Prof. Carole Ayoub Moubareck
Pharmacist (BSc) - Microbiologist (PhD)
Associate Dean of the College of Natural and Health Sciences

International/European Communications

 

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Al Marzooq F, Al Ali N, Ahmed Y, Akhter I, Jog S, Nabi A, Ayoub Moubareck C. Analysis of the resistome of multi-drug resistant
Gram-negative pathogens isolated from patients with bacterial pneumonia. Best oral presentation at the 8th UAE International
Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (ICAMR) February 22nd, 2025. Dubai, UAE.

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Senok A, Thomsen J, Abdulrazzaq N, Menezes GA, Ayoub Moubareck C, Everett D. Streptococcus pneumoniae surveillance in the United Arab Emirates: A comparative analysis of trends before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Posted Communication at the 34th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. April 27-30, 2024. Barcelona, Spain.

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Ayoub Moubareck C. On-campus composting for teaching environmental sustainability in a higher education institution in Dubai.
Oral presentation at the 12th World Environmental Education Congress. February 1st, 2024. Abu Dhabi, UAE.

 

Ayoub Moubareck C. Antimicrobial resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria. Seminar at the Taneja College of Pharmacy of the University of South Florida, March 13-14, 2023. USA.

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Mchantaf L, Geitani R, Ayoub Moubareck C, Touqui L., Karam Sarkis D. Bactericidal activity of two antimicrobial peptides against multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 7th International Symposium on Antimicrobial Peptides. November 7-9, 2022. Paris, France.

 

Ayoub Moubareck C. The Intriguing Carbapenemases of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Current Status in the UAE and Global
Epidemiology. 6th Annual UAE ID Week. November 4-5, 2022. Dubai, UAE.
 

Abou-Samra M, Karavetian M, Venema K, Ayoub Moubareck C. Correlation between peptide hormones and weight and glucose
homeostasis among obese and normal weight eastern Mediterranean individuals. First international conference of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics. May 27-29, 2022. Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Thomsen J., Abdulrazzaq N., Ayoub Moubareck C., and the National AMR Surveillance Committee. United Arab Emirates
surveillance system for antimicrobial resistance. Posted Communication at the 32nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. April 23-26, 2022. Lisbon, Portugal.

Ayoub Moubareck C. Carbapenemases of Gram-negative pathogens in the era of COVID-19. Oral Presentation at the 21st Annual Laboratory Management and Medicine Congress. January 26th, 2022. Dubai, UAE.

 

Ayoub Moubareck C. On-Campus Composting for Teaching Environmental Sustainability in a Dubai university. Oral Presentation at the 6th Annual Conference of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. October 19th, 2021. Dubai, UAE.

 

Geitani R., Ayoub Moubareck C, Costes F, Marti L, Dupuis G., Karam Sarkis D, Touqui L. Immunomodulatory effects of
antimicrobial peptides in the presence of human lung epithelial cells. Poster at the GDR MuFoPAM 2021. 28-29 October 2021.
Marseille, France.

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Ayoub Moubareck C. Human Milk Microbiota and Oligosaccharides: A Glimpse into Diversity, Role, and Relationships. Oral Presentation at the 6th Dubai International Nutrition Conference. October 22-24, 2020. Dubai, UAE.

 

Ayoub Moubareck C. Microbes and Oligosaccharides in Breast Milk: The Dubai Experience. Workshop at the 6th Dubai International Nutrition Conference. October 22-24, 2020. Dubai, UAE.

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Karavetian M., Ali Ahmad M., Abou-samra M., Mahdi T, Ayoub Moubareck C., Venema K. The effect of sleep on lipid profile among Emirati obese individuals.  E-poster Presentation at the 2020 ESPEN virtual congress. September 19-21, 2020.

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Ayoub Moubareck C. Designing and implementing a model for Food Security at Zayed University Dubai Campus. Oral Presentation at the 5th Dubai International Nutrition Congress. October 24-26th, 2020. Dubai, UAE. [video below].

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Hammoudi D., Ayoub Moubareck C. Karam Sarkis D and Alatoom A. First comparison of chromogenic medium to automated assay for surveillance of carbapenem resistance. Poster Presentation at the 79 th FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. September 22-26, 2019. Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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Hammoudi D., Ayoub Moubareck C., Karam Sarkis D. Carbapenemases of Classes A, B, and D in Nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii from the Emirate of Dubai. Poster Presentation at the ASM Microbe. 20-24 June, 2019. San Francisco, California.

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Geitani R., Ayoub Moubareck C., Touqui L., Karam Sarkis D. Immunomodulatory and Bactericidal Effects of Antimicrobial Peptides in the Presence of Human Lung Epithelial Cells. Oral communication at the 29th European Congress for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID). 13-14 April 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Geitani R., Ayoub Moubareck C., Touqui L., Karam Sarkis D. Role of Antimicrobial Peptides in the Treatment of Pulmonary Bacterial Infections. Oral communication at Saint Antoine Hospital. 9 April 2019. Paris, France.

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Ayoub Moubareck C., Mallah M., Hammoudi D., Karam Sarkis D. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from Dubai. Poster presentation at the 38th Cross-Disciplinary Anti-Infective Chemotherapy Congress (RICAI). 17-18 December, 2018. Paris, France.

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Geitani R., Ayoub Moubareck C., Touqui L., Karam Sarkis D. Stability and bactericidal activity of two antimicrobial peptides LL-37 and CAMA in presence of human bronchial cells. Poster at the GDR MuFoPAM 2018. 11-12 October 2018. Paris, France.

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Ayoub Moubareck C., Geitani R., Touqui L., Karam Sarkis D. New treatment alternatives to fight antimicrobial resistance. Oral Communication at the EuroChemistry Conference. 11-13 June 2018. Roma, Italy.

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Geitani R., Ayoub Moubareck C., Touqui L., Karam Sarkis D. Cationic antimicrobial peptides: alternatives and/or adjuvants to antibiotics active against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Oral Communication at the 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID). 21-24 April 2018. Madrid, Spain.

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Ayoub Moubareck C., Mouftah S., Pál T., Ghazawi A., Halat D., Nabi A., AlSharhan M., AlDeesi Z., Peters C., Celiloglu H., Sannegowda M., Karam Sarkis D., Sonnevend A. Clonal emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST14 co-producing OXA-48-type and NDM carbapenemases with high rate of colistin resistance in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Oral Communication at the 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID). 21-24 April 2018. Madrid, Spain.

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Ayoub Moubareck C., Hammoudi Halat D., Fadi Akkawi C., Nabi A., AlSharhan M., AlDeesi Z., Peters C., Celiloglu H., Karam Sarkis D. Multi-center analysis of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Dubai: evidence of VIM production, outer membrane protein down-regulation, and clonal spread. Posted Communication at the 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID). 21-24 April 2018. Madrid, Spain.

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Geitani R., Ayoub Moubareck C., Touqui L., Karam Sarkis D. Inhibitory effects of cationic antimicrobial peptides on clinical bacteria. Oral Communication at the 15th ECFS Basic Science Conference. 21-24 March 2018. Loutraki, Greece.

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Geitani R., Ayoub Moubareck C., Touqui L., Karam Sarkis D. In vitro activities of four cationic antimicrobial peptides against antibiotic susceptible and multi-drug resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Oral communication at GDR MuFoPAM. 23-24 October 2017. Pessac, France.

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Ayoub Moubareck C., Itani T., Karam-Sarkis D. Exploring the gut microbiota of Lebanese preterm infants with or without necrotizing enterocolitis. Oral Presentation at Microbial Ecology. Sept 18-20, 2017. Toronto, Canada.

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Geitani, R., Ayoub Moubareck, C., Abrial, C., Touqui, L & Karam Sarkis, D. In vitro activities of two cationic antimicrobial peptides against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Poster presentation at the 36th Cross-Disciplinary Anti-Infective Chemotherapy Congress (RICAI). Dec 12-13, 2016. Paris, France.

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Saliba, R., Paranhos-Baccalà, G., Ayoub Moubareck, C., Messaoudi, M., Karam-Sarkis, D. Serotypes distribution of pneumococcal isolates and vaccine coverage in Lebanon. Poster presentation at the 36th Cross-Disciplinary Anti-Infective Chemotherapy Congress (RICAI). Dec 12-13, 2016. Paris, France.

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Itani, T, Ayoub Moubareck, C, Melki, I, Mangin, I, Butel, MJ & Karam Sarkis, D. Establishment and Development of intestinal microbiota in the preterm infants of a lebanese tertiary hospital. Poster presentation at Anaerobe Congress. July 2016. Nashville, United States of America.

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Geitani, R., Ayoub Moubareck, C., Abrial, C., Touqui, L & Karam Sarkis, D. Antimicrobial and pro-inflammatory activities of cationic antimicrobial peptides. Oral presentation at the 12th congress of the SFM. March 2016. Paris, France.

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Itani T., Hobeika W., Dagher L., Ayoub Moubareck C., Karam Sarkis D. Detection of gram negative bacilli producing extended-spectrum ß-lactamases, plasmidic cephalosporinases and/or carbapenemases in retail meat in the Lebanese market. Oral presentation at the 35th Cross-Disciplinary Anti-Infective Chemotherapy Congress (RICAI). Dec 14-15, 2015. Paris, France.

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Hammoudi D, Ayoub Moubareck C, Karam Sarkis D. One year Assessment of carbapenem resistance in Lebanon : Results of the first cross-sectional countrywide survey. Poster presentation at the 55th Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), September 17-21, 2015, San Diego, USA.

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Hammoudi D, Ayoub Moubareck C, Karam Sarkis D. Diffusion of imipenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii co-expressing OXA-23 and GES-11 carbapenemases in Lebanon. Poster presentation at the 25th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), April 25-28, 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Hammoudi D, Ayoub Moubareck C, and Karam-Sarkis D. First nationwide investigation of carbapenem nonsusceptible Enterobacteriaceae isolated from Lebanese hospitals over a one-year period. Poster presentation at the 34th Cross-Disciplinary Anti-Infective Chemotherapy Congress (RICAI). Nov 27-28, 2014. Paris, France.

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Itani T., Ayoub Moubareck C., Butel M.J., Karam Sarkis D. Intestinal microbiota of premature newborns in a Lebanese university hospital. Posted communication at the 34th Cross-Disciplinary Anti-Infective Chemotherapy Congress (RICAI), Nov 27-28, 2014. Paris, France.

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Itani T., Ayoub Moubareck C., Mangin I., Delannoy J., Butel M.J., Karam Sarkis D. Gut microbiota of Lebanese preterm infants with and without necroziting enterocolitis. Posted communication at the 12th Biennial Congress of the Anaerobe Society of the Americas. July 2014. Chicago, USA.

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Hammoudi D., Moubareck C., Karam Sarkis D. Increased number and diversity of carbapenemases produced by gram negative bacilli in a Lebanese hospital. Posted communication at the 32nd Cross-Disciplinary Anti-Infective Chemotherapy Congress (RICAI). November 22-23, 2012. Paris, France.

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Kanso A., Moubareck C., Chatel-Poujade J., Bisson A., Karam Sarkis D. b-lactamases of carbapenem resistant gram negative bacteria in Lebanon. Oral communication at the 31st Cross-Disciplinary Anti-Infective Chemotherapy Congress (RICAI). 1-2 December 2011. Paris, France.

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Granier S., Moubareck C., Colaneri C., Lemire A., Roussel S., Dao T., Courvalin P. and Brisabois A. Antimicrobial resistance of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from food and environment in France over a 10 year period. Posted communication at the International Symposium on Problems of Listeriosis (ISOPOL). 5-8 may 2010. Porto, Portugal.

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Moubareck C., Meziane-Cherif D., Courvalin P., Périchon B. A VanA-type MRSA Clinical Isolate Dependent on Glycopeptides for Growth. Oral communication at the 48th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). 25-28 October 2008. Washington, DC, USA.

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Moubareck C., Lascols C., Soussy C., Drugeon H., Leclercq R. A Comparison of Broth Microdilution and Agar Dilution Methods for In Vitro Testing of Ceftobiprole. Posted communication at the 48th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). 25-28 October 2008. Washington, DC, USA.

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Moubareck C., Daoud Z., Hakimé N., Hamzé M., Mangeney N., Matta H., Mokhbat J., Rohban R., Karam Sarkis D., Doucet-populaire F. Community and hospital acquired extended spectrum b-lactamase producing Enterobacteriacae in Lebanon. Posted communication at the 15th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID). 2-5 April 2005. Copenhagen, Danemark.

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Moubareck C., Dantier R., Butel M.J., Doucet-Populaire F. Influence of Bifidobacterium on the transfer of b-lactam resistance between enterobacteria. Oral communication at the 7th Biennial Congress of the Anaerobe Society of the Americas. 17-21 July 2004. Annapolis, Maryland, USA.

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Moubareck C., Daoud Z., Hakime N., Mokhbat J., Doucet-Populaire F., Hamzé M., Rohban R., Matta H. Carriage and acquisition of extended-spectrum b-lactamases in Lebanese hospitals. Posted communication at the 14th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID). 1-4 May 2004. Prague, Czech Republic.

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Bourgeois N., Savard B., Moubareck C., Butel M.J., Doucet-Populaire F. Interspecies transfer of vancomycin resistance from poultry Enterococcus faecium to human Enterococcus faecalis in the digestive tract of human flora associated mice. Oral communication at the 43rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). 14-17 September 2003. Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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Moubareck C., Gavini F., Butel M.J., Doucet-Populaire F. Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bifidobacteria. Posted communication at the 3rd World Congress on Anaerobic Bacteria and Infections. 7-9 May 2003. Glasgow, Scotland.

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Moubareck C., Waligora A.J., Courvalin P., Doucet-Populaire F. Conjugal Transfer of VanA-type Glycopeptide Resistance from Animal to Human Enterococcus faecium in vitro et in vivo. Posted communication at the 42nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). 27-30 September 2002. San Diego, California, USA.

 

 

 

Regional (Middle East) & National (United Arab Emirates) Communications

 

 

Ayoub Moubareck C. The Human Microbiota: Insights into UAE data. Oral presentation at 4th Annual Conference of the Emirates
Society of Clinical Microbiology. November 15-17, 2024. Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE.

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Ayoub Moubareck C., Khan M., Stahl H., Ryder D., Powell A., Stone M., Light E., Papadopoulou A., Verner Jeffreys D., Le Quesne
W. Resistance to Antibiotics in aquatic and marine environments in the UAE. Oral presentation at the One Health AMR Research
Workshop. 17th November 2023. Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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Sajwani G., Abbas K., Alhosani M., Ayoub Moubareck C. Analysis of the resistance profile of multidrug resistant bacteria isolated
from the aquatic environment in the UAE. Poster Presentation at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Emirates Society of Clinical
Microbiology. November 3-5, 2023. Dubai, UAE.

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Ayoub Moubareck C., M. Khan, H. Stahl, A. Powell, M. Stone, E. Light, D. Verner Jeffreys. Resistance to Antibiotics in aquatic and
marine environments in the UAE. Oral presentation at the One Health AMR Research Workshop. 27-28 February 2023. Abu Dhabi,
UAE.

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Ayoub Moubareck C, The Role of Multidrug Resistant Gram-Negative Pathogens in Bacterial Pneumonia. Oral Presentation at the 2nd Annual Conference of the Emirates Society of Clinical Microbiology. December 7th, 2022. Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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Ayoub Moubareck C, Multi-Drug Resistant Gram-negative pathogens in the UAE. World Antimicrobial Awareness Week Webinar.
November 17, 2022. Dubai, UAE

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Ayoub Moubareck C, Composting: the best environmental practice. Presentation delivered at UAE Innovates 2021. February 24,
2021. Dubai, UAE.

Ayoub Moubareck C, Khan M, Stahk H. The Status of Resistance to Antibiotics in the UAE. Oral Communication at the Gulf Meeting
on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in the Marine Environment: A One Health Perspective, November 2019, Muscat, Oman.

 

Ayoub Moubareck C. Resistance to carbapenem antibiotics: the current status in Dubai compared to the Middle East and Gulf Regions.
Research Seminar in Zayed University. September 25th, 2019. Dubai, UAE.

 

Abdulla M, Nabi A., Al Sharhan M., Ayoub Moubareck C. Molecular Characterization of Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Dubai Hospital. Oral communication at the First World Congress on Undergraduate Research (WorldCUR), November 2016, Doha, Qatar.

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Ayoub Moubareck C. Intestinal Microbiota and Probiotics. Oral communication at the 7th Annual Congress of the Franco-Lebanese Medical Association, July 2016, Beirut, Lebanon.

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Hammoudi D, Ayoub Moubareck C, Karam Sarkis D. First multicenter study of carbapenem nonsusceptible Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter baumannii in Lebanon: analysis of resistance mechanisms and clonality. Oral communication at the 21st International Conference of the Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science, April 15-17, 2015, Beirut, Lebanon.

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Itani T., Ayoub Moubareck C., Geitani R., Melki I., Mangin I., Butel M.J., and Karam Sarkis D. Establishment and development of intestinal microbiota of lebanese premature newborns. Oral communication at the 21st International Conference of the Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Science, April 15-17, 2015, Beirut, Lebanon.

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Hammoudi D, Karam-Sarkis D, and Ayoub Moubareck C. OXA-48 carbapenemase producing enterobacterial pathogens in Lebanon. Posted communication at the International Conference of Life Science’s Research and Development, March 18-19, 2015. Dubai, UAE.

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Ayoub Moubareck C., Karam Sarkis D. The threat of carbapenem resistance in Lebanon. Oral communication at the 4th Annual Congress of the Franco-Lebanese Medical Association, July, 2014, Beirut, Lebanon.

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Workshops

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Ayoub Moubareck C. Human Milk Microbiota and Oligosaccharides. Workshop in the Research Institute for Medical and Health
Sciences of the University of Sharjah. March7th, 2024. Sharjah, UAE.

 

Ayoub Moubareck C. The Effectiveness of Project-Based Learning on Emirati Undergraduate Students. A sustainability education
for COP28 workshop, held under the patronage of the Emirates Foundation for School Education on August 22, 2023. Dubai, UAE.

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Ayoub Moubareck C. Multi-Drug Resistant Gram-negative pathogens in the UAE. World Antimicrobial Awareness Week Webinar.
November 17, 2022. Dubai, UAE.

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Ayoub Moubareck C., Abdulrazzaq N. Proper hand hygiene to fight Antimicrobial Resistance. Workshop delivered in collaboration
with the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention in Zayed University. November 24th, 2021. Dubai, UAE. [flyer below].

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Ayoub Moubareck C. Human Milk: an essential Biofluid. Workshop delivered at UAE innovates 2021. February 25, 2021. Dubai,
UAE.

Ayoub Moubareck C. Microbes and Oligosaccharides in Breast Milk: The Dubai Experience. Workshop at the 6th Dubai International
Nutrition Conference. October 22-24, 2020. Dubai, UAE.

Ayoub Moubareck C. Detection of Carbapenem resistance. Workshop delivered at the 2nd UAE International Conference on
Antimicrobial Resistance (ICAMR) March 21st, 2019. Dubai, UAE.