Nasser Dweik

Biography:

Education

12/2007 PhD in Plant Biotechnology .University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.

Professional experience

2007- now Researcher at University of Jordan
2003- 2007 Enrollment in PhD program, (Plant Biotechnology)
The title of his Dissertation was: Lentil Genomics: BAC Library Construction, Validation and Evaluation.

In the lab he was exposed to several techniques including :

a- Isolation of DNA from plant tissues
b- Preparion of bacterial competent cells
c- Tansformation of bacteria using heat chock and electroporation methods,
d- Agarose gel electrophoresis and PFGE,
e- Bioinformatically primer design,
f- PCR

Publications

1- Dweik, N. Abu Rmailh, B. Competitive Effect and Control of Annual Weeds in Three Major Vegetable Crops Grown in Jordan Valley, Dirasat, 7, 43-49, 1982.
2- Dweik, N., and Tarawneh, N. (2002) Wild Birds and Animals in Jordan. Al-rai press, Amman , Jordan.

Interests - Reading publications in the fields of Genetics and Evolution.
- Bioinformatics and gene relations.
- Research in camouflage of insects and animals and the theory behind that.

Honors

- Distinguished Student/ Researcher (University candidate for awards of Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research for year 2005)


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