Ain Shams Center of
Genetic Engineering and
Biotechnology
About Microbial Genetics Lab:
Microbial genetics is concerned with the study and transmission of genetic traits in microorganisms. Microbial genetics plays a unique role in the development of the fields of molecular and cellular biology, as it enters into medical, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and food applications. Where vital genetic processes in microorganisms are similar to those in multicellular organisms. Microorganisms are characterized by a short growth period, can be easily cultured in a small area under controlled conditions, and have a relatively uncomplicated structure. Microorganisms (microbes) are ideally suited for combined genetic and biochemical studies and have been successful in providing information on the genetic code and regulating gene activity. The many applications of microbial genetics in medicine and the pharmaceutical industry have emerged from the fact that microbes are pathogens and producers of antibiotics. Use genetic studies to understand differences in pathogenic microbes and also to increase antibiotic production from other microbes.
Therefore, the microbial genetics laboratory was established to contribute to the study, development, and consolidation of microbial genetics in the study, understanding, definition, improvement, development, purification, classification, and characterization of microorganisms (microbes, whether beneficial or harmful), their conservation and development and stimulation of their production outputs depending on genetic and microbiological sciences.
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Lab Vision
The Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry of Animal Resources is a distinguished and specialized laboratory for researching animal genetic sources, as well as for Microbial Genetics Laboratory A pioneering laboratory in the field of microbial research and microbial genetics to isolate, purify, classify, characterize and preserve microbial strains, and develop and stimulate new products. As well as training on modern technologies, conducting applied scientific research and transferring its outputs to agricultural industrial application. and conducting scientific research related to animal genetics.
Lab Mission
The lab works on studying the problems and obstacles facing the agricultural and veterinary sector in terms of microbial, by studying microbial strains (whether beneficial or harmful) and preserving them with high efficiency, and developing their production efficiency. Upgrading the research of genetic engineering applications to obtain improved and genetically engineered crops and animals with high production efficiency quantitatively And qualitatively, supporting different disciplines of common interest to support research, education, emerging industries, pharmaceutical, agricultural and environmental industries, and working on researchers’ mastery of modern and innovative biotechniques for isolation, purification, classification, characterization, and preservation of microbial strains and the activation, modification, and development of their production.
Lab Services
1 . Providing consultations and scientific expertise to all academics, researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students from within the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, all departments of the Faculty of Agriculture, all faculties of Ain Shams University, and other universities, colleges, institutes and other research centers with common research and scientific interests.
2 . Availability of equipment, materials, laboratory tools, and chemicals to conduct the necessary research, experiments, and genetic analyzes.
3 . Assisting, implementing, and presenting research projects to various funding bodies.
4 . Assistance and implementation in conducting genetic experiments and analyzes.
5 . Providing training courses and workshops that serve the educational process and students of scientific research.
6 . allowing hiring lab hours to start and end experiments for researchers and students of scientific research.
7 . The laboratory seeks to hold corporate protocols and cooperation between it and the various laboratories within the Faculty of Agriculture and Ain Shams University, as well as other local and international research laboratories, as well as various funding bodies for applied research projects to improve the educational and research level.
Education Goals
1. Improving the educational and research process and effective participation in community service and development.
2 . Organizing training courses and workshops for the use of basic equipment in the laboratory.
3 . Organizing training courses and workshops to apply different genetic techniques to models of different microbial strains.
4 . Organizing training sessions for extracting and isolating DNA, RNA, and plasmid samples from different microbial strains.
5 . Organizing training courses for polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
6 . Organizing training courses and workshops for diagnosing various plant and animal diseases using RT-PCR.
Research projects in which the lab participated
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Project "Isolation and Identification of Microorganisms for Biological Control of Aphids Funded by Environmental sector", Ain Shams university. (2002-2003).
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Project MOA/Ec-7 "Genetic Improvement of Green Algae on the Molecular Level in Lake Qaroun" Funded by EU and Ministry of Agriculture (1995-1998).
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Project "Isolation of Cyanobacterial Strains and Analysis of Their Ability to Degrade Organic Pollutants ". Funded by American AID and the Supreme Council of the Egyptian universities (1999- 2002).
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project “Molecular Genetic Screening of Sea weed Species and their Economic Potentialities “Funded by FAO (2001-2002).
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Project ‘Development of Improvement of the efficiency of bacterial strains used in biological control.’ Funded by the Egyptian Committee of the National Strategy of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Ministry of Scientific Research (2000-2003).