Facilities

1.  Nucleic Acid & Protein Extraction Lab (PCR (1)

This laboratory is designed for receiving the various samples of different sources for extraction of nucleic acids (DNA & RNA) and proteins and determining their concentration and purity.

2.  PCR (2) Lab

 Most of the molecular biology techniques are carried out in this lab such as:

• Different types of PCRs (Simple PCR, RT-PCR, RAPD-PCR, Nested-PCR)
• Routine diagnosis of infectious and zoonotic diseases (E.g. HCV).
• Hybridization techniques using DNA-labeled probes.
• Blotting techniques (Northern, Southern and Western blotting)

3.  Electrophoresis & Gel Documentation Lab (PCR (3)

This lab. has the facilities for carrying out electrophoresis of nucleic acids and proteins. This laboratory has gel documentation system (CC-D camera, video image & PC) which is useful for analyzing different types of gels.

4. Real Time PCR Lab

In this lab we have a real time PCR system from Stratagene that is used for absolute gene quantification, detection of single nucleotide polymorphism and allelic discrimination.

5.  Protein Analysis Laboratory

It includes fully automated ELISA for serodiagnosis of infectious diseases, detection of tumor markers. It also include facilities for Protein electrophoresis and Western blot analysis.

6. Bioinformatics Lab

Provide sequence analysis services that include sequence alignment, phylogenetic analysis, dendrogram and cluster analysis.