Branch of special Zoology

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University(Assiut Branch), Assiut, Egypt

Branch of special Zoology

Prof. Dr. Samy A. Saber

The Dean of Faculty of Science and The Head of Zoology Department

Dr. Mohsen A. Mostafa

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CYTOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY
Education:
- B. SC. of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, May, 1979 .
- M.SC. of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, September, 1986.
- Ph. D. of cytology and Histology, Zoology department, Faculty of science, El Minia University, November 1994.
Positions
-June 1995 Lecturer of cytology and Histology, Zoology department, Faculty of Science Al- Azhar University, Assiut.
- June 2001 Assistant professor of cytology and Histology, Zoology department, Faculty of science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut.

List of publications:
1- Mamdouh M. Anwar, Mohsen A. Moustafa and Safaa A. Abdel Maksoud,.(1996) : Effect of Nigella sativa seed ,s oil on alloxan induced diabetic rats: Physiological study. Bull. Egypt. Soc. Physiol. Sci., 16 (2)   : 324
- 333 .
2- Sa FAA A. Abdel Maksoud, Mohsen A. Moustafa and Mamdouh M. Anwar. ( 1997) : Effect of Nigella sativa seed ,s oil on alloxan induced diabetic rats: A Histological study on pancreatic beta cells . Assiut Med. J ; 21 - No . 2 : 1 - 10 .
3- Mohsen A. Moustafa. (1998) : The fine structure of the Uromastix occelatus urinary bladder epithelium . A light, transmission and scanning electron microscopic study. Egypt. J. Histol. 21 (1) : 171- 180.
4- Mohsen A. Moustafa and Safaa A. Abdel Maksoud.(1999) : Light and electron microscopic studies on the effect of chloramphenicol treatment on bo
ne marrow of rats and the possiblerole of honey. Egypt. J. Histol. (in press).
5- Ahmad M. Azab , Mohsen A. Moustafa and Ragaa M. El-Deeb. (1999) : Histological and ultrastructural changes in the gill of Aphanius dispar (Ruppell, 1828) during acclimation to different salinities . J. Union Arab Biol, Cairo. Vol. 12(A) Zoology : 379 - 397.
6- Mohsen A. Moustafa, Samy A. Saber and Mostafa F. Masood. (2000) : A comparative scanning electron microscopic study on the tongue of the African Beauty Snake ( Psammophis sibilanis ) and Schokari Sand Snake
( Psammophis schokari ) ( Reptilia , Serpents , Colubridae ). Sc. J. Az . Med. Fac .( Girls ), Vol. 21, No. 2, May,2000 :677-686 .
7- Abd Alla Throut. Abd Alla and Mohsen A. Moustafa .(2000) : The potentiality of the Prosobranch Nerita Saxtilis as biomonitor of heavy metal pollution in marine environment . ALzhar Bull Sci. (in press).
8-Mamdouh M. Anwar and Mohsen A. Moustafa .(2001) : The Effect of Melatonin on eye Lens of Rats Exposed to Ultraviolet Radiation.
Elsevier Scieence Inc. Comp. Biochem .Physiol . (in press).

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Mostafa F. Masoud

EDUCATION :

-M.Sc., Al-Azhar University, 1998

-B.Sc. Zoology Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, 1993

PRESENT OCCUPATION

-Assistant Lecturer, of Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University (Assiut).

FORMER POSITIONS :

-Demonstrator, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University from 1994 till 1998. -Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Science Al-Azhar University till now

RESEARCH INTEREST :

-Reptiles ecology and Taxonomy.

-Ecology and environmental conservation.

-Herpetological studies.

-Faunal survey and biodiversity.

-Adaptation to desert conditions.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Ecology and fauna

Histology and cytology

Comparative anatomy

Embryology

Experimental embryology

Taxonomy

PUBLICATIONS AND PREPARATIONS

· Ecological and biological studies on the reptile fauna of Assiut Province (M. Sc. awarded in 1998, Al-Azhar University.

· Reproduction biology of Bean skink Mabuya quinquetaeniata Lichtenstein,1823 Family: Scincidae) from Assiut Province, Egypt Al-Azhar Bull. Sci. Vol.10,No.1(June.):pp. 481-495,1999.

· Feeding ecology of Bean skink Mabuya quinquetaeniata Lichtenstein,1823 Family: Scincidae) from Assiut Province, Egypt Al-Azhar Bull. Sci. Vol.10, No.1 (June.): pp. 469-479, 1999.

· Ecology of the reptile fauna of Assiut province, Egypt.(in press)

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Abdel Rahman

Dr. Abdelbaset Mohamed

Omer S. Omer

Name Omar Sayed Omar Amer.

Qualification:

B.Sc in Biological Science (Zoology), from the South Valley University, Faculty of Science (Sohag branch), Zoology Dept., 1992.

M.Sc in Science, from the Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Science, Zoology Dept., (Naser City, Cairo), 2000.

Major branch: Zoological Science.

Special branch: Invertebrate (Parasitology).

Positions:

- Demonstrator in Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Science, Zoology Dept., (Assiut branch), (1995-2000).

-Lecturer assistant in Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Science, Zoology Dept., (Assiut branch), (2000- ).

Publications

Wannas, M.K.A, Saber, S.A.A, Rashed, A.A and Amer, O.S.O (2000): Ecological and Biological studies on some parasites infecting certain species of herpetofauna in Egypt. (M.Sc) from AL-Azhar Univ., Fac. of Sci., Zool. Dept., (Naser City, Cairo).

Mostafa M. Sarhan

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