Hi, I'm
Muhammad
Elhossary.
I build research data infrastructure at ZB MED and recently earned my PhD on bacterial small-RNA regulation.
~ $ whoami # about
Bioinformatician with a doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) from the Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, with a research focus on multi-omics data analysis, machine learning, and knowledge graph technologies for microbial systems biology. The dissertation addresses comparative studies of bacterial small RNA regulatory networks in Gammaproteobacteria. Professional background as a research software engineer and data scientist within Germany's Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI), leading the technical implementation of measures in the NFDI4Microbiota consortium and the KGI4NFDI base service.
- name
- "Muhammad Elhossary"
- status
- "Dr. rer. nat., Bielefeld University (2026)"
- role
- "Research software engineer @ ZB MED"
- based
- "Cologne, Germany"
- focus
- ["multi-omics", "machine learning", "knowledge graphs"]
~ $ git log --graph # career & education
* work* education
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Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in Bioinformatics
Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University
Graduate School of Digital Infrastructure for the Life Sciences (DILS) at the Bielefeld Institute for Bioinformatics Infrastructure (BIBI). Dissertation: Regulatory Small RNAs in Gammaproteobacteria. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Konrad Förstner.
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Research Software Engineer & Bioinformatics Data Scientist
ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences, Cologne
Lead of the technical implementation of measures in the NFDI4Microbiota consortium and the KGI4NFDI base service within the NFDI: multi-omics data analysis, knowledge graph development, full-stack web development, design, building, and maintenance of backend software infrastructure, and IT administration.
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Research Software Engineer (Bioinformatician)
Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg
Knowledge graph modelling of small RNA interaction data in Wikidata.
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Private Business Partner
Elhossary Store
Consumer electronics retail and technical services.
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Academic Internship, Bioinformatics
Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg
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Software Developer
Freelance
Oracle APEX development for a professional cleaning services company.
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Software Developer
Engineering Systems Inc.
.NET full-stack development for ERP systems and employee time tracking.
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Software Developer
Etqan for Information Technology S.A.E.
.NET full-stack and Oracle APEX development for SMS campaign tools and school management systems; Oracle Business Intelligence consulting.
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Postgraduate Diploma, Computer Sciences
Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Egypt
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Software Developer
Freelance
Technical requirements analysis for the digital automation of the Journal of the Egyptian Society of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences (ESRSA).
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Software Developer
FodaDev LLC
.NET / SQL Server full-stack development for recruitment and employment requisition automation.
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Junior Software Developer
Etqan for Information Technology S.A.E.
.NET / SQL Server full-stack development for sales tracking.
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BSc, Business Information Systems
Canadian International College (CIC), Egypt
Project: online education system.
~ $ cat publications.bib # papers
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2025
Early posttranscriptional response to tetracycline exposure in a gram-negative soil bacterium reveals unexpected attenuation mechanism of a DUF1127 gene
RNA Biology 22(1), 1–16
doi:10.1080/15476286.2025.2521887BibTeX
@article{Kothe2025, title = {Early posttranscriptional response to tetracycline exposure in a gram-negative soil bacterium reveals unexpected attenuation mechanism of a DUF1127 gene}, author = {Kothe, Jennifer A. F. and Sauerwein, Till and Dietz, Theresa and Scheuer, Robina and Elhossary, Muhammad and Barth-Weber, Susanne and W{\"a}hling, Jan and F{\"o}rstner, Konrad U. and Evguenieva-Hackenberg, Elena}, journal = {RNA Biology}, volume = {22}, number = {1}, pages = {1--16}, year = {2025}, publisher = {Informa UK Limited}, doi = {10.1080/15476286.2025.2521887} } -
2024
InteractOA: Showcasing the representation of knowledge from scientific literature in Wikidata
Semantic Web, 1–13
doi:10.3233/SW-243685BibTeX
@article{Elhossary2024, title = {InteractOA: Showcasing the representation of knowledge from scientific literature in Wikidata}, author = {Elhossary, Muhammad and F{\"o}rstner, Konrad U.}, journal = {Semantic Web}, pages = {1--13}, year = {2024}, publisher = {SAGE Publications}, doi = {10.3233/SW-243685} } -
2022
A lesson for teaching fundamental Machine Learning concepts and skills to molecular biologists
Proceedings of Machine Learning Research 170, 68–72
proceedingsBibTeX
@inproceedings{pmlr-v170-muller22a, title = {A lesson for teaching fundamental Machine Learning concepts and skills to molecular biologists}, author = {M{\"u}ller, Rabea and Fasemore, Akinyemi Mandela and Elhossary, Muhammad and F{\"o}rstner, Konrad U.}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Second Teaching Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Workshop}, series = {Proceedings of Machine Learning Research}, volume = {170}, pages = {68--72}, year = {2022}, publisher = {PMLR}, url = {https://proceedings.mlr.press/v170/muller22a.html} } -
2020
The Leader Peptide peTrpL Forms Antibiotic-Containing Ribonucleoprotein Complexes for Posttranscriptional Regulation of Multiresistance Genes
mBio 11(3)
doi:10.1128/mbio.01027-20BibTeX
@article{Melior2020, title = {The Leader Peptide {peTrpL} Forms Antibiotic-Containing Ribonucleoprotein Complexes for Posttranscriptional Regulation of Multiresistance Genes}, author = {Melior, Hendrik and Maa{\ss}, Sandra and Li, Siqi and F{\"o}rstner, Konrad U. and Azarderakhsh, Saina and Varadarajan, Adithi R. and St{\"o}tzel, Maximilian and Elhossary, Muhammad and Barth-Weber, Susanne and Ahrens, Christian H. and Becher, D{\"o}rte and Evguenieva-Hackenberg, Elena}, journal = {mBio}, volume = {11}, number = {3}, year = {2020}, publisher = {American Society for Microbiology}, doi = {10.1128/mbio.01027-20} } -
wip
Web platform for comparative gene regulation information of Gammaproteobacteria based on multi-omics data
in preparation
~ $ ls -R skills # tools & languages
programming/
- Python
- R
- Bash
- SQL (T-SQL, PL/SQL)
- SPARQL
- JavaScript / jQuery
- PHP
- Java
- C / C++ / C#
- ASP.NET
- Visual Basic
- XML
- LaTeX
- Markdown
data/
- Knowledge graphs
- RDF
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Oracle Database / Data Warehouse
tooling/
- Linux
- Git
- CI
- Docker / Singularity
- Oracle APEX
- Selenium
- Inkscape
analysis/
- Multi-omics sequencing analysis (short & long read)
- Machine learning
languages/
- Arabic
- English
- German (B1)
~ $ history # conferences, teaching & more
conferences
- 20254th NFDI4Microbiota Annual ConferenceZB MED · Cologne, Germany
- 2025CoRDI 2025: 2nd Conference on Research Data InfrastructureWZL Aachen GmbH · Aachen, Germany
- 20243rd NFDI4Microbiota Annual ConferenceZB MED · Leipzig, Germany
- 202221st European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB)ISCB · Poster, Sitges, Spain
- 2022VAAM Annual MeetingAssociation for General and Applied Microbiology · Poster, Düsseldorf (online)
- 2021Regulating with RNA in Bacteria and ArchaeaRNA Society · Abstract presenter, Florida (online)
- 2019Atoms for PeaceAlexander von Humboldt Foundation · Organizing committee, Cairo
- 2017WikiCite 2017Wikimedia Foundation · Attendee, Vienna
- 2017German Egyptian Network for Innovation and Development (GENID)Alexander von Humboldt Foundation · Organizing committee, Cairo
teaching
- 2023Data Visualization (Master's course)TH Köln · Teaching assistant
- 2021Machine Learning for Systems BiologyEuropean Bioinformatics Institute · Teaching assistant
- 2019Software Carpentry workshopZB MED · Teaching assistant
- 2018Software Carpentry workshop, Graduate School of Life SciencesUniversity of Würzburg · Teaching assistant
certification & more
- 2023Certified Carpentries InstructorThe Carpentries · Certification
- 2016Summer School: Modern Methods in Infection BiologyUniversity of Würzburg · Attendee
- 2012Project Management Professional (PMP) courseFodaDev · Course