Fatima Musbah Abbas
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Fatima Musbah Abbas (Arabic: فاطمة مصباح عباس) is a Sudanese scientist specializing in plant molecular biology. While still a graduate student at the University of Khartoum in 2007, she was awarded a grant as International Rising Talent by the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards that supports young women's research in laboratories outside their home countries.
Her research, which she has conducted also at universities in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia, focuses on biochemical procedures for protecting date palms and in the production of milk and cheese in countries with agricultural and economic conditions comparable to Sudan.
Biography[edit]
In 2007, Abbas was selected as one of 15 Young Rising Talents in Life Sciences by the L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science programme among 250 candidates worldwide.[1] As such, she received a research grant of €15,000, as well as training in leadership considered essential by the programme to counter gender-related discrimination of young women scientists.[2]
Abbas received her Ph.D. in Science at the Department of Botany from the University of Khartoum in 2011. Her thesis showed for the first time that the extraction of a milk clotting enzyme from Solanum dubium (scientifc name for potato plant) callus is possible and proved its non-toxicity and safety for cheese production.[3]
Working at the College of Science and Arts at King Khalid University, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in 2021, Abbas published further research on the clotting activity of milk during the production of white and soft cheese (gibna bayda) by using an enzyme from Solanum dubium seeds. This plant and its seeds are found in different regions of Sudan. As the production and processing of milk and cheese products are important economic activities in Sudan, her research contributes to better ways of producing these basic foods and bioindustrial raw products in Sudan.[4] In further research, partially conducted at the Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Center of Research in Khartoum, Abbas studied how to protect date palm (Phoeruix dactylifera L) roots from fungal infections.[5]
Apart from the L'Oréal-UNESCO sponsored fellowship programme for young women scientists,[6] Abbas has also received support from the National University of Malaysia.[7]
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References[edit]
- ↑ UNESCO (2007-02-21). "Fifteen young women researchers receive UNESCO-L'ORÉAL 2007 International Fellowships for Women in Science". UNESCOPRESS. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ↑ "For Women in Science - International Rising Talents". www.forwomeninscience.com. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ↑ Abbas, Fatima Musbah (April 2011). "Purification and characterization of a Serine-like protease from Solanum dubium" (PDF). University of Khartoum. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ↑ Abbas FM, Abdelrahman AE (2021) Isolation, Purification and Partial Characterization of a Serine-Like Protease from Solanum dubium Seeds. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Journal, vol.7, no.3:12, ISSN 2471-8084
- ↑ Abbas, Fatima Musbah (2021-05-26). "In Vitro Culture of Date Palm (Phoeruix dactylifera L) Roots". Molecular Biology: Open Access. 10 (3): 1–4. doi:10.37421/2168-9547.21.10.281 (inactive 2022-03-11). ISSN 2168-9547.
- ↑ UNESCO (2019-02-12). "L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Programme". UNESCO. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ↑ Fatima Musbah Abbas, ElBushra ElSheikh ElNur, Normah Mohd Noor, Eissa Algaali, Zainon Mohd Ali and Roohaida Othman. "An effective protocol for callus induction with milk clotting activity from Solanum dubium seeds." Sains Malaysiana 40.4 (2011): 339-343.
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