Assiut University President, Prof. Dr. Tarek El-Gammal, affirmed the keenness of the university administration to harness all the possibilities necessary to start the study at the Institute of Molecular Biology with the beginning of the new academic year 2019/2020 as the first research institute specialized in this field at the level of Egyptian universities. This came in his comment on the report presented to him by Dr. Ahmed Al-Minshawi, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, who accompanied a committee from the Basic Sciences Sector at the Ministry of Higher Education in an inspection tour to evaluate the Molecular Biology Research Unit. The Vice-President added that the institute will be located within the new research complex under construction and processing, which is the largest integrated complex of research centers at the level of Egyptian universities to conduct studies and research involving more than one specialist on an area of 4 thousand square meters and a height of 6 floors, noting that the Institute will specialize in the preparation and conduct studies in many areas, including the Faculties of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Agriculture and Science.