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Dr. Nady El Hajj
Associate Professor Associate Professor
Dr. Nady El Hajj
Associate Professor Associate Professor
Educational Qualifications
Ph.D.
M.Sc.
Entity
College of Health and Life Sciences
College of Science and Engineering
Divison
Information & Computing Technology
Biography
Dr. Nady El Hajj graduated in biology from the American University of Beirut in 2007 and received his PhD from the Institute of Human Genetics at the University of Würzburg in 2011. His dissertation work investigated the epigenetic risks of assisted reproductive technologies and infertility on germ cells and embryos. During his postdoctoral training at the lab of Thomas Haaf, he focused on identifying whether maternal gestational diabetes during pregnancy causes epigenetic alterations in the developing fetus. In addition, he was involved in studying paternal age effects on germ cells and the offspring of older fathers from an epigenetic perspective. In 2017, he joined Baylor College of Medicine on a fellowship supported by the German research foundation where he performed bioinformatics analysis on whole genome bisulfite sequencing data to understand interindividual DNA methylation variation in humans. His research is published in > 40 peer-reviewed articles and has been cited more than 1100 times.
Ph.D.
University of Würzburg; Würzburg/Germany
2011
M.Sc.
American University of Beirut; Beirut/Lebanon
2007
- Study DNA methylation and expression changes in the premature aging disorder Werner Syndrome
- Determine the effect of paternal aging on epimutations and de novo mutations in germ cells, and how they might contribute to increased disease risk in offspring of older fathers
- Establishing single nucleus RNA-seq and DNA methylation methodologies to determine the effect of aging on gene expression and DNA methylation within myotube nuclei
Research Associate
Department of Pediatrics; Baylor College of Medicine, United States
2017 - 2018
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Institute of Human Genetics; University of Würzburg, Germany
2011 - 2017
Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology; 2017 Sep; 69:172-182
El Hajj N, Dittrich M, Haaf T
Human Reproduction; 2017 Aug 1;32(8):1761-1769
El Hajj N, Haertle L, Dittrich M, Denk S, Lehnen H, Hahn T, Schorsch M, Haaf T
Human Molecular Genetics; 2016 Nov 15;25(22):4996-5005
Atsem S, Reichenbach J, Potabattula R, Dittrich M, Nava C, Depienne C, Böhm L, Rost S, Hahn T, Schorsch M, Haaf T, El Hajj N.
Epigenetics; 2016 Aug 2;11(8):563-78
El Hajj N, Dittrich M, Böck J, Kraus TF, Nanda I, Müller T, Seidmann L, Tralau T, Galetzka D, Schneider E, Haaf T
Reproduction; 2014 Dec;148(6):R111-20
El Hajj N, Schneider E, Lehnen H, Haaf T.
Nature Genetics; 2014 Jun;46(6):640-5
Nava C, Dalle C, Rastetter A, Striano P, de Kovel CG, Nabbout R, Cancès C, Ville D, Brilstra EH, Gobbi G, Raffo E, Bouteiller D, Marie Y, Trouillard O, Robbiano A, Keren B, Agher D, Roze E, Lesage S, Nicolas A, Brice A, Baulac M, Vogt C, El Hajj N, Schneider E, Suls A, Weckhuysen S, Gormley P, Lehesjoki AE, De Jonghe P, Helbig I, Baulac S, Zara F, Koeleman BP; EuroEPINOMICS RES Consortium, Haaf T, LeGuern E, Depienne C
Diabetes; 2013 Apr;62(4):1320-8
El Hajj N, Pliushch G, Schneider E, Dittrich M, Müller T, Korenkov M, Aretz M, Zechner U, Lehnen H, Haaf T
Epigenetics; 2011 Oct 1;6(10):1176-88
El Hajj N, Trapphoff T, Linke M, May A, Hansmann T, Kuhtz J, Reifenberg K, Heinzmann J, Niemann H, Daser A, Eichenlaub-Ritter U, Zechner U, Haaf T
Nucleic Acids Res; 2010 Jul;38(12):3880-90
Schneider E, Pliushch G, El Hajj N, Galetzka D, Puhl A, Schorsch M, Frauenknecht K, Riepert T, Tresch A, Müller AM, Coerdt W, Zechner U, Haaf T
2012; Young Investigator Award for Outstanding Science; European Society of Human Genetics; Nürnberg/Germany