President of Beni Suef University receives the winning research team in the Initiative of Scientific Research Academy to tackle Corona virus
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Prof. Dr. Mansour Hassan, President of Beni Suef University, received today, the winning research team within "Apply Your Idea" program launched by the Academy of Scientific Research to counter Corona virus under the guidance of President / Abdel Fattah El Sisi and under the supervision of Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
This was in the presence of Prof.Dr. Fatma Hassan, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research and the research team of the project, consisting of Dr. Mumtaz Higab, Dean of the Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Dr. Abdel-Fattah Badr, Professor of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Dr. Wael Abdel-Magid, Vice-Dean of the Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Principal Researcher of the project, Dr. Mona Sayed Abdullah, teacher at the Faculty of Science, and Dr. Hussein Shaban Hussein, researcher at the Faculty of Science, and Dr. Nada Hassan Mohamed, researcher at the Institute of Medicinal Plants, and Professor Wafa Mohammed, researcher at the Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.
The project won a one-million-pound financing of the urgent emergency grant for the project to extract anti-coronavirus compounds arising from medicinal and aromatic plants that have the ability to inhibit the virus and stop its spread.
Prof. Dr. Mansour stressed that the research projects come within the framework of the university's plan to employ scientific research, scientific capabilities and research capabilities to confront the emerging Corona virus and join hands with the state in addressing the most serious crises on the local and global community, stressing that the university has paid great attention to scientific research and its research cadres who are able to continue the effort in order to produce scientific results to eradicate the epidemic.