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Prof. Mahmoud Magdy Abdallah Awad
Biography
My research interests are related to biodiversity listing, applied genomics, and molecular surveys at micro and macro levels. Special attention is given to wild, endemic, and endangered non-model organisms and their relation to the surrounding environment. The research focuses on elucidating and developing molecular markers at genomic and transcriptomic levels and their application in studies of molecular systematics, population genetics, genetic conservation, adaptation to climatic changes, isolation by adaptation, and distance identification of species and hybrids. Applied methodology ranges from nucleic acids extraction, single-locus genotyping, fingerprinting, and the characterization of entire genomes or transcriptomes using NGS technology and related bioinformatics analysis and computational biology tools. The acquired experience was developed through postgraduate scholarships, a postdoctoral contract, conference attendance grants, scientific society memberships, and partnerships that formed a solid scientific network for knowledge exchange and project collaborations between Ain Shams University (Egypt), Murcia University (Spain), Huazhong Agricultural University (China), and Messina University (Italy), in addition to Institute of Industrial Biotechnology and Innovation (Dominican Republic), and Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV (Germany). This network was established through three international scientific visits, two short-term (10 months) & one long-term fellowship (48 months), and participation in seven international and eleven national collaborative research projects, four of which I was the PI. My position at Ain Shams University allowed me to establish my own line of investigation and research team named “Applied genomics and biodiversity”. Within the team’s scientific framework, we contributed to the scientific community by several published achievements oriented to identifying endemic, endangered, and wild species, listing species in digital records, taxonomical revisions, and distinguishing genotypes; as well as evaluating genetic variability and acquiring genetic information about crops with known productive traits. The achievements also targeted the impact of environmental factors and climate change on the distribution & spread of macro- and microorganisms from locations with extremophilic conditions. Moreover, to explore non-model organisms to provide genetic sources for green or white biotechnological applications. I was able to design and publish new bioinformatic approaches in plant genomics and the development of molecular-markers-based protocols (e.g., marker-assistant breeding programs) in horticulture crops and a patent registered in China for the identification of cultivated pepper. Moreover, the team was contracted to design and validate commercial kits for private companies in Egypt.
- Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture
- Department: Department of Genetics
- General Specialization : Genetic
- Specialization: Molecular Genetics
- Degree: Professor
- Current Status: In Working
- Official Email: m.elmosallamy@agr.asu.edu.eg
- Google Scholar: Google Scholar Link
- Research Gate: Research Gate Link
- Scopus: Scopus Link
- H-index: 13
- Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6815-6306
- Research Fields: Applied Genomics and Integrative Biodiversity
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Awards
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Education
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- Bachelor
- 2006
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- Master
- 2010
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- Phd
- 2013
Career Progression
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- Professor
- Year : 2024
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- Associate Professor
- Year : 2019
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- Lecturer
- Year : 2014
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- Teaching Assistant
- Year : 2007
Workshops
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Conferences
- Mahmoud Magdy, Mahmoud, Mohamed, and Fawzia Salah. “Inter-Tissue Relative Expression of Transferrin Reveals the Potential of Tilapia zillii as a Bioindicator for Water Pollution.” In AQUA 2018. World Aquaculture Society; Montpellier, France, 2018. LINK
- Mahmoud, Mohamed, Thorsten Tybussek, Mahmoud Magdy, and Andrea Buettner. “Status Update on Malodor Formation and Accumulation Sources in Aquaculture.” In AQUA 2018. World Aquaculture Society; Montpellier, France, 2018. LINK
- Soliman, Samah, and Mahmoud Magdy. “Lahun Pyramid, More Surprising Treasures Are Revealed: Fungal Diversity Analysis Using Amplicon-Based Metagenomic Approach.” In Medical Mycology, 56:S21. Oxford University Press, 2018. LINK
- Magdy, Mahmoud, Samah Mohamed Rizk, and Agripina Ramirez. “De Novo Assembly Pipeline for Comparative Plastomics in Plants.” In XIV International Conference of Scientific Investigation, 24:143–44. Ministerio de Educación Superior, Ciencia y Tecnología; Santo Domingo, 2018.
- Rizk, Samah Mohamed, Mahmoud Magdy, Mohamed Abdel-Salam Rashed, Clara Urzi, Olaf Werner, Rosa Maria Ros, and Agripina Ramirez. “Rock Inhabiting Fungi: Inhabiting Acts and Future Biotechnological Applications.” In XIV International Conference of Scientific Investigation, 24:196–97. Ministerio de Educación Superior, Ciencia y Tecnología; Santo Domingo, 2018.
- Elhifnawy, M., H. T., Rashed, M. A., Atta, A. H., Magdy M. “Population Structure of the Redbelly Tilapia Among Closed and Open Fresh Water Systems of Egypt.” In 4th International Conference of Genetic Engineering and Its Applications, Vol. 4, pp 29-30. Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 2016. LINK
- Saeed, A. M., K. Z. El-Baghdady, A. E. Zakaria, E. H. El-Shatoury, Magdy, and A. M. Osman. “Horizontal Gene Transfer of TrxB in New Selenite Reducing Bacteria Zobellella denitrificans.” In International Conference on Nuclear Sciences and Applications, 11:14. The Egyptian Society of Nuclear Sciences and Applications (ESNSA), 2016. LINK
- De La Cruz-Martínez, Elena, Mahmoud Magdy, Olaf Werner, and Rosa María Ros. “Genetic Diversity Is Related to Landscape Diversity in Funaria Hygrometrica.” In XV OPTIMA MEETING (Organization for the Phyto-Taxonomic Investigation of the Mediterranean Area). Montpellier (France), Tela Botanica, Conservatoire Botanique National, 2016. LINK
- Huwaidi, A, N Azmi, S Ikeno, M Magdy, and A Syahir. “Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids: Molecular Exploitation of Additional Radio-Resistance Mechanisms in Deinococcus Radiodurans” In 4th International Symposium on Applied Engineering and Sciences (SAES 2016), 4:5. Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan, 2016.
- Fawzia, S., A. Goda A-S., H. Nazmi, and Mahmoud Magdy. “Application of Breeding Methods to Production Genetically Improved Farmed Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus.” In 3rd International Conference on Aquaculture & Fisheries - London, UK (J Aquac Res Development), 7:74. LINK
- Rizk, S. M., Magdy, F. De Leo, M. A. Rashed, K. A. A. Soliman, and C. Urzì. “Isolation of an Extremophile Pseudotaeniolina Globosa Biovariant from Djosar Pyramid, Egypt.” In Sixth Meeting of the ISHAM Working Group on Black Yeasts “The Potential of Being Black: Extreme Adaptations and Pathogenicity.” ISHAM working group on Black Yeasts and The University of Tuscia, Italy, 2016. LINK
- Werner, Olaf, Sergio Pisa, Mahmoud Magdy, Marta Nieto, and Rosa María Ros Espín. “Everything Is Everywhere: Briófitos Cosmopolitas Entre Adaptación Local y Dispersión Global.” In Congreso de La Sociedad Española de Biología Evolutiva, 5:33. Nausícaä Edición Electrónica, S.L, 2016.
- Magdy, M., F. Salah, A. S. Ramirez, and M. A. Rashed. “Molecular Identification of Newly Reported Posthodiplostomum Sp. from Oreochromis niloticus in Nile River, Egypt.” In XI International Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Congress. Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Santo Domingo, 2015.
- El-Sakaty, Sahar I. A., Mahmoud Magdy, Hala El-Atroush, Magdy M. Mohamed, and Usama Abou-Salama. “DNA Barcoding of Three Species of Bryaceae-Musci.” In International Conference of Botany and Microbiological Sciences, Vol. 4. Egyptian Botanical Society, 2014.
- Chapuis, I., M. O. Paiano, M. Aboal, P. Sánchez Castillo, O. Jr. Necchi, and Magdy. “Estudio Molecular y Morfológico de Las Poblaciones Íbero-Baleares Del Género Batrachospermum (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta): Bases Para La Comprensión de Su Biodiversidad y Distribución.” In XIX Simposio de Botánica Criptogámica, Vol. 19. Banco Español de Algas (BEA), http://hdl.handle.net/10553/10624, 2013.
- Ros, Rosa Maria, Olaf Werner, Mahmoud Magdy, Marta Nieto-Lugilde, Sergio Pisa, and Samah Rizk. “High Genetic Diversity of Some Cosmopolitan Mosses in the Mediterranean Sierra Nevada Mountains.” In XIV OPTIMA MEETING, 141. Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy, 2013. LINK
- Magdy, Mahmoud, Rosa Maria Ros, and Olaf Werner. “The Genetic Structure of the Funaria Hygrometrica HEDW. Populations in Sierra Nevada (Spain) Using the Sequence-Related Amplified Polymorphism (SRAP) Technique.” In 3rd Physcomitrella Genome Workshop, Freiburg. https://www.cosmoss.org/physcome_project/linked_stuff/Abstracts/Poster.
ASU Awards
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2021
Award: Ain Shams Incentive Award
- Provider: Ain Shams University
- Field: Agricultural Sciences
- Category: Ain Shams Incentive Award
Scientifc Research Portal (92)
| Journal Name | Published Date | Sector | Journal Website | ISSN |
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| JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION | 2021-05-25 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 0721-7595 |
| Microbiology Resource Announcements | 2021-07-22 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 2576-098X |
| Egyptian Journal of Botany | 2022-01-01 | Basic Science | Journal Website | 0375-9237 |
| Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology | 2022-01-20 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 0273-2289 |
| Animals | 2022-12-09 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 2076-2615 |
| Antibiotics | 2022-08-18 | Basic Science | Journal Website | 2079-6382 |
| Horticulturae | 2022-08-31 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 2311-7524 |
| Archives of Microbiology | 2022-12-19 | Basic Science | Journal Website | 0302-8933 |
| JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY | 2023-01-23 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 0021-8561 |
| Molecular Biology Reports | 2023-02-13 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 0301-4851 |
| Agronomy | 2023-01-19 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 2073-4395 |
| Frontiers in Microbiology | 2023-05-18 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 1664-302X |
| PeerJ | 2023-11-21 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 2167-8359 |
| Frontiers in Plant Science | 2023-10-03 | Basic Science | Journal Website | 1664-462X |
| Frontiers in Genetics | 2023-11-14 | Basic Science | Journal Website | 1664-8021 |
| Frontiers in Genetics | 2023-11-02 | Basic Science | Journal Website | 1664-8021 |
| Horticulturae | 2024-11-20 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 2311-7524 |
| Plants | 2024-10-01 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 2223-7747 |
| Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | 2024-09-25 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 2296-701X |
| Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution | 2025-05-24 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 0925-9864 |
| Chilean journal of agricultural research | 2025-06-01 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 0718-5839 |
| Molecular Biology Reports | 2025-01-28 | Basic Science | Journal Website | 0301-4851 |
| Chilean journal of agricultural research | 2025-10-01 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 0718-5839 |
| Plants | 2025-09-08 | Basic Science | Journal Website | 2223-7747 |
| Journal Name | Acceptance Date | Sector | Journal Website | ISSN |
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| Biology | 2022-03-08 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 2079-7737 |
| Agronomy | 2022-06-23 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 2073-4395 |
| Frontiers in Microbiology | 2022-08-31 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 1664-302X |
| Biology | 2022-12-25 | Basic Science | Journal Website | 2079-7737 |
| Agriculture | 2023-01-14 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 2077-0472 |
| PeerJ | 2023-11-21 | Environmental And Agriculture | Journal Website | 2167-8359 |
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Nominated Awards
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2025
Award: State Incentive Award (Academy of Scientific Research)
- Provider: Scientific Research Academy
- Field: Agricultural Sciences
- Category: State Awards (Academy of Scientific Research)