Mahmood Yaish
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
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Credentials:
PhD (University of Leon, 2002)
Specialization :
Plant Molecular Genetics
http://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=5KrvnZQAAAAJ&hl=en
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mahmoud_Yaish/publications/
Experience and Research Interest
Teaching Interest
My teaching interest is in the field of biotechnology, recombinant protein technology and
molecular biology.
My research interests mainly focus on studying the epigenetic processes which leads to
control gene expression in plants grow under stress conditions such as high soil salinity
and drought. Epigenetic regulation in eukaryotic cells is carried out by a complex array of
signaling connections among small RNA species and also by chromatin remodeling. In
my research I am currently studying the regulatory mechanisms of gene expression in
plants and try to modify them in such a way that can increase the yield and the stress
tolerance of crop plants. This project involves global gene expression and protein
analysis and also comparative bioinformatics protein, DNA and microarray studies.
These projects are carried out in collaboration with the department of Molecular and
Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Canada and other Universities in Europe and
United States of America.
Selected Publications
1- Mahmoud W. Yaish, Joseph Colasanti and Steven J. Rothstein (2011) The role
of epigenetic processes in controlling flowering time in plants exposed to stress.
Journal of Experimental Botany. 62(11):3727-35.
2- Rahman LN, Bamm VV, Voyer JA, Smith GS, Chen L, Mahmoud W. Yaish,
Moffatt BA, Dutcher JR, Harauz G. (2011) Zinc induces disorder-to-order
transitions in free and membrane-associated Thellungiella salsuginea dehydrins
TsDHN-1 and TsDHN-2: a solution CD and solid-state ATR-FTIR study.
Amino Acids. 40(5):1485-502.
3- Mahmoud W. Yaish, Ashraf El-kereamy1, Tong Zhu, Perrin H. Beatty4, Allen
G. Good, Yong-Mei Bi1, Steven J. Rothstein. (2010) The APETALA-2-like
transcription factor OsAP2-39 controls key interactions between abscisic acid
and gibberellin in rice. PLOS Genetics. 9;6(9). e1001098.
4- Luna N. Rahman, Lin Chen, Sumaiya Nazim, Vladimir V. Bamm, Mahmoud
W. Yaish, Barbara A. Moffatt, John R. Dutcher, George Harauz. (2010)
Interactions of intrinsically disordered Thellungiella salsuginea dehydrins
TsDHN-1 and TsDHN-2 with membranes – Synergistic effects of lipid
composition and temperature on secondary structure. Biochemistry and Cell
Biology. 88(5):791-807.
5- Mahmoud W. Yaish. Peng M., and Rothstein SJ. AtMBD-9 Alters Arabidopsis
Development through the dual Epigenetic Pathways, DNA Methylation and
Histone Acetylation. 2009. The Plant Journal 59(1):123-35.
6- Doxey, A., Mahmoud W. Yaish, Moffatt, B.A. and Griffith, M., and
McConkey, B. Expression Patterns and Molecular Characteristics of the β-1,3Glucanase Gene Family in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Biology and
Evolution 2007 24(4):1045-55.
7- Doxey AC, Mahmoud W. Yaish, Griffith M, McConkey BJ. (2006) Ordered
surface carbons distinguish antifreeze proteins and their ice-binding regions.
Nature Biotechnology 24(7):852-5.
8- Mahmoud W. Yaish, Doxey AC, McConkey BJ, Moffatt BA, Griffith M.
(2006) Cold-active winter rye glucanases with ice-binding capacity. Plant
Physiology 141(4):1459-72.