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Dr. Youssuf Gherbawy
Name : Youssuf A.M.H.Gherbawy
Date of Birth : 28 - 9 - 1963
Place of Birth :
El - Rozykat, Armant,Qena, Egypt.
Citizenship: Egyptian
Marital status : Married,
The date of marriage is August 8, 1995. I have three children.
Present position:
Associated Prof. of Microbiology,
Botany Dept., Faculty of Science,
South Valley University, Qena, Egypt
Tel : 0020965335352
Fax : 0020965211279
Mobile : 0020106728374
Academic Experience and Background:
Lecturer of Mycology in Botany Dept. Faculty of Science, South Valley University,
Qena, Egypt from 1994. Then Associated Prof . of Microbiology from March
2000.
University Education:
« B.Sc. (Botany) 1985 from Botany Dept., Faculty of Science
at Qena, Assiut University.
« M.Sc. (Mycology) 1990 from Botany Dept., Faculty of Science
at Qena, Assiut University. The title was (Studies on the mycoflora of foodstuffs
and pens of cattle and chicken in Upper Egypt.).
« Ph. D. (Mycology) 1994 from Botany Dept., Faculty of Science
at Qena, Assiut University. The title was (Studies on the mycoflora of sugarcane
fields in Upper Egypt.)
« Associated Prof. (Mycology) March 2000.
« Professor of Microbiology July 2005.
Employment history :
« A
demonstrator in Botany Dept. Faculty of Science, Assiut University from
1987 till 1990
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Assistant Lecturer in Botany Dept. Faculty of Science, Assiut University
from 1990 till 1994.
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Lecturer in Botany Dept. Faculty of Science, Assiut University 1994 till
2000.
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Guest researcher Institute of Applied Microbiology (Agricultural Sciences
University, Vienna, Austria) from November 1999 till Sept. 2000.
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Assistant Prof. in Botany Dept. Faculty of Science, South Valley University
from 2000 till June 2005.
«
Professor of Microbiology in Botany Dept. Faculty of Science, South Valley
University from July 2006 till now.
«
Chairperson of Botany Dept. Faculty of Science, South Valley University
Level of computer command in teaching and research
:
I accustomed to use power point in my teaching, also I am familiar with
all DNA analysis software
Teaching duties :
1 Plant kingdom First year
2 Mycology Third year
3 General microbiology Fourth year
4 Host – parasite interaction Fourth
year
5 Industrial microbiology Fourth year
6 Molecular Mycology postgraduate
Supervision of theses and dissertations:
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Four master degree students. One thesis already finished (Higher freshwater
fungi in the River Nile).
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Two Ph.D. student.
Community services and other university activities
:
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I am the director of Molecular Mycology Lab. at Botany Dept.
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I was the supervisor of the solar energy project in my University.
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I am the director of the Sciences club at the University
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I am a member of organizing committee for the annual festival for International
Universities which held every year at South Valley University
«
I was a member of organizing committee for The 8th International Marine
and Freshwater Mycology Symposium, Hurghada, July, 7-12 (in Egypt).
lectures:
I got several invitations to talk about molecular typing of different Fusarium
species in:
«
Institute of Microbiology, Hannover University By Prof. G. Auling.
«
Center of Genetic, Agricultural Sciences University, Vienna , Austria By
Dr. G. Adam.
«
Institute of Microbiology, Technique University at Braunschweig, Germany
By Dr. B. Schultz.
Scholarships and fellowships:
1 Postdoctoral fellowship from Austrian Government
(ÖAD) from October 1997 till June 1998.
2 Postdoctoral fellowship from Austrian Ministry
of Agriculture and forestry From Feb 1999 till October 1999.
3 Postdoctoral fellowship from Institute of
Applied Microbiology (Agricultural Sciences University, Vienna, Austria)
from November 1999 till Sept. 2000.
4 Postdoctoral research grant from DAAD in
the Institute of Microbiology, Hannover University, Germany from August
2002 till November 2002.
5 Studying visit for Rothamsted Research, Harapenden,
UK, from Feb.,1, 2004 to May, 1, 2004, Financed by The Royal Society.
6 Fulbright fellowship for 6 months for research
visit in Arizona University from Jan. 1, 2006 till June,30, 2006.
Conferences and meetings:
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The German Society for Phytomedicine of Plant Pathologens (Berlin), March
3, 1998 .
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Sixth Egyptian Botanical Society Conference, Cairo
University,
24-26 November, 1998
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The German Society for Mycology (Tübingen), June 3-6, 1999.
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The Austrian Society for Mycology (Vienna), November 11,12 (1999).
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The second international conference on date palms held at Al-Ain,
United Arab Emirates, March 25-27,2001
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The first international conference for the
Egyptian British
biological society held at Ismailia July 29-30,2001.
Major Research:
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Identification of fungi according to their morphological features.
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Using PCR technique for identification of some pathogenic fungi.
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Using different species of fungi as biological controller agents for other
pathogenic fungi.
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Study the effect of some biological agent on the production of some enzymes
by different pathogenic fungi.
Research skills:
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Fungal identification according classical methods
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DNA extraction, plasmid DNA minipreps, PCR, fingerprinting, Southern Blots.
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RNA extraction and purification, Northern Blots, RT-PCR, in vitro transcription
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SDS PAGE, protein activity assay, bacterial expression, Western Blots
« Molecular
markers: RFLP (Restriction fragment length polymorphism), AFLP (Amplified
fragment length polymorphism), RAPD (Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA)
and DGGE.
References:
Prof. C.P. Kubicek ,
Institute of Chemical Engineering,
Vienna University of Technology,
Getreidemarkt 9, A-1060 Vienna, Austria
Fax : 0043 1 5816266
Prof. Dr. H. Prillinger ,
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences,
Institute of Applied Microbiology,
Nussdorfer lände 11, A-1190, Wien,Austria
Fax : 004313697615
Dr. G.L. Bateman ,
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden,
Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, Uk.
Tel : +44 (0)1582 763133
Fax : +44 (0)1582 760981
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
A) Articles in journals
1. Abdel-Hafez, S.I.I., El-Said, A,H.M. and
Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H. (1995): Mycoflora of leaf surface, stem, bagasse and
juice of adult sugarcane plant and cellulolytic ability in Egypt. Bull.
Fac. Sci., Assiut Univ.24 (2 - D) :153 - 179.
2. Abdel-Hafez, S.I.I., El-Said, A.H.M. and Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H. (1995): Seasonal fluctuations of soil and root surface fungi of sugarcane in Egypt. Bull. Fac. Sci., Assiut Univ.24 (2 - D): 131 - 151.
3. Abdel-Hafez, S.I.I., El-Said, A,H.M. and Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H. (1995): Seasonal variations of air, leaf and stem surface of sugarcane and amylolytic ability in Egypt. Bull. Fac. Sci., Assiut Univ.24 (2 - D): 113 - 130.
4. Mohawed, S.M., Abdel-.Hafez, S.I.I., Moharram, A.M. and Gherbawy, Y.A.M. (1995): Mycoflora of hair , feather and flooring materials under cows and chicken at Qena, Egypt. Cryptogamie Mycol. 16 (3) :223-236 .
5. Youssuf A.M.H. Gherbawy (1996): Keratinolytic and keratinophilic fungi of mangrove's soil and air in the city of Qena and their response to garlic extract and onion oil treatments. Acta Mycologica 31:87-99.
6. El-Said, A,H.M. and Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H. (1996): Keratinolytic and keratinophilic fungi of goat and sheep and in the soil of Emirates. Aswan Sci. Tech. Bull., South Valley Univ.17: 219 - 232 .
7. Mohawed, S.M., Moharram, A.M.,Abdel-.Hafez, S.I.I. and Gherbawy, Y.A.M. (1996): Effect of garlic extract and some organic compounds on feedstuffs fungi in Qena, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Microbiology 31: 129 - 138.
8. Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H. (1998): Effect of gamma irradiation on the cell wall degrading enzymes by Aspergillus niger. International Journal of Food Microbiology 40: 127- 131.
9. Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H. and Abdelzaher, H.M.A (1999): Isolation of fungi from tomato rhizosphere and evaluation of the effect of some fungicides and biological agents on the production of cellulase enzymes by Nectria haematococca and Pythium ultimum var. ultimum. Czech Mycology 51:157-170.
10. Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H. (1999): RAPD profile analysis of isolates belonging to different formae speciales of Fusarium oxysporum. Cytologia 64 :269-276.
11. O´Donnell, K., Gherbawy, Y., Schweigkofler, W., Adler, A. and Prillinger, H. (1999) : Comparative phylogenetic analysis of Fusarium oxysporum and related species from maize using DNA sequence and RAPD data. J. Phytopathology 147 :445-452.
12. Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H. and Abdelzaher, H.M.A. (1999): Studies on the mycoflora of cheese in Egypt and their enzymatic activities. Journal of Food Mycology 2 (1):281-289.
13. Gherbawy,Y.A.M.H. and Prillinger, H. (2000): Root mycoflora of pepper (Capsicum annuum) antagonistic to Verticillium dahliae. Czech Mycology 52 (3): 219-226.
14. Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H. (2001): Use of RAPD-PCR to characterize Eurotium strains isolated from date fruits. Cytologia 66: 349-356.
15. Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H. and Farghaly, R.M. (2002): Mycological studies on chicken-viscera with the aid of RAPD-PCR techniques as a tool for confirmation. Mycobiology 30: 5-12.
16. Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H. and Hani M.A. Abdelzaher (2002): Using of RAPD-PCR for Separation of Pythium spinosum Sawada into two varieties: var. spinosum and var. sporangiferum. Cytologia. 67: 83-94.
17. Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H., Andreas Adler and Hansjörg Prillinger (2002): Genotypic identification of Fusarium subglutinans, F. proliferatum and F. verticillioides strains isolated from maize in Austria. Mycobiology 30 (3): 139-145.
18. Michael Wuczkowski, Irina Druzhinina, Youssuf Gherbawy, Brigitte Klug, Hansjörg Prillinger, Christian P. Kubicek (2003) Species pattern and genetic diversity of Trichoderma in a mid-European, primeval floodplain-forest . Microbiological Research..158 (2): 125-133.
19. Youssuf A.M.H. Gherbawy and Manal Yaser (2003): Fungicides and some biological controller agents effects on the growth of Fusarium oxysporum causing wilt disease of paprika. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection 36:235-245.
20. Fiss, M., Barckhausen, O., Gherbawy, Y., Kollar, A., Hamamoto, M. and Auling, G. (2003): Characterization of epiphytic yeasts of apple as potential biocontrol agents apple scab (Venturia inaequalis). Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection 110(6):513-523.
21. Hani M. A. Abdelzaher, M. M. Imam, M. A. Shoulkamy, and Y. M. A. Gherbawy (2004): Biological control of damping-off of jew’s mallow (caused by Pythium aphanidermatum) using selected antagonistic rhizospheric strains of fluorescent pseudomonads.. Mycobiology 32(3) 139-147.
22. Farghaly, R.M, Gherbawy, Y.A.M. and Yosef, M.S. (2004): Contamination of meat stored in home refrigerators in Qena (Egypt). Czech Mycology Czech Mycology 56(1-2): 53-62
23. Youssuf Gherbawy, I. Druzhinina, G.M. Shaban, M. Wuczkowski, M. Yaser, M. A. El-Naghy, H. Prillinger and C.P. Kubicek (2004): Trichoderma populations from alkaline agricultural soil in the Nile valley, Egypt, consist of only twospecies. Mycological progress 3 (3): 211-218.
24. Youssuf A.M.H. Gherbawy (2004): Genetic variation among isolates of Alternaria spp from some Egyptian crops. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection 38 (2): 77-89.
25. Youssuf A.M.H. Gherbawy , Hani M.A. Abdelzaher, Jochen Meens and Hesham El-Hariry (2004): Morphological and molecular identification of some closely similar pythia in Egypt. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection (in press)
26.
Youssuf A.M.H. Gherbawy, Thanaa A. Maghraby and Yassmin M. Shebany (2005)
Seasonal variations of Fusarium species in wheat fields in The Upper Egypt
(Submitted to Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection).
B) Contributions to academic conferences
1. Abdelzaher, H.M.A., Sholkamy, M.A., Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H. and Fadl Allah, E.M. (1998): Possible involvement of cell wall degrading enzymes in pathogenesis of Pythium spinosum Sawada, the damping-off fungus of Egyptian clover. Sixth Egyptian Botanical Society Conference, Cairo University, 24-26 November, 1998.
2. Abdelzaher, H.M.A., Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H. and El.Naghy, M.A. (1999): Damping - off disease of maize caused by Pythium deliense Meurs in El - Minia, Egypt and its possible control by some antagonistic soil fungi. The Annual Meeting of the Phytopathological Society of Japan held in Niigata University during April 2-4, 1999.
3. Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H. and Prillinger, H. (1999): Root's mycoflora of pepper (Capsicum annuum) antagonistic to Verticillium dahliae. The Annual Meeting of the "Gesellschaft für Mykologie und Lichenologie (GML)" and the "Sektion Mykologie und Lichenologie der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft (SML) held in University of Tübingen during June 3-6, 1999.
4. Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H. and Prillinger, H. (1999): Genotypic identification of Fusarium subglutinans isolated from Austrian maize. The Annual Meeting of ALVA (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Landwirtschaftlicher Versuchsanstalten in Oesterreich) held in Mold during November 11-12, 1999.
5. Farghaly, R.M, Gherbawy, Y.A.M. and Yosef, M.S. (2000) Evaluation of mycoflora in meat in home-refrigerators with confirmation by using PCR (Polymerase chain reaction) method. 9th Scientific Cong. 2000, Fac. Vet. Med., Assiut Univ., Egypt.
6. Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H. (2001): The use of RAPD-PCR for the characterization of Eurotium strains isolated from date fruits. The second international conference on date palms held at Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates, March 25-27,2001.
7. Hassan M. El-Sharouny, Faten A. Abdelaziz and Youssuf Gherbawy (2001): Higher freshwater fungi in the River Nile. The 8th. International Marine and Freshwater Mycology Symposium. Red Sea , Hurghada, Egypt, July 7-12, 2001.
8. Gherbawy, Y.A.M.H., Andreas Adler and Hansjörg
Prillinger (2001): Genotypic identification of Fusarium subglutinans, F.
proliferatum and F. verticillioides strains isolated from maize in Austria.
The first international conference for the Egyptian British biological society
held at Ismailia July 29-30, 2001.
