{"id":2616,"date":"2025-09-25T21:38:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T21:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.ige.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=2616"},"modified":"2025-09-25T21:48:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T21:48:43","slug":"the-institute-of-genetic-engineering-holds-a-scientific-symposium-on-the-latest-developments-in-ngs-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ige.uobaghdad.edu.iq\/?p=2616","title":{"rendered":"The Institute of Genetic Engineering holds a scientific symposium on the latest developments in NGS technology."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:ae993128-e80a-497f-8cf8-3cdf366c3767-113\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-112\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] thread-sm:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] thread-lg:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] thread-lg:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"cb1171dc-4c87-4b6e-bfa7-915e9de3e9a0\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"479\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology for Postgraduate Studies \/ University of Baghdad organized a scientific symposium on \u201cThe Latest Developments in NGS Technology\u201d, delivered by Dr. Wisam Hazem Salo (Lecturer) as the speaker, with Dr. Ali Imad Mohammed (Assistant Professor) as session chair, and Ms. Sarah Mahdi Shalash (Assistant Lecturer) as rapporteur. The event was attended by a number of faculty members, staff, and students of the Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"481\" data-end=\"892\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The symposium aimed to introduce the concept of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), explain its working mechanisms, and highlight its broad potential in supporting researchers and specialists across various scientific fields. It also presented an overview of modern NGS platforms and instruments, clarifying the technical advantages of each in terms of accuracy, processing speed, and efficiency of outputs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"894\" data-end=\"1335\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The discussions further emphasized the research and medical applications of NGS, including its role in detecting genetic mutations and hereditary diseases, studying biomarkers and gene expression, and raising the awareness of postgraduate students and researchers about the importance of these platforms in enhancing their research capabilities, thereby positively impacting scientific productivity and the quality of research outputs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1337\" data-end=\"1716\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The symposium recommended increasing the number of specialized seminars and training courses on NGS to enable researchers and postgraduate students to keep pace with global developments. It also encouraged stronger collaboration between universities, research centers, and hospitals to apply NGS in medical diagnostics, treatment of genetic diseases, and forensic medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1718\" data-end=\"2157\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Additionally, the symposium stressed the importance of establishing specialized NGS laboratories within academic and research institutions to serve as scientific and training references for students and researchers. It also called for motivating researchers to apply NGS platforms in applied studies, particularly in critical areas such as detecting antibiotic-resistant microbes, protein studies, and bioinformatics data analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"146\" data-end=\"265\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">This symposium contributed to achieving two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"266\" data-end=\"681\">\n<li data-start=\"266\" data-end=\"434\">\n<p data-start=\"268\" data-end=\"434\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Fourth goal: Quality Education \u2013 by focusing on training graduate students and researchers, and enhancing their knowledge and skills in advanced genomic technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"435\" data-end=\"681\">\n<p data-start=\"437\" data-end=\"681\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Ninth Goal: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure \u2013 by recommending the establishment of specialized genome sequencing laboratories, thereby strengthening the research infrastructure and innovation capacity of Iraqi scientific institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2605&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;img_link_large&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2604&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;img_link_large&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] The Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology for Postgraduate Studies \/ University of Baghdad organized a scientific symposium &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,23,28,17,7,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","category-sdg4","category-sdg9","category-last-news","category-a-a","category-sustainability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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