AUC Biology Department

Congratulations to all AUC Alumni for this amazing recognition 🎉👍🏻. Special congratulations to our Biology Alumni ‘16, Ahmed EL- Ghandour (Co-founder of the hit YouTube series El Da7ee7), on all of his great accomplishments thus far 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻…

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Congratulations Dr. Ahmed Moustafa (Professor and Chair of the Biology department) who has been awarded a grant to bridge coronavirus research disparities within the Middle East and North Africa, leading to better health outcomes.

Bridging the Gap: Ahmed Moustafa to Lead Coronavirus Genome Research in Egypt, MENA | The American University in Cairo Ahmed Moustafa, professor and chair of AUC's Department of Biology, has been awarded $2.1 million from Wellcome Trust for a project that will establish molecular surveillance of the coronavirus genomes in the MENA region, bridging research disparities and leading to better health outcomes.

Dr. Arthur Bos is currently collaborating with a university in the Philippines to conduct several marine research projects, but will be back at the AUC Biology Department in Fall 2022.

DNSC renews longstanding partnership with AUC - Davao del Norte State College PANABO CITY – Davao del Norte State College (DNSC) welcomed Dr. Arthur R. Bos, a professor from the American University in Cairo (AUC), for the renewal of Memorandum of Understanding between DNSC and AUC. The signing was held at the Conference Room, Administration Building, DNSC campus on April 21...

This post is dedicated to our lovely Alumi 🙂

Salma Fahem (class of 2016), Manon Ragheb (class of 2016) and Rowan Abdelbary (class of 2017) all graduated with a bachelor degree in Biology from AUC The Biology department with a concentration in molecular and cell biology. They proceeded in the field of research receiving their MSc. deegres. Salma and Manon got their MSc. in molecular and cell biology from Heidelberg and Pierre et Marie Currie (Sorbonne), respectively, while Rowan got her MSc. in Biotechnology from AUC in 2020. Currently the three of them are working as Research Assistants and Assistant Lecturers at School of Medicine, NewGiza University. They are now working on different research projects. Salma is working on cardiac regeneration, while Rowan and Manon are working on Immunotherapy.

Good job ladies 👏🏻, keep going and making us proud 💪🏻👍🏻🙂.

Congratulations Mona Allouba, one of our lovely Biology alumni, on your hard work and dedication 👏🏻👏🏻, you make us proud ☺️

The author of the March blog post; Mona Allouba!

Congratulations on your great work 👏🏻, our great Assistant Professor, Dr. Andreas Kakarougkas 👍🏻

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بارقة أمل لمرضى السرطان.. عقار جديد للقضاء عليه.. وعلماء: النتائج مبشرة الدكتور أندرياس كاكاروجكاس لصدى البلد : عقار السرطان الجديد أكثر فاعلية وأثبت نتائج مبشرة

AUC Biology in the News: Dr. Andreas Kakarougkas' team

مصر تستطيع - علماء مصريون بالجامعة الأمريكية يطورون أسلوب علاج للسرطان مصر تستطيع - علماء مصريون بالجامعة الأمريكية يطورون أسلوب علاج للسرطان يساعد في وصول العلاج للخلايا المريضة " برنامج أسبوعي يهتم بشئون العلماء والخبراء المصر...

Dr. Andreas Kakarougkas and his research team found that liposomal encapsulation boosted nedaplatin accumulation in lung cancer cells making this novel drug delivery system a promising candidate for future clinical development. Congratulations!
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Encapsulation of Nedaplatin in Novel PEGylated Liposomes Increases Its Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity against A549 and U2OS Human Cancer Cells Following the discovery of cisplatin over 50 years ago, platinum-based drugs have been a widely used and effective form of cancer therapy, primarily causing cell death by inducing DNA damage and triggering apoptosis. However, the dose-limiting toxicity of these drugs has led to the development of se...