By Sally Elkhatib

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BySally Elkhatib
Library of Alexandria
By Sally Elkhatib
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Vision and Mission

• Mubarak City for Scientific Research Technology
  Applications (MuCSAT) is the newest addition of
  research institutes in Egypt that was directed to
  the development and renovation of industry.
• A decision to develop a science park in
  Alexandria region was reached in 1993 in order to
  acquire and improve scientific technologies in
  different areas of human life.
• The Mucsat occupies 250 acres in the industrial
  area located at New Borg El Arab City, west of
  Alexandria.

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Research institutes
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Genetic engineering biotechnology research
institut

• The aim of this institute is to develop new
  solutions for medical, industrial and
  environmental problems such as
• - Carrying out applied research in the field
  of biotechnology serving different industries.
• - Establishing strong links with industry by
  introducing biotechnological products and
  improvement of classical bio-products.

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Institutes Departments
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1-Proteins Research Department

• PRD is specialized in executing researches
  related to proteins chemistry, structure,
  functions, purification obtain large quantities
  of it
• modifying proteins structure aiming to increase
  the efficiency of their performed functions, to
  produce components with high economical values
  with preserving the efficiency of protein.

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Research Areas

• Bioactive proteins and peptides
• Thermostable proteins
• Protein biopolymers (proteins-like polymers)
• Protein-protein and protein membrane interaction
• Proteins structure and modeling
• Proteomics
• Protein expression system and affinity improvement

• Protein-Tagging
• Imaging, and microarrays
• Cell proteomics
• Expression and functional proteomics
• Biopharmaceutical products
• Protein downstream optimization and screening
• Bio-control proteins
• Peptide synthesis

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2-Nucleic Acid Research Department

• The department focuses on nucleic acids and
  research employing novel techniques for genomes
  studies, employing gene amplification, detection
  and transfer technology in different prokaryotic
  and eukaryotic systems, with the aim of
  optimization of the metabolic processes and
  traits of the organism.
• Research in genetic maps and Bioinformatics.

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Research Areas

• Molecular markers and their application in plant,
  animals, fungi, algae, bacteria and viruses
• Molecular typing of different organisms
• Designing genetic protocols for selection of
  important genes
• DNA and RNA microarry studies
• Engineering of vectors to fulfill requirements of
  biotechnology applications

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3-Medical Biotechnology Department

• Medical biotechnology department is the
  department dealing with biomedical research in
  the field of diagnostic, prognostics,
  therapeutics, vaccines, and stem cell research.

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Research Areas

• Drug assessment of natural and synthetic
  compounds
• Natural products and their bioassays
• Immunological and molecular diagnosis of diseases
• Monoclonal antibody production and assessment
• Immunogenetics of diseases
• Mammalian cell culture and stem cell line research

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4-Bioprocess Development Department

• BID focuses on the development of industrial
  process using different types of living
  organisms. These include, production of primary
  and secondary metabolites by microbial cells like
  enzymes, amino acids, polysaccharides, organic
  acids and antibiotics.
• Moreover, the activity of BID is now extended to
  the production of therapeutic proteins by
  mammalian and insect cells in cooperation with
  medical biotechnology department. New trends for
  large scale cultivation of plant cell and
  mushrooms were recently developed

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Research Areas

• Production of Enzymes, amino acids, organic
  acids, polysaccharides and antibiotics
• Production of biological agents for biological
  control and bio-faming
• Cultivation of mammalian cells for the production
  of therapeutic proteins using serum
• Production of pharmaceutically important
  compounds using plant cell culture

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5-Pharmaceutical Bioproducts Research Department

• Pharmaceutical Bioproducts Research areas focus
  on using biotechnology techniques for the
  production of biopharmaceutical compounds from
  plant, microorganisms and algae.
• The department contains a plant tissue culture
  lab.
• This lab also used for gene transformation to
  enhance the production of pharmaceutical active
  ingredients from plant

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Research Areas

• Production of biopharmaceutical compounds from
  plant,microorganisms and aglae using
  biotechnology
• Establishing plant transformation protocols for
  production of pharmaceutical active compounds
• Using molecular genetic markers for somaclonal
  variation identification...etc.
• Production and preservation of plant genetic
  resources endangered using biotechnology
• scaling up and production of biopharmaceutical
  products using different typs of bioreactors

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Arid lands cultivation and development institute

• The impact of ALCDRI on the future agriculture
  will become evident and result in a wide range of
  products, processes and services for the
  development of the agricultural and integrated
  industries in Egypt.

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Institutedepartments
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1-Land and Water Technologies Department

• Soil chemistry, physics, and fertility and plant
  nutrition , Irrigation and drainage technologies
• Arid lands reclamation
• Soil and water environmental studies
• Remote sensing and geographical information
  system

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2-Molecular Plant Pathology Department

• Viral diseases
• Bacterial diseases
• Insects and biological control

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3-Animal Livestock and Fisheries Research
Department

• Animal Production
• Poultry production
• Fish production

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4-Agricultural Industries and Food Technology
Department

• Chemical food analysis
• Packaging and processing of foods
• Dairy processing
• Sea food research
• Microbiological food analysis
• Nanofood research
• Sensory, chemical and nutritional evaluation
• Food quality control

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5-Plant Genetic Resources Department

• Maximizing economic laboratory of plants using
  tissue culture techniques

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6-Project Management and Sustainable Development
Department

• Department aims to undertake a series of research
  and studies in Economics of agricultural
  production plant or animal
• Developed programs using computer technology,
  Economics and agricultural marketing systems
• Studying marketing of agricultural products as
  well as, estimating marketing margins, study the
  problems of marketing the agricultural products,
  examine the current status of product marketing

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Advanced technology new material research
institute

• The mission of the institute is to promote the
  understanding, manufacturing, production,
  utilization and manipulation of new materials
• Adopting advanced technologies utilized for
  production and processing of nano-materials,
  composites, electronic materials and polymers
  through industry-driven applied research.

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Institute departments
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?Enviromental research natural resources
institute

• ERENRI will be a leading for cleaning
  environment, preserving natural resources and
  protecting the natural environment for future
  generations.

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Institute departments
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Research Areas

• Molecular ecology, biodiversity, conservation and
  documentation of the Egyptian bioresources
• Bio-monitoring and detection tools (biosensors,
  biomarkers, ecological indicators etc.)
• Development and/or innovate environmentally
  friendly biotech products (Biodegradable
  plastics, Bio-based materials etc.)
• Promotion of waste to wealth technologies aimed
  at cleaner environment and resource recovery

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informatics research instite

• IRI vision is to build the experience necessary
  to
• Provide technical consulting services,
• Contribute in the fields of computer aided
  manufacturing, multimedia, artificial
  intelligence, high performance computing and to
  participate in creating technical and scientific
  expertise in different areas of Informatics.

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InstituteDepartments
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Research Areas

• Data Networks
• Wireless Networks
• Data Networks Performance and Optimization
• Mobile and Cellular Networks
• Data Communications
• Information Technology
• Real-time Computer Graphics
• Quality of Service
• Robotics
• Distributed Database Design

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How to be a successful scientist??????????

• 1.    Do the experiment. Its fun to sit around
  and talk about hypothetical data and all of the
  potential implications, but at some point, we
  have to test the hypothesis.  The sooner the
  better.
• 2.    Realize nobody knows the outcome. Science
  is exciting because we work at the edge of
  knowledge.  The flip side of that is that its
  very hard to see where our project will lead. 
  Recognize its a journey and were just following
  the data.
• 3.    Dont overthink it. There will always be
  reasons an experiment could fail.  Lab
  experiments without risk are lab experiments
  without fun. 
• 4.    Experiments dont fail. They give us
  information.  Maybe that information is telling
  us that dropping our flask on the ground was not
  a good idea.  Data collected.  Lesson learned. 
  Next experiment.

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• 5.    Dont stop learning. Try a new technique.
  Consider switching fields.  Scary?  Absolutely. 
  But its more fun to be scared than bored.  And
  most of the time, we find our fear was irrational
  anyway.
• 6.    Analyze the data and be confident.
  Second-guessing ourselves can be a killer.  Make
  the best decision with the data at hand and move
  forward.  Future lab experiments may disprove our
  hypotheses, but thats how science works.

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• 7.    What will we really lose if it fails? Time,
  money?  We knew these risks coming in.  Double
  down and take a hit.

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Any Questions?
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