organic matter accumulating in an ultraoligotrophic water column Jenan J Kharbush, Andrew E Allen, Ahmed Moustafa, Pieter C Dorrestein, Lihini I Aluwihare *Organic Geochemistry*. 2016 October 31. doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2016.07.008			Intact polar diacylglycerol biomarker lipids isolated from suspended particulate organic matter accumulating in an ultraoligotrophic water column
Pre‐mRNA splicing repression triggers abiotic stress signaling in plants Yu Ling, Sahar Alshareef, Haroon Butt, Jorge Lozano‐Juste, Lixin Li, Aya A Galal, Ahmed Moustafa, Afaque Ahmad Momin, Manal Tashkandi, Dale N Richardson, Hiroaki Fujii, Stefan Arold, Pedro L Rodriguez, Paula Duque, Magdy M Mahfouz *The Plant Journal*. 2016 September 24. pmid: 27664942 \| doi: 10.1111/tpj.13383			Pre‐mRNA splicing repression triggers abiotic stress signaling in plants
Patterns of Transcript Abundance of Eukaryotic Biogeochemically-Relevant Genes in the Amazon River Plume Brian L Zielinski, Andrew E Allen, Edward J Carpenter, Victoria J Coles, Byron C Crump, Mary Doherty, Rachel A Foster, Joaquim I Goes, Helga R Gomes, Raleigh R Hood, John P McCrow, Joseph P Montoya, Ahmed Moustafa, Brandon M Satinsky, Shalabh Sharma, Christa B Smith, Patricia L Yager, John H Paul *PloS one*. 2016 September 6. pmid: 27598790 \| doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160929			Patterns of Transcript Abundance of Eukaryotic Biogeochemically-Relevant Genes in the Amazon River Plume
Phytoplankton–bacterial interactions mediate micronutrient colimitation at the coastal Antarctic sea ice edge Erin M Bertrand, John P McCrow, Ahmed Moustafa, Hong Zheng, Jeffrey B McQuaid, Tom O Delmont, Anton F Post, Rachel E Sipler, Jenna L Spackeen, Kai Xu, Deborah A Bronk, David A Hutchins, Andrew E Allen *Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences*. 2015 July 28. pmid: 26221022 \| doi: 10.1073/pnas.1501615112			Phytoplankton–bacterial interactions mediate micronutrient colimitation at the coastal Antarctic sea ice edge
A Novel Protein, Ubiquitous in Marine Phytoplankton, Concentrates Iron at the Cell Surface and Facilitates Uptake Joe Morrissey, Robert Sutak, Javier Paz-Yepes, Atsuko Tanaka, Ahmed Moustafa, Alaguraj Veluchamy, Yann Thomas, Hugo Botebol, François-Yves Bouget, Jeffrey B. McQuaid, Leila Tirichine, Andrew E Allen, Emmanuel Lesuisse, Chris Bowler *Current Biology*. S0960-9822(14)01563-2. 2014 December 31. pmid: 25557662 \| doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.12.004			A Novel Protein, Ubiquitous in Marine Phytoplankton, Concentrates Iron at the Cell Surface and Facilitates Uptake
Genomes and gene expression across light and productivity gradients in eastern subtropical Pacific microbial communities Chris L Dupont, John P McCrow, Ruben Valas, Ahmed Moustafa, Nathan Walworth, Ursula Goodenough, Robyn Roth, Shane L Hogle, Jing Bai, Zackary I Johnson, Elizabeth Mann, Brian Palenik, Katherine A Barbeau, J Craig Venter, Andrew E Allen *The ISME Journal*. 2014 October 21. pmid: pmid: 25333462 \| doi: 10.1038/ismej.2014.198			Genomes and gene expression across light and productivity gradients in eastern subtropical Pacific microbial communities
The Genome of the Foraminiferan Reticulomyxa filosa Gernot Glöckner, Norbert Hülsmann, Michael Schleicher, Angelika A Noegel, Ludwig Eichinger, Christoph Gallinger, Jan Pawlowski, Roberto Sierra, Ursula Euteneuer, Loic Pillet, Ahmed Moustafa, Matthias Platzer, Marco Groth, Karol Szafranski, Manfred Schliwa *Current Biology*. S0960-9822(13)01446-2. 2013 Dec 11. pmid: 24332546 \| doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.11.027			The Genome of the Foraminiferan Reticulomyxa filosa
*Genome structure and metabolic features in the red seaweed Chondrus crispus* shed light on evolution of the Archaeplastida Jonas Collén, Betina Porcel, Wilfrid Carré, Steven G Ball, Cristian Chaparro, Thierry Tonon, Tristan Barbeyron, Gurvan Michel, Benjamin Noel, Klaus Valentin, Marek Elias, François Artiguenave, Alok Arun, Jean-Marc Aury, José F Barbosa-Neto, John H Bothwell, François-Yves Bouget, Loraine Brillet, Francisco Cabello-Hurtado, Salvador Capella-Gutiérrez, Bénédicte Charrier, Lionel Cladière, J Mark Cock, Susana M Coelho, Christophe Colleoni, Mirjam Czjzek, Corinne Da Silva, Ludovic Delage, France Denoeud, Philippe Deschamps, Simon M Dittami, Toni Gabaldón, Claire M M Gachon, Agnès Groisillier, Cécile Hervé, Kamel Jabbari, Michael Katinka, Bernard Kloareg, Nathalie Kowalczyk, Karine Labadie, Catherine Leblanc, Pascal J Lopez, Deirdre H McLachlan, Laurence Meslet-Cladiere, Ahmed Moustafa, Zofia Nehr, Pi Nyvall Collén, Olivier Panaud, Frédéric Partensky, Julie Poulain, Stefan A Rensing, Sylvie Rousvoal, Gaelle Samson, Aikaterini Symeonidi, Jean Weissenbach, Antonios Zambounisb, Patrick Wincker, Catherine Boyena Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences**. 110(13):5247-52, 2013 Mar 26 pmid: 23503846 \| doi: 10.1073/pnas.1221259110			Genome structure and metabolic features in the red seaweed Chondrus crispus shed light on evolution of the Archaeplastida
Metabolic Effectors Secreted by Bacterial Pathogens: Essential Facilitators of Plastid Endosymbiosis Steven G. Ball, Agathe Subtil, Debashish Bhattacharya, Ahmed Moustafa, Andreas P.M. Weber, Lena Gehre, Christophe Colleoni, Maria-Cecilia Arias, Ugo Cenci, David Dauvilléea *The Plant Cell*. Vol. 25: 1–15, January 2013 pmid: 23371946 \| doi: 10.1105/tpc.112.101329			Metabolic Effectors Secreted by Bacterial Pathogens: Essential Facilitators of Plastid Endosymbiosis
Plastid-localized amino acid biosynthetic pathways of Plantae are predominantly composed of non-cyanobacterial enzymes Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Ahmed Moustafa *Scientific Reports*. 2012;2:955. 2012 Dec 11 pmid: 23233874 \| doi: 10.1038/srep00955			Plastid-localized amino acid biosynthetic pathways of Plantae are predominantly composed of non-cyanobacterial enzymes