Research projects

The faculty members of the Botany Department - with the participation of the supporting staff members and the administrative and financial officials affiliated with the department or in partnership with others from another department in the same college or other faculties or other universities - are keen to obtain research projects funded by local, regional and international bodies, in order to enrich the scientific research process Increasing the capabilities of the department's research laboratories and special units. Among the research projects funded by the Botany Department in the past few years are:

Project “Production of Biodegradable Bioplastics from Microbacterium Biotechnology”

Principal Investigator: Prof. Yahya Abdel Moneim Othman Laziq
Research team members: Prof. Attia Hamed Muhammedin, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Abdo Ahmed Abdel Razzaq, a. Wissam Muhammad Abdullah
Funding entity: Research Account Unit at Mansoura University
Funding Amount: 135000 EGP

Project "The ability of some Egyptian plants to protect the liver"

Principal Investigator: Prof. Omar Abdel Samie Omar Shehabi
Research team members: Prof. Muhammad Ali Abbas Shehata, Prof. Fikri Mohammed Hassan Risha, Prof. Mohamed Amr El-Mesiri, Prof.Dr. Abdel Hamid Abdel Fattah Khader, Prof. Dr. Faraj Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim Shobaki, d. Ibrahim Mohammed evil Benny, d. Mustafa Mohsen Mahmoud Al-Zayat, d. Elham Abdel Moneim Al-Saeed, d. Ayman Yahya Hassanein Al-Khatib, d. Mr. Hafez, a. Mahmoud Ahmed Ibrahim, a. Iman Muhammad Gharib Saeed, a. Ihab Mohamed Ali Eid, a. Ayman Sobhi Shibli, a. Muhammad Khalil Jaber, a. Mohamed Mahmoud Mahmoud El-Hefny, a. Sherine Abdel Aziz Abdel Salam, a. Hind Muhammad Ibrahim Muhammad, a. Ahmed Abbas Ibrahim
Funding entity: Research Account Unit at Mansoura University
Funding Amount: 150,000 Egyptian Pounds

Project “Cultivation of Non-GMO Salt-Resistant Wheat and Wheat Grass Crosses”

Principal Investigator: Prof. Samiya Ali Haroun El-Sayed
Members of the research team: Prof. Omar Abdel-Sami’ Omar Al-Shihabi, Prof. Dr. Ashraf Abdel-Muntaleb Mohamed El-Sayed, d. Shafi'i Ramadan Awad Al-Marsa, d. Mustafa Mohsen Mahmoud Al-Zayat
Funding entity: Research Account Unit at Mansoura University
Funding Amount: 110,000 Egyptian Pounds

Project “Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Indicators as a Screening Technique for Drought Tolerance in Wheat Genotypes”

Principal Investigator: Prof. Heshmat Suleiman Ahmed El Desouky
Research team members: Dr. Amani Mustafa Saber Qazamel, d. Bardis Mohamed Ahmed Makki, a. Mustafa Ismail Al-Najjar
Funding entity: Research Account Unit at Mansoura University
Funding Amount: 145,000 EGP

Project “A functional genomic approach to reducing nitrogen fertilizer dependence in cornfields”

Principal Investigator: Prof. Muhammad Ali Abbas Shehata
Research team members: Prof. Omar Abdel Samie Omar Al Shehabi, Prof. Ahmed Nader El-Sayed, Prof. Mamoun Ahmed Abdel Moneim Al Moselhi, d. Mustafa Mohsen Mahmoud Al-Zayat, a. Iman Muhammad Al-Gharib Saeed
Funding entity: Research Account Unit at Mansoura University
Funding Amount: 115,000 EGP

Project "Development of industrial methods for the production of microbial enzymes resistant to high temperature"

Principal Investigator: A.M.D. Amr Mohamed Hassan Hassan Awad
Research team members: Prof. Yehia Abdel Moneim Othman El Lazek, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Abdo Abdel Razzaq, a. Princess Essam Abdel Azim Ibrahim Al Mallah
Funding entity: Research Account Unit at Mansoura University
Funding Amount: 156000 EGP

Project "Production of biomass from Dunaliella alga as a renewable source for the production of beta-carotene, biofuels, food and forage"

Principal investigator: Dr. Ahmed Shawqi Al-Husseini Mohammed
Research team members:  Prof. Samia Ali Haroun El-Sayed, Prof. Ashraf Abdel-Muntaleb Mohamed El-Sayed, Prof. Dr. Amr Mohamed Hassan Hassan Awad, Prof. Dr. Justice Jalal Al-Din Al-Adl Al-Tanahi, Prof. Ahmed Abdo Abdel Razzaq
Funding entity: Research Account Unit at Mansoura University
Funding Amount: 200,000 EGP

Project “Biofabrication, Characterization and Multiple Functioning of Silver Nanoparticles”

Principal investigator: Dr. Bardis Mohamed Ahmed Makki
Research team members: Prof. Heshmat Suleiman Ahmed El-Desouky, d. Reham Abdullah Shams El Din
Funding entity: Research Account Unit at Mansoura University
Funding Amount: 150,000 Egyptian Pounds

Project "Commercial production of cyanobacteria as a source of unicellular protein using economical methods of recycling solid wastes from the beet sugar industry"

Principal Investigator: Asst. Prof. Eladl Eltanahy

Research team members: Prof. Heshmat Suleiman Ahmed El-Desouky, Prof. Mervat Hosni Hussein Ibrahim, a. Sara Saad
Funding entity: Research Account Unit at Mansoura University
Funding Amount: 300,000 Egyptian Pounds