Member of the academic staff of the Genetics Engineering in the Medical Microbiology Branch, University of Kufa Faculty of Medicine
Scientific Qualifications:
B.Sc. Biology (2001) from the University of Kufa/Faculty of Science. Ranked Third.
M.Sc. Medical Microbiology/Viral Oncology (2011) from the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Kufa/Faculty of Medicine.
Diploma in English Language from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)/English Language Program (ELP), January 12th, 2015 through December 15th, 2015, USA.
Ph.D. from the Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology for Postgraduate Studies (2023) at the University of Baghdad.
Online Courses with Certification:
1. Molecular Biology, Part 2: Transcription and Transposition. Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2017.
2. Molecular Biology, Part 3: RNA Processing and Translation. Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2017.
3. Principles of Biochemistry. Institution: Harvard University, 2017.
4. DNA Biology’s Genetic Code. Institution: Rice University, 2017.
5. Molecular Biology, Part 1: DNA Replication and Repair. Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2018.
Workshops, Training, and Annual Conferences:
- Introduction to PCR techniques, a training course held at the Department of Medical Microbiology, Kufa College of Medicine, 2010.
- New laboratory techniques in microbiology, immunology, and hormones, a training course held at the Cancer Research Institute, Kufa College of Medicine, 2011.
- Workshop of medical biotechnology. Cancer Research Institute, Kufa College of Medicine, 2012.
- New methods in diagnostic immunology. Department of Medical Microbiology, Kufa College of Medicine, 2012.
- Association Member of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), since 2011 until now.
- Training and Seminar for the Rotaphor®6.0 - Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) System and Tprofessional Trio Thermocycler, (Biometra). UAE, from the 26th to the 27th of February 2012.
- Attendance and participation in the 14th AACR Annual Meeting: April 6–10, 2013, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC. Participation via research entitled "Detection of Epstein-Barr Virus Nucleic Acid and Expression of Oncogenic Protein (LMP-1) in Reed-Sternberg Cells of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma"
- Training and Seminar on the 3500 Genetic Analyzer (Life Technologies).
University of Saint-Joseph, Beirut (Lebanon). May 12–23, 2014. This training covers all aspects of fluorescent sequencing and fluorescent genotyping.
- Laboratory Rotation Training in a Different Technique of Molecular Engineering and Cancer Biology, during both the spring and fall semesters of 2016 at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)/Massey Cancer Center (USA).
- The Medical Application and Molecular Genetics by Bioinformatics, a training course held at Altoosi College University, from February 24th to 27th, 2018.
- DNA Sequence Analysis, a training course held at the Department of Pathological Analysis/Faculty of Science, University of Kufa, from April 1–3, 2018.
