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Magdy M. Mahfouz is affiliated with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on various subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, and Insect Science.

The scientist has contributed to research topics that include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Plant Virus Research Studies, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Transgenic Plants and Applications, Biosensors and Analytical Detection, and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Nucleic Acid Detection Using CRISPR/Cas Biosensing Technologies (2020, ACS Synthetic Biology)
  • iSCAN: An RT-LAMP-coupled CRISPR-Cas12 module for rapid, sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 (2020, Virus Research)
  • Engineering herbicide resistance via prime editing in rice (2020, Plant Biotechnology Journal)
  • Engineering crops of the future: CRISPR approaches to develop climate-resilient and disease-resistant plants (2020, Genome Biology)
  • Wheat chromatin architecture is organized in genome territories and transcription factories (2020, Genome Biology)

Frequent co-authors working alongside Magdy M. Mahfouz include:

  • Zahir Ali
  • Rashid Aman
  • Gundra Sivakrishna Rao
  • Ahmed Mahas
  • Tin Maršić

The main venues where their work is published include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Best Publications

  • RNA virus interference via CRISPR/Cas13a system in plants.

    Rashid Aman;Zahir Ali;Haroon Butt;Ahmed Mahas

  • Structural Basis for Sequence-Specific Recognition of DNA by TAL Effectors

    Dong Deng;Chuangye Yan;Xiaojing Pan;Magdy M. Mahfouz

  • De novo-engineered transcription activator-like effector (TALE) hybrid nuclease with novel DNA binding specificity creates double-strand breaks

    Magdy M. Mahfouz;Lixin Li;Md. Shamimuzzaman;Anjar Wibowo

  • CRISPR/Cas9-mediated viral interference in plants

    Zahir Ali;Aala A. Abulfaraj;Ali Idris;Shawkat Ali

  • RNA‐guided transcriptional regulation in planta via synthetic dCas9‐based transcription factors

    Agnieszka Anna Piatek;Zahir Ali;Hatoon Baazim;Lixin Li

  • Callose synthase (CalS5) is required for exine formation during microgametogenesis and for pollen viability in Arabidopsis

    Xiaoyun Dong;Zonglie Hong;Muthuswamy Sivaramakrishnan;Magdy Mahfouz

  • Arabidopsis TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN Interacts with RAPTOR, Which Regulates the Activity of S6 Kinase in Response to Osmotic Stress Signals

    Magdy M. Mahfouz;Sunghan Kim;Ashton J. Delauney;Desh Pal S. Verma

  • Efficient Virus-Mediated Genome Editing in Plants Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System

    Zahir Ali;Aala Abdulaziz Hussien Abulfaraj;Lixin Li;Neha Ghosh

  • Nucleic Acid Detection Using CRISPR/Cas Biosensing Technologies.

    Rashid Aman;Ahmed Mahas;Magdy M. Mahfouz

  • CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Immunity to Geminiviruses: Differential Interference and Evasion.

    Zahir Ali;Shakila Ali;Manal Tashkandi;Syed Shan-E. Ali Zaidi

  • iSCAN: An RT-LAMP-coupled CRISPR-Cas12 module for rapid, sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2.

    Zahir Ali;Rashid Aman;Ahmed Mahas;Gundra Sivakrishna Rao

  • New plant breeding technologies for food security

    Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi;Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi;Hervé Vanderschuren;Matin Qaim;Magdy M. Mahfouz

  • Engineering resistance against Tomato yellow leaf curl virus via the CRISPR/Cas9 system in tomato

    Manal Tashkandi;Zahir Ali;Fatimah R. Aljedaani;Ashwag Shami

  • CRISPR base editors: genome editing without double-stranded breaks

    Ayman Eid;Sahar Alshareef;Magdy M. Mahfouz

  • Targeted transcriptional repression using a chimeric TALE-SRDX repressor protein

    Magdy M. Mahfouz;Lixin Li;Marek J. Piatek;Xiaoyun Fang

  • Plant Genome Engineering for Targeted Improvement of Crop Traits

    Khalid E. M. Sedeek;Ahmed Mahas;Magdy M. Mahfouz

  • Engineering Plant Immunity: Using CRISPR/Cas9 to Generate Virus Resistance

    Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi;Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi;Manal Tashkandi;Shahid Mansoor;Magdy M. Mahfouz

  • Engineering herbicide resistance via prime editing in rice.

    Haroon Butt;Gundra Sivakrishna Rao;Khalid Elwy Mohamed Sedeek;Rashid Aman

  • Rapid and highly efficient construction of TALE-based transcriptional regulators and nucleases for genome modification

    Lixin Li;Marek J. Piatek;Ahmed Atef;Agnieszka Anna Piatek

  • Genome engineering via TALENs and CRISPR/Cas9 systems: challenges and perspectives.

    Magdy M. Mahfouz;Agnieszka Piatek;Charles Neal Stewart

Frequent Co-Authors

Moussa Benhamed
Moussa Benhamed University of Paris-Saclay
Heribert Hirt
Heribert Hirt King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Jian-Kang Zhu
Jian-Kang Zhu Southern University of Science and Technology
Martin Crespi
Martin Crespi University of Paris-Saclay
Shahid Mansoor
Shahid Mansoor University of Karachi
Anireddy S. N. Reddy
Anireddy S. N. Reddy Colorado State University
Catherine Bergounioux
Catherine Bergounioux University of Paris-Saclay
Salim Al-Babili
Salim Al-Babili King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Muhammad Jamil
Muhammad Jamil Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Daniel F. Voytas
Daniel F. Voytas University of Minnesota

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