Prof. Mahmoud Huleihel | Medicine and Engineering Award | Best Researcher Award

Head, Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Prof. Mahmoud Huleihel is the Head of the Department at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. With a distinguished career in both Medicine and Engineering, he has been recognized with the prestigious Medicine and Engineering Award 🏅. His groundbreaking research and contributions to the field have earned him the Best Researcher Award 🥇. Prof. Huleihel’s commitment to advancing knowledge and bridging the gap between medicine and engineering exemplifies excellence in academia.

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Education:

B.Sc.: 1978-1981, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Department: Biology (Biochemistry), Faculty of Natural Sciences

M.Sc.: 1981-1984, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Department: Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Thesis: “Establishment and characterization of macrophage-like cell line of bone marrow origin”

Ph.D.: 1984-1991, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Department: Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences

Thesis: “Regulation of cellular immune responses by fibroblasts and their products”

Employment History:

2021-Present: Head, The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

2020-Present: Joseph H. Krupp Chair in Cancer Immunobiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

2018-2020: Deputy Dean for Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University.

2017-2018: Vice Head Department, The Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

2017-Present: Elected Representative of Ben-Gurion University in the Inter-Universities Senate Forum in Israel.

2015-2018: Associate Fellow, The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

2015-Present: Co-Director, The Center of Advanced Research and Education in Reproduction (CARER), Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Honors and Awards:

Mahmoud Huleihel has an impressive academic and professional background. In 1980 and 1981, he achieved the Honors roll at the Perah Educational Project and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, respectively 🎓. In 1983 and 1986, he was granted awards for excellent Arab students by the Prime Minister Office in Jerusalem, Israel 🏆. Fast forward to 1995, he received the “Dr. Bernard Cwikel Memorial Fund – Faculty Grants” from the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 📚. In 1996, he was honored with the Maof fellowship by the Kahanov Foundation and served as a lecturer for 3 years 📖. Mahmoud’s excellence was further recognized in 1997 when he won The Israel Fertility Association (IFA) Annual Meeting prize for the Best lecture in the field of sperm research 🥇. Finally, in 1999, he was awarded the First prize for the best basic science presented work at The Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society for Maternal – Fetal Medicine in Herzelia, Israel 🎉.

Research Focus:

Mahmoud Huleihel’s research is primarily focused on male fertility preservation. His research aims to develop spermatogenesis in vitro using 3D in vitro culture systems and microfluidic systems. This research has potential future therapeutic strategies for azoospermic patients and prepubertal boys treated with aggressive chemotherapy.

Publications Top Notes

    • Effect of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor on the Development of Spermatogenesis in the Adulthood of Juvenile AML Mice Model Treated with Cytarabine
      International Journal of Molecular Sciences
      2023-07-31
      DOI: 10.3390/ijms241512229
      Source: Crossref
    • Determining the expression levels of CSF‐1 and OCT4, CREM‐1, and protamine in testicular biopsies of adult Klinefelter patients: Their possible correlation with spermatogenesis
      Andrologia
      2022-11
      DOI: 10.1111/and.14558
      Source: Crossref
    • Testis on a chip—a microfluidic three-dimensional culture system for the development of spermatogenesis in-vitro
      Biofabrication
      2022-07-01
      DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/ac6126
      Source: Crossref
Mahmoud Huleihel | Medicine and Engineering Award | Best Researcher Award