SAAD MOUSSA Postdoc USA & ICGEB __________PROFILE________ My research interest is focusing on molecular entomology and pest management. In 2012, I established the Insect Biotechnology Research Unit at PPRI. In 2015, I have been appointed as a head of Central Administration of the Egyptian Plant Quarantine. In this period, I headed several national and international talks and signed several Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) to resolve the technical obstacles that face the exportation of Egyptian agricultural commodities. Currently, I am leading a research team working in Insect Biotechnology field to reduce insect populations attack major crops in Egypt. _________CONTACT________ Plant Protection Research Institute,7 Nadi El-Seid St., Dokki, Giza, EGYPT Phone number: +2 33372193/+2 37497085 Fax No. : +2 33372193 Mobile No. : +2 0100 4327393 Email ID: [email protected][email protected]__________SKILS____________ Research Teaching Training Leadership Projects SAAD MOHAMED MOUSSA, PhD Head of Foreign Agricultural Relations EDUCATION 2005: PhD in Insect Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India 1997: MSc in Economic Entomology, Mansoura University, Egypt 1993: BSc, Fac. of Agriculture Science, Zagazig University, Egypt POSITIONS HELD 2015-2016: Head of Central Administration of Egyptian Plant Quarantine 2015-Now: Professor of Insect Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Egypt. 2010- 2012: Head of Insect Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Laboratory,, Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC 2012 – Now: Head of Insect Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Unit, Plant Protection Research Institute. 2010-2015: Senior scientist at the Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC. 2005-2010: Researcher, Vegetable Insect Research Dept., Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI) Nov. 2007: Visiting scientist at the Department of Entomology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, USA 2007-2009: Post-doctoral position at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India 2001-2005: Senior Research Fellowship (PhD student) at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India 1999-2001: Assistant Researcher at Vegetable Insect Pest Research Dept., Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC 1994-1999: Technical Assistant at vegetable insect pest research Dept., Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS WON 2001, Ph.D.: Senior Research Fellowship (IARI) funded by ICCR, New Delhi India 2007, Received Visiting scientist program at the Department of Entomology and biochemistry and Molecular biology, University of Georgia, Georgia, Athens, USA, funded by US-Egypt Joint Fund 2007, Received postdoctoral fellowship from the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, Funded by United Nations Supervised the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology lab, PPRI, ARC Head of Insect Biotechnology Research Unit, PPRI, ARC
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SAAD MOUSSA Postdoc USA & ICGEB
__________PROFILE________ My research interest is focusing on molecular entomology and pest management. In 2012, I established the Insect Biotechnology Research Unit at PPRI. In 2015, I have been appointed as a head of Central Administration of the Egyptian Plant Quarantine. In this period, I headed several national and international talks and signed several Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) to resolve the technical obstacles that face the exportation of Egyptian agricultural commodities. Currently, I am leading a research team working in Insect Biotechnology field to reduce insect populations attack major crops in Egypt.
SAAD MOHAMED MOUSSA, PhD Head of Foreign Agricultural Relations
EDUCATION
2005: PhD in Insect Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Indian
Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India
1997: MSc in Economic Entomology, Mansoura University, Egypt
1993: BSc, Fac. of Agriculture Science, Zagazig University, Egypt
POSITIONS HELD
2015-2016: Head of Central Administration of Egyptian Plant Quarantine
2015-Now: Professor of Insect Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Egypt.
2010- 2012: Head of Insect Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Laboratory,, Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC
2012 – Now: Head of Insect Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Unit, Plant Protection Research Institute.
2010-2015: Senior scientist at the Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC.
2005-2010: Researcher, Vegetable Insect Research Dept., Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI)
Nov. 2007: Visiting scientist at the Department of Entomology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, USA
2007-2009: Post-doctoral position at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India
2001-2005: Senior Research Fellowship (PhD student) at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India
1999-2001: Assistant Researcher at Vegetable Insect Pest Research Dept., Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC
1994-1999: Technical Assistant at vegetable insect pest research Dept., Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS WON
2001, Ph.D.: Senior Research Fellowship (IARI) funded by ICCR, New Delhi India
2007, Received Visiting scientist program at the Department of Entomology and biochemistry and Molecular biology, University of Georgia, Georgia, Athens, USA, funded by US-Egypt Joint Fund
2007, Received postdoctoral fellowship from the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, Funded by United Nations
Supervised the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology lab, PPRI, ARC
Head of Insect Biotechnology Research Unit, PPRI, ARC
RAPD, microsatellite, and RFLP markers analysis, Bacterial genetics, Spectrophotometer Protein characterization, PAGE, SDS-PAGE
MS-Office, Internet, reference analysis using web based (BLAST, FASTA etc.) sequence analysis and designing the primers using database available in different websites
WORKING EXPERIENCE IN RESEARCH AREA
1994, working as a technical assistant for the Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), ARC
1999, working as an assistant researcher for the Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC
1999, studies on the role of some predator and parasitoids to control certain insect pests in greenhouse.
2005, working as a researcher in the Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC
2005/2006, Member of Potato crop panel
2007, Postdoc at USA to investigate the biochemical factors of Bacillus thuringiensis resistance in insect pests
2007-2009, Postdoc fellow at the ICGEB for two years
2010, established the Insect Biotechnology and Molecular Biology laboratory, Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC
2009- Now, I did supervise near to 7 MSc and 3 PhD students at PPRI and other universities
2010, Received the International Computer Driving License (ICDL)
2010- Now, working as Principal Investigator for several research projects and I am leading a research team working on several issues in order to reduce pest population using safe and ecofriendly
2013-2014, sending 22 researchers from PPRI to abroad to train them on the advanced insect control methods
2015, Producing a novel bacterial formulation to control potato tuber moth in Egypt
2013, Participating in IPM programs on different crops using biotechnology and microbiology tools
2014, Study the effect of bacterial compounds on the main insects that affect vegetable crops and study the factors for resistance development in these insects to the Bacillus thuringiensis
2014, Combating vegetable pests using bio-pesticides as a safe means to control major insects under Egyptian fauna
2014, Participating in the development of research plans for research and ongoing implementation both in the Institute and the department
2015, Lecturer on the use of molecular parameters in the identification of the resistance status in insects and the American bollworm at different research stations of the PPRI
Lecturer on the use of biotechnology in different fields inside and outside our Institute Publishing reports and scientific articles in the field of insect biotechnology Appear in a TV shows and radio station to talk about how to use the safe and advanced
methods in insect control Deliver a lecturer on the use of bacterial pesticides and identify the molecular
parameters associated with BtCry1Ac resistance to American bollworm at the branch of PPRI Institute at Zagazig Research Station , Sharkia and Sakha Research Station, Kafr El-Sheikh
Participating in several scientific panels at ARC to detect the problems facing different vegetable crops in Egypt
Participate in the preparation of various guidelines for some important pests affecting vegetable crops, the most important of which is the preparation of the latest leaflet of Tuta Absoluta
Assisting the Masters and PhD students; both at our Institute and ARC Project evaluator for international and national organization like STDF 2013 – 2014, Vice president of STDF panel for agricultural biotechnology Reviewer for international and local journals Established new laboratory for a new branch of insect biotechnology field at the
Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC
Sending researchers outside the country in research missions to learn biotechnological tools of insect control
ACHIEVEMENTS WHILE HEADING THE EGYPTIAN PLANT QUARANTINE
Building up a new strategy for importing potatoes seeds from EU countries Signing protocols with various institutes and laboratories to reduce the problems that
faced the exportation of the Egyptian commodities
Working with the Russian’s plant quarantine in order to increase Egypt's agricultural exports into their market
Opening new markets for the Egyptian agricultural commodities to increase their flow rate into foreign markets in order to increase the national income
Working with the Australian side to open the Australian market and New Zealand for the citrus, dates and Egyptian grapes
Establishment technical support units at the Central Administration of Plant Quarantine
Submit a proposal to the minister of agriculture while I was heading the Egyptian Plant Quarantine to construct a new building for it similar to those located in EU countries
Promote the export process for the Egyptian agricultural commodities
Communicate all the departments of the Egyptian Plant Quarantine electronically in order to facilitate and enhance the process of exportation
Reforming the legislations of the Egyptian Plant Quarantine Increase the inspectors ability by training them on how to inspect the commodities Giving an order to rotate the officers of the Egyptian plant quarantine every 6 month
over all the departments inside his/her directorate in order to enhance the ability of each officer and reduce the corruption; both methods and channels
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED 2003: Participated in National Symposium on “Frontier Areas of Entomological
Research” IARI, New Delhi, November 5-7
2004: Participated in National Symposium on “Crop Surveillance: Disease Forecasting and Management”, February 19-20, Department of Entomology, IARI, India
2004: Participated in National Conference on “Transgenic in India”, New Delhi 2005, Participated in the Plant Protection Research institute workshop, Cairo, "on crop
production using safe environmentally methods" 2005, Presented a research paper entitled (Monitoring of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac
resistance in Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner)) at Proceeding of the 6th Pacific Rim Conference on the biotechnology of Bacillus thuringiensis and it's Environmental Impact, Victoria, BC, Canada
6-7/8/2007, Participating in the International workshop on S & T innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
7-9/8/2007, Participating in the International symposium for young scientists on science, technology, and innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Participated in 1st annual symposium on BioEPOCH 2009, school of Biotechnology Jawaharlal Nehru university, New Delhi, India
2010, participating in the First International workshop on Industrial Biotechnology: Current and future prospective conducted by National Research Center and got the best poster prize
2014, participating in the first international conference on application of nanotechnology to purify the sea water
2014, participating in the 7th International conference on Molecular Insect Science, Victoria, Canada
Nov. 2014, participating in France-Egypt science day to present a poster about our joint project with the French partner
2015, Invited to attend the international conference on the cotton crop in the Mediterranean region
2017, Invited speaker to the 8th Annual Arab Biotechnology International conference to deliver a lecture entitled “Bacillus thuringiensis toxins: Applications and Destiny”
2017, Chairperson of sessions at the 8th Annual Arab Biotechnology International conference
SYMPOSIA AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES ATTENDED 2005, participating in the national workshop conducted by the Plant Protection
Research Institute, ARC, Egypt 2005, Participating in the 3rd international conference of Plant Protection conducted by
the Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC, Egypt 2008, Participating as an organizing member of the 4th international conference for
Plant Protection, RAC, Egypt 2009, attending the 6th international conference for the Mediterranean group of the
insecticide research, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt 2010, Participating in the 1st Scientific forum on NanoTech Egypt, Hilton Dream Bahgat
group, Dreamland, 6th October City, Egypt 2011, Participating in the 2nd scientific forum on Nanotechnology-based economy and
its application, Hilton Dream, Dreamland, 6th October City, Egypt
2012, participating in a national workshop on the scale insects and its importance at the Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC, Egypt
2013, participating in a national workshop on Nanotechnology: Diagnoses and applications in animal diseases resistance at Animal Health Research Institute, ARC, Egypt
2013, participating in a national workshop entitled” The Strategy production of Mango crop in Egypt, Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC, Egypt
2015, Participating in a national workshop on the role of biotechnology in crop improvement at the Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute, ARC, Egypt
2016, participating in a national workshop entitled “Registration process of the agricultural crop varieties in Egypt and worldwide at the Horticulture Research Institute, ARC, Egypt
2017, participating in a national workshop entitled” Role of research in improving the bakery products for community service
2017, participating in a national workshop entitled “Possibility of using the magnetic field to control the brown rots disease in potato farms.
TRAINING COURSES RECEIVED
2004: 21 days training course entitled “Microbial control of insect pest: constraints, current developments and perspectives in IPM” by National Agricultural Technology Project and Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
2005: 30 days training course on Project Management, Regional information technology institute (RITI), Egypt
2006: 12 days training course entitled “Science and technology for researchers from OIC countries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2007: 2 days International workshop for young scientists on science, technology, and innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2007: 3 days International symposium on science, technology, and innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2007: 13 days training course entitled “Insecticidal Proteins: Application and Regulatory issues” at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and biotechnology, New Delhi, India
2010: 4 days training course entitled “Integrated Pest Management and Agricultural Climate” , Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate, ARC, Giza, Egypt
2010: 2 days training course entitled “Resistance of Pests to Pesticides”, the Central Agricultural Pesticides Laboratory Guidance and Training Department, ARC, Egypt
2012: 3 days theoretical Course “RNA Structure and Function” at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and biotechnology, Trieste, Italy
2012: 7 days training course entitled “Bioinformatics Approaches for Analysis of High-Throughput Biological Data” Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
2013: one day training course entitled “Project Management” by Technology Transfer office, ARC, Egypt
2013: 3 days training course entitled “Business writing” by the Ministry of International Cooperation, Egypt
2018: 22 days training course entitled” Strategy and national security” by the Military Science Academy, Egypt
TRAINING COURSES AND WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY ME
24th Nov. – 1 December, 2013: Organized a training course entitled “Bt toxins and their applications” at Insect Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Unit, Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC, ARC, Egypt
26th Aug., 2014: Organized a workshop on Bt toxins applications and their final destiny
at Insect Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Unit, Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC, Egypt
SEMINARS PRESENTED AND LECTURES 1999, deliver a lecture entitled “Status of whiteflies and its importance in Egypt”,
Entomology Dept., Faculty of Agric. Cairo University 2002, deliver a lecture entitled “Role of Semio-chemicals in Integrated Pest
Management”, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi 2002, deliver a lecture entitled “Biochemistry and genetics of insect resistance to
Bacillus thuringiensis”, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi 2005, utilization of the molecular markers for detection of Bt resistance gene (s) in
Lepidoptera insects at Bulletin Entomological Society Ser., main building, Cairo, Egypt 2005 – 2009, Presented various lectures related to field of biotechnology and
molecular biology and its advantages and disadvantages at the Plant Protection Research Institute, Research Centers and other Universities across Egypt
2009, deliver a lecture entitled “Molecular approaches in Insect taxonomy”, PPRI, ARC, Egypt
2009, Deliver a lecture entitled “Identification of molecular markers linked Bt resistance trait in insects at the Bultten of entomological journal, Egypt
2013, Deliver a lecture on the role of modern biotechnology in insect control filed , PPRI, ARC, Egypt
2014, Deliver a lecture on Bt toxin and its enhancement in insect control filed , PPRI, ARC
2014, Deliver a lecture on Transgenic and Insect control at the training course conducted by Central Insecticide Laboratory, ARC, Egypt
2018, Deliver a lecture on the role of biotechnology in insect control to students of the faculty of biotechnology, 6th October City, Egypt
SUPERVISION
Supervision on MSc students 1- Hebatallah Galal Mansour MSc, Entomology Dept., Cairo Univ. , 2012
Supervision on PhD students 1- Nermeen Mahmoud Mohamed PhD, Fac. of Sci., Ain Shams Univ., 2013 2- Salem Mohamed Salem PhD, Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Uinv., 2013 3- Aya Ahmed Abobakr PhD, Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., 2016
PROJECTS RECEIVED 1- Principal investigator of the project entitled: Development of novel insecticides
against Spodoptera littoralis using RNA interference approach funded by the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), United Nation
2- Principal investigator of the project entitled: Monitoring of Bacillus thuringiensis resistance gene (s) in cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis Biosduval funded by STDF, Egypt
3- Focal point representative of the Plant Protection Research Institute for FP7 project, Funded by EU countries
4- Principal investigator of the project entitled: Enhancement of Bt bio-pesticides using safe and eco-friendly insect protein, funded by the ARDF, Ministry of Agric., Egypt
5- Principal investigator of the France-Egypt Joint project entitled: Destiny of Bacillus thuringiensis toxins in the target insect pests and their environment, funded by STDF, Egypt
6- Director of the EU-Egypt twining project, funded by EU countries entitled: Strengthening the Egyptian Phytosanitary Control System of Egypt (Central Administration of Plant Quarantine), the Netherlands (Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority), France (Ministry of Agriculture, Food industry and Forestry) and United Kingdom (UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
PUBLICATIONS
1- Saad Moussa and Abdel-Aziz, F. (2003) New record of Emnelia
monodactylus L. (Pterophoridae: Lepidoptera) on sweet potato in Egypt
along with its life history and parastization. J. Ent. Res., 27 (3): 261-265.
2- Saad Moussa and Fathy Abdel-Aziz (2003) Insect fauna of sweet
potato in Egypt; in National Symposium on “Frontier Areas of
Entomological Research” November 5-7, 2003.pp628-629. New Delhi,
India.
3- Saad Moussa and Abdel-Aziz, F. (2004) Seasonal activity of insect
fauna associated with sweet potato and its correlation with agronomic
practices in Egypt. J. Ent. Res, 28 (2): 117-126.
4- Saad Mousa and Gujar G. T. (2005) Inheritance of Cry1Ac resistance in
the transgenic Bt cotton selected strain of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa
armigera (Hubner), Egypt. J. Agric Res., 83 (3), 1061- 1078.
5- Saravanan. L, P. Savithri, V. Suchitra and Saad Moussa (2004) Effect of
insecticides on the Severity of citrus Canker, Xanthomonas citri in relation to
citrus leaf miner, Phyllocnistis citrella. Management (Abs): In National
Symposium on crop surveillance: Disease forecasting and management Feb
19-21, New Delhi. PP.73.
6- Saad Moussa (2009) Processing analysis of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac
in susceptible and resistant selected strains of Helicoverpa armigera