Location: Health Complex Building (Hc009) / Faculty of Health Professions, Al-Quds University
Introduction:
The MLSRL supports research in medical microbiology and molecular biology. Currently research is focused on antibacterial antimicrobial agents extracted from Streptomyces species isolated from soil samples. In addition, research areas of interest include bacterial resistance to antibiotics and Helicobacter pylori research. Other areas include isolation and classification of Bacillus spp., immunological aspects of Hepatitis B virus and others. Collaboration with colleagues from local institutions; universities and medical laboratories, hospitals, and health care centers is a continuous process. Another important contribution that has been carried out in this research lab is student training in research; undergraduate students, graduation projects, and thesis projects for graduate MSc. Students
Equipment:
- Shaking water bath.
- Nodding shaker
- Hot air incubator
- Water jacketed CO2 incubator
- Weighing scale (four-decimal digits)
- Autoclave
- Biological safety cabinet.
- Microcentrifuge
- Low speed centrifuge (15-ml tubes).
- UV-illuminator box for gel viewing.
- Hand held UV-lamp
- DC-Electric power supplier
- Agarose gel electrophoresis unit
- Heat sealer
- Gel- vacuum dryer
- Filter sterilizing unit (liquid filtration)
- Bright light viewing box
- Compound microscope (4x, 10x, 45x, 100xOil)
- Dissecting microscope (1 to 7x zoom)
- Anaerobic / candle jar.
Procedures and Services:
- Microbial studies including isolation, characterization and identification.
- Diagnostic microbiology.
- Problem solving research in respect to bacterial growth and identification.
- Isolation, identification, and evaluation of antimicrobial agents including comparative studies.
- Bacterial storage and maintenance.
- Molecular studies including human viruses and human genomics.
Director: Sameer A. Barghouthi
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Master students:
- Dua’ Affaneh
