Personal Information

 Assistant Professor

Department of  Laboratory Technology

Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences

Contact Information

Phone: 6401000 Ext. 23495

Email: nichols_wmjr@yahoo.com

Wafa Makky Jonathan Ronald Nichols

 Assistant Professor

Profile

Education

  • 1988

    Master degree from Department Medical Laboratory ScienceFaculty of Apllied Medical Science, University of East Anglia UK, إيست إنجليا, بريطانيا

  • 2000

    Doctorate degree from Department Medical Laboratory ScienceFaculty of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Leicester UK, ليستر, بريطانيا

Employment

  • 1990-2001

    Lecturer, Faculty of Apllied Medical Science, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2001-2009

    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Apllied Medical Science , جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2002-حاليا

    Project Assessor, KACST, الرياض, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2006-حاليا

    Member of the Genomic Medicine Unit , KAU, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2007-حاليا

    Leader of Quality Assessment Team, Centre of Excellence for Genomic Medicine Research , جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2008-2009

    Visiting Research Fellow , University of Leicester , ليستر, بريطانيا

  • 2009-حاليا

    Leader of GCTA – CEGMR Unit (Genomic Communication Teaching and Assessment Research and Development Unit) (Part of CEGMR Education and Outreach Division), Centre of Excellence for Genomic Medicine Research, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2010-حاليا

    Research team member, Sheikh Mohammed Hussien AL-Amoudi Center of Excellence in Breast Cancer, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2010-حاليا

    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Allied Medical Science , جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

Published Papers:
Hewitt GM, Gosalvez J, Lopez-Fernandex C, Ritchie GM, Nichols W, Butlin RK
“Differences in the nucleolar organisers on sex chromosomes and Haldanes rule in a hybrid zone”
1988 Kew Chromosome Conference: Her Majesty’s Stationary Office (HMSO)
 
El Sagaff, S. Salem, HS. Nichols, W. Tonkel, AK. Abo-Zenadah, NYA.
“Cell death pattern in cerebellum neurons infected with Toxoplasma gondii”
2005 Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology 35 (3) 809-818

A prospective study of congenital malformations among live born neonates at a University Hospital in Western Saudi Arabia
Fida MN, Al-Aama J, Nichols W, Alqahtani M.
Saudi Med J 2007 vol 28 (9) p1367_1373

GENIE GUIDE : Calculation and Communication of Genetic Risk for Non-Geneticists
2009, W-M Nichols,  University of Leicester (pub)  under Creative Commons Licence (open access for educational use).
Downloadable at http://www.le.ac.uk/ge/genie/vgec/hp/Genieguide1.html

King AbdulAziz University Scientific Publishing Centre
“Introductory Study Guide for First Year Students - Medical Biology”
ISBN 9960-06-437-9

Invited Case study in mentoring , for inclusion in the book
“Developing Your Teaching- Ideas, Insight and Action”
By Peter Kahn, Lorraine Walsh, pub Routledge, June 2006.
ISBN: 978-0-415-37273-2

Invited contributor to “SONET news letter” University of Nottingham July 2010
www.sonet.nottingham.ac.uk

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