Dr. Khaled Abdelfattah Hamed Ahmed Metwally
Office: Department of Genetics
Phone: 01003726003
Email: khaleda.fatah@agr.asu.edu.eg
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Education
B.Sc. Agriculture, 2009, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
M.Sc. Genetics, 2016, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Ph.D. Life Science and Systems Engineering, 2021, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Department of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Wakamatsu, Fukuoka, Japan.
Research interests
- Molecular biology
- Bioinformatics and RNA Seq.
- Microbial genetics and biocontrol
Teaching activities
Undergraduate courses:
Practical Sections for the courses:
1- Principles of Genetics, 2- Cytology and Cytogenetics, 3- Microbial genetics, 4- Molecular genetics, 5- Introduction to Biotechnology.
Selected Publications
Farrag, H. N., Metwally, K., Ikeno, S., and Kato, T. (2020). Design and Synthesis of a New Amphipathic Cyclic Decapeptide with Rapid, Stable, and Continuous Antibacterial Effects. Pertanika J. Sci. Technol, 28, 183-196. https://doi.org/10.47836/pjst.28.s2.15
Metwally, K., & Ikeno, S. (2020). A Short Peptide Designed from Late Embryogenesis Abundant Protein Enhances Acid Tolerance in Escherichia coli. Applied biochemistry and biotechnology, 191(1), 164-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-020-03262-5
Metwally, K., Soliman, K. A., Ibrahim, S. A., and Abdel-Razik, A. B. The Effect of Fermented Broth of Azospirillum spp. Wild and Mutatnt Types on In-vitro Propagation of Paulownia tomentosa. http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jbb/papers/Volume%204,%20Issue%202/Version-2/H0402024654.pdf
Conferences and Seminars
Khaled Metwally, and Shinya Ikeno. “Transcriptomic analysis reveals roles of LEA peptides in tolerating acidic pH in E. coli”. The 4th International Conference on Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (ABB 2021), Bohai University, 9/8/2021- 11/8/2021, Oral online presentation.
Khaled Metwally, and Shinya Ikeno. “LEA peptide expression assures survival of Escherichia coli in acidic conditions”. 7th international Symposium on Applied Engineering and Sciences (SAES), Universiti Putra, Malaysia, 11-12 November 2019, Oral presentation.
Khaled Mewtally, and Shinya Ikeno.” In vivo expression of LEA peptide for enhancing acid tolerance in Escherichia coli”. The 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Biotechnology of Japan., Okayama Univ. 16-18 September 2019, Oral presentation.
Khaled Metwally, and Shinya Ikeno. “LEA Peptide Confer Tolerance to Low pH in Escherichia coli”. 14Th Asian Congress on Biotechnology (ACB 2019), Taipei-Taiwan, 1-4 July 2019, Oral Presentation.
Khaled Metwally, Kouki Sato, and Shinya Ikeno.“The effect of mutated LEA peptide over acid tolerance in Escherichia coli”. 6Th international symbosium on Applied Engineering and Sciences (SAES). Tobata, Fukuoka, Japan. 15-16 December 2018, Oral presentation.
Khaled Metwally, and Shinya Ikeno. “LEA peptide prevents E. coli death under acidic pH conditions”. 11Th Japan-Korea joint symbosium on Bio-microsensing technology (JKBT). Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan. 12 November 2018. Poster presentation.