Mervat Morsy Abbas EL- Gendy
Biography
Associate Prof. Mervat Morsy Abbas EL- Gendy has received her PhD in Cairo University during the period of 2002- 2006. Currently, she is working Associate Prof in National Research Center. Based on this research and fellowship training she has received several awards and honors, such as: Awards in the special 12th Anniversary Edition of WhoÃÂ¥s Who in the World, Cambridge Who's Who of Executives and Professional, Certificate of Appreciation from the National Research Centre for the best research outputs for 2011and 2012. she is serving as an editorial member of several reputed journals like Global Journal of Biochemistry, International Journal for Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Research, Research in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Clinical Reviews and Opinions, Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology and Sustainable Development, Journal of Metabolomics and System Biology, International Journal of Livestock Production (IJLP), Journal of Cancer Research and Experimental Oncology, Global Journal of Microbiology and Comprehensive Research Journal of Biological Science & expert Reviewers for journals like Chemical Engineering Journal, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnolog, BioResources, World Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Journal of Bacteriology Research, Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, African Journal of Food Science, Journal of Developmental Biology and Tissue Engineering, African Journal of Biotechnology, Journal of Pediatric Biochemistry, African Journal of Microbiology Research, Clinical Reviews and Opinions, International Research Journal of Agricultural Science, International Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, Research in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Oceanography-Open Access, International Journal of Biotechnology and Food Science, Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, Indian Journal of Biotechnology, Herald Journals of Biochemistry and Bioinformatics, International Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Academia Journal of Agricultural Research, African Journal of Microbiology Research and International Research Journal of Microbiology. She has authored research articles and chapters in books. She is a member of the Society for Women in Science in Developing Countries and Egyptian Society of Applied Microbiology (ESAM).
Research Interest
Her research has included production and evaluation of bioactive natural products from wild and genetic constructed endophytic microorganisms of marine sources against infectious agent and cancer disease, Evaluation of Some Fungal Endophytes of Plant Potentiality as Low-cost Adsorbents for Heavy Metals Uptake from Aqueous Solution, bioactive benzopyrone derivatives from new recombinant fusant of marine Streptomyces, Essramycin: A First Triazolopyrimidine Antibiotic Isolated from Nature, Novel bioactive metabolites from a marine derived bacterium Nocardia sp. ALAA 2000, keratinase production by endophytic Penicillium spp. Morsy1 Under Solid-State fermentation using rice straw, Keratinolytic Activity from New Recombinant Fusant AYA2000, an Endophytic Micromonospora spp., In vitro, Evaluation of Medicinal Activity of Egyptian Honey from Different Floral Sources as Anticancer and Antimycotic Infective Agents, Genome shuffling of marine derived bacterium Nocardia sp. ALAA 2000 for improved ayamycin production, Cellulase production from agricultural residues by recombinant fusant strain of a fungal endophyte of the marine sponge Latrunculia corticata for production of ethanol, Production of Glucoamylase by Marine Endophytic Aspergillus sp. JAN-25 under Optimized Solid-state Fermentation Conditions on Agro Residues, Phylogenetic Diversity and Antimicrobial Activities of Culturable Endophytic Actinobacteria Isolated from Different Egyptian Marine Sponges and Soft Corals, Overproduction and biological activity of prodigiosin-like pigments from recombinant fusant of endophytic marine Streptomyces species.
