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Elsayed Elsayed Wagih | |
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Born | November 21, 1946 Alexandria, Egypt | (age 77)
Title | Member of the High Committee for Promoting University Faculty at the Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Virology and biotechnology |
Institutions | Alexandria University |
Doctoral advisor | Dr. R.H.A. Coutts |
Elsayed Elsayed Wagih PhD, DIC, CIDTT (born 21 November 1946) is an Egyptian professor of virology and biotechnology and vice President of the Arab Society for Biotechnology. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt. Wagih is well known for having invented Zymoblot, the fastest available microtechnique to detect gene expression and/or enzyme activity in any biological specimen as well as the ”Mirror Image in vivo electro-blotting technique” that detects virus particles or any foreign protein (Gene Expression) in any tissue. He also discovered two viruses reported under his name in the world data bank of viruses, the first was named "Peanut Chlorotic Ringspot Virus (PCRV)" and the second was called “Peanut Top Paralysis (PTPV)".
Also, a champion in Greek-Roman and free-style wrestling in Egypt for the period from 1965 to 1977. He was the one who made the College of Agriculture enjoy, for the first time at the level of University of Alexandria, the winning, in 1965–1966, of first place in the 74 kg class Greco-Roman Wrestling.