Gene Technology

Abd El Latif Hesham

Abd El Latif Hesham
Department of Genetics
Assiut University, Egypt

Biography

Dr. Hesham, graduated from Genetics department, Assiut University, He got his M.Sc in microbial genetics from Assiut University, and his PhD degree from Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, CAS in Microbial Genetics and Environmental Meta-Genome Biotechnology. He is Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board member and reviewer of some international journals with high impact factors. He is interested in Molecular Biology, Environmental Meta-Genome Biotechnology, Microbial Ecology, Microbial Genetics (Isolation, identification and sequencing), wastewater treatment, Biodegradation and bioremediation. He is expert in Molecular Genetics and biotechnological techniques (Clone library, RFLP, RAPD, sequencing, phylogenetic, florescent in situ hybridization (FISH), PCR-DGGE, MPN-PCR, reverse transcriptase PCR, real time PCR (RT-PCR) & Monitoring functional catabolic genes and the approaches to link diversity with function in the environment). He has published from 2006-2012 about 25 papers on Biodegradation and Environment Meta-Genomics.

Research Interest

Industrial Microbiology and biofuel.
Soil microbiology and enzyme activity.
Microbial Genetics and molecular biology.
Meta-Genomics and environmental biotechnology.
Biodegradation and catabolic genes.
Wastewater treatment and sludge bulking.