When established in 2009, the Medical Experimental Research Center (MERC) mission was to foster basic & translational research among University staff & students.

 We believe MERC was successful in accomplishing its mission with the increase demand by staff& students in doing research. In the next stage of its evolution, MERC mission is changing to doing QUALTIY RESEARCH to support our new vision of being an internationally recognized research center this report shows how we are moving in the direction of the new mission &vision.

The Medical Experimental Research Center of Mansoura University (MERC) was established in 2009. The main goal of MERC was to bridge the gap between basic and clinical research.

Through the different units, MERC could perform translational research in different areas e.g. stem cell research, neuroscience, cellular models of diseases and more!

In short period, MERC could attract recognition -both nationally and internationally. Through awards and grants from -Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF), Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), Misr El-Kheir foundation (MEK) and Mansoura University (on national levels) and German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD-GERMANY), International Office of German foundation of Research (IBF-

BMBF- GERMANY), Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Foundation (PMDF-USA), International society for Neurochemistry (ISN-NETHERLAND), Movement Disorders Foundation (MDS-USA) International Brain Research Organization (IBRO-France) and International Development and Researcher Center (IDRC-CANADA)- MERC was able to coordinate different research projects and collaborate with different international research institutions e.g. Technical University of Munich and German Center for

 Neurodegenerative disorders (TUM&DZNE), Duke University, Luxembourg Center for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB).

Recently, MERC was chosen as the Middle East Collaborating Site for the Genetic Epidemiology of Parkinson’s Disease Consortium (GEoPD) in recognition of the outstanding activities of MERC in unraveling genetics of PD in Egyptian patients. More recently, MERC has been chosen as center of excellence for IBRO MENA organization.