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J. Francis Borgio

Associate Professor and Chairman · Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

https://researchid.co/borgiomicro
@iau.edu.sa
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Research Interests

Molecular Genetics. Molecular genetics of Unknown Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Autism and Migraine. Invasive and Non-invasive Early prenatal diagnosis of inherited diseases. Networks of interacting genes in HbF elevation and HbA2 borderline. Genome mining of Anti...

Biography

Dr. J. Francis Borgio, Chairman, Department of Epidemic Diseases Research, & Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics, Department of Genetic Research at the Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, (Formerly: University Of Dammam), Saudi Arabia. He was a Former-Deputy Chairman, International Indian School Dammam (IISD), one of the biggest school in the Gulf. He is having 12 Years of Experience in the field of Molecular Biology. His Area of Expertise includes: Molecular Genetics, Hemoglobinopathies, Dental Genetics, Genetics of Autism, etc. He is a Principle Investigator or Co-investigator for 10 small and 3 major ongoing funded research projects.

Education

Trialect Fellowship, Apr 2023, Trialect Fellowship in Covid-19 Variants and Virus-Cell Interactions, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy Trialect Fellowship in Red Blood Cell Physiology, Oct 2018, Clinical Translational Research-Anemia and Red Blood Cells Traineeship, Red Blood Cell Research Group, Institute of Veterinary Physiology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Ph. D., Microbiology , 29 March 2010, Manonmanium Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, INDIA. M. Sc., Microbiology, April 2004, Sri Paramakalyani...

Recent Scopus Publications

    Research Outputs

    US PATENT 1. Borgio, JF., AbdulAzeez, S., Al-Muhanna, F., Al-Ali, A.K. Primer Compositions For Detecting Thalassemia.

    Grants / Consultancy

    Principal Investigator (2012-2020) Genetic modifiers in networks of interacting genes with extreme HbF levels in Saudi β-thalassemia (Strategic Project) NSTIP, KACST, Saudi...

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