Kuwait
Experience: - (TWAS) vice president and board member - (iAONR), vice president - IFBA-certified Biorisk professional - Scientific Research Management - training coordinator -Chair and member in several professional committees. - Liaison Officer/governor at International Centre of Genetic Engineering ( ICGEB) - Genetic engineering - Biodiversity - Biosafety/ biosecurity - Molecular diagnostics, biotyping - Embryo transfer and genetic manipulation in sheep. - Cloning and development of recombinant antigens. - Project management - strategic planning - GMOs - DNA biomarkers - Fish population genetics - Microalgae Goals: - To establish a National Centre of Excellence for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. - Establish a national biosafety regulatory system. - Knowledge transfer & education for developing and scientifically lagging countries. - Promote the role of women in Science and technology Specialties: - Genetic Engineering, molecular biology - Embryo transfer in sheep - DNA fingerprinting & biotyping - cloning and gene expression - Review and assessment of scientific proposals and projects
- Elected Fellow of TWAS. - TWAS member of the Advisory Committee in Agricultural Sciences. - ICGEB Liaison officer - Member of TWAS-OWSDS Advisory Panel. - Research activities in diagnostics, recombinant vaccines, marine population genetics, biodiversity,DNA fingerprinting and genome sequencing. - Project leader for the Establishment of a National Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology Centre . - Member of OWSD (organization of Women in Science for Developing Countries) - Established a National Biosafety committee. - Member of the National Commitees of Biosafety and Biodiversity