The Executive structure of the microbiological analysis unit:
1- Prof. Dr. Ashraf Mohamed Abdel Baset, President of Mansoura University (President).
2- Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Mohamed El Miligy, Vice President for Community service Affairs and Environmental Development (Member).
3- Prof. Dr. Ashraf Tarik Hafez, Vice President for Graduate Affairs and Research (Member).
4- Mr. Usama Mousa. Treasury of the University (Member).
5- Prof. Dr. Usama Ibrahim Mohamed Al-Ayyan, Dean of the Faculty of science (Member).
6- Prof. Dr. Omar Abdel Samea El Shehaby, Professor of Physiology, Botany Dept., (Director of the Unit).
7- Prof. Dr. Yehia Abdel Monem El Lazik, Prof. of molecular genetics, Botany dept., faculty of Science (Member).
8- Prof. Dr. Hassan Mohamed Hassan El Sabagh, Faculty of Pharmacy (Member).
9- Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Rahman El Wakil, Faculty of Agriculture (Member).
10- Prof. Dr. El Said El Sherbiny El Said, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, (Member).
11- Prof. Dr. Ghada Abdallah El Sherbiny, Faculty of Science, (Member)
12- Mrs. Marwa Hamdy Talaat, Director of Budget Department (Member).
List of Devices in the Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Unit
Equipment Name: 20 L Fermentor
Number of units: 1
Model: Bioflo 510
Manufacturing Year: 2010
Manufacturing Country: USA
Manufacturer: New Brunswick Scientific
Usages: used for microbial fermentation processes to produce bioproducts from bacterial and yeast origin such as Antibiotics, Biodegradable plastics, Biofuels from cellulosic agricultural wastes, Biopesticides, Biofertilizers, Enzymes (e.g. asparaginase, amylase, lipase, ….etc), Starter culture for yogurt industry and vaccines in addition to plant tissue culture for production of valuable pharmaceutical compounds, flavoring compounds, antioxidants….etc

Equipment Name: High speed Continuous centrifuge
Number of units: 1
Model: Z41 CEPA High speed centrifuge
Manufacturing Year: 2010
Manufacturing Country: Germany
Manufacturer: Eppendorf
Usages: These CEPA centrifuges are designed for rapid cell removal and clarification of fermentation broth and similar liquid-solid mixtures in "clarifying" configurations.

Equipment Name: 7.5 L benchtop Fermenter
Number of units: 1
Model: Bioflo 310
Manufacturing Year: 2010
Manufacturing Country: USA
Manufacturer: New Brunswick Scientific
Usages: used for microbial fermentation processes to produce bioproducts from bacterial and yeast origin such as Antibiotics, Biodegradable plastics, Biofuels from cellulosic agricultural wastes, Biopesticides, Biofertilizers, Enzymes (e.g. asparaginase, amylase, lipase, ….etc), Starter culture for yogurt industry and vaccines in addition to plant tissue culture for production of valuable pharmaceutical compounds, flavoring compounds, antioxidants….etc

Equipment Name: - 80 0C Deep freezer
Number of units: 1
Model: Innova ultra low temperature freezer (- 80oC)
Manufacturing Year: 2010
Manufacturing Country: USA
Manufacturer: New Brunswick Scientific
Usages: It is used for the storage of drugs, enzymes, chemicals, viruses, bacteria and many different kinds of cells (cell banking) …..etc.

Equipment Name: Vertical Gel Electrophoresis (10x10 cm) with power supply.
Number of units: 1
Model: TV 100 Y standard TWIN plate mini gel
Manufacturing Year: 2010
Manufacturing Country: British
Manufacturer: SCIE-BLAS
Usages: vertical systems are ideal for proteins separation

Equipment Name: Horizontal Gel Electrophoresis (10x10 cm)
Number of units: 1
Model: TVG – Sys
Manufacturing Year: 2010
Manufacturing Country: British
Manufacturer: SCIE-BLAS
Usages: Horizontal systems are ideal for DNS and RNA separation

Equipment Name: PCR system
Number of units: 1
Model: ProflexTM Base
Manufacturing Year: 2010
Manufacturing Country: British
Manufacturer: Thermo Fisher Scientific (applied biosystems by life technologies)
Usages: It is an end-point thermal cycler, specifically designed for the amplification of nucleic acids using the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) process.

Equipment Name: Atomic absorption spectrophotometer (for heavy metals analysis using flame and cold vapor facility).
Number of units: 1
Model: Buck scientific Accusys 214
Manufacturing Year: 2004
Manufacturing Country: USA
Manufacturer: Buck Scientific USA
Usages: Pb, Cd, Zn, Ni, Co, Mn, Cu, Fe and Cr measured using flame technique
Hg and Arsenic measured using hydride technique.

Equipment Name: Lyopholizer (medium size)
Number of units: 1
Model: Heto power dry LL 3000
Manufacturing Year: 2010
Manufacturing Country: Denmark
Manufacturer: Jouan Nordic
Usages: Use freeze drying for dehydration of biological samples under pressure

Contact:
Name: Unit of genetic engineering and biotechnology
Staff in Charge : Prof. Omar A. El-Shahaby
Mobile Phone: 01223106785
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