الأسم: د/أحمد فرج أحمد محمد البـيـبانــي

العنوان : قسم أمراض النبات - كلية الزراعة - جامعة الأسكندرية

ش أفلاطون - الشاطبي  -21545  - الأسكندرية - مصر

           Tel: +2-012-2980-5973 & +2-03-3231068                                                       

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E-mail: ahmed.elbebany@alex-agr.edu.eg                                

  aelbebany@yahoo.com                                                                  

المؤهل	السنة	التخصص العام	التخصص الدقيق	الكلية	الجامعة	البلد
الدكتوراه	2011	أمراض النبات	أمراض نبات فطرية/جزيئية	علوم الزراعة  والأغذية	مانـيـتـوبـا	كــنــدا
شهادة في التدريس الجامعي	2010	التدريس لمرحلة التعليم العالي	-	كلية الدراسات العليا- وحدة الخدمات التعليمية	مانـيـتـوبـا	كــنــدا
الماجستير	2002	أمراض النبات	أمراض نبات فسيولوجية	الزراعــة	الأسكـنـدريـة	مــصــر
البكالوريوس	1997	العلوم الزراعية	أمراض النبات	الزراعــة	الأسكـنـدريـة	مــصــر

 

Ph.D. Thesis: “Molecular basis of Verticillium dahliae pathogenesis on potato” Supervisor: Prof. Dr. F. Daayf

M.Sc. Thesis: “Molecular and physiological studies on tomato and cucumber plants affected by cadmium and chromium water pollutants” Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. G. Hassouna

الـوظـيـفـة	الـتـاريـخ	الـمـكـان
مـدرس	مايو 2011 - الأن	جـامـعـة الأسـكـنـدريـة - مــصــر
Postdoctoral Fellow	نوفمبر2010 -مارس2011	جـامـعـة مـانـيـتـوبـا - كـــنــدا
Teaching Assistant	سبتمبر 2007 - ديسمبر 2007	جـامـعـة مـانـيـتـوبـا - كـــنــدا
مـدرس مساعد	أكتوبر 2002 - أبريل 2011	جـامـعـة الأسـكـنـدريـة - مــصــر
مـعـيـد	يناير 1998 - سبتمبر 2002	جـامـعـة الأسـكـنـدريـة - مــصــر

 

المشاريع البحثية:

الباحث الرئيسي للمشروع البحثي:

- Principal investigator (PI) of the project "Potato diseases and potential management strategies to enhance exportation" Total budget 150.000 EGP, Duration: 24 months (2012-2014). Funded by: Alexandria University Research Enhancement Program (AlexRep), Egypt.

:Research training 

 Assisting in the research project (2007-2011): Control of soilborne diseases through anticipatory activation of plant defense response. Principal investigator: Dr. F. Daayf, Department of Plant Science, Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

 From 2002 to 2006, research assistant for the project: Evaluation of pesticides effectiveness to control post-harvest diseases. 2002-2006, Department of Plant Pathology, Alexandria University, Egypt

 From 1998 to 2001, research assistant for the project: Production of biopesticides for controlling certain plant pathogens and pests, Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI) and Department of Plant Pathology, Alexandria University, Egypt

 April 2004, training course: Evaluation of environmental pollution by heavy metals, Environmental Sciences Division, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

 September 2000, training course: Analytical techniques for research, industry and environmental studies, Biotechnology Center, Fac. of Agric., Alexandria University, Egypt

عدد الأبحاث المنشورة دوليا: 8

عدد الملخصات المنشورة من  مؤتمرات دولية: 5

عدد العروض الشفوية (Oral presentations) لأبحاث مقدمة في مؤتمرات دولية: 6

عدد العروض المعلقة  (Posters)لأبحاث مقدمة في مؤتمرات دولية: 9

عدد التتابعات المنشورة في بنك الجينات: 185

 DNA sequences  in the NCBI GenBank database with accession numbers from HS099477 to HS099661 (El-Bebany et al., 2011. Environ.  Exp. Bot. 72: 251-257)

Daayf, F., El Hadrami, A., El-Bebany, A.F., Henriquez, M.A., Yao, Z., Derksen, H., El Hadrami, I., and Adam, L.R. 2012. Phenolic compounds in plant defense and pathogen counter-defense mechanisms. In: Recent Advances in Polyphenols Research Vol.3, eds V. Cheynier, P. Sarni-Manchado and S. Quideau, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. pp. 191-208. doi: 10.1002/9781118299753.ch8

اللغة	ممتاز		جيد جدا		جيد
	قراءة	كتابة	قراءة	كتابة	قراءة	كتابة
الانجليزية	x	x

الجوائز و المنح:

Scholarships and awards

- 2011 & 2012, Awards from Alexandria University for publishing  papers in the top 50% and 20%, respectively, ISI-indexed international journals

2010, Ian N. Morrison Award for Advanced Studies in Crop Protection, University of Manitoba, Canada

 2010, The Helgason travel award, Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Canada

 2010, Plant science travel award for graduate students, Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Canada

  Student travel bursary from the 7^th Canadian Plant Genomics Workshop 2009 (CPGW) organizers and the abstract was selected for an oral presentation in the stress response breakout session, August 24 – 27, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada,2009

 The Helgason travel award, Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, for attending the XIV International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. July 19-23, Quebec, Canada,2009

 2008, Graduate student travel award, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba, Canada

Second place award of students’ oral presentations competition in Manitoba Regional Meeting- CPS, December 4, 2007. Winnipeg, Canada

 2006 International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship (IGSES), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba, Canada

 2006, Egyptian Government Scholarship for 4 years Ph.D. program in Canada              

 1997, Prof. Dr. Abbas El-Helaly award, for the highest GPA in Plant Pathology B.Sc., Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Egypt

 Member of the Student and Education Committee, CIQAP, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University

 Member of the supervision committee on the fermentation unit, central facilities lab, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University

 Member of the supervision committee on Student Union Election 2012, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University

Member of the supervision committee on the International Student Office (ISO), 2011 till now, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University

 International Computer Driving License (ICDL), 2006, UNESCO, Arab Academy for Science and Technology examination centre, Miami, Alexandria, Egypt

 Training courses in Faculty and Leadership Development Center (FLDC), Alexandria University

• Thinking skills, September 24 – 27, 2005.
• Curriculum design, May 13 – 14, 2006.
• Code of ethics, June 10 – 12, 2006.
• New trends in teaching, June 17 – 19, 2006.
• Teaching with technology, June 20 – 22, 2006.
• Effective presentation skills, June 24 – 26, 2006.
• Preparing proposal for a research project, April 12-14, 2011.
• Quality standards in teaching, February 15-16, 2012.
• Student evaluation and examination techniques, February 16-17, 2012.

 Faculty member preparation course, September 2003, Faculty of Education, Alexandria University, Egypt

 Emergency first aid certificate, Effective May, 2010 to May 2013, First aid training course organized by the Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba. Instructor: N. Campbell, Canadian Red Cross

- Secretary of Manitoba unit (elected), 2009-2010, Egyptian Student Association in North America-ESANA

Journal club organizer, fall 2009 - Advanced plant science seminar course, under supervision of the principal course instructor Dr. Claudio Stasolla, Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba

- Academic writing course- English Language Centre, May 22 to June 19, 2007, University of Manitoba

: Memberships  

 

Egyptian Phytopathological Society -EPS-

Egyptian Agricultural Syndicate-

Canadian Phytopathological Society -CPS-

- Canadian National Proteomics Network -CNPN-       

- International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions -IS-MPMI-      

- Egyptian Student Association in North America -ESANA-     

Courses

Country	Place	Level	Duration	Title	Course
Canada	Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba	Diploma	Fall 2007	Introduction to soils and crops	DAGR0420
''	Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba	Undergraduate	October 2009	Molecular plant-microbe interactions	PLNT 4580
''	Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba	Undergraduate	Winter 2011	Research methods in plant pathology	PLNT 4570
Egypt	Department of Plant Pathology, Alexandria University	Undergraduate	1998-2005 & 2011-now	Fundamentals of botany	Botany 07101
''	Department of Plant Pathology, Alexandria University	Undergraduate	1998-2006 & 2011-now	Methods in plant pathology	Plant Pathology 07303
''	Department of Plant Pathology, Alexandria University	Undergraduate	2011-2013	Plant disease management	Plant Pathology 07410
''	Alexandria University, Foka, Matrooh	Undergraduate	2011-now	Biodiversity in arid and desert environment	Plant Production 31303
''	Department of Plant Pathology, Alexandria University	Post-Graduate Ph.D. students	2011-now	Biotechnology and its applications in plant pathology	Plant Pathology 07626
''	Department of Plant Pathology, Alexandria University	Undergraduate	1998-2005	Plant physiology practical	Botany 07307
''	Department of Plant Pathology, Alexandria University	Undergraduate	1998-2006 & 2011	Environmental plant diseases	Plant Pathology 07409
''	Department of Plant Pathology, Alexandria University	Undergraduate	1998-2005	Bacteria practical	Botany 07201
''	Department of Plant Pathology, Alexandria University	Undergraduate	2001-2006	Plant ecology practical	Botany 07303
''	Department of Plant Pathology, Alexandria University	Undergraduate	1998-2006	Field training and trips practical	Summer Course

 

 

:Publications   

:Book chapter

Daayf, F., El Hadrami, A., El-Bebany, A.F., Henriquez, M.A., Yao, Z., Derksen, H., El Hadrami, I., and Adam, L.R. 2012. Phenolic compounds in plant defense and pathogen counter-defense mechanisms. In: Recent Advances in Polyphenols Research Vol.3, eds V. Cheynier, P. Sarni-Manchado and S. Quideau, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. pp. 191-208. doi: 10.1002/9781118299753.ch8.

: Papers

El-Bebany, A.F., Adam, L.R., and Daayf, F. 2013. Differential accumulation of phenolic compounds in potato in response to weakly and highly aggressive isolates of Verticillium dahliae. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology Accepted

 

Derksen, H., Badawi, M., Henriquez, M.A., Yao, Z., El-Bebany, A.F. and Daayf, F. 2013. Differential expression of potato defence genes associated with the salicylic acid defence signalling pathway in response to weakly and highly aggressive isolates of Verticillium dahliae. Journal of Phytopathology 161: 142 - 153

 

El-Bebany, A.F., Alkher, H., Adam, L.R., and Daayf, F. 2013. Vegetative compatibility of Verticillium dahliae isolates from potato and sunflower using nitrate-nonutilizing (nit) mutants and PCR-based approaches. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 35: 1-9

 

El Hadrami, A., El-Bebany, A.F., Yao, Z., Adam, L.R., El Hadrami, I., and Daayf, F. 2012. Plants versus fungi and oomycetes: pathogenesis, defense and counter-defense in the proteomics era. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 13: 7237-7259 

 

El-Bebany, A.F., Henriquez, M.A. Badawi, M., Adam, L.R., El Hadrami, A., and Daayf, F. 2011. Induction of pathogenicity-related candidate genes in Verticillium dahliae in response to elicitation with potato root extracts. Environmental and Experimental Botany 72: 251 – 257

 

El-Bebany, A.F., Rampitsch, C., and Daayf, F. 2010. Proteomic analysis of the phytopathogenic soilborne fungus Verticillium dahliae reveals differential protein expression in isolates that differ in aggressiveness. Proteomics 10: 289 – 303

"A figure from this article used in the cover page of Proteomics Vol. (10) Issue (2)"

 

El-Bebany, A.F., Adam, L.R., and Daayf, F. 2010. Phenolic profiling in potato after inoculation with highly versus weakly aggressive V. dahliae isolates. In: Polyphenols Communications 2010 vol (1), Ageorges, A., Cheynier, V., lefer, P., and Sarni-Manchado, P. (Eds.), pp. 277-278

 

Daayf, F., El Hadrami, A., El-Bebany, A.F., Henriquez, M. A., Yao, Z., Derksen, H., El Hadrami, I., and Adam, L. R. 2010. Phenolic compounds in plant defense and pathogen counter-defense mechanisms. In: Polyphenols Communications 2010 vol (1), Ageorges, A., Cheynier, V., lefer, P., and Sarni-Manchado, P. (Eds.), pp. 6-7

: Abstracts in journal

El-Bebany, A.F., Yao, Z., Venturino, A., and Daayf, F. 2011. Isolation, cloning, and sequence analysis of four pathogenicity-related genes in highly vs. weakly Verticillium dahliae aggressive isolates. Canadian J. of Plant Pathol. 33: 275

 

El-Bebany, A.F., Henriquez, M.A. Badawi, M., El Hadrami, A., Adam, L.R., and Daayf, F. 2009. A comparative transcriptomic investigation of Verticillium dahliae. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 31: 481-482

 

El-Bebany, A.F., Rampitsch, C., and Daayf, F. 2009. Proteomic analysis of Verticillium dahliae, a vascular wilt pathogen. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 31: 482

 

El-Bebany, A.F., Henriquez, M.A., El Hadrami, A., Adam, L.R., and Daayf, F. 2008. Investigation of genes controlling differential pathogenicity of Verticillium dahliae. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 30: 381

 

Pu, S., Duchscher, M., El-Bebany, A.F., Alkher, H., Adam, L.R., El Hadrami, A. and Daayf, F. 2007. Development of bioassays for the screening of toxin(s) produced by Verticillium dahliae. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 29: 448 – 449

 

: GenBank submissions

185 DNA sequences were deposited in the NCBI GenBank database with accession numbers from HS099477 to HS099661 (El-Bebany et al., 2011. Environ.  Exp. Bot. 72: 251-257)

 

:Scientific conferences and meetings

: Oral presentations

El-Bebany, A.F., Yao, Z., Venturino, A., and Daayf, F. 2010. Isolation, cloning and sequence analysis of four pathogenicity-related genes in highly vs. weakly Verticillium dahliae aggressive isolates. (Oral Presentation) Canadian Phytopathological Society- Pacific Division of the American Phytopathological Society joint meeting, June 20-23, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

 

El-Bebany, A.F., Rampitsch, C., and Daayf, F. 2009. Pathogenicity evaluation and comparative proteomic analysis of two aggressive isolates of Verticillium dahliae. (The abstract selected for breakout session oral presentation) 7^th Canadian Plant Genomics Workshop, August 24 – 27, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

 

El-Bebany, A.F., Henriquez, M.A. Badawi, M., El Hadrami, A., Adam, L.R., and Daayf, F. 2009. A comparative transcriptomic investigation of Verticillium dahliae. (Oral Presentation) Canadian Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting. June 22-25, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

 

El-Bebany, A.F., Rampitsch, C., and Daayf, F. 2009. Proteomic analysis of Verticillium dahliae, a vascular wilt pathogen. (Oral Presentation) Canadian Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting. June 22-25, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

 

El-Bebany, A.F., Henriquez, M.A., El Hadrami, A., Adam, L.R., and Daayf, F. 2007. Investigation of genes controlling differential pathogenicity of Verticillium dahliae. (Oral Presentation) Manitoba Annual Regional Meeting-Canadian Phytopathological Society, December 4, Winnipeg, Canada

 

Hassouna, M.G., Madkour, M.A., Abo-El-Saad, M.M., Aboshosha, S.S. and El-Bebany, A.F. 2006. Phytotoxic effect of cadmium-polluted water on nutritional balance and growth of tomato and cucumber plants. (Oral Presentation) The First International Environmental Forum, 1 – 3 April, Tanta University, Gharbia, Egypt

 

: Poster presentations

El-Bebany, A.F., Ashmawy, N.A., Aboshosha, S.S., Adam, L.R., Daayf, F., Hussein, S.S. and Gad, A.G. 2013. Pathogenicity and diversity of Rhizoctonia solani isolates collected from Egypt on three potato cultivars. Annual meeting of the Canadian Phytopathological Society, 16-19 June, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

 

Ashmawy, N.A., El-Bebany, A.F., Hassouna, M.G., Adam, L.R., Daayf, F., Lashin, K.A. and Aown, A.S. 2013. Isolation, identification and disease severity assessment of Ralstonia solanacearum isolates on potato. Annual meeting of the Canadian Phytopathological Society, 16-19 June, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

El-Bebany, A.F., Adam, L.R., and Daayf, F. 2012. Sequence analysis of VdThnr gene in highly and weakly aggressive isolates of Verticillium dahliae. BiovisionAlexandria 2012 International Conference, April 22-25, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt

 

El-Bebany, A.F., Adam, L.R., and Daayf, F. 2010. Phenolic profiling in potato after inoculation with highly versus weakly aggressive V. dahliae isolates.  XXV^th International Conference on Polyphenols, August 24-27, Montpellier, France

 

El-Bebany, A.F., Henriquez, M.A., Badawi, M., Adam, L.R., El Hadrami, A, and Daayf, F. 2009. In vitro elicitation of pathogenicity-related genes in Verticillium dahliae using potato root extracts.  In: Proceedings of the 10^th International Verticillium Symposium, November 16-20, Corfu Island, Hellas, Greece

 

Badawi, M.A., Adam, L.R., El-Bebany, A.F., El Hadrami, A., and Daayf, F. 2009. Production and scavenging of ROS during potato-Verticillium dahliae interactions: Strboh genes expression and role of secondary metabolites. In: Proceedings of the 10^th International Verticillium Symposium, November 16-20, Corfu Island, Hellas, Greece

 

El-Bebany, A.F., Henriquez, M.A. Badawi, M., El Hadrami, A., Adam, L.R., and Daayf, F. 2009. Functional genomics analysis of Verticillium dahliae towards identification of its pathogenicity-related genes.  XIV International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. July 19-23, Quebec, Canada

 

El-Bebany, A.F., Henriquez, M.A., Adam, L.R., and Daayf, F. 2008. Molecular basis of Verticillium dahliae pathogenesis on potato.  6^th Canadian Plant Genomics Workshop, June 23 – 26, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

Pu, S., Duchscher, M., El-Bebany, A.F., Alkher, H., Adam, L.R., El Hadrami, A. and Daayf, F. 2007. Development of bioassays for the screening of toxin(s) produced by Verticillium dahliae. Plant Canada, June 10 – 14, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada