In the framework of the Convention of "ERASMUS+KA107" between the University of Pisa in Italy and Alexandria University, the Faculty of Science received Prof. Julio Petrony; the professor of "Protistology". Dr. Petrony will address several lectures under the title: "Integrative Systematics of Ciliates and their Symbionts Biography & History: Recent Digital Surround Sound and Potential Scientific Collaborations."

The proposed lectures is discussing modern researches between of symbiotic relationship in organisms and bacteria. The visit also included reviewing the future opportunities for cooperation between the two universities through research projects. Dr. Petrony also visited the central laboratory in the faculty and labs of the Department of botany in Mohram Bek building.