Gamal Abdel-Hady

Highly motivated and innovative researcher with a strong background in biotechnology, microbial cultivation, molecular biology, and sustainable technology. Seeking to leverage expertise in photosynthetic bacteria, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, bioproduction, and environmental biotechnology to contribute to the R&D goals of Symbiobe Inc., aiding in the commercialization and large-scale implementation of CO2 and N2 fixation technologies.

• Japanese Society for Biotechnology, Japan
• Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry, Japan
• American Society of Microbiology, USA

• Awarded doctoral student scholarships, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 2021
• Awarded Yahata Memorial Ikuei scholarship, Prefectural University of Hiroshima Foundation, Japan, 2020-2021
• Awarded doctoral student scholarships, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 2018-2020
• Awarded 2020 Hiroshima University Excellent Student Scholarship as an excellent student, Hiroshima University, Japan, 2020
• Awarded scholarship from the Egyptian Government to do research in Japan, completely funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Egypt, 2016-2018

• Laboratory evolution and characterization of the nitrate resistance PtxD for enhanced cyanobacterial cultivation, Metabolic Engineering, 2024, Submitted
• Phenotypic and Genomic Characteristics of Rhizobia Nodulating Clover Plants (Trifolium alexandrinum) in Egyptian Soils, Journal of Modern Research, Submitted
• A novel salt- and organic solvent-tolerant phosphite dehydrogenase from Cyanothece sp. ATCC 51142, Frontiers in Bioeng. Biotech., August 2023
• Engineering Cofactor Specificity of a Thermostable Phosphite Dehydrogenase for a Highly Efficient and Robust NADPH Regeneration System, Frontiers in Bioeng. Biotech., April 2021
• Synthetic phosphorus metabolic pathway for biosafety and contamination management of cyanobacterial cultivation, ACS Synth. Biol., May 2018

• In vivo evolution of Ralstonia sp. phosphite dehydrogenase (PtxD): isolation and biochemical characterization of the nitrate resistant PtxD, The American Society of Microbiology (ASM), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, June 13-17, 2024, Poster
• In vivo evolution of Ralstonia sp. phosphite dehydrogenase (PtxD): isolation and biochemical characterization of the nitrate resistant PtxD, The Japanese Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry (JSBBA), Tokyo, Japan, March 24-27, 2024, Oral
• Development of phosphite dehydrogenase for a highly efficient and robust NAD(P)H cofactor regeneration system, 14th International Conference on Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics (ICBBB), Kyoto, Japan, January 12-15, 2024, Oral
• A salt- and an organic solvent-tolerant phosphite dehydrogenase for the nicotinamide cofactor regeneration under non-standard reaction condition, The 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Nagoya, Japan, September 3-5, 2023, Oral
• Engineering Cofactor Specificity of a Thermostable Phosphite Dehydrogenase for a Highly Efficient and Robust NADPH Regeneration System, The Japanese Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry (JSBBA), Kyoto, Japan, March 15-18, 2022, Oral, online
• Cofactor specificity engineering of a thermotolerant phosphite dehydrogenase for the development of an NADPH regeneration system, The Society for Biotechnology Japan, Nishi-Nihon branch 2020 conference (5th), Okayama, Japan, November 14, 2020, Oral
• Isolation and characterization of phosphite-oxidizing rhizobia for developing an enhanced phosphorus fertilization system, Japanese Society of Soil Microbiology, Hiroshima, Japan, June 16-17, 2018, Poster