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ADDRESS

Work address
National Grassland Research Institute
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Nishinasuno, Tochigi
329-2793 Japan
Tel: +81 287 377 804
Fax: +81 287 366 629
email: ennahar@naro.affrc.go.jp

Home address
6-34-105, Gokencho
Nishinasuno, Tochigi
329-2753 Japan
Tel: +81 287 369 655

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Marital status:Single
Nationality: Moroccan
Date of birth: November 16th 1966

CURRENT POSITION

National Grassland Research Institute
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Nishinasuno, Tochigi
329-2793 Japan, July 2000-present
Advisor Dr. Yimin Cai
STA (The Science & Technology Agency) Research Fellowship
Responsible for leading screening efforts to identify improved cultures and optimizing fermentations. Genome analysis of lactic acid bacteria with high fermentative and anti-microbial properties.

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Department of Food Science & Technology
Kyushu University, Faculty of Agriculture
Laboratory of Microbial Technology
6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka
812-8581 Japan, Feb 1998-Jan 2000
Advisor Prof. Kenji Sonomoto
JSPS (The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Research Fellowship
Project title "Bacteriocin purification, structure-activity and genetic studies". Sub-projects: Multi-bacteriocin production by Enterococcus faecium, Purification and sequencing of enterocins A and B, Cloning and sequencing of the structure genes, Transcriptional regulation of bacteriocin genes.

Applied Genetics and Dairy Research Unit
The National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA)
Domaine de Vilvert, Jouy-en-Josas, Paris
78352 France, Jun 1997-Jan 1998
Advisors Prof. Michel Desmazeaud & Dr. Jean Richard
INRA Research Fellowship
Project title "Properties of enterococcal bacteriocins". Sub-projects: Structure and function of enterocin A of Enterococcus faecium, Factors affecting the sensitivity of Listeria monocytogenes cells.

Department of Food Science
Louis Pasteur University
Faculty of Pharmacy
74, route du Rhin
Illkirch Strasbourg
67401 France, Sep 1994- Aug 1996
Advisor Prof. Claude Hasselmann
Teaching and Research Associate position (ATER)
A one-year position renewable once.
Research project title: study of the properties of lactic acid bacteria bacteriocins and their use in raw sausages against Listeria monocytogenes. Research within this project continued until May 1997.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Louis Pasteur University
CNRS-URA 491
Laboratory of Biophysics
Faculty of Pharmacy
74, route du Rhin
Illkirch cedex, Strasbourg
67401, France Sep 1994- Aug 1996
Advisor Prof. Yves Mely
Teaching and Research Associate position (ATER)
A one-year position renewable once.
Teaching responsibilities (240 h): lectures & tutorials in analytical chemistry and microbiology methods for second-year and final honors; writing test questions and grading.

Haute-Alsace University
Department of Applied Biology
University Institute of Technology (IUT)
32, rue du Grillenbreit, B.P. 568
Colmar cedex
68008, France Mar-Jun 1997
Advisor Dr. P. Maillot
Guest lecturer
Teaching responsibilities (64 h): lectures & tutorials in general microbiology methods and food microbiology for first-year's students

Louis Pasteur University
Department of Applied Biology
University Institute of Technology (IUT)
Shiltigheim, Strasbourg
67000, France Oct 1992-Mar 1993
Substitute lecturer
Teaching responsibilities (24 h): lectures & tutorials in general microbiology methods and food microbiology for second-year's students; writing test questions and grading

Mentoring activities
Supervision of a number of students in the Strasbourg, Paris and Fukuoka laboratories. Particularly, trainees from the following food and agriculture technical schools:
Stanislas High School, Nancy, France (1 trainee): Jan-Feb 95
Pixérécourt Agricultural School, Nancy (1 trainee): Mar-Apr 93
LEGTP Jean Rostand, Strasbourg (2 trainees): Jan-Feb 94 & Sep-Nov 92
Fachhochschule, Sigmaringen Germany (2 trainees): Mar-Sep 93 & Mar-Aug 92
Research projects dealing with aspects of antibacterial research (detection of bacteriocins, antimicrobial assays, protein purification, structure determination, genetic studies and food applications).

POSTGRADUATE EXPERIENCE

Louis Pasteur University
Department of Food Science
Faculty of Pharmacy
74, route du Rhin
Illkirch Strasbourg
67401, France 1990-1995
Supervisor Prof. Claude Hasselmann

DEGREE AWARDED: Master (DEA) in Environmental Toxicology on September 16, 1991 for project entitled "Elimination of Listeria monocytogenes in a Munster cheese by surface ionization".
COURSES PASSED
Modules (145 h): Behavior and bio-availability of micro-pollutants in the environment, Interactions of micro-pollutants with biocenoses, Biochemical mechanisms of toxic action, Predictive approaches of toxicity evaluation, Field studies: epidemiological aspects, Methods of toxicity analysis, Hazard evaluation and establishment of quality criteria for the environment.
Seminars (60 h): Bibliographic research, Basic statistics, Eco-toxicity tests.

DEGREE AWARDED: Ph.D. in Food Science (Microbiology) on July 3, 1995 for thesis entitled "Elimination of Listeria monocytogenes in soft cheeses; use of bacteriocin-mediated bacterial antagonism and low-energy electrons". Distinction

Read about my thesis

GRADUATE EDUCATION

Chouaïb Doukkali University
Faculty of Science
El Jadida, B.P. 20
24000, Morocco 1986-1990

COURSES PASSED
YEAR 1: Quantitative Biology (1st), Organic and Mineral Chemistry, Geology (1st), Physics, Mathematics
YEAR 2: Biological Chemistry (1st), Introductory Microbiology (1st), Introductory Biochemistry (1st), Introductory Molecular Biology (1st), Physiology.
YEAR 3: Microbiology (1st), Biochemistry (Protein Structure & Function, 1st), Metabolic Biochemistry (Cell and Molecular Biology, 1st), Genetics (1st), Plant Physiology, Plant Ecology
YEAR 4: Plant Biology Honors. Food and Medical Microbiology (1st), Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1st), Statistics (1st).
Final year project "Kinetic study of nitrogen fixation by Sinorhizobium meliloti from leguminous plants". Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Supervisor: Dr. Omar Assobhei.
DEGREE AWARDED: B.Sc. (Honors), Biological Sciences (Plant Biology). First Class. Awarded the prize of the best graduate for the 4th year (Honors) and over the four years of graduate studies.

PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

Kachkat Comprehensive School
Youssoufia
46300, Morocco 1979-1986

COURSES PASSED
FINAL LEVEL: biology (A), chemistry (A), physics (B), mathematics (D), philosophy (A), history (C), art (B), geography (A), Arab Literature (A), Arabic (B), French (A), English (A).
DEGREE AWARDED: High School final degree in Experimental Sciences

AWARDS

Merit awards
Who's Who in the World
18th edition, 2001
Biography citation
Chouaib Doukkali University
El Jadida, Morocco, June 1990
Award of the Best Graduate

Fellowship awards
The Science and Technology Agency
STA Research Fellowship, Jul 2000-Present
Tenure in the National Grassland Research Institute (NGRI), Japan
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
JSPS Research Fellowship, Feb 1998-Jan 2000
Tenure in the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Japan
The National Institute for Agronomic Research
INRA Research Fellowship, Jun 1997-Jan 1998
Tenure in the INRA of Jouy-en-Josas, Paris, France
The International Center for Students and Trainees
CIES Scholarship, Nov 1991-Sep 1994
Tenure in the Faculty of Pharmacy, Louis Pasteur University, France
The Ministry of Higher Education
Moroccan Post-Graduate Scholarship, Oct 1990-Sep 1995
Tenure in the Faculty of Pharmacy, Louis Pasteur University, France

SKILLS AND ACTIVITIES

At the bench...
   Microbiology
      Wide array of techniques including microbial selection, identification, bioreactors, electron
      microscopy, assay development for antimicrobials, food trials, experience in handling pathogens.
   Biochemistry
      Protein production and expression analysis (antibody generation and purification, SDS-PAGE,
      Western Blot, Immuno-precipitation, in vitro enzyme assays, ELISA), protein purification and analysis
      (HPLC, mass spectrometry, LC-Mass, sequence analysis), UV-visible, spectroscopy, GC.
   Molecular Biology
      Wide repertoire of techniques: PCR, DNA cloning, DNA sequence, analysis, molecular (16S rRNA)
      phylogenetic analysis, library construction, DNA hybridization, clone analysis (restriction, Southern
      blot), site-directed mutagenesis.

Computer literacy
      Operating Systems: IBM/PC/ Macintosh. Software: Windows, the Microsoft Office package, Word
      processing, data analysis and molecular biology software, Sigma Plot , Adobe Acrobat and
      Photoshop. Familiarity with all WWW-based microbiology and molecular biology services. Familiarity
      with web page design.

Languages
Strong written and oral communication ability in English, French and Arabic, good knowledge of Japanese.

Miscellaneous
      Organization, critical thinking, teamwork, self management, initiative. Independently managed
      projects, including planning experiments, interpreting data, problem solving, & writing articles.

Other interests
Photography, tennis, cycling, jogging, music, web page design.

MEMBERSHIPS

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MICROBIOLOGY, 2000-present.

JAPANESE SOCIETY OF LACTIC ACID BACTERIA, 1998-present.

JAPANESE SOCIETY OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, 2001-present.