Ameena Abdulla Al-Malki

Ministry of Municipality & Environment, Qatar



Biography

Ameena Abdulla Al-Malki is a head of Genetic Engineering Department (Agricultural research) at the Ministry of Environment in Doha Qatar. He had training in the following courses: Detection of GMOs in Agricultural and Food Products, Steps of scientific research at the genomic core (University Weill Cornell medical college) in Qatar, DNA Marker Applications for Genetic Diversity Analysis, Specialist training on Principles and Techniques of Molecular Typing and Fingerprinting, Applied Biosystems 3130 Genetic Analyzer, 7900HT Fast Real-Time PCR system and Veriti 96 Well Fast thermal Cycler. My work includes date palm somatic embryogenesis and plant tissue culture, molecular biology and biotechnology as well as statistical analysis.

Abstract

Vibrio species are highly abundant in the marine environment and can be detected in sea water, marine algae and animals. This study investigates the presence of Vibrio in Qatari marine water using traditional microbiology methods as well as exploring the novelty of this species by studying their genetic diversity.