Affiliateship: 2018 - 2022
Cohort 3
Country (Nationality)
Egypt
Discipline
Chemical Sciences
Bio
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Dr El-Gendy is an Associate Professor of Bio-Organic Chemistry at Benha University, Egypt. He received his PhD from University of Florida (USA) in 2010. After that he joined the Scripps Research Institute as a Research Associate. His training as a synthetic chemist, both in Egypt and USA, prepared him for a career in drug discovery. The main focus of Dr. El-Gendy’s research group is drug design and organic synthesis. He designs and synthesize novel small organic molecules as modulators of nuclear hormone receptors for the therapeutic treatment of cancer and fatty liver diseases. Also, he develops small molecules that can act as anti-viral agents against HCV, ZIKV, and other microbes.He has a wide international collaboration with scientists from UK, UAE, and Egypt. Dr. El-Gendy incorporates computational methods such as quantitative structure activity relationships, pharmacophore modeling, and virtual screening in his drug discovery pipeline to accelerate the process of drug discovery and optimization. |