Achievements From Individual Research Departments
Published on 01/02/2019
BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
- Identification and patenting of biomarkers linking sleep apnea to diabetes and lipid metabolism (1 patent)
- Mrs. Sina Kavalakatt was awarded the Young Researcher award in basic sciences at HSC poster conference, Kuwait University
MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
- Dr. Fatema Al-Rashed, post-doctoral fellow, was awarded L’Oréal–UNESCO FWIS 2017 fellowship grant for the period of November 2017–November 2018
GENETICS AND BIOINFORMATICS DEPARTMENT
- Established high throughput Next generation sequencing technology for DNA and RNA
- Established the CRISPR Genetic Editing work flow
- A method to determine predisposition to metabolic syndrome in children (patent pending)
- Mrs. Rasheeba Nizam received the Best Employee of the Year award from the research sector of DDI
