Dr. Kamel Abd-Elsalam

Name: Kamel Ahmed Abd-Elsalam Address: Molecular Markers Lab, Plant Pathology Research Institute, ARC, Giza, Egypt. Telephone: 0002027203650 Fax: 0002025723146 E-Mail1: kamelelsalam@hotmail.com E-mail2: kaabdelsalam@msn.com E-mail3: Kamel@arabscientist.org Website: http://aficanplantpathol.tripod.com/kaabdelsalam/

• Academic History:
  
  1. Ph.D. (Molecular Plant Pathology). Suez Canal University in cooperation with Institute of Phytopathology, Christian Alberchts University of Kiel, Germany from 2001 to 2003.
  2. M.Sc. (Molecular Plant Pathology). Zagazig University 1998.
  3. B.Sc. (Plant Pathology). Zagazig University 1992.
  
  
• Research Specialty and Interests:
  1. Genetic Diversity Studies
  2. DNA-based Technologies
  3. Genetic Mapping

• Professional Experience:
  1. Job title: (Molecular Plant Pathologist)
  2. Employer's Name and Address: Agricultural Research Center, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Molecular Markers Lab. 9 Gamma St., Orman, 12619, Giza, Egypt.
  3. Assistance Researcher (1995-1998)
  4. Researcher Assistance (1998-2001)
  5. Doctoral Fellowships, Institute of Phytopathology, Kiel, Germany (2001-2003).

• Membership in Professional Societies:
  
  1. Egyptian Phytopathological Society, Egypt
  2. International Society for Pest Information (ISPI), Germany
  3. Phytoremediation Electronic Newsgroup Network, Italy

• Professional Activities:
  Publishing editor for African Journal Plant Pathology (AJPP)

• International journal :
  
  1. Abd-Elsalam K. A., F. Schnieder and J. A. Verreet (2002) Population analysis of Fusarium spp. Phytomedizin 3: 18-19.

  2. Abd-Elsalam K. A., M. S. Khalil, A. A. Aly, and A. Asarn-Amal (2002) Genetic diversity among Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum isolates revealed by UP-PCR and AFLP markers. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 41: 252-258.

  3. Abd-Elsalam K. A., F. Schnieder, M. S. Khalil, A.A. Aly and J. A. Verreet (2003) Genetic variation at the intra- and interspecific level in Fusarium spp. associated from Egyptian cottons. Journal of Plant diseases and Protection 110: 46-53.

  4. Abdel-Satar M. A., M. S. Khalil, I. N. Mohmed, K. A. Abd-Elsalam and J. A. Verreet (2003) Molecular phylogeny of Fusarium species by AFLP fingerprint. African Journal of Biotechnology 2: 51-55.

  5. Abd-Elsalam K. A., I. N. Mohmed, M. A. Abdel-Sattar, M. S. Khalil and J. A. Verreet. (2003) PCR identification of Fusarium genus based on nuclear ribosomal-DNA sequence data. African Journal of Biotechnology 2: 82-85.

  6. Abd-Elsalam K. A., F. Schnieder, M. S. Khalil, M. A. Abdel-Sattar, and J. A. Verreet (2003) Use of AFLP fingerprinting to analyze genetic variation within and between populations of Fusarium spp. derived from Egyptian cottons. Journal Plant Pathology (in press).

  7. Abd-Elsalam K. A., F. Schnieder and J. R. Guo (2003) A modified DNA extraction minipreparation protocol for Fusarium isolates. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology (in press).

  8. Guo J., K. A. Abd-Elsalam, F. Schnieder and J. A. Verreet (2003) A rapid and effective method for total RNA extraction from conidia and mycelia of Septoria tritici. Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology (in press).

• Conferances :
  
  1. Khalil M. S., A. A. Aly, F. Schnieder and K. A. Abd-Elsalam (2002) Effect of gel matrices on characterization of Fusarium oxysporum and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum by RAPD analysis. DNA Based Molecular Construction International Workshop, 23-25 May Jena, Germany.

  2. Abd-Elsalam K. A., F. Schnieder, J. A. Verreet, M. S. Khalil, M. A. Abdel-Sattar and I. N. Mohmed (2002) Comparison of SDS-PAGE, Isozymes, RAPD and AFLP genetic markers in determining genetic similarity among 46 Fusarium spp. isolates. 53 Deutsche Pflanzenschutztagung, in Bonn, Germany, 16-19 September, 2002. Abstract No. 289.

  3. Abd-Elsalam K. A., F. Schnieder, A. Asran-Amal and J-A. Verreet (2003). Evolution of RAPD, AFLP and ITS-PCR-RFLP analysis for Molecular Typing of Fusarium oxysporum isolates in Egypt. Achen Arbeitskreise Mykologie 21-22 March 2003.

• Submitted:
  
  1. Abd-Elsalam K. A. , F. Schnieder, A. A. Asran-Amal, A. A. Aly and M. S. Khalil (2003) Comparative assessment of genotyping methods for study genetic diversity of Fusarium oxysporum isolates. Submitted to (Genetics and Molecular Biology).

  2. Abd-Elsalam K. A., F. Schnieder, A. Asran-Amal, M. S. Khalil and J, A. Verreet (2003) Intraspecies genomic groups in Fusarium semitectum and their correlation with origin and morphological characteristics. Submitted to (Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection).

  3. Khalil M. S., I. N. Mohmed, M. A. Abdel-Sattar, K. A. Abd-Elsalam and J. A. Verreet (2003) Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis of genetic homology within and between Fusarium species. Submitted to (African Journal of Biotechnology).

  4. M. S. Khalil, M. A. Abdel-Sattar, I. N. Aly, K. A. Abd-Elsalam and J-A. Verreet Genetic affinities of Fusarim spp. and their correlation with origin and pathogenicity African Journal of Biotechnology 2: 109-113.
  5. Abd-Elsalam K.A. (2003) Bioinformatic tools and guideline for PCR primer design. African Journal of Biotechnology 2: 91-95.