Yasser Gaber

Yasser Gaber
Beni Suef University | BSU · Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Professor
Faculty of Pharmacy, Mutah university Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University

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Introduction
As someone who has had the privilege of studying, teaching, and working at several prestigious universities, including Lund University in Sweden, Groningen University in the Netherlands, Lincoln University in the UK, Cairo University in Egypt, and Mutah University in Jordan, I have gained exceptional experience in leadership, research, and teaching. In 2017, I received the Encouragement Award from Beni-Suef University, I served as the Vice Dean and director of international ranking office.
Additional affiliations
September 2018 - September 2019
Mu’tah University
Position
  • Professor (Associate)
November 2012 - present
University of Groningen
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  • Guest Researcher
April 2008 - May 2012
Lund University
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  • PhD
Education
April 2008 - May 2012
Lund University
Field of study
  • Biotechnology
December 2004 - March 2007
Cairo University
Field of study
  • Microbiology

Publications

Publications (90)
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A highly functionalized six-membered cyclic carbonate, methacrylated trimethylolpropane (TMP) cyclic carbonate, which can be used as a potential monomer for bisphenol-free polycarbonates and isocyanate-free polyurethanes, was synthesized by two steps transesterifications catalyzed by immobilized Candida antarctica lipase B, Novozym®435 (N435) follo...
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تصنيفات التايمز للتأثير تعريف بالتصنيف THE impact rankings
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Objectives The phytochemicals in the aerial parts of Euphorbia paralias (also known as Sea Spurge) and their anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities were investigated. Methods The methanolic extract was characterized using GC-MS and HPLC techniques. The anti-inflammatory feature was estimated through a Human Red Blood Cell (HRBC) membrane s...
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Tephrosia purpurea subsp. apollinea belongs to the family Fabaceae, and it is distributed in the delta region of Egypt. It has been used in traditional medicine for the management of various diseases. This study aimed to identify the phytochemicals utilizing LC/MS, and biological properties of a methanolic extract of Tephrosia purpurea subsp. apoll...
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The Excel file provided herein serves as a comprehensive matrix designed to interconnect various dimensions within Mutah University's pharmacy program. It encompasses courses, assessments, Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs), training modules, and specific domain expertise. This tool is instrumental for program evaluation, offering versatile filtering...
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Background and Objectives: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major concern in Jordanian hospitals in terms of infection control. The purpose of this study was to identify the resistance patterns of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from surfaces of critical locations within the Al-Karak Governmental Hospital in 2019. Addi...
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SciVal is a database hosted by Elsevier that is devoted to analyzing the performance of scientific output across the globe. It includes data from peer-reviewed publications, scientific journals, patents, data about authors, and various analytics that enable policy makers in universities and institutes to monitor their scientific performance and eas...
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I dedicated over three years to my inaugural PhD project, which was geared towards utilizing an enzyme to catalyze the synthesis of a biodegradable biosurfactant. Lipase enzyme is known to hydrolyze esters, however, if you use a water free medium, you can do the reversed action i.e. you can form ester starting from alcohol and acid. We published th...
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في عام 2014-2015 , اقترحت على معالي الأستاذ الدكتور نائب رئيس الجامعة للدارسات العليا والبحوث ( أ د طريف شوقي فرج أنذاك ) مقترحا لترميز مباني وغرف جامعة بني سويف , لما في ذلك من تسهيل لعدد من الأمور خاصة في مجال سهولة مشاركة الموارد وإيجاد الأجهزة والمواد الكيمياوية وسهولة متابعة الانشاءات . بدأنا بالفعل العمل على المشروع , الا ان الوقت لم يسعفنا ل...
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Congratulations on your recent Ph.D. achievement! If you studied abroad in a European country, the USA, or Canada and are considering returning to your home country to commence your academic career, you may encounter unique challenges. Developing countries, including those in the Middle East, often have different research conditions compared to the...
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Here are some crucial do's and don'ts to polish and enhance your LinkedIn profile. If you're an academic, your LinkedIn profile is an invaluable tool for showcasing your capabilities. Let's explore some key tips and tricks:
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لقد قضيت سنوات عديدة أدرس في الخارج، تجربة رائعة حقا عندما تتيح لك الفرصة بالدخول إلى هذه المعامل المدهشة. لمن مر بتجربة البحث العلمي في دول العالم الثالث، يمكنه أي يشعر بمتعة العمل في تلك المعامل المجهزة وكأنه يقضي فترة إجازة في إحدى الفنادق الخمس نجوم .
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في عالم متسارع التطور والتقدم، تبقى الجامعات معاقل المعرفة ومصادر الإلهام للمبدعين والمبتكرين. لهذا، يُطرح سؤال حول كيف يمكن أن تتطور الجامعات لتواكب هذا العصر الجديد؟ الجواب يكمن في كيفية تصميمها وبنائها. في هذا المقال، سنستعرض التوجه الحديث في تصميم وبناء الجامعات، والذي يتعدى النظرة التقليدية للتخطيط على أساس الكليات الفردية، ليشمل النظر إلى الج...
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Engaging in administrative work offers numerous advantages, including the acquisition of special skills that cannot be obtained through any other means. One aspect that has been truly inspiring in my administrative journey is the active involvement of undergraduate students in volunteer activities. In my point of view, students represent a crucial...
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Web of Science CV Yasser Gaber June 2023
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Scientists with good behavior act as role models to their colleagues and students and implant the concepts of integrity and research ethics. Scientific practice is not limited to teaching the basics of molecular biology and how to clone a gene. It is a holistic experience that prepares new scientists to join the scientific community. I would like t...
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Addressing the Limitations of Current University Ranking Systems
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Addressing Weaknesses in Governmental Universities
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Water treatment systems play an essential role in dialysis therapy. The control of bacteriological water quality is vital to ensure a better quality of hemodialysis patient’s life. The current study assessed the microbiological quality of the hemodialysis water system of four hemodialysis centers located in major public health centers in Amman, Jo...
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Background and Objectives: Dental caries is a breakdown of the teeth enamel due to harmful bacteria, lack of oral hygiene, and sugar consumption. The acid-producing bacterium Streptococcus mutans is the leading cause of dental caries. Dextranase is an enzyme that can degrade dextran to low molecular weight fractions, which have many therapeutic and...
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Background Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) such as anthracene are one of the most toxic contaminants to our environment. Microbial biodegradation of these xenobiotics is a cost-effective technological solution. The present study aimed to recover some bacterial isolates from Beni-Suef Governorate in Egypt with high capabilities of anthracene...
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Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) and polysaccharide meningococcal (pMen) vaccines are required to travel to some countries, medical staff to deal with disease carriers, and for special cases as well. However, there were not enough studies on the immunogenic intervention between them when given together or in combination. Hence, we tried to assess the...
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Cholera and hepatitis A are serious infections spread by consuming contaminated food or water. Vaccination is the most effective strategy to prevent them. Inactivated vaccines are available for both diseases. Our goal in this study is to evaluate the immunogenic response of hepatitis A and cholera combination vaccines compared to the separate vacci...
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Annual report (2021-2022), Faculty of pharmacy, Mutah Univeristy
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الدليل الإرشادي الصادر عام 2022 لطلاب كلية الصيدلة جامعة مؤتة
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The Faculty of Pharmacy is one of the scientific faculties of the Ancient Mutah University, the third oldest university in Jordan and the newly awarded five-star for Global QS Assessment to become the third university in Jordan to receive this classification. On campus, the faculty is equipped to provide educational and training services to the fac...
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The rising antimicrobial resistance is particularly alarming for Acinetobacter baumannii, calling for the discovery and evaluation of alternatives to treat A. baumannii infections. Some bacteriophages produce a structural protein that depolymerizes capsular exopolysaccharide. Such purified depolymerases are considered as novel antivirulence compoun...
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Bio‐based 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) serves as an important platform for several chemicals, among which 2,5‐furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) has attracted considerable interest as a monomer for the production of polyethylene furanoate (PEF), a potential alternative for fossil‐based polyethylene terephthalate (PET). This study is based on the HMF o...
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Selective oxidation reactions represent a challenging task for conventional organic chemistry. Whole-cell biocatalysis provides a very convenient, easy to apply method to carry out different selective oxidation reactions including chemo-, regio-, and enantio-selective reactions. Streptomyces species are important biocatalysts as they can catalyze t...
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BCG and conjugated meningococcal vaccines (cMen) are part of the recommended immunization program for young children (<5 years) in many countries all over the world. However, there was no immunogenicity supportive data to assess the effect of BCG and cMen vaccines when combined or co-administrated. Therefore, we sought to evaluate the antibody resp...
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Bacteriophage-encoded lysins are increasingly reported as alternatives to combat Acinetobacter baumannii infections, for which limited therapeutic options are available. Some lysins, such as LysMK34, have a C-terminal amphipathic helix allowing them to penetrate the otherwise-impermeable outer membrane barrier. Another approach to kill Gram-negativ...
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Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a major health problem for people intubated in intensive care units (ICUs), leading to increased mortality rates, hospital stay, and treatment costs. In the present study, the core pathogens causing VAP in Beni-Suef University's Hospital, Egypt, was investigated over a study period of 2 years (201...
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Scival based statistics - evaluation of the Scientific research output factually of pharmacy Mutah University
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Dead sea soil is known for its hypersaline environment and it is a promising location for isolating extremophilic bacteria with interesting metabolic features. In the current study, we isolated a gram-positive bacterium with the ability to degrade 2,6-dimethyl pyridine (2,6-DMP), also known as 2,6-lutidine, a chemical pollutant. The isolated bacter...
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Chitosan and alginate salts are natural biopolymers that have gained recent attention in the biomedical sectors. Their properties allow them to become potential candidates as safe, cheap, and effective vaccine adjuvants. The present study aimed to enhance the immunogenic response of a current injectable killed cholera vaccine (KCV) using chitosan a...
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Since the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in 2019, it has remained a significant global threat, especially with the newly evolved variants. Despite the presence of different COVID-19 vaccines, the discovery of proper antiviral therapeutics is an urgent necessity. Nature is considered as a historical trove for drug discovery, especially in glob...
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Annoucement to the online conference on 27th February, faculty of pharmacy, Mutah University, Jordan.
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Fungal endophytes are a major source of anti-infective agents and other medically relevant compounds. However, their classical blinded-chemical investigation is a challenging process due to their highly complex chemical makeup. Thus, utilizing cheminformatics tools such as metabolomics and computer-aided modelling is of great help deal with such co...
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The prevalence of extensively and pandrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii leaves little or no therapeutic options for treatment for this bacterial pathogen. Bacteriophages and their lysins represent attractive alternative antibacterial strategies in this regard. We used the extensively drug-resistant A. baumannii strain MK34 to isolate the bacter...
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Asymmetric oxidation of prochiral sulfides is a direct means for production of enantiopure sulfoxides which are important in organic synthesis and the pharmaceutical industry. In the present study, Streptomyces glaucescens GLA.0 was employed for stereoselective oxidation of prochiral sulfides. Growing cells selectively catalyzed the oxidation of ph...
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Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are relatively new enzymes that have been discovered 10 years ago. LPMOs comprise a diverse group of enzymes which play a pivotal role in the depolymerization of sugar-based biopolymers including cellulose, hemicellulose, chitin, and starch. Their mechanism of action relies on the correct coordination of...
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Background Cellulose, the major component of the plant cell wall, is the most abundant and cheap polymer on earth. It can be used by varieties of cellulolytic enzymes. Cellulases can hydrolyze cellulose to its glucose monomers, which can be fermented to many biotechnological products, such as biochemicals, bioplastics, and biofuels. Actinomycetes a...
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The diversity of actinomycetes associated with the marine sponge Coscinoderma mathewsi collected from Hurghada (Egypt) was studied. Twenty-three actinomycetes were separated and identified based on the 16S rDNA gene sequence analysis. Out of them, three isolates were classified as novel species of the genera Micromonospora, Nocardia, and Gordonia....
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بداية النص المترجم في غضون أسابيع قليلة ، سيتعين على القادة في جميع أنحاء العالم البدء في اتخاذ قرارات بشأن رفع سياسات الحظر ، مع عواقب اجتماعية واقتصادية وسياسية هامة. في هذه المقالة , نقترح إطارًا لما يمكن القول إنه أصعب تحدٍ صحي واجهته الحكومات منذ بداية هذا القرن: استراتيجية خروج مسؤولة عن الإغلاق
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COVID-19 pandemic surprised all world and affected all the sectors including the higher education sector. In response to this pandemic, most of the educational activities were suspended in most of the affected countries. In Jordan, all students either at higher education or basic education were shifted to online distant learning. The following repo...
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The numerous recent hepatitis A outbreaks emphasize the need for vaccination; despite the effectiveness of the current ones, developments are needed to overcome its high cost plus some immune response limitations. Our study aims to evaluate the use of chitosan and alginate-coated chitosan nanoparticles as an adjuvant/carrier for the hepatitis A vac...
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Purpose: Acinetobacter baumannii is as an opportunistic pathogen, and is among the most problematic nosocomial infections as well as community acquired infections. This retrospective study was conducted as an attempt to determine the prevalence of multidrug-resistant A. baumannii (MDRAB) isolates from north and central Jordan area during 2018. Me...
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Chitosan is a natural nontoxic biopolymer which is converted from chitin by deacetylation. Several researches showed that chitosan could effectively enhance both humoral and cell-mediated immune responses for different antigens. But there is no study about the adjuvant effect of chitosan on Hepatitis A vaccine. In the current study, we compared the...
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During the course pharmaceutical biotechnology, autumn 2019, faculty of pharmacy , mutah university, Farah Alhabahbeh wrote about nanbiotechnology.
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Colon cancer is a complex disease that involves numerous genetic alterations that change the normal colonic mucosa into invasive adenocarcinoma. In the current study, the protective effects of inulin (prebiotic), Lactobacillus casei (L. casei, probiotic) and their combination (synbiotic) on 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH)-induced colon cancer in male S...
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The current study aims to evaluate the dynamic response of stabilized cohesive soil using an enzymatic preparation in terms of resilient modulus. We ran a series of resilient modulus testing according to AASHTO T307 on three types of cohesive soil treated with an enzymatic preparation to investigate its potential on roads construction. The results...
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Microbial geotechnology is the use of microorganisms and/or their derivatives to alter engineering properties of soil for improving its stability, strength and stiffness. Ureases hydrolyze urea in the soil leading to CaCO3 precipitation, which binds soil particles together (biocementation). In the present study, nine Egyptian soils were screened fo...
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The course portfolio, practical pharmaceutical microbiology, Faculty of pharmacy, Mutah University, Jordan. Course coordinator: Dr Yasser Gaber
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Structural biology is a branch of biological sciences that deals with the molecular structure of biological macromolecule structures like proteins, DNA, and RNA. Getting acquainted with spatial positions of the molecular atoms, the cavities, channels, pores, and clefts found in the macromolecular structure can explain many phenomena such as the mec...
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Soils with poor bearing capacities represent a challenge to construction engineers, therefore continuous investigation of different additives and stabilizers is sought in order to improve such weak soils and reduce the cost of replacement. In this paper, an experimental program is adopted to investigate the effect of environmentally friendly materi...
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Exam biotechnology course , faculty of pharmacy , beni-suef university 2018
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Homology modeling for NAGBP(N-Acetylglucosamine binding protein)for finds the most appropriate template and best resolution for building model, we search for the first protein structure sequence in the cazy database (AA10 family) and get the amino acid sequences from NCBI data base in fasta format, then by using amino acid sequences we get the prot...
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Can I participate in discovering new drugs? Yes you can despite low knowledge you might think you have. Structural bioinformatics will enable you to investigate the drug receptors found in our bodies and design ligands (molecules) that activate/inhibit them. The current workshop aims to introduce students to the concepts of 3D structure, dealing wi...
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Background and Objective: Immobilization of enzymes as cross-linked aggregates is one of the cheapest, simplest and effective techniques for improving their stability and reusability and even avoiding contamination of the product with the catalyst. Clopidogrel is a widely used antiplatelet drug, only Sisomer is the biologically active enantiomer pr...
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Bioinformatics is the application of computer technology to the management of biological information. gather, store, analyze and integrate biological and genetic information which can then be applied to increase and improve the understanding, discovery and development of many biological applications. Bovine Serum albumin (BSA) is used in this repor...
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae has two hexokinases ScHxk1 and ScHxk2 that catalyze ATP-dependent phosphorylation of glucose and other hexoses. ScHxk2 plays an important role in glucose metabolism and the process of bioethanol production. The presence of xylose in the fermentation medium was found to inhibit ScHxk2. Therefore development of ScHxk2 variant...
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Thermobifida fusca is a well-known cellulose-degrading actinomycete, which produces various glycoside hydrolases for this purpose. However, despite the presence of putative chitinase genes in its genome, T. fusca has not been reported to grow on chitin as sole carbon source. In this study, a gene encoding a putative membrane-anchored GH18 chitinase...
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Workshop about responsible conduct of scientific research , funded by National academy of sciences, USA and held at Beni-Suef University, Co-ordinator , Dr Zynab Moahmed
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The 2015 annual department report for the microbiology and immunology department, faculty of pharmacy, Beni-Suef University. Summary of the most valuable scientific publications produced by the department members is presented, in addition , the department activities during 2015 were shown: e.g. participation in conferences and teaching activities....
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The scholar output represented by number of scientific publications is onsidered one of the main parameters that reflects the academic performance. The current report is based on the data published by SciVal®, the registered trademark of Elsevier B.V., regarding the total publications of each governmental Egyptian University in international peer r...
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The five-year research plan (2015-2020) of BSU focuses on building a base of researchers who are able to deal with different problems facing various sectors of our community (productive, service, national, voluntary, or academic), so as to develop society, enrich its culture and benefit the national economy in order to effectuate the social respons...
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٢٠١٥ - ٢٠٢٠ الخطة البحثية جامعة بني سويف " Research Plan 2015 - 2020 Beni-Suef University"
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Syllabus of biotechnology course - faculty of pharmacy , Beni-Suef university
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The project of Beni-Suef University Research City. International institutes collaborating with Beni-Suef University.
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Final report of the seventh HOPE meeting organized by JSPS with Nobel laureates, Tokyo , March 2015
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Arabic file - A commentary on THE times Brics and Emerging economies ranking 2015.
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The report shows the skill taught to the student during the biotechnology course , faculty of pharmacy , Beni-Suef University. The students were able to locate a gene from CAZY database, extract the DNA sequence, do Expassy translation , protparam calculations and automatic homology modeling.
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Background N-Lauroyl-N-methylglucamide is a biodegradable surfactant derived from renewable resources. In an earlier study, we presented an enzymatic solvent-free method for synthesis of this compound. In the present report, the HPLC method developed to follow the reaction between lauric acid/methyl laurate and N-methyl glucamine (MEG) and its envi...
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This paper presents a biocatalysis based approach for asymmetric hydrolysis of Clopidogrel, one of the most effective antiplatelet aggregators. Instead of the conventional “wet lab” screening method, we used an advanced chemical information retrieval tool, Scifinder®, to find suitable enzyme candidate(s) for the asymmetric hydrolysis. Scifinder® se...
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Most of the current colorimetric methods for detection of chitinase or cellulase activities on the insoluble natural polymers chitin and cellulose depend on a chemical redox reaction. The reaction involves the reducing ends of the hydrolytic products. The Schales' procedure and the 3,5-dinitrosalicylic acid (DNS) method are two examples that are co...
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Biolubricants derived from vegetable oils are environmentally compatible products due to their low toxicity and good biodegradability. Synthetic esters based on polyols and fatty acids possess suitable properties for lubricant applications, even at extreme temperatures. In this work, synthesis of esters from trimethylolpropane (TMP) and carboxylic...
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Scientists from Egypt, Sweden, Denmark and India have collaborated to develop a computational tool to assess the greenness of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) methods. This environmental assessment tool (EAT) takes into account the safety, environmental and health issues for all solvents involved or used in the chromatographic method....