Co-Organized Conference

1.     The International Conference on the Economic Importance of Fisheries and their Impact on Public Health, Muscat, Oman, 8-10 March 2008.

Conference Proceedings

1.     Soussi B. Marine Biotechnology for the future. UNESCO Workshop and Consultative Meeting on Marine Biotechnology, Muscat, February 2006.

2.     Soussi B. and Lindgard A. Antioxidative effect of singlet oxygen energy photons.UNESCO Workshop and Consultative Meeting on Marine Biotechnology, Muscat, February 2006.

3.     Soussi B. Building a cluster and a Center of Excellence in Marine Biotechnology.UNESCO Workshop and Consultative Meeting on Marine Biotechnology, Muscat, 27 February 2006.

4.     Soussi B. Marine Biotechnology: New business opportunities. Proceedings at 2nd Conference GCC Businessmen and Their Indian Counterparts, Muscat, March 2006.

5.     Soussi B. Building a cluster and a Center of Excellence in Marine Biotechnology. Invited lecture at UNESCO Workshop and Consultative Meeting on Marine Biotechnology, Muscat, 27 February 2006.

6.     Lasaitiene D., Chen Y., Lindgard A., Soussi B. and Friberg P. Abnormalities in phospholipid composition in the developing rat kidney following neonatal enalapril treatment. 21st Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension,Fukuoka, Japan, October 2006.

7.     Soussi B. Marine Biotechnology for Oman. 4th Annual Conference of the Indian Ocean Research Group.  Marine Biodiversity and Fisheries in the Indian Ocean Region:  Opportunities and Threat, Muscat, Oman, 18-20 February 2007.

8.     Guizani, N., Sablani S., Rahman M., Al-Busaidi S. and Soussi B. Moisture isotherms and thermal transition of kingfish muscle.  Institute of Food Technologists Conference, Chicago, 28 July – 1 August 2007.

9.     Al-Habsi N., Sablani S. S., Rahman M. S., Al-Busaidi S., Al-Belushi R. and Soussi B. Thermal transitions and water sorption properties of king fish. Asian-Oceania Drying Symposium, Hong Kong, 13-15 August 2007.

10.  Sablani S., Rahman M. S., Guizani N., Al-Busaidi S. and Soussi B. Moisture isotherm and thermal transition of kingfish muscle. International CIGR Symposium: Processing and Innovations, Naples, Italy, 24-26 September 2007.

11.  Soussi B. Functional Foods from Seafood. The International Conference on the Economic Importance of Fisheries and their Impact on Public Health, Muscat, Oman, 8-10 March 2008.

12.  Soussi B., Al-Balushi M. M., Al-Hinai, F. and Joseph B. Antioxidative effect of light muscle press juice from Hamour. The International Conference on the Economic Importance of Fisheries and their Impact on Public Health, Muscat, Oman, 8-10 March 2008.

13.  Soussi B., Abbaskhan A., Ahmed S. I. and Choudhary M. I. Prospects of coral invertebrates from Arabian Peninsula of Oman: A resource for novel bioactive compounds. The International Conference on the Economic Importance of Fisheries and their Impact on Public Health, Muscat, Oman, 8-10 March 2008.

14.  Goddard, J.S., Al-Souti, A., Ali, A. and Soussi, B. Dietary manipulation of fatty acid content and composition in farmed fish. The International Conference on the Economic Importance of Fisheries and their Impact on Public Health, Muscat, Oman, 8-10 March 2008.

15.  Soussi B. Value-Added Raw Materials and Health: Science and Business.Proceedings Marine Biotechnology Symposium, Bio-Business Section, North Carolina, USA, 15 October 2008.

16.  Abbaskhan A., Soussi B., Ahmed S.I. and Choudhary M.I.  Bioactive Marine Invertebrates from Coral Reefs of Oman.  11th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry, Karachi, Pakistan, 29 October – 1 November 2008.

17.  Al-Wahaibi A., AbbasKhan A., Dobtretsov S., Proksch P. and Soussi B. Antimicrobial Activity of Soft Coral Extracts from Bandar Al-Khayran in Sultanate of Oman. 1^st Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Marine Natural Products (EMCMNP-I), Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 31 October – 4 November 2008.

18.  Soussi B. Marine Biotechnology Country Focus: Oman Marine Biotech Cluster Project. Hopkins International Biotech Conference, USA, May 2009.

19.  Sellborn A., Fink H., Lundgren A. & Berglin M. and Soussi B. Human endothelial cell attachment to dendrimer-Au nanoparticle functionalized surfaces. The 6th International Dendrimer Symposium at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, June 14-18, 2009.

20.  Sellborn A., Fink H., Lundgren A. & Berglin M. and Soussi B. Human endothelial cell attachment to dendrimer-Au nanoparticle functionalized surfaces. European Society for Biomaterials (ESB) Congress, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 7-11, 2009.

21.  Waly M., Al-Sabahi J., Al-Balushi M. and Soussi B. Press Juices from Hamour and Kingfish exhibit Antioxidant Properties. Annual Meeting of Federation of Experimental Biology Societies, California, USA, 24-28 April 2010.

22.  Al-Wahaibi A., AbbasKhan A., Dobretsov S., Proksch P. and Soussi B. Antimicrobial Activity of Soft Coral Extracts from Bandar Al-Khayran in Sultanate of Oman. World Environment Day: Many Species One Planet One Future, Muscat, Oman, 5 June 2010.

23.  Soussi B. Driving Economic and Human Development in Oman: Marine Biotechnology. Invited speaker at the International Conference on Education for Sustainable Development in Support of Cultural Diversity and Biodiversity, Muscat, Oman, 24-26 January 2011.