مركز بحوث و دراسات الهندسة الوراثية

كلية الزراعة – جامعة القاهرة

                   The Genetic Engineering Research Center (GERC)             

Faculty of Agriculture-Cairo University

 

 

                                 

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

                                 Dr. Sawsan-S. Y oussef                                   

Name: Dr. Sawsan S. Youssef.

Post: Professor of Genetics.

Date of birth: Oct., 14th, 1947.

Marital status: Married.

Qualifications

- B.Sc., Honours (Agric. Sciences), Fac. of Agric., Cairo Univ. 1969.

- M.Sc. (Genetics), Fac. of Agric., Cairo Univ., 1975.

- Ph. D. (Genetics), ,Fac. of Agric., Cairo Univ., 1981.

Posts occupied in the Dept. of Genetics, Fac. of Agric., Cairo Univ.

- Teaching Assistant (1969-1981).

- Assistant Professor (1981-1986).

- Associate Professor (1986-1990).

- Professor (1991 until now).

Scientific activities

* Courses in charge

Principles of Genetics, Cytology, Cytogenetics, Genetical and Cy1o1ogical

Techniques, Applied Genetics and immunogenetics.

* Research activitjes

- Supervision of postgraduate students (M.Sc. and Ph.D.).

- Articles published in Scientific Journals (see list attached).

- Attendance of local and international Conferences in Genetics and related disciplines for presentation and discussion of research papers.

- Participation in the Project "Increasing of N2 fixation in soybean using new genetic techniques". It was sponsored by the University Linkage Projects (Linkage between the Egyptian and American Universities) for two years from Jan., 1st, 1985. Two papers were released.

- Participation in the Project "Induction of genetically-engineered Faba bean

plants tolerant to viral infection". It was sponsored by the Academy of Science and Technologies, Council of Food, Agriculture and irrigation Research, Ministry of Scientific Research, Egypt. It extended for 3 years, Feb., 1994-Feb., 1997 during which 5 scientific reports were released.

- Participation in the project 'Lepidopteran Insect Resistant Egyptian Clover (Berseem)'. Three years 1998 - 2000 Phase II university Linkage (no. 119)

- Participation in the project 'Genetic Engineering of Rice for Resistance of rice Blast and Rice Stem borers' contract 25 from Academic Science. For three years 2000 - 2002.

 

c- Scientific Grants

- DAAD Grant, West Germany-July, 1983. Papers 4,5 and 6 (List attached) were carried out in the Inst. Fur Genetik der Universistat Hohenheim with Prof. Dr. C.U. Hesemann.

- Peace Fellowship Program (PFP) - June_ 1987. Papers 13 and 17 were carried out in the Dept. of Agronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA with Prof. Dr. R. Morris.

- Scientific visit to the Institute of Agriculture (Dept. of Plant Breeding) and Univ. of Salzburg, Vienna, Austria. Discussions on the ongoing researches and recent developments in Genetics took place with Prof. P. Ruckenbauer, Prof. E. Heberle Bors , Prof. Laila F. Tanash and many others in related disciplines during the period April, 14-23,1991.

Other Activities

-Member of the Egyptian Society for Genetics and Cytology.

- Member of the American Genetic Association.

Present Position

Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Cairo, Faculty of Agriculture, Giza, Egypt.

Research Interest

Improvement of Egyptian crops via plant biotechnologies.

Publications.

1- Morphological features and meiotic behavior of two Orobanche species, crenata and ramosa. Bull. Fac. of Agric., Univ. of Cairo. 35 (1) : 501-515 (1984). .

2- A study of hybrid vigor in some interspecific crosses between G. barbadense (Long and medium long stable varieties). and G. hirsutum. Bull. of Fac. of Agric., Univ. of Cairo. 35:1495-1504(1984).            .

3- Genotypic differences in banding patterns of Phaseo/us proteins. Bull. of Fac. of Agric., Univ. of Cairo. 35:1521-1532(1984).

4- Nuclear DNA contents of some species of Vicia 1. and some Egyptian varieties of Viciafaba L. Egypt. J. Genet. Cytol.,14:111-121(1985).

5- Kariological studies on DNA contents of two Gossypium species: barbadense L. and hirsutum L. Egypt. J. Ge!1_t. Cytol.,15:97-105(1986).

6- Chromosome C-banding in some varieties of Vicia faba L. Egypt. 1. Genet., Cytol. 14:229-237. (1985).

7- Faba bean induced mutants for resistance to broomrape( Orobanche crenata). In: Improvement of Grain Legume Production Using Induced Mutations (Proc. Workshop, Pullman W A. 1-5 July, 1986). F AO/Jaea, Vienna, 1988, pp 127-144.

8- Nodulation response of soybean lines to different strains of Rhizobium japonicum. Bull. Fac. of Agric., Univ. of Cairo, 39:127-141(1988).

9- Host x Symbiont genotype interactions in soybean inoculated with different strain combinations of R. jabonicum. Bull. Fac. of Agric., Univ. of Cairo 39: 155-168( 1988).

10- Electrophoretic protein banding patterns of induced v: faba mutant plants tolerant to broomrape (Orobanche spp.). Proc. 2nd Conf. Agric. Develop. Res., Ain Shams Univ., 1988 1:210-221.

11- Morphological and cytological studies in two Orobanche spp. : 0. uniflora and 0. aegyptica Proc. 2nd Conf. Agric. Develop. Res., Ain Shams Univ., 1988 1 :256-263.

12- Induction of mutations in v: faba. Effects of EMS on the meiotic behaviour. Proc. 2nd Conf. Agric. Develop. Res., Ain Shams Univ., 1988 1 :264-273.

13- Cytogenetic studies of progenies from crosses between "Centurk" wheat and its doubled haploids derived from anther culture. Genome 32:622-628( 1989).

14- Genetic variability in seed storage proteins and esterases of some Egyptian Faba-bean varieties. Proc. 1 st Arab. Conf. Genetics, Fayoum, Egypt 25-27 Qct., V 01. 1 :29-39(1989).

15- Levels of compatibility within and between three apple cultivars growing in Egypt. Proc. 1 st Arab Conf. Genetics, Fayoum, Egypt 25-27 Qct., V 01. 1: 129­138(1989).

16- Meiotic and pollen studies of three apple cultivars growing in Egypt. Proc. Conf. Genetics, Fayoum, Egypt 25-27 Qct.,"" V 01. 1: 139-150(1989).

17- N-banding technique as a tool in identification of some chromosomes in common wheat (Triticum aestivum). Annals Agric. Sci., Fac. Agric., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt 35:373-381(1989).

18- Protein profiles as a tool to detect genetic variability among Vicia species. Assiut J. Agric. Sci., 21 :303-317(1990).

19- Effect of genotypes, spike pretreatment, media and microspore development stages on the efficiency of wheat anther culture. Proc. 4th Agron. Cairo, 15­16 Sept., Vol. II:741-748(1990).

20- Somatic embryogenesis in berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum ): The influence of genetic background. Egypt. J. Genet. Cytol., 23: 131-141 (1994).

21- Giemsa N-banding patterns in mitotic chromosomes of varieties of Zea ­mays. Egypt. J. Genet. Cytol. (1996-in Press).

22- Heterochromation patterns in 3 varieties of Zea mays as revealed by C-­banding technique. Egypt. J. Genet. Cytol. (1996-in Press).

23- Chromosome banding patterns in some Vicia species. Bull. Fac. of Agric, Cairo Univ., 1(1997- in Press).

24- Genetic fingerprinting of some cultivars and regenerants of clover (trifolium alexandrinum) detected by RAPD. Recent Technologies in Agriculture Proceeding of The 15t Congress of Recent technologies in Agriculture Faculty of Agriculture, Univ. of Cairo. 27-29 November 1999. Vol. Ill: 645 - 653.

25- Somaclonal variation in Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum 1.): Proceeding of Recent Technologies in Agriculture Proceedings of The 1 st Congress. Faculty of Agriculture, Univ. of Cairo. 27 - 29 November 1999. V 01. IlI:662 - 673 (1999).

26- Characterization of Three Isolates of Faba Bean Necrotic Yellows Virus (FBNYV) Infecting Different Genotypes of Vicia faba in Giza, Egypt. Bull. Fac. Of Agric., Univ. of Cairo.

27- Transformation of tomato plants by betaine aldhydrogenase (BADH) gene which is implicated in salt and drought tolerance. Xth. International Colliquim for the Optimization of plant Nutrition. April 8-13. Cairo, Egypt. Pp. 1-4 (2000).

28- Expression of betaine aldhyde dehydrogenase gene in transgenic tomato hairy roots leads to the accumulation of glycine betaine and contributes to the maintenance of somatic potential under salt stress. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr., 46 (4): 873-883. (2000).

29- A.M.M. Al-Nagar, A.E.I. Ragab, Sawsan S. Youssef and M. R. Al-Bakry (2004). RAPD assessment of new drought tolerance variants derived via irradiation and hybridization of some Egyptian wheat cultivars. Egypt. J. Plant Breed. 8: 255-271

30-.M.M. Al-Nagar, A.E.I. Ragab, Sawsan S. Youssef and M. R. Al-Bakry (2004).  Regeneration from Egyptian wheat calli subjected to PEG-induced stress conditions. 8: 273-286 .

31- .M.M. Al-Nagar, A.E.I. Ragab, Sawsan S. Youssef and M. R. Al-Bakry (2004). Performance and genetic nature of anther culture response traits for some Egyptian wheat cultivars and their F1 crosses. Egypt. J. Plant Breed. 8: 287-298 .

32- .M.M. Al-Nagar, A.E.I. Ragab, Sawsan S. Youssef and M. R. Al-Bakry (2004). New genetic variation in drought tolerance induced via irradiation and hybridization of Egyptian cultivars of bread wheat. Egypt. J. Plant Breed. 8: 353-370 .

33-              Reda E. A. Moghaieb, M. A. Elawady, Rabab G. El -Mergawy, Sawsan. S. Youssef and A.M. El Sharkawy (2005). Areproducible protocol for regeneration and transformation in canola (Brassica napus L.). African Journal of Biotechnology (In press).

34-              Elawady M. A., Reda E. A. Moghaieb , Rabab G. El -Mergawy, Sawsan. S. Youssef and A.M. El Sharkawy (2005).Biochemical and molecular characterization of drought tolerance in canola . Conference Fac. of Agric. Cairo Univ.

35- Sawsan  S. Youssef, Reda E. A. Moghaieb,  Saker M., M. A. Elawady, and A.M. El Sharkawy  (2005) Efficient method for plant regeneration and transformation from mature embryos of Vicia faba Conference Fac. of Agric. Cairo Univ.

36- Saker M., Reda E. A. Moghaieb, M. A. Elawady, Sawsan. S. Youssef and A.M. El Sharkawy  (2005) Molecular evaluation of vicine and convicine of some Egyptian faba bean genotypes as related to favism Conference Fac. of Agric. Cairo Univ.