Equipment
1. Cytogenetic Chromosomes Lab
The faculty members are responsible for it: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Shukair
Supervisor of the laboratory:Dr. Faiza Abdul-Mujeeb Al-Dahtouri
Nature of work:
- The work of chromosomal cultures.
- For patients with genetic diseases such as Down syndrome and other genetic diseases that need to be diagnosed by chromosomal culture.
- For recurrent miscarriages, it works for the father and mother, as well as for the fetuses.
- For premarital cases who have a family history of any genetic diseases.
- For infertility cases.
- For Intersex.
- For cases of primary amenorrheo.
- Also, making chromosomal cultures for leukemia cases, as these cultures are useful in diagnosis and treatment.
- In situ hybridization using the FISH device for leukemia, intersex cases, and microdeletion cases.
- Performing a chromosomal breakage test to diagnose cases of Fanukoni anemia.
Its available devices:
- Center Fusion 32C.
- Celestine's Nursery
- Horse Nursery
- Carbon Dioxide Incubation Horse.
- FlUFRANCE.
- Water bath.
- Flat solution stirrer.
- Vertical solvent stirrer.
- Sensitive scale.
- A ceiling-mounted L.A.F air sterilizer.
- L.A.F Air Sterilizer
- Laser printer HB 1100 and other HB 1010
- Analyzer microscope and its accessories.
- Two (2) Zeiss microscopes and their accessories.
- Nikon microscope with camera.
- Olympus microscope.
- Dialux 20 microscope with camera.
- 2 small microscopes.
2. Metabolism Laboratory:-
The faculty members are responsible for it:- Prof. Dr. Muhammad Al-Hajjar
Supervisor of the laboratory:Dr. Hossam Mounir al-Jayar
Nature of work:
- Confirmative analysis of security acids by HPLC.
- Haemoglobin electrophresis analysis to determine the type of hemoglobin.
- Mucopolysacharide.
- Metabolic screen.
Its available devices are :-
1. A high-pressure chromatographic separation device for amino acids and their contents:-
- Manual injection device.
- Column chromatography.
- Column Heater.
- Gold Cold Chromatography Computer.
- Reactor.
2. Two electrophoresis devices.
3. An old centrifuge.
4. nursery.
5. oven.
6. Accurate balance.
7. Ph device for measuring the acidic pressure of liquids containing an electrode + holder + ATC and a current connection.
8. A distillation or nanopure water treatment device.
9. Ultrasonic feedback device.
10. Heating + mixing device.
11. A modern centrifuge.
12. 2 chemical nitrogen cylinders.
3. Molecular Genetics Laboratory
The faculty members are responsible for it: Prof. Ali Shaltout.
Supervisor of the laboratory: Dr. Afaf Al-Saeed.
Nature of work:
PCR analysis for cases:-
- Fragile - X.
- Azospermia AZF.
- Thalassemia (Mediterranean Anemia).
- Myopathy.
- Factor V.
- Coagulation Factor (PT) Prothrompine.
- FMF (Mediterranean Fever).
- SMA (hereditary muscular atrophy).
Its available devices are :-
- 2 water baths.
- Centrifugal fuse
- Nursery.
- oven.
- 2 vibrators.
- 3 electric drains.
- Rotator.
- Small centrifuge.
- A pH meter.
- Ultraviolet ray machine.
- Air sterilizer.
- Power vapor extraction device.
- PCR machine.
- Crushed ice maker.
- Gel dryer and its accessories.
- Small sampling mixer.
- The Gel documentation system.
4. Flow Cytometry Lab
The faculty members are responsible for it:- Prof. Dr. Suhair Yahya.
Supervisor of the laboratory: Dr. Mona Sami Othman Juwaida.
Nature of work:
Make the following analyzes:
- Semen ploidy.
- Semen condensation
- Immunophenotyping: (CD14,CD3,CD4,CD8,CD19,CD33,CD34/CD45).
- Elisa (triple test).
- Apoptosis (CD95, Sub G1 , Annexin-v).
- Cell cycle of DNA.
- RNA analysis.
Its available devices:-
- Flow cytometry.
- nursery.
- oven.
- Small centrifuge.
- Co2 incubation
5. Sequencer Lab
The faculty members are responsible for it: - Prof. / Zakaria El Morsi, Dr. / Dina Abdel Hadi
Supervisor of the laboratory: Dr. Sahar Hamed
Work Nature:
- Analyze the order of genes related to genetic diseases.
- Including the Sequencer.