Manager of Plant Functional Genomics and Gene Transfer Unit at the Plant Biotechnology
Research Laboratories (PBRL), Plant Physiology Division, Agric. Botany Dept.,
Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University (CU).
Surname
Other names
Title Dr.
Gender Male
Address
Cairo University, Faculty of Agriculture . Plant Physiology
Division, Plant Biotechnology Research Laboratories (PBRL).
El Gamaa St., 12613, Giza – EGYPT
Mobile 01224185383
Date of Birth 19.03.1970
E.mail shawky.ibrahim@agr.cu.edu.eg
Place of Birth Giza - EGYPT
School / College / University / Other Degree obtained Dates (from-to)
Plant Breeding Institute, Technical University of Munich ( TUM )
Ph.D
Plant Genetic Engineering
Dec. 2001- Aug. 2006
Faculty of Agriculture , Cairo University , Egypt
M.Sc. Plant physiology Dec. 1997
Faculty of Agriculture , Cairo university , Egypt
B.Sc. Agricultural Production May 1992
A scholarship for Ph.D. study in Germany (2001-2006), financed by the Egyptian Government,
Students Mission Department, Ministry of Higher Education.
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Molecular Plant Physiology & Genetic Engineering.
Manager of Plant Functional Genomics and Gene Transfer Unit at the Plant
Biotechnology Research Laboratories (PBRL), Plant Physiology Division,
Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University (CU).
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Molecular Plant Physiology & Genetic Engineering.
Manager of Plant Functional Genomics and Gene Transfer Unit at the Plant
Biotechnology Research Laboratories (PBRL), Plant Physiology Division,
Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University (CU).
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Metabolic and Genetic Approaches to Improve the Nutritional Value
of Cereal Plants at the Institute of Plant Breeding, Plant Functional Genomics Lab.,
Weihenstephan, Freising, (Tech. Univ. of Munich, TUM) Germany, and Institute of
Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Genome Analysis and Gene Transfer Lab., (The
Bavarian State Res. Center of Agriculture, LfL), Freising, Germany.
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Molecular Plant Physiology in relation to Functional Genomics,
Plant Biotechnology Research Lab. (PBRL), Plant Physiology Division,
Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University (CU).
Plant Physiology Division, Faculty of Agriculture,
Cairo University (CU).
Plant Physiology Division, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University
(CU).
English: Excellent
German: Very good
a- For undergraduate students
Plant Physiology (201 ABT)
Physiology of plant tissue culture (356 ABT)
Principles of Ecology (307 ABT)
b- For postgraduate students
Physiology of plant tissue culture (622 ABT)
- • From 2002-2006 a Ph.D. student in the project
" Metabolic Engineering of the
at the Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Genome Analysis
and Gene Transfer Lab., (The Bavarian State Research Center of Agriculture, LfL)
Freising, Germany.
- • From 2006-2007 an investigator in the project
"Profiling of gene expression and
(USEgypt,
BIO7-001-015, U.S–Egypt joint science and technology fund, 2004-2007).
- • From 2010-Present Co-PI of the Project “
“Development of Molecular Markers Linked
STDF - Project id:1085.
- • From 2011-Present Co-PI of the Project “
Transfer of Drought and Salt Tolerance
“ STDF - Project id: 2579.
- • Cloning and Construction of novel vectors for increasing plant tolerance to abiotic
stresses.
- • Construction of novel vectors for developing selectable marker-free of commercial
cultivars of economic plants.
- • Identification of functional high-lysine transgenic barley lines through analysis of amino
acids composition and genomic organization of the integrated genes. Profiling Gene
expression, and molecular functional genomics in plant cells using real-time RT-PCR and
Microarray analysis, Immunoassay of some expressed enzymes using ELISA. Protein
analysis using SDS-PAGE, and western blot. Bio-chemical and molecular analysis using
some equipment such as GLC, HPLC, Amino Acid Analyzer, Atomic Absorption
Spectrophotometer (AAS), Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) and Genetic Analyzer ABI
310 (Sequencing analysis).
- • Construction of novel vectors for protein engineering in plants.
- • Engineering of plants for bio-fuel production.
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Current research:
- Isolation and cloning of genes for conferring plant tolerance to biotic and abiotic
stresses.
- Studies on the effects of abiotic stresses on some high-lysine transgenic barley lines.
- Isolation, characterization and cloning of novel genes for improving the nutritional
quality of cereal grains.
- Introduction of some novel genes into the genome of some cereals (Barley, Wheat,
Maize, Rice and Sorghum) for improving the nutritional quality of the grains,
productivity and tolerance to stress conditions.
- Engineering of plants for bio-fuel production.
Four M.Sc. students and two Ph. D. students in the field of Plant Biotechnology and Genetic
Engineering from October 2008- present.
Institute of Plant Breeding, Weihenstephan, Freising, (TUM)
Germany. gwenzel@wzw.tum.de
Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding, (LfL) Freising, Germany.
Plant Physiology Division, Fac. of Agric. Cairo Univ., Egypt.
omelshihy@hotmail.com dr.osamaelshihy@gmail.com
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. and Müller, M. Wenzel, G. (2007). Barley transformation - comparison of
hygromycin and bialaphos selection systems. (Poster), Congress of Plant Transformation
Technologies, Austria,Vienna, 4-7 Feb., 2007.
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. (2009). Comparative study on normal and nubbin fruits of
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., El Shihy, O. M. and AH Fahmy, (2010). Highly efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of elite Egyptian barley cultivars. . Am Eurasian J Sustain Agric 4 (3), 403-413.
., Müller, M., (2010). D-Hordein Promoter Driven dapA and lysC Genes Lead to High Levels of Total Nitrogen in Stably Transformed Mature Barley Endosperm. International
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, MR Nesiem, MS Tawfik (2011). Establishment of regeneration and
transformation system in Egyptian sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) cv Sohag 1. GM crops 2 (3),
182-192.
A. H. Fahmy, K El-Mangoury,
and S. Muthukrishnan (2012). Comparative
evaluation of different reliable in vitro regeneration of various elite Egyptian wheat cultivars
regarding callus induction and regeneration media influence. Research Journal of Agriculture and
Biological Sciences. 8 (2), 325-335.
, OM El Shihy (2012). High-throughput regeneration from mature embryos of eleven
commercial rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars through somatic embryogenesis using a novel
genotype independent protocol. Research Journal of Agriculture and Biological Sciences. 8(2):
336-354.
, OM El Shihy (2012). An efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated
transformation of some elite egyptian rice cultivars. Research Journal of Agriculture and
Biological Sciences 8(3): 355-368.
(2012). An efficient regeneration system via somatic embryogenesis in some
Egyptian durum wheat cultivars mediated high-throughput transformation of durum wheat using
Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Research Journal of Agriculture and Biological Sciences. 8 (3), 369-
384.
AH Fahmy, RA Hassanein, HA Hashem,
, OM El Shihy and EA Qaid (2013). Transformation of Egyptian wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) with rice chitinase and bar genes for disease and herbicide resistance. Arab J. of Biotech., 16:2, 209-224.
N B Talaat, B T Shawky and
(2015). Alleviation of drought-induced oxidative stress in maize (Zea mays L.) plants by dual application of 24-epibrassinolide and spermine. Environmental and Experimental Botany 113 (2015) 47–58.
R. A. Hassanein, H. A. Hashem, A. H. Fahmy,
, O. M. El Shihy, E. A. Qaid. (2016) Protection Against Fusarium Head Blight: Important Defense Mechanisms Studied in Three Regenerated Egyptian Wheat Cultivars. J. of Stress Physiology & Biochemistry, Vol. 12 No. 3, 18-43.
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