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Abdel Halim HARRATH Associate professor Zoology Department College of Science King Saud University P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. Email: [email protected] [email protected] (preferred) Cell phone +966 5 35 86 27 99 +216 98 603 829 Profile Details http://fac.ksu.edu.sa/hharrath https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Halim_Harrath https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view? id=33473682&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile_pic http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2170-1303 EDUCTION AND QUALIFICATIONS

 2000 – 2005: Ph.D. Field: Reproduction and Developmental Biology Entitled” Reproduction and Developmental Biology of the freshwater planarian species Schmidtea mediterranea” Department of Biology, University of Tunis El Manar and Dipartimento di Morfologia Umana e Biologia Applicata, University of Pisa- Italy.  1998 – 1999: Master in Biology, University of Tunis El- Manar, Tunisia  1993 – 1997: Bachelor Degree in Natural Sciences, University of University of Tunis El- Manar, Tunisia  1993: Baccalaureate (secondary school diploma) in Experimental Sciences.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 Mars 2013- Present: Associate professor, Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.  2010- Mars 2013: Assistant professor, Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.  2009- 2010: Assistant Professor, High School of Applied Biology- University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis – Tunisia.  2006 – 2009: Assistant Professor, Biology Department – University of Sciences, Gafsa – Tunisia.  2000 – 2006: Lecturer, University of Sciences, Gafsa – Tunisia.  1999 – 2010: Invited lecturer, High Institute of Education, Tunis – Tunisia.  2004 – 2005: Invited lecturer, Institute of Biotechnology, Sidi Thabet, Tunisia.  2004 – 2005 and 2007 – 2008: Invited Assistant professor, University of Sciences, Tunis – Tunisia.

Teaching topics  Reproduction and Developmental Biology  Cell Biology, Cell Differentiations  Histology, Histochemistry

HONORS AND EXTERNAL RECOGNITAION

1  2015- present: Editor-In-Chief in the American Journal “Advances in Reproductive Sciences”.  2015- present: Editor in the Journal “Reproductive Medicine and Infertility”.  2015- present: Editor in the Journal “Scholars Report”.  2014-present: Coordinator of Higher Education Studies at Department of Zoology, college of Science, King Saud University.  2006 – 2007: Chairman of Department of Life sciences – University of Sciences, Gafsa – Tunisia.  March 2001: Member of the Scientific Organization Committee of the international meeting “Interaction Lumière et Matière Biologique: Application Médicale et Environnementale”’, Gafsa – Tunisia.  Member of ELSO (Extracorporeal Life Support Organization).  Reviewer for the international scientific journals: Invertebrate Reproduction and Development (ISSN 0792- 4259), Comptes Rendus Biologies (ISSN: 1631-0691), Nature protocole (ISSN: 1631-0691), Hydrobiologia (ISSN: 1631-0691, Contributions to Zoology

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Current grant support  Principal Investigator of the project Number: 13-ENV1321-02 Project title: Involvement of oil-related environmental pollutants in the development of ovarian disorders, infertility and ovarian cancer: actions and mechanisms. Funding organism: The National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation (NPST) Budget: 1725000,00SR  Principal Investigator of the project Number: NGR-164 (1435-1436) Project title: Reproduction and development Funding organism: The Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University Budget: 1823000,00SR  Co-Investigator of the project Number: 13-MED1022-02 Principal Investigator: Lahssen El Blidi Project title: Towards pharmacological chaperone therapy for the treatment of genetic lysosomal disorders Funding organism: The National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation (NPST)  Co-Investigator of the project Number: DGL2014-234698 Principal Investigator: Prof. Marta Riutort León Project title: Biogeography, life features of freshwater and terrestrial planarians and the paradox of asexuality Funding organism: Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica.

Completed  Principal Investigator of the project Number: NGR-164 (1434-1435) Project title: Reproduction and development Funding organism: The Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University Budget: 150000,00SR  Principal Investigator of the project Number: NGR-164 (1433-1434) Project title: Reproduction and development Funding organism: The Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University Budget: 150000,00SR  Principal Investigator of the project Number: NGR-164 (1432-1433) Project title: Reproduction and development Funding organism: The Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University Budget: 150000,00SR  Co-Investigator of the project Number: CGL2011-23466 7 Principal Investigator: Prof. Marta Riutort León

2 Project title: Phylogeography of terrestrial and freshwater planarians (Continenticola, Tricladida, Platyhelminthes) in two biodiversity hotspots: the Mediterranean basin and the Atlantic forest. Funding organism: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain  Co-Investigator of the project Number: A/6227/06 Principal Investigator:Prof Marta Riutort León Project title: Análisis molecular de la Biodiversidad de poblaciones del género Dugesia (Tricladida, Platyhelminthes)en Túnez. Filogeografía del género en el área mediterránea. Funding organism: Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación, Spain

PUBLICATIONS

1. Khairy MA Zoheir, Gamaleldin I Harisa, Ahmed A Allam, Yang Liguo, Xiang Li, Aixin Liang, Ahmed A Abd- Rabou, Abdel Halim Harrath, 2016. Effect of alpha lipoic acid on in vitro development of bovine secondary preantral follicles. Accepted for publication in “Theriogenology”. 2. Alexander V. Sirotkin, Abdel Halim Harrath, Roland Grossmann, 2016. Metabolic status and ghrelin regulate plasma levels and release of ovarian hormones in layer chicks. Accepted for publication in Physiological Research. 3. Ichrak Khaled, Hanen Ferjani, Raja Ben Ahmed and Abdel Halim Harrath, 2016. Effects of oil-related environmental pollutants on gonads of the freshwater leech Limnatis nilotica (Annelida, Hirudinea). Accepted for publication in Invertebrate Reproduction and Development. 4. Alexander V. Sirotkin, Richard Alexa, Attila Kádasi, Aneta Štochmaľová, Abdel Halim Harrath, Roland Gross mann, 2016. The soy isoflavone daidzein directly affects porcine ovarian cell functions and modifies the eff ect of FSH. Accepted for publication in Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition. 5. Abdel Halim Harrath; Lamjed Mansour; Moïssou Lagnika; Ronald Sluys; Claude Boutin; Saleh Alwasel, Arnau Poch and Marta Riutort, 2016. A new species of stygobiont flatworm from Benin, with a molecular analysis of the phylogenetic position of the Suborder Cavernicola within the Tricladida (Platyhelminthes). A ccepted for publication in “Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society”. 6. Alexander V. Sirotkin, Abdel Halim Harrath, Roland Grossmann, 2016. Comparison of human and chicken ghrelin effect on chicken ovarian hormones release. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 201:59-63. 7. Alexander V. Sirotkin, Monika Mészárosová, Abdel Halim Harrath, Roland Grossmann, 2016. Obestatin directly controls chicken ovarian cell functions. J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2016 Jul-Sep;30(3):665-674. 8. Alexander V. Sirotkin, Abdel Halim Harrath, Roland Grossmann, 2016. The role of metabolic state and obe statin in control of chicken ovarian hormone release. Poultry Science. 95(8): 1939-1942. 9. Dinicola S, Fabrizi G, Masiello MG, Proietti S, Palombo A, Minini M, Harrath AH, Alwasel SH, Ricci G, Catizone A, Cucina A, Bizzarri M. 2016. Inositol induces mesenchymal-epithelial reversion in breast cancer cells through cytoskeleton rearrangement. Exp Cell Res. 345(1):37-50. 10. Alexander V. Sirotkin, DusanMertin, Karina Suvegova, Abdel Halim Harrath, Jan Kotwica, 2016. Mink aging is associated with reduction in ovarian hormones release and in their response to FSH and ghrelin. Theriogenology. 15;86(5):1175-81. 11. Vittorio Pasta, Simona Dinicola, Alessandro Giuliani, Abdel Halim Harrath, Saleh H. Alwasel, Francesco Tartaglia, Alessandra Cucina and Mariano Bizzarri, 2016. A randomized trial of boswellia in association with betaine and myo-inositol in the management of fibroadenomas. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 20: 1860- 1865. 12. Mariano Bizzarri, Alessandra Cucina, Simona Dinicola, Abdel Halim Harrath, Saleh H. Alwasel, Vittorio Unfer, Arturo Bevilacqua, 2016. Does myo-inositol effect on PCOS follicles involve cytoskeleton regulation? Medical Hypotheses, 91: 1–5. 13. Vittorio Pasta, Simona Dinicola, Alessandro Giuliani, Abdel Halim Harrath, Saleh H. Alwasel, Francesco Tartaglia, Alessandra Cucina and Mariano Bizzarri, 2016. A Randomized Pilot Study of Inositol in

3 Association with Betaine and Boswellia in the Management of Mastalgia and Benign Breast Lump in Premenopausal Women. Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research, 10: 37-43. 14. Klionsky DJ, Abdelmohsen K, Abe A, Abedin MJ, Abeliovich H, Acevedo Arozena A, Adachi H, , Chen CJ, … Harrath AH, Harris AL, Harris J, Hasler U, Hasselblatt P, Hasui K, Hawley RG, Hawley TS, He C, He CY, … Zois CE, Zoladek T,Zong WX, Zorzano A, Zughaier SM. 2016. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition). Autophagy, 12(1):1-222. 15. Alexander V. SIROTKIN, Marta ORAVCOVÁ, Jaroslav SLAMEČKA, Abdel Halim HARRATH , Matúš RAJSKÝ, 2016. Interrelationships between reproductive cycle, age, body weight and steroid hormones in roe deer females (Capreolus c. capreolus), Folia Zoologica, 65 (1): 59–64. 16. Gammoudi, Mehrez; Salvenmoser, Willi; Harrath, Abdel Halim; Tekaya, Saïda; Egger, Bernhard, 2016. Ultrastructure of spermatogenesis and mature spermatozoa in the flatworm Prosthiostomum siphunculus (Polycladida, Cotylea). Cell Biology International, 40(3):277-88. 17. Alexander V. Sirotkin, DusanMertin, Karina Suvegova, Abdel Halim Harrath, Jan Kotwica, 2016. Aging influ ences steroid hormones release by mink ovaries and their response to leptin and IGF-I. Biology Open, 5: 17 4-177. 18. Mehrez Gammoudi, Raja Ben Ahmed, Mukhtar Ahmed, Shaban R. Sayed; Saleh H. Alwasel; Saïda Tekaya & Abdel Halim Harrath, 2016. Ultrastructure of oogenesis of the acotylean Polyclad Echinoplana celerrima, Haswell, 1907. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 260 (2016) 72–77. 19. Simona Dinicola, Alessia Pasqualato, Sara Proietti, Maria Grazia Masiello, Alessandro Palombo, Pierpaolo C oluccia, Rita Canipari, Angela Catizone , Giulia Ricci, Abdel Halim Harrath, Saleh H. Alwasel, Alessandra Cuc ina, Mariano Bizzarri, 2016. Paradoxical E-cadherin increase in 5FU-resistant colon cancer is unaffected dur ing mesenchymal-epithelial reversion induced by γ-secretase inhibition. Life Sciences, 145:174-83. 20. Abdel Halim Harrath; Saleh Alwasel; Ichrak Khaled, Lamjed Mansour; Alexander V. Sirotkin and Mohammed F. Faramawi, 2015. Pregnancy exposure to atmospheric pollutants and placental weight in a Tunisian population". Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 24 (11): 4184-4189”. 21. Alexander V. Sirotkin, Diana Kardošová, Saleh Hamad Alwasel, Abdel Halim Harrath, 2015. Neuropeptide Y can directly control ovarian cell proliferation and apoptosis. Reprod Biol, 15(4):257-60. 22. Vittorio Pasta, Giuseppe Gullo, Alessandro Giuliani, Abdel Halim Harrath, SalehH. Alwasel, Francesco Tartaglia, Alessandra Cucina, and Mariano Bizzarri, 2015. An association of boswellia, betaine and myo- inositol (Eumastόs®) in the treatment of mammographic breast density: a randomized, double-bind study. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 9(22):4419-26. 23. Manel Jemaї Ben Ali, Fatma Guesmi, Abdel Halim Harrath, Saleh Alwasel, Amor Hedfi, Sana Ncib, Ahmed Landoulsi, Badr A. Aldahmash, Mossadok Ben-Attia, 2015. Investigation of Antiulcer and Antioxidant Activity of Juniperus phoenicea (Cupressaceae) Essential Oil in an Experimental Rat Model. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletins, 38 (11): 1738-1746. 24. Raja Ben Ahmed, Mehrez Gammoudi, Saïda Tekaya, Lamjed Mansour, Saleh Alwasel and Abdel Halim Harrath, 2015. Annotations on Marine and Freshwater leeches (Annelida: Clitellata, Hirudinea) from the Palaearctic region of the African continent. Trop Zool, 28 (2): 71-93. 25. Alexander V. Sirotkin, Richard Alexa, Petra Dekanová, Attila Kádasi, Aneta Štochmaľová, Roland Grossmann, Saleh Hamad Alwasel, Abdel Halim Harrath, 2015. The mTOR system can affect basic porcine ovarian cell functions and mediate the effect of ovarian hormonal regulators. Int J Pharmacol, 11 (6): 570- 578. 26. Alexander V. Sirotkin, Richard Alexa, Gabriela Kišová, Abdel Halim Harrath, Saleh Alwasel and Dmitriy Ovcharenko. Miloš Mlynček. 2015. microRNAs control transcription factor NF-kB (p65) expression in human ovarian cells. Funct Integr Genomic, 15(3):271-5. 27. Lamjed Mansour, Abdel H alim Harrath , Alwasel Saleh, Abdel-Baki Abdeladhim, Al Omar Sulimen Youssef, 2015. Kudoa saudiensis sp. n. (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) infecting oocytes of the Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Perciformes: Scombridae). Folia Parasitologica, 62. pii: 2015.010. doi: 10.14411/fp.2015.010.

4 28. Abdel Halim Harrath, Abdelhabib Semlali, Lamjed Mansour, Mukhtar Ahmed, Alexander V. Sirotkin, Suliman Y. Al Omar, Maha Arfah, Mohamed S. Al Anazi, Ibrahim M. Alhazza, Jens R. Nyengaard and Saleh Alwasel, 2014. Infertility in the hyperplasic ovary of freshwater planarians: the role of programmed cell death. Cell Tissue Res, 358(2): 607-20. 29. Alexander Sirotkin, Petra Dekanová, Abdel Halim Harrath, Saleh Hamad Alwasel, and Dusan Vasicek. 2014. Interrelationships between sirtuin 1 and transcription factors p53 and NF-B (p50/p65) in the control of ovarian cell apoptosis and proliferation. Cell Tissue Res, 358(2): 627-32. 30. Abdel Halim Harrath, Mehrez Gamdoudi; Lamjed Mansour; Mukhtar Ahmed; Suliman Y Al Omar and Saleh Alwasel, 2014. Investigation of the ultrastructure of Dendrocoelum constrictum (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) spermatogenesis and mature spermatozoon. CR Biologies, 337: 513-520.

31. Alexander Sirotkin and Abdel Halim Harrath. 2014. Phytoestrogens and their effects. Eur J Pharmacol, 741: 230-236. 32. S.H. Alwasel, A.H. Harrath, W.S. Aldahmash, Z. Abotalib, J.R. Nyengaard, C. Osmond, M.R. Dilworth, S.Y. Al Omar, A.A. Jerah, D.J.P. Barker, 2014. SEX differences IN regional specialisation across the placental surface. Placenta, 35: 365-369. 33. Mukhtar Ahmed, Nasser Al-Daghri, Abdel Halim Harrath, Ravindranath H Aladakatti, Mukhtar Ahmed G Ghodesawar, 2014. Ultrastructural and Hormonal Changes in Rat Cauda Epididymal Spermatozoa induced with Boswellia papyrifera and Boswellia carteri. C. R. Biologies, 337 (4)250-257. 34. Daoud Ali, Gend Yadav Phool, Sudhir Kumar, Huma Ali, Saud Alarifi, Abdel Halim Harrath, 2014. Sensitivity of freshwater pulmonate snail Lymnaea luteola L., to silver nanoparticles. Chemosphere, 104:134-140. 35. Lamjed Mansour, Harrath Abdel H alim, Abd-Elkader Omar Hamad, Alwasel Saleh, Abdel-Baki Abdeladhim, Al Omar Sulimen Youssef, 2014. Structural and molecular characterization of Kudoa quraishii n. sp. from the trunk muscle of the Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Perciforme, Scombridae) in Saudi Arabia coasts. Parasitol Res . DOI 10.1007/s00436-014-3775-2. 36. Mukhtar Ahmed, Nasser Al-Daghri, Abdel Halim Harrath, Ravindranath H Aladakatti, Mukhtar Ahmed G Ghodesawar, 2013. Potential Ultrastructural Changes in Rat Epididymal Cell Types Induced by B. papyrifera and B. carterii. C. R. Biologies,336: 392–399. 37. Silvia Pavlová, Karolina Klucska, Dušan Vašíček, Luboš Ryban, Abdel Halim Harrath , Saleh Hamad Alwasel, Alexander V. Sirotkin. 2013. The involvement of SIRT1 and transcription factor NF-B (p50/p65) in regulation of porcine ovarian cell function. Anim Reprod Sci. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2013.06.013 38. Al Omar Suliman Y, Daoud Ali, Saud Alarifi, Abdel Halim Harrath, Lamjed Mansour, Saleh Hamad Alwasel. 2013. Evaluation of cytotoxic, oxidative stress, proinflammatory and genotoxic effect of silver nanoparticles in human lung epithelial cells. Environ Toxicol. doi: 10.1002/tox.21880. 39. Alwasel SH, Harrath AH, Aljarallah JS, Abotalib Z, Osmond C, Al Omar SY, Thornburg K, Barker DJ. 2013. The velocity of fetal growth is associated with the breadth of the placental surface, but not with the length. Am J Hum Biol, 25(4):534-7.doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22405. 40. Raja Ben Ahmed, Aleksander Bielecki, Joanna M. Cichocka, Saïda Tekaya, Abdel Halim Harrath, 2013. Erpobdellid leeches (Annelida: Clitellata: Hirudinida) from Tunisia: New records with the description of a new Trocheta species. Zootaxa, 3681 (4), 440. 41. Alwasel S. H., Harrath A. H., Abotalib Z., Aljarallah J.S., Osmond C., Al Omar S. Y., Barker D.J.P. 2013. Intergenerational effects of in utero exposure to Ramadan in Tunisia. Am J Hum Biol., doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22374. 42. Abdel Halim Harrath, Ronald Sluys, Saleh Alwasel; Waleed Aldahmash, Abdul Karim Errazagui, Khalid Ibrahim, and Marta Riutort 2013. Reproductive strategies, karyology, parasites, and taxonomic status of Dugesia populations from Yemen (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae). Zoolog. Sci. 30(6):502-508. 43. Lamjed Mansour, Aouatef Thabet, Kalthoum Chourabi, Abdel Halim Harrath; Mahr Gtari, Suliman Y. Al Omar. 2013. Kudoa azevedoi n. sp. (Myxozoa, Multivalvulida) from the oocytes of the Horse Mackerel Trachurus trachurus (Perciformes, Carangidae) in Tunisian coasts. Parasitol. Res., DOI 10.1007/s00436-013- 3332-4.

5 44. Muheet Alam Saifi, Tanveer Beg, Abdel Halim Harrath and Fahad Suleman Hamad Altayalan, 2013. Antimalarial drugs: Mode of action and status of resistance. Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 7 (5): 148-156. 45. Abdel Halim Harrath; Mukhtar Ahmed, Shaban Rushdy Sayd, Muheet Alam Saifi & Saleh Alwasal. 2013. Ultrastructural study of oogenesis and cell dynamics during cocoon secretion in the subterranean freshwater planarian Dendrocoelum constrictum (Platyhelminthes, Paludicola). Tissue Cell, 45: 39– 46. 46. Alexander V. Sirotkin, Attila Kádasi, Andrej Baláži, Zuzana Baková, A. Halim Harrath, Alexander V. Makarevich, Adriana Kolesárová, Peter Chrenek, Jan Kotwica, Tomáš Tóth. 2012. Influence of petrochemical Industry environmental contaminants on animal ovarian cells. J. Micro. Biotechnol. Food Sci. (JMBFS): 2 (3) 517-525. 47. Muheet Alam Saifi, Tanveer Beg, Abdel Halim Harrath and Fahad Suleman Hamad Altayalan, 2012. Is chloroquine making a comeback? Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 6 (36): 2646-2648. DOI: 10.5897/AJPP12.541 48. Alwasel S. H., Abotalib Z., Aljarallah J.S., Osmond C., Al Omar S. Y., Harrath A. H., Thornburg K., Barker D.J.P. 2012. The breadth of the placental surface but not the length is associated with body size at birth. Placenta, 33: 619-622 49. Abdel Halim Harrath, Ronald Sluys, Adnen Ghlala, and Salah Alwasel, 2012. The first subterranean freshwater planarians from North Africa, with an analysis of adenodactyl structure in the genus Dendrocoelum (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dendrocoelidae). J. Cave Karst. Stud., 74 (1): 48–57. DOI: 10.4311/2011LSC0215. 50. Abdel Halim Harrath; Saleh Alwasal; Fathia Zghal; Saïda Tekaya, 2012. Ultrastructure of spermatogenesis and mature spermatozoon of the freshwater planarian Schmidtea mediterranea (Platyhelminthes, Paludicola). C. R. Biologies 335: 87–95. 51. Abdel Halim Harrath, Ronald Sluys, Djemoi Merzoug, Mohamed Yacoubi-Khebiza, Saleh Alwasel, Marta Riutort 2012. Freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from the Palearctic section of the African continent: new records, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3182: 1–15. 52. Abdel Halim Harrath; Saleh Alwasal; Ibrahim Alahzza; Fathia Zghal; Saïda Tekaya, 2011. An ultrastructural study of oogenesis in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea (Platyhelminthe, Paludicola). CR Biologies, 334 (7): 516-525. 53. Alwasel S. H., Abotalib Z., Aljarallah J.S., Osmond C., Alkharaz S. M., Alhazza I. M., Harrath A. H., Thornburg K., Barker D.J.P. 2011. Sex differences in fetal growth in Saudi Arabia. Am J Hum Biol., 23(5):651-4. 54. Eva M Lázaro, Abdul Halim Harrath, Giacinta Stocchino, Maria Pala, Jaume Baguñà, Marta Riutort. 2011. Schmidtea mediterranea phylogeography: an old species surviving on a few Mediterranean islands? BMC Evol Biol, 11(274). 55. Alwasel S. H., Abotalib Z., Aljarallah J.S., Osmond C., Alkharaz S. M., Alhazza I. M., Harrath A. H., Thornburg K., Barker D.J.P. 2011. Secular increase in placental weight in Saudi Arabia. Placenta, 32 (2011) 391-39. 56. Raja Ben Ahmed, Anna Z. Fuchsb, Saïda Tekaya, Abdul Halim Harrath, Piotr Swiatek 2010. Ovary cords organization in Hirudo troctina Johnson, 1816 and Limnatis nilotica (Savigny, 1822) (Clitellata, Hirudinea). Zool. Anz., 249, (3-4), pp. 201-207. 57. Harrath, A. H ; Zghal, F. & Tekaya, S., 2009. First report of adelphophagy in flatworms during the embryonic development of Schmidtea mediterranea (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). Inv.Rep. Dev. 53:3, 117– 124. 58. Sameh Guesmi, Saïda Tekaya et Halim Harrath, 2009. Première signalisation de Sagitta friderici (Ritter- Zahony, 1911) dans le golfe de Gabès : description et étude préliminaire de l’écologie et de la reproduction. Bulletin de l’INSTM, n°12. 59. Abassi Meriem Azza1 ; Abdennebi monia3 ; H arrath Halim 1 ; Zghal Fathia1 ; Ben Chaaben Arij2 et Guemira Fethi2 2009. Etude des polymorphismes : NAT2*7 et NAT2*14 du gène de la N-acétyltransférase 2 dans une population tunisienne. Rev. Soc.Sci.Nat de Tunisie, t-34, pp1-7. 60. Abassi M.A., M. Abdennebi, A. Ben Chaaben, H. Harrath, F.Zghal & F. Guemira, 2008. Genetic study of n- acetyltransferase 2 polymorphisms: NAT2*5 and NAT2*6 in the tunisian population. Biologia Tunisie, (5) 44-45. 61. Raja Ben Ahmed, Halim Harrath et Saïda Tekaya, 2008. Freshwater leeches from Tunisia. Lauterbornia, 65, 131-148. 62. Raja Ben Ahmed, Halim Harrath et Saïda Tekaya, 2008. Ecological and Biological features of four Tunisian freshwater leeches : Batracobdella algira, A hylina, T tessulatum and E . testaceea.. Lauterbornia, 65, 177- 192. 63. Raja Ben Ahmed, Saïda Tekaya et Halim Harrath, 2007. Etude préliminaire des Hirudinées en Tunisie : Description et systématique (Clitellata, Hirudinea). Bull.Soc.Zool.France, 133 (1-3) : 81-91.

6 64. Charni, M. ; Harrath A. H . ; Zghal F. & Tekaya S. 2006. Les ovaires hyperplasiques chez Dugesia sicula (Triclade, Paludicole). Bul.Soc.Sc. Nat. de Tunisie, t-33, pp.55-64. 65. Harrath, A. H ; Charni, M. ; Zghal, F. & Tekaya, S., 2004. Ecology and distribution of the freshwater planarian Schmidtea mediterranea in Tunisia. Ital. J. Zool., 71 : 233-236. 66. Charni, M., Harrath, A.H. ; Zghal, F. & Tekaya, S., 2004. The freshwater planarian Dugesia sicula, Lepori, 1948 (Plathelminthes, Tricladida) in Tunisia: ecology, karyology and morphology. Hydrobiologia, 517 : 161- 170. 67. Harrath A. H. ; Charni, M. ; Tekaya S. & Zghal F., 2002. Influence du milieu naturel sur la biologie de quatre populations de planaires d’eau douce de Tunisie. Bul Soc.Sc. Nat. de Tunisie, t-29 : 95-103. 68. Charni M. ; Harrath A. ; Tekaya S. & Zghal F., 2001. Sexualisation of a Tunisian planarian Dugesia subtentaculata (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). Proceedings of the fifth International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, Medcoast 01, E. Özhan (Editor), Hammamet, Tunisia : page 679-683. 69. Harrath A. H ; Charni M. ; Tekaya S. & Zghal F., 2001. The reproductive apparatus of a new planarian from Tunisia. Proceedings of the fifth International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, Medcoast 01, E. Özhan (Editor), Hammamet, Tunisia : page 685-690. 70. Harrath, A. H ; Tekaya, S. & Zghal, F., 2001. Biodiversity of freshwater planarians (Turbellaria, Tricladida) from Tunisia. Bul.Soc. Zool. France. Tome 126- n°1-2 : 228-229.

Contributed Papers at international Conferences & Professional Newsletters: 1. Alexander V Sirotkin, Attila Kadasi, Aneta Stochmalova, Richard Alexa, Andrej Balazi3 & Abdel Halim Harrath. Food, drink and medical plants and their molecules can affect female hormones and reproductive functions. Society for Endocrinology BES 2015, 2 - 4 November 2015 - The EICC, Edinburgh, UK. 2. Abdel Halim Harrath, Lamjed Mansour, Sulimen Al Omar and Saleh Alwasel. The effect of food restriction on the expression of some placental proteins (LB24). The FASEB Journal vol. 28 no. 1 Supplement LB24. April 2014. 3. Abdel Halim Harrath, Lamjed Mansour, Saleh Alwasel. Embryonic cannibalism in the freshwater Planarian Schmidtea mediterranea. BES and SFE Joint Annual Meeting, 9 – 12th December 2014. 4. Abdel Halim Harrath, Lamjed Mansour, Suliman Al Omar, Saleh Alwasel. The effect of food restriction on the expression of some placental proteins (LB24). The FASEB Journal, April 2014. 5. Abdel Halim Harrath, Lamjed Mansour, Suliman Al Omar, Saleh Alwasel. Mechanisms of Programmed cell death in hyperplasic ovary of ex-fissiparous planarian Dugesia Arabica. International Conference on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Vienna, Austria (ICBMB2014).17-19 April 2014 6. Abel Halim Harrath and S.H. Alwasel. Programmed cell death in the hyperplasic ovary of the ex-fissiparous planarian Dugesia arabica. Experimental Biology meeting, April 20-24, Boston- USA, 2013 7. Abel Halim Harrath and S.H. Alwasel. Ultrastructural study of oogenesis in the subterranean planarian Dendrocoelum constrictum. 12th International Symposium on Flatworm Biology, 11-16 June, Stockholm 2012. 8. Nick Ashton, Ibrahim Alhazza, Abdulhalim Harrath, Mohamd Mohany, Abdulkarem Alrezaki, Saleh Alwasel. Transgenerational programming of hypertension by maternal food restriction during pregnancy. Experimental Biology meeting, April 9-13 Washington, USA. 9. Samah Gasmi, Saida Tekaya et A. Halim Harrath. Première description des Chaetognathes dans le Golfe de Gabès : impacts des facteurs abiotiques sur les populations et leur cycle biologique. Le 2ème Congrès Franco-maghrébin de Zoologie et les 4èmes Journées Franco-Tunisiennes de Zoologie. November, 2010, Zarzis, Tunisia. 10. Eva Lazaro, Halim Harrath, Mohammed Charni, Saïda Tekaya, Marta Riutort. Genetic variability in Dugesia sicula (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) asexual and sexual populations from Tunisia and the West Mediterranean. 11th International symposium on Flatworm Biology. July 26-30, Hassalt University, Belgium., 2009. 11. Ben Ahmed, R., A. H. Harrath & S.Tekaya. Erpobdella testacea (Savigny, 1820) en Tunisie : Description et cycle Biologique. Journées annuelles de la société zoologiques de France, Paris. Paris 2009. 12. Raja Ben Ahmed, Saïda Tekaya Fathia et Halim Harrath . Life-cycle and ecology of some Tunisian freshwater leeches. 3rd International leech conference, Bevensen, Gremany 14- 16 Mars 2008. 13. Raja Ben Ahmed, Saïda Tekaya Fathia et Halim Harrath. Tunisian Leeches. 3rd International leech conference, Bevensen, Gremany 14- 16 Mars 2008. 14. Bezzaouia A. ; Harrath A. H. ; Zghla F. and Tekaya S. Ciona intestinalis : ooogenesis and life cycle in Bizerte Lagoon. 4th international Tunicate meeting, villefranche, Nice France. Du 24 au 27 juin 2007.

7 15. Tekaya S, charni M., Harrath A. H. et Zghal F. The Tunisian planarians (Platyheliminthes, Tricladida) ecological data and reproduction modalities. 10th International symposium on Flatworm Biology, 29 July- 3 August 2006, Innsbruck-Austria. 16. Raja Ben Ahmed, Halim Harrath, Fathia Zghal et Saïda Tekaya. Inventaire des Annélides Achètes dans le barrage Lebna. 3ième journées Franco-tunisiennes de Zoologie. Tabarka 2006. 17. Harrath A. H. ; Zghal F. & Tekaya S. Mechanisms of yolk production in the female gonad of the triclad Schmidtea mediterranea. International congress of Cell Biology. Dresden (Germany). 3 – 6 September 2005. 18. Harrath A. H , Zghal F. &Tekaya S. Biodiversité des planaires d’eau douce en Tunisie. Premières journées Franco-tunisiennes de Zoologie. Nabeul, 2000.

Contributed Papers at national Conferences & Professional Newsletters: 1. Ben Ahmed, R., A.H. Harrath & S.Tekaya. Etat des connaissances sur la diversité des Annélides Achètes de Tunisie. 1ères journées internationales de l’Association Tunisienne de Taxonomie, Cité des Sciences, 2010. 2. Sameh Guesmi, Saïda Tekaya et Halim Harrath. Les Chaetognathes en Tunisie : première étude écologique des sept espèces communes dans le Golfe de Gabès. 19èmes Journées Nationales de Biologie, Hammamet, 2009. 3. Sameh Guesmi, Saïda Tekaya et Halim Harrath. Etude comparative de deux espèces de Chaetognathes : Sagitta hexaptera et Sagitta enflata récoltées dans le golfe de Gabès. 20ème Journées Biologiques de l’ATSB, Hammamet, 2009. 4. Ben Ahmed, R., H. Harrath & S.Tekaya. Première Signalisation d’Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Annélides, Achète) en Tunisie : Description et Systématique. 20ème Journées Biologiques de l’ATSB, Hammamet, 2009. 5. Sameh Guesmi, Saïda Tekaya et Halim Harrath. Première signalisation et description de Sagitta decipiens et Sagitta elegans. XVIIIièmes journées Nationales de Biologie, Hammamet-Tunisie 2008. 6. Ben Ahmed R., S.Tekaya & R., H. Harrath. Alboglossiphonia hyalina (O.F. Müller, 1774) (Hirudinea, Clitellata) du Barrage Lebna: Observations Biologiques et Ecologiques, XVIIIièmes journées Nationales de Biologie Hammamet-Tunisie 2008. 7. Raja Ben Ahmed, Fathia Zghal, Saïda Tekaya et Halim Harrath. Hirudo troctina en Tunisie : description morphologique et anatomique (Annélide, Achète). XIXièmes journées biologiques de l'Association Tunisiennes des Sciences Biologiques à Hammamet-Tunisie. 24-27 Mars 2008. 8. Sameh Guesmi, Saïda Tekaya et Halim Harrath . Première description et biologie de Sagitta serrato- dentata sur les côtes tunisiennes (golfe de gabès). XIXièmes journées biologiques de l'Association Tunisiennes des Sciences Biologiques à Hammamet-Tunisie. 24-27 Mars 2008. 9. ABASSI Meriem Azza1; ABDENNEBI Monia 2; BEN CHAABEN Arij 3; HARRATH Halim 1; ZGHAL Fethia 1; GUEMIRA Fethi 3. Etude des polymorphismes génètiques des Glutathion- S-transférases : GSTM1 et GSTT1 dans la population tunisienne. XIXièmes journées biologiques de l'Association Tunisiennes des Sciences Biologiques à Hammamet-Tunisie. 24-27 Mars 2008. 10. Sameh Guesmi, Saïda Tekaya et Halim Harrath. Première Description de Sagitta Setosa sur les cotes tunisiennes, comparaison avec Sagitta friderici. 10èmes Journées des Sciences de la Mer, Sousse, 2008. 11. Sameh Guesmi, Saïda Tekaya et Halim Harrath. Première Etude Systématique et Ecologique d’un chaetognathe : Sagitta enflata dans le golfe de Gabès. XVIIièmes journées nationales de biologie « Bio-Géo- Ressources et environnement ». Société des Sciences Naturelles de Tunisie, Hammamet-Tunisie. 03-07 Novembre 2007. 12. Sameh Guesmi, Saïda Tekaya et Halim Harrath. Première description de Sagitta friderici dans le golfe de gabès. 9ièmes journées des Sciences de la mer. Tabarka-Tunisie du 15-18 Décembre 2007. 13. Raja Ben Ahmed, Fathia Zghal, Saïda Tekaya et Halim Harrath. Première description de Placobdella costata (fr Müller, 1846) en Tunisie (Hirudinea, Glossiphoniidae). XVIIièmes journées nationales de biologie « Bio- Géo-Ressources et environnement ». Société des Sciences Naturelles de Tunisie à Hammamet-Tunisie. 03-07 Novembre 2007. 14. Abassi Meriem Azza1 ; Abdennebi monia3 ; H arrath Halim 1 ; Zghal Fathia1 ; Ben Chaaben Arij2 et Guemira Fethi2.. Etude des polymorphismes : NAT2*7 et NAT2*14 du gène de la N-Acetyltransferase 2 dans la population tunisienne. XVIIièmes journées nationales de biologie « Bio-Géo-Ressources et environnement ». Société des Sciences Naturelles de Tunisie à Hammamet-Tunisie. 03-07 Novembre 2007.

8 15. Raja Ben Ahmed, Fathia Zghal, Saïda Tekaya et Halim Harrath. Les sangsues du barrage Lebna : Première description, écologie et reproduction de Theromyzon tessulatum en Tunisie (Annélide, Achète). XVIIIièmes journées biologiques de l'Association Tunisiennes des Sciences Biologiques à Hammamet-Tunisie. 25-28 Mars 2007. 16. Sameh Guesmi, Saïda Tekaya et Halim Harrath. Les Chaetognathes dans le golfe de Gabès : première description, écologie et reproduction de Spadella cephaloptera en Tunisie. XVIIIièmes journées biologiques de l'Association Tunisiennes des Sciences Biologiques à Hammamet-Tunisie. 25-28 Mars 2007. 17. Abassi Meriem Azza1 ; Abdennebi monia3 ; H arrath Halim 1 ; Zghal Fathia1 ; Ben Chaaben Arij2 et Guemira Fethi2.. Etude des polymorphismes du gène de la N-Acetyltransferase 2 : NAT2*5 et NAT2*6 dans la population tunisienne. XVIIIièmes journées biologiques de l'Association Tunisiennes des Sciences Biologiques à Hammamet-Tunisie. 25-28 Mars 2007. 18. Raja Ben Ahmed, Fathia Zghal, Saïda Tekaya et Halim Harrath. Première mention de l’espèce Alboglossiphonia hyalina (O.F. Müller, 1774) en Tunisie (Annélide, Achète). 2èmes journées Nationales de Didactique des SVT à Hammamet-Tunisie. 28-31 Mars 2007. 19. Ben Ahmed R., Zghal F., S.Tekaya & R., H. Harrath. Systématique des Annélides Achètes du barrage de Lebna. Séminaire de L’association « Femme et sciences ». Tunis 2006. 20. Harrath A. H . ; Zghal F & Tekaya S. Etude du développement embryonnaire chez une espèce de planaire d’eau douce Schmidtea mediterranea (Plathelminthe, Triclade). XVIièmes journées biologiques de l'Association Tunisiennes des Sciences Biologiques à Hammamet-Tunisie. 20-23 Mars 2005. 21. Harrath A. H . ; Zghal F & Tekaya S. Etude utrastructurale de la vitellogenèse chez Schmidtea mediterranea (Plathelminthe, Triclade). XVièmes journées biologiques de l'Association Tunisiennes des Sciences Biologiques à Hammam-Sousse. 18-21 Mars 2004. 22. Harrath A. H. ; Tekaya S. & Zghal F. Etude comparative du pouvoir de scission de quatre populations de planaires d’eau douce de Tunisie. XIIIième journées nationales de Biologie de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Tunisie à Djerba-Tunisie. 16-19 Mars 2003. 23. Charni M. ; Harrath A. H. ; Tekaya S. & Zghal F. Sexualisation de la planaire d’eau douce Dugesia sicula (Plathelminthes, Tricladia), étude histologique. XIIIièmes journées biologiques de l'Association Tunisienne des Sciences Biologiques à Hammamet-Tunisie. 20-23 Mars 2002. 24. Harrath A. H. ; Tekaya S. & Zghal F. L'appareil reproducteur de Schmidtea : un nouveau sous-genre de planaires en Tunisie. XIIièmes journées biologiques de l'association Tunisiennes des Sciences Biologiques à Hammamet-Tunisie. 19-21 Mars 2001. 25. Harrath A. H . ; Tekaya S. & Zghal F. Etude histologique de cinq populations de planaires d’eau douce de Tunisie. XIIièmes journées nationales de Biologie de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Tunisie à Monastir- Tunisie. 5-7 Novembre 2001. 26. Charni M. ; Harrath A. H . ; Tekaya S. & Zghal F. Structure et évolution de l’ovaire de la planaire d’eau douce Dugesia (Dugesia) subtentaculata (Plathelminthes, Tricladida) élevée au laboratoire. XIIièmes journées nationales de Biologie de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Tunisie à Monastir-Tunisie. 5-7 Novembre 2001. 27. Harrath A. H. ; Tekaya S. & Zghal F. Influence des facteurs abiotiques sur la récolte mensuelle de cinq populations de planaires paludicoles. XIièmes journées nationales de Biologie de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Tunisie à Monastir-Tunisie. 24-26 Mars 2000. 28. Harrath A. H. ; Tekaya S. & Zghal F. Contribution à l’étude écologique et biologique des planaires d’eau douce de Tunisie. Xièmes journées biologiques de l'Association Tunisienne des Sciences Biologiques à Monastir-Tunisie. 20-22 Mars 1999.

Scientific trainings (7)  2010: Training for one month at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)’’ University of Amsterdam (Netherlands Pays-bas) supervised by Dr. Ronald Sluys.  2009: Training for one month at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)’’ University of Amsterdam (Netherlands Pays-bas) supervised by Dr. Ronald Sluys.  2007 (November- December): Training for more than one month at the University of Barcelona, Spain. Supervised by Prof Marta Riutort.  2007 (June-july): Training for one month at the ‘‘Observatoire Océanographique de ville franche, CNRS’’, University of Paris VI, Supervised by Dr. Christian Sardet.

9  2006: Training for one month at the ‘‘Observatoire Océanographique de ville franche, CNRS’’, University of Paris VI, supervised by Dr. Christian Sardet.  2003: Training for one month at ‘‘Dipartimento di Morfologia Umana e Biologia Applicata’’, Universita di Pisa, (Italie) supervised by Prof. Vittorio Gremigni.  2002: Training for one month at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)’’ University of Amsterdam (Netherlands Pays-bas) supervised by Dr. Ronald Sluys.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 Reproduction  Developmental Biology  Cell biology  Phylogeny

COMPUTING

 Word, Excel, Power Point, Lotus Notes, Sage Accountant  Software: Adobe Photoshop, Office XP, Adobe Illustrator 10.  Biology and Multimedia: Techniques for Bioclips realizations

LANGAGUES

 Arabic: Native  English: spoken and written (very good): graduated from Ameadest: American school of English.  French: spoken and written (very good)

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