The National Gene Bank (NGB), led by Prof. Nevin Abdel Fattah Hassan, Director of NGB; Prof. Soliman Abdel-Maaboud Arab, Deputy Director for Extension and Training; and Dr. Hossam Abdel-Maqsoud Sayed, Deputy Director for Research Affairs; together with all NGB researchers, extend their sincere congratulations to Prof. Mohamed El-Khouly, Director of the Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute, on the occasion of his appointment as Secretary-General of the Agricultural Research Center (ARC).