Dr. Marwa Ali Hamada 

Department of Botany & Microbiology, Faculty of Science, The University of Helwan, Ain Helwan 11791, Cairo, Egypt

 

Email: mhamada98@yahoo.com

Telephone: 01113275274

 

General

From 2018-Now Lecturer of Microbiology, Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University

From 2013-2018 Assistant Lecturer, Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University

From 2008-2012 Demonstrator, Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University

 

Research Interests

In Bacteriology

Isolation and identification (genetically and traditionally) of antagonistic bacteria. Extraction, purification, optimization and characterization of bacterial bioactive compouds and screening for their applications as antibacterial and anticancer compounds and using them as biological control of plant pathogenic bacteria

In Nanotechnology

Production of different nanoparticles (biological method), characterization, optimization and their applications.

 

Selected publications

El-Hendawy, H.H., Elbaz, R.M. and Hamada, M.A. 2012

Effect of temperature on cellular fatty acids and proteins of three Gram positive bacterial isolates isolated from soil in Egypt. Journal of Applied Sciences Research. 8(12), 5780-5788

Hamada, M.A., El-Hendawy, H.H. and Elmallah, M.I.Y. 2018

Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using the bacterium Bacillus halotolerans and evaluation of their antibacterial and cytotoxic actions. J. Drug Res. 39(1), 59-70

Hamada, M.A., El-Hendawy, H.H. and Elmallah, M.I.Y. 2018

Antibacterial and cytotoxic effect of bioactive fractions extracted from an antagonistic strain of Bacillus halotolerans isolated from the rhizosphere of Medicago sativa L. J. Drug Res. 39(1), 71