Research Centers of Excellence

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Research Centers of Excellence II. Centers
under Reconstruction 3. Stem Cells and Tissue
Culture Lab, 2008 4. Nanomedicine Research Lab,
2009
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Stem Cells

• Current Treatments
• 1- bone marrow Transplantation, Leukemia and
  Lymphoma
• 2-Spinal cord Injury
• Potential treatments
• 1- Brain Damage, Stroke.
• 2- Neurological Disorders, Alzheimers and
  Parkinsons diseases.
• 3- Heart Damage, New and Old Infarcts.
• 4- Diabetes.
• 5- Deafness.
• 6- Blindness and Vision impairment.

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Nanotechnology

• - more effective drug delivery systems smart
  drugs .
• - Breakthroughs in terms of detecting,
  diagnosing, and treating various forms of cancer.
• - Scaffolding in nerve regeneration research.
• - Molecular systems that could be the basis for
  the regeneration or replacement of body parts.

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Action Plan

• Phase I Capacity building
• Phase II Lab construction
• Phase III Lab equipment, consumables and
  reagents
• Phase IV Research Protocols
• Phase V Accreditation of the lab
• Phase VI Clinical Trials
• Phase VII Marketing and sales of End Products.

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Action Plan
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Funding

• 1- 50 self funding from the resources of
  Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria.
• 2- 10 funding by CIQAP, Ministry of Higher
  Education.
• 3- 20 funding by scientific agreements and
  partnerships with national, regional and
  international research Institutions and
  Organizations
• 4-10 through joint projects with national and
  international Funding Bodies.
• 5-10 from stakeholders and non-governemental
  organizations.

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Phase I

• Capacity building

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Stem Cells and Tissue Culture Lab

• Partnership
• University of Mainz, Germany ( on going )
• Capacity Building
• Workshops
• Annual Congress 2008 " Future Medicine
• 1- Stem Cell Technologies.
• 2- Techniques for Stem Cell Separation.
• Consultancy
• Dr. Ahmed Sultan, Ass Prof Clinical Biochemistry,
  John Hopkins University, USA

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Stem Cells and Tissue Culture Lab

• Capacity Building
• Postgraduate Thesis
• 1- University College London, UK Surgery
  department.
• 2- University of Mainz, Germany Tropical
  Medicine department.
• 3- University of Bern, Switzerland Ear, Nose
  Throat department.
• 4- Imperial College, UK Clinical Pathology
  department.
• 5- Cairo university Neurosurgery Department.
• 6- Alexandria University Physiology, Histology,
  Biochemistry, Pathology departments.

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Nanomedicine Research Lab

• Partnership
• Nano-technology Lab, Northwestern University,
  Chicago, USA.
• Visiting Professor Prof Gayle Woloschak.
• Capacity Building
• Workshops
• Annual Congress 2009 " Nanomedicine From Theory
  to Therapy
• 1- Introduction to Nanomedicine
• 2- Frontiers of Nanotechnology
• 3- Hands on workshop on Nanoparticles

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Nanomedicine Research Lab

• Capacity Building
• Postgraduate Thesis
• 1- Treatment of HeLa Cells with
  Quercetin-Functionalized CoFe2O4/TiO2 Core-Shell
  Nanoconjugates , Pharmacology department
• 2- Study of the efficiency of titanium dioxide
  Nanoconjugates in targeting certain genetic
  sequence in DNA , Biochemistry department
• 3- The pathological effects of systemically
  administered tumour targeted titanium dioxide
  Nanoconjugates on the body tissues, Pathology
  department
• 4- Endocytosis of programmed Nanopartices,
  Histology department
• 5- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Ear Nose Throat
  department

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Phase II

• Lab Construction

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Phase III

• Lab equipment and consumables

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• 1- Magnetic Beads Stem Cell Separator
• 2- Inverted binocular biological microscope
• 3- Fluorescent Microscope With digital camera and
  attachment
• 4- Spectrophotometer
• 5- Gel Electrophoresis
• 6- Real Time PCR
• 7- Microtome, semiautomatic
• 8- Laboratory Microwave Oven (enzyme retriever)

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• 9- Vertical Laminar Flow Hood
• 10- Chemical Hood
• 11- CO2 Incubator
• 12- CO2 gas cylinder and pressure regulator
• 13- Universal Variable speed Refrigeration
  Centrifuge
• 14- Universal Variable speed Centrifuge
• 15- -80C Deep Freezer
• 16- Liquid Nitrogen Tank
• 17- pH meter
• 18- Electric Balance
• 19- Autoclave
• 20- Vortex
• 21- Hemocytometer