Publications:

1. Host stress signals stimulate pneumococcal transition from colonization to invasiveness Pneumococcal interactions with stress hormones.

Fayez Alghofaili , Hastyar Najmuldeen, Banaz Kareem , Bushra Shlla , Vitor Fernandes , Morten Danielsen , Primrose Freestone , Hasan Yesilkaya (corr-auth)

· The manuscript passed the reviewers (mBio journal), and few minor revisions were recommended for publication.

2. Functional assessment of microbial superoxide dismutase isozymes suggests a differential role for each isozyme.

Hastyar Najmuldeen, Rashed Alghamdi, Fayez Alghofaili, and Hasan Yesilkaya (corr-auth)

· The manuscript passed the reviewers (free radical biology and medicine), and few minor revisions were recommended for publication.

3. Streptococcus Pneumoniae Surface Expressed Trigger Factor Functions As An Adhesin And Elicits Protective Immune Response.

Aviad Cohen, Shani Troib, Shahar Dotan, Hastyar Najmuldeen, Hasan Yesilkaya, Tatyana Kushnir, Marilou Shagan, Maxim Portnoi, Rachel Benisty, Michael Tal, Ron Ellis, Ron Dagan, Yaffa Mizrachi Nebenzahl.

· Ready to publish in Scientific Report

4. Flavin Reductase Contributes to Pneumococcal Virulence by Protecting from Oxidative Stress and Mediating Adhesion and Elicits Protection Against Pneumococcal Challenge.

Giora I. Morozov, Nurith Porat, Tatyana Kushnir,Hastyar Najmuldeen, Asad Adawi, Vered Chalifa-Caspi, Benisty Rachel, Ariel Ohayon, Ofir Liron, Shalhevet Azriel, Itai Malka, Shahar Dotan, Maxim Portnoi,Andrew A Piotrowski, Daniel Kafka, Barak Hajaj, Tali Fishilevich, Michael Tal,Donald A Morrison, Ron Dagan, Hasan Yesilkaya, Yaffa Mizrachi Nebenzahl.

· Published in Scientific Reports. 2018, 8(1): 314.

5. Antibiotic susceptibility of vancomyin and nitrofurantoin in Staphylococcus aureusisolated from burnt patients in Sulaimaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan.

· Published in New Microbiol. 2012, 35(4): 439-46.

6. A Microbiological Study for Evaluating Olive Leaf Extract as a New Topical Management for Oral Mucositis Following Chemotherapy.

· Bulletin UASVM, Veterinary Medicine. 2011, 68(1): 391.

7. Antimicrobial Activity of Propolis Collected in Different Regions of Sulaimani Province-Kurdistan region/Iraq.

· Published in (J. Duhok Univ.Vol.12, No.1 (Special Issue), pp 233-239, 2009.

8. Effects of Soil Texture on Chemical Compositions, Microbial Populations and Mineralization of CarboninSoil.

· Egypt. J. Exp. Biol. (Bot.), 6(1): 59 – 64 (2010).

9. Antibiogram Study on Nosocomail Klebsiellaspp. Isolated from Sulaimani Hospitals.

· Published in special volume in Journal of Dohuk University.

10. Effects of Soil Organic Matter,Total Nitrogen and Texture on Nitrogen Mineralization Process.

· Published in Al-Nahrain University Journal For Science.