Plant biotechnology

Mounir AbouHaidar

Professor

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts and Science
• Department
  • Cell and Systems Biology

Areas of Expertise

• Development of recombinant vaccines produced in plants
• Development of vaccines (e.g. HCV)
• Development of “transgenic” plants resistant to viruses: mechanisms of resistance
• Genome organization, self-splicing (Ribozyme) and replication strategies of some viruses and their satellite RNAs
• Molecular biology of plant and human viruses
• Molecular mechanisms involved in the translation in Pro- and Eukaryotes: alternative modes of initiation of translation
• Plant antiviral proteins for gene therapy of AIDS
• Plant biotechnology
• Virology

Office: +1 (416) 978-5615
Languages: English,French
Website
Email: mounir.abouhaidar@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online