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Dr

Ahmed Shalash

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Overview

Availability

Dr Ahmed Shalash is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Alexandria University
  • Masters (Research) of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Alexandria University
  • Doctor of Philosophy of Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland
  • Fellow, Aerosol Society, Aerosol Society
  • Fellow, Australian Society for Parasitology, Australian Society for Parasitology
  • Fellow, United States Pharmacopeia, United States Pharmacopeia

Works

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26 works between 2015 and 2025

1 - 20 of 26 works

2025

Journal Article

A synthetic cyclic peptide for promoting antigen presentation and immune activation

Zhang, Jiahui, Madge, Harrison Y. R., Mahmoud, Asmaa, Lu, Lantian, Wang, Wanyi, Huang, Wenbin, Koirala, Prashamsa, Gonzalez Cruz, Jazmina L., Kong, Wei Yang, Bashiri, Sahra, Shalash, Ahmed O., Hussein, Waleed M., Khalil, Zeinab G., Wells, James W., Toth, Istvan and Stephenson, Rachel J. (2025). A synthetic cyclic peptide for promoting antigen presentation and immune activation. NPJ Vaccines, 10 (1) 9, 9-1. doi: 10.1038/s41541-024-01050-4

A synthetic cyclic peptide for promoting antigen presentation and immune activation

2024

Journal Article

Cholesterol as an inbuilt immunoadjuvant for a lipopeptide vaccine against group A Streptococcus infection

Alharbi, Nedaa, Shalash, Ahmed O., Koirala, Prashamsa, Boer, Jennifer C., Hussein, Waleed M., Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Plebanski, Magdalena, Toth, Istvan and Skwarczynski, Mariusz (2024). Cholesterol as an inbuilt immunoadjuvant for a lipopeptide vaccine against group A Streptococcus infection. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 663, 43-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.02.134

Cholesterol as an inbuilt immunoadjuvant for a lipopeptide vaccine against group A Streptococcus infection

2024

Journal Article

Polymeric nanoparticles as oral and intranasal peptide vaccine delivery systems: the role of shape and conjugation

Koirala, Prashamsa, Shalash, Ahmed O., Chen, Sung-Po R., Faruck, Mohammad O., Wang, Jingwen, Hussein, Waleed M., Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Monteiro, Michael J., Toth, Istvan and Skwarczynski, Mariusz (2024). Polymeric nanoparticles as oral and intranasal peptide vaccine delivery systems: the role of shape and conjugation. Vaccines, 12 (2) 198, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/vaccines12020198

Polymeric nanoparticles as oral and intranasal peptide vaccine delivery systems: the role of shape and conjugation

2023

Journal Article

Activity relationship of poly(ethylenimine)-based liposomes as group A Streptococcus vaccine delivery systems

Jin, Shengbin, Zhang, Jiahui, Nahar, Ummey J., Huang, Wenbin, Alharbi, Nedaa A., Shalash, Ahmed O., Koirala, Prashamsa, Yang, Jieru, Kiong, Jolynn J. E., Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Stephenson, Rachel J., Skwarczynski, Mariusz, Toth, Istvan and Hussein, Waleed M. (2023). Activity relationship of poly(ethylenimine)-based liposomes as group A Streptococcus vaccine delivery systems. ACS Infectious Diseases, 9 (8), 1570-1581. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00159

Activity relationship of poly(ethylenimine)-based liposomes as group A Streptococcus vaccine delivery systems

2023

Other Outputs

Development of peptide-based vaccines against infectious diseases: hookworm, liver fluke, and SARS-CoV-2 virus

Shalash, Ahmed (2023). Development of peptide-based vaccines against infectious diseases: hookworm, liver fluke, and SARS-CoV-2 virus. PhD Thesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/ba5f3b6

Development of peptide-based vaccines against infectious diseases: hookworm, liver fluke, and SARS-CoV-2 virus

2023

Journal Article

Polymeric nanoparticles as a self‐adjuvanting peptide vaccine delivery system: the role of shape

Koirala, Prashamsa, Chen, Sung‐Po R., Boer, Jennifer C., Khalil, Zeinab G., Deceneux, Cyril, Goodchild, Georgia, Lu, Lantian, Faruck, Mohammad Omer, Shalash, Ahmed O., Bashiri, Sahra, Capon, Robert J., Hussein, Waleed M., Monteiro, Michael J., Plebanski, Magdalena, Toth, Istvan and Skwarczynski, Mariusz (2023). Polymeric nanoparticles as a self‐adjuvanting peptide vaccine delivery system: the role of shape. Advanced Functional Materials, 33 (12) 2209304, 2209304. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202209304

Polymeric nanoparticles as a self‐adjuvanting peptide vaccine delivery system: the role of shape

2022

Journal Article

Development of multilayer nanoparticles for the delivery of peptide-based subunit vaccine against group a Streptococcus

Kiong, Jolynn, Nahar, Ummey Jannatun, Jin, Shengbin, Shalash, Ahmed O., Zhang, Jiahui, Koirala, Prashamsa, Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Skwarczynski, Mariusz, Toth, Istvan and Hussein, Waleed M. (2022). Development of multilayer nanoparticles for the delivery of peptide-based subunit vaccine against group a Streptococcus. Pharmaceutics, 14 (10) 2151, 1-12. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14102151

Development of multilayer nanoparticles for the delivery of peptide-based subunit vaccine against group a Streptococcus

2022

Journal Article

Perspectives in the vaccine development against Opisthorchis viverrini liver fluke

Shalash, Ahmed O., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2022). Perspectives in the vaccine development against Opisthorchis viverrini liver fluke. MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications, 1 (2) e21, 1-8. doi: 10.1002/mba2.21

Perspectives in the vaccine development against Opisthorchis viverrini liver fluke

2022

Journal Article

Development of a peptide vaccine against hookworm infection: immunogenicity, efficacy, and immune correlates of protection

Shalash, Ahmed O., Becker, Luke, Yang, Jieru, Giacomin, Paul, Pearson, Mark, Hussein, Waleed M., Loukas, Alex, Toth, Istvan and Skwarczynski, Mariusz (2022). Development of a peptide vaccine against hookworm infection: immunogenicity, efficacy, and immune correlates of protection. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 150 (1), 157-169.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2022.02.020

Development of a peptide vaccine against hookworm infection: immunogenicity, efficacy, and immune correlates of protection

2022

Journal Article

The potential of developing a protective peptide‐based vaccines against SARS‐CoV‐2

Shalash, Ahmed O., Toth, Istvan and Skwarczynski, Mariusz (2022). The potential of developing a protective peptide‐based vaccines against SARS‐CoV‐2. Drug Development Research, 83 (6), 1251-1256. doi: 10.1002/ddr.21969

The potential of developing a protective peptide‐based vaccines against SARS‐CoV‐2

2022

Journal Article

Peptide-based vaccine against SARS-CoV-2: peptide antigen discovery and screening of adjuvant systems

Shalash, Ahmed O., Azuar, Armira, Madge, Harrison Y. R., Modhiran, Naphak, Amarilla, Alberto A., Liang, Benjamin, Khromykh, Alexander A., Hussein, Waleed M., Chappell, Keith J., Watterson, Daniel, Young, Paul R., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2022). Peptide-based vaccine against SARS-CoV-2: peptide antigen discovery and screening of adjuvant systems. Pharmaceutics, 14 (4) 856, 856. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14040856

Peptide-based vaccine against SARS-CoV-2: peptide antigen discovery and screening of adjuvant systems

2022

Journal Article

Investigation of liposomal self-adjuvanting peptide epitopes derived from conserved blood-stage Plasmodium antigens

Islam, Md. Tanjir, Ho, Mei-Fong, Nahar, Ummey J., Shalash, Ahmed O., Koirala, Prashamsa, Hussein, Waleed M., Stanisic, Danielle I., Good, Michael F., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2022). Investigation of liposomal self-adjuvanting peptide epitopes derived from conserved blood-stage Plasmodium antigens. PLoS One, 17 (3) e0264961, e0264961. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264961

Investigation of liposomal self-adjuvanting peptide epitopes derived from conserved blood-stage Plasmodium antigens

2022

Journal Article

Insights into the potential of rheological measurements in development of dry powder inhalation formulations

Almansour, Khaled, Alfagih, Iman M., Shalash, Ahmed O., Brockbank, Katrina, Ali, Raisuddin, Freeman, Tim and Elsayed, Mustafa M.A. (2022). Insights into the potential of rheological measurements in development of dry powder inhalation formulations. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 614 121407, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.121407

Insights into the potential of rheological measurements in development of dry powder inhalation formulations

2021

Journal Article

Detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain neutralization by a sensitive competitive ELISA assay

Shalash, Ahmed O., Azuar, Armira, Madge, Harrison Y. R., Modhiran, Naphak, Amarilla, Alberto A., Liang, Benjamin, Khromykh, Alexander A., Watterson, Daniel, Young, Paul R., Toth, Istvan and Skwarczynski, Mariusz (2021). Detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain neutralization by a sensitive competitive ELISA assay. Vaccines, 9 (12) 1493, 1-21. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9121493

Detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain neutralization by a sensitive competitive ELISA assay

2021

Journal Article

Hookworm infection: toward development of safe and effective peptide vaccines

Shalash, Ahmed O., Hussein, Waleed M., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2021). Hookworm infection: toward development of safe and effective peptide vaccines. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 148 (6), 1394-1419.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.10.013

Hookworm infection: toward development of safe and effective peptide vaccines

2021

Journal Article

Cyclic dipeptides: the biological and structural landscape with special focus on the anti-cancer proline-based scaffold

Bojarska, Joanna, Mieczkowski, Adam, Ziora, Zyta, Skwarczynski, Mariusz, Toth, Istvan, Shalash, Ahmed O., Parang, Keykavous, El-Mowafi, Shaima A., Mohammed, Eman H. M., Elnagdy, Sherif, AlKhazindar, Maha and Wolf, Wojciech M. (2021). Cyclic dipeptides: the biological and structural landscape with special focus on the anti-cancer proline-based scaffold. Biomolecules, 11 (10) 1515, 1515. doi: 10.3390/biom11101515

Cyclic dipeptides: the biological and structural landscape with special focus on the anti-cancer proline-based scaffold

2021

Journal Article

Oral peptide vaccine against hookworm infection: correlation of antibody titers with protective efficacy

Shalash, Ahmed O., Becker, Luke, Yang, Jieru, Giacomin, Paul, Pearson, Mark, Hussein, Waleed M., Loukas, Alex, Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2021). Oral peptide vaccine against hookworm infection: correlation of antibody titers with protective efficacy. Vaccines, 9 (9) 1034, 1034. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9091034

Oral peptide vaccine against hookworm infection: correlation of antibody titers with protective efficacy

2021

Journal Article

Key considerations for the development of safe and effective SARS‐CoV‐2 subunit vaccine: a peptide‐based vaccine alternative

Shalash, Ahmed O., Hussein, Waleed M., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2021). Key considerations for the development of safe and effective SARS‐CoV‐2 subunit vaccine: a peptide‐based vaccine alternative. Advanced Science, 8 (16) 2100985, 1-35. doi: 10.1002/advs.202100985

Key considerations for the development of safe and effective SARS‐CoV‐2 subunit vaccine: a peptide‐based vaccine alternative

2021

Journal Article

Chemical conjugation strategies for the development of protein-based subunit nanovaccines

Lu, Lantian, Duong, Viet Tram, Shalash, Ahmed O., Skwarczynski, Mariusz and Toth, Istvan (2021). Chemical conjugation strategies for the development of protein-based subunit nanovaccines. Vaccines, 9 (6) 563, 1-24. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9060563

Chemical conjugation strategies for the development of protein-based subunit nanovaccines

2021

Journal Article

Poly(hydrophobic amino acid)-based self-adjuvanting nanoparticles for Group A Streptococcus vaccine delivery

Azuar, Armira, Li, Zhuoqing, Shibu, Mohini A., Zhao, Lili, Luo, Yacheng, Shalash, Ahmed O., Khalil, Zeinab G., Capon, Robert J., Hussein, Waleed M., Toth, Istvan and Skwarczynski, Mariusz (2021). Poly(hydrophobic amino acid)-based self-adjuvanting nanoparticles for Group A Streptococcus vaccine delivery. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 64 (5) acs.jmedchem.0c01660, 2648-2658. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01660

Poly(hydrophobic amino acid)-based self-adjuvanting nanoparticles for Group A Streptococcus vaccine delivery

Funding

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    Paving the way for a Clinical Vaccine Candidate against Hookworm Infection
    NHMRC IDEAS Grants
    Open grant

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