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El-Khamisy was elected for his track record in the field of genomics and his scientific contributions especially his work on DNA repair.
Sherif El-Khamisy, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Director of the Center for Genomics (CG) at Zewail City of Science and Technology has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Preventive Medicine. El-Khamisy was elected from 164 nominees to be the first Egyptian and Arabophone scientist who receives such an international recognition.
El-Khamisy was elected for his track record in the field of genomics and his scientific contributions especially his work on DNA repair.
"I am delighted to be a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Preventative Medicine, which is one of the highest recognitions in the UK and internationally. I am thrilled that the award now goes to an Egyptian scientist and hope that our research will open new frontiers in medicine, particularly in the field of genome stability" stated El-Khamisy when asked what this recognition meant for him.
El-Khamisy led an initiative at Zewail City to establish the Center of Genomics in 2012. As Director of CG at Zewail City, El-Khamisy leads a team of distinguished researchers at Zewail City, in addition to his capacity as a reader (Professor) heading up research teams at the University of Sheffield and the University of Sussex, UK.
El-Khamisy and his team are working on two strands: the first is to determine the mechanisms by which mammalian cells maintain genome integrity and unravel genetic and environmental factors predisposing to disease and modulating responses to treatment. In particular they focus on degenerative disorders and prevalent cancers in Egypt such as liver cancer.
The second strand is to identify new gene functions and novel putative drug targets for clinical intervention in pre-pathological and pathological conditions. The latter has been very fruitful with the recent discovery of new genes functions (Nature, 2009) and an on-ongoing drug discovery award from Cancer Research UK to develop chemical inhibitors for clinical applications. The CG has prolific research collaboration links with other centers at Zewail City, Egyptian and world-leading institutions.
Professor Sherif El-Khamisy
El-Khamisy is a leading scientist in the field of Genomics. He earned his B.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Cairo University and his M.Sc. in Biochemistry from Ain Shams University Egypt, in 1997 and 2000, respectively. His Ph.D. in Biochemistry is from the University of Sussex, UK (2005).
El-Khamisy’s work focuses on combining yeast genetics, molecular, cellular and whole animal approaches to determine the mechanisms by which breakage in one strand of the DNA double helix – the most abundant form of DNA breakage - is repaired and determine the impact of the loss of these mechanisms on tissue viability. His work will expand the knowledge around DNA repair and contribute to improved patient quality of life especially for seniors.
Zewail City of Science and Technology & its CG
The City is a non-profit, independent institution of learning, research and innovation. Its goal is to build a modern science and technology base that impacts national productivity through working together with existing governmental, non-governmental, societal and civic bodies.
ZCs operate seven Research Institutes with 88 academic staff. It has attracted 23 distinguished international academics and researchers. About 17 conference papers weere produced so far by ZC as well as publishing 21 refereed papers in high profile international journals.
The CG Center is a state-of-the-art facility to examine cell function and genome stability in health and disease. The Center aims to determine the mechanisms by which mammalian cells maintain genome integrity and unravel genetic and environmental factors predisposing to disease and modulating responses to treatment. In particular we will focus on degenerative disorders and prevalent cancers in Egypt such as liver cancer.
The Center also provides knowledge, technical expertise, and highly trained people, enriching the Egyptian workforce and providing fundamental support to industry investment and growth. The Center has a number of links with national and international institutes are such as the Children’s Cancer Hospital (57357) and the Sussex Center for Genome Stability, UK.
http://www.onislam.net/english/health-and-science/news/465589-egyptian-biochemist-a-geneticist-makes-history.html
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