Kareem Mahmoud Ibrahim Abdou
助教（Assistant Professor）

現在の研究テーマ（current research project）

Creative problem-solving is critical for all spheres of innovation and pioneering thought. Some of the most creative scientific contributions to society were devised upon awakening from sleep. My research project aims to investigate how our memories interacted and reorganized during sleep to solve a problem or create ideas. Proving the conceptual role of sleep in creating new ideas will be center of future research focusing on the power of offline brain activity.

抱負（ambitious future plan）

‘’Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.’’ Malcolm X . I cannot erase this quote from my mind and every time I remember it, I reply ‘’tomorrow belongs to me because I am preparing myself from today’’. Thus, I do all my best now hoping to make unique discoveries in the future and to be a leading neuroscientist. My future goal is to make scientific breakthroughs which will be taught in schools and universities forever.

専門分野 （background scientific field）

Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical sciences, Biochemistry

略 歴（personal history）

(4/2018-til now): Specially appointed assistant professor, Biochemistry department, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama University.
(4/2014-3/2018): PhD student, Biochemistry department, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama University.
(4/2011-12/2013): Teaching Assistant, Biochemistry department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University.
(9/2005-6/2010): Bachelor of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, with cumulative grade: Excellence with honor.

業 績（publications）

• Synapse-specific representation of the identity of overlapping memory engrams.
  Abdou K, Shehata M, Choko K, Nishizono H, Matsuo M, Muramatsu S, Inokuchi K., Science. Vol. 360, Issue 6394, pages 1227-1231 (2018).
• Autophagy enhances memory erasure through synaptic destabilization.
  Shehata M, Abdou K, Choko K, Matsuo M, Nishizono H, Inokuchi K. Journal of Neuroscience. Vol. 38, pages 3809-3822 (2018).
• Glucocorticoid receptor-mediated amygdalar metaplasticity underlies adaptive modulation of fear memory by stress.
  Inoue R, Abdou K, Tanaka A, Muramatsu S, Mino K, Inokuchi K, Mori H. eLife. (2018).

趣味・特技（hobby, specialty）

Reading, Sprinting, playing Football, and Swimming. In addition, I like solving mathematics problems and puzzles.

アピールポイントなど特に記載したいこと（appeal to the audiences）

If you believe that you can do it, you will do it. Trust on yourself and you will make a difference in the world.