The Genetic Engineering Research Center (GERC)             

                                                                                Curriculum Vitae

I- Personal information:

                                          Family Name:   Elarabi

                                          First Name      : Nagwa

Date of Birth   : November, 4, 1981

Sex                    : Female

Religion            : Muslim

Address            : Dept. of Genetics, Fac. of Agric., Cairo              

                            University, Giza, Egypt

Telephone         : + 202- 23790865

E-mail adress    :   elarabinagwa@yahoo.com

Nationality         : Egyptian

Marital Status   : Single

II- EMPLOYMENT:

Assistant teacher:   Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University.

III- EDUCATION:

1-      B.Sc., (Agriculture Science, Biotechnology,2003) Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo  University

2-      M.Sc., (Department of Genetics, 2008) Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University.

Thesis title: Molecular genetic studied on plant growth promoting rizobacteria

MEMBERSHIP:

-    The Egyptian Society of Genetics and Cytology

Research interests:

-    Biochemical, molecular and physiological adaptation of plants to extreme environments and the biotechnological application of its principles

-    Molecular phylogeny and biodiversity

-    Microbial transformation

IV- PUPLICATIONS:

Ahmed Gaber; Mohamed El-Awady; Nagwa I. Elarabi and Mohamed H. Soliman. (2007). Overexpression of             glutredoxin-2 from Cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803 in E.coli enhanced salt stress tolerance. Arab J. of Biotechnology, 10 (1): 13-23.

 Soliman, M. H., Mohamed El-Awady, Emad A. Metry, Nagwa I. Elarabi and Salah A. Moustafa. (2009). Isolation and identification of rhizosphere soil bacteria potential in  producing indole acetic acid. In press. 

Training programs:

Teaching modern technology in gene transfer and tissue culture. Sponsored by Higher Education Enhancement Project Fund (HEEPF)  and Cairo University (CU). February 26^th – March 3^rd 2005.

Introduction to Bioinformatics. Sponsored by Fulbright commission and Cairo University (CU). February 17^th – February 27^th  2005.

Teaching technology in Advanced Molecular Biology. Sponsored by Higher Education Enhancement Project Fund (HEEPF) and Cairo University (CU). February 18^th – February 26^th 2006

Teaching assistant:

 Help in teaching the practical parts of the following courses:

1-      Principal Genetics

2-      Gene Transfer

3-      Embryogenesis

4-      Genetic Engineering in animal production

5-      Introduction to biotechnology

Research projects membership:

1-Production of tomato plants suitable for cultivation in toshka region

2-Improvement of drought tolerance and photosynthetic activity in canola plants using gene transfer

      Technology (STDF project).

References:

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Hassanin Soliman     

Professor of genetics, genetics department faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University

E-mail: Promoh2004@yahoo.com

Dr Reda E.A.Moghaieb

Assistant Professor: Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University

E-mail: moghaieb@yahoo.com