Daily Archives: July 20, 2023

Erbil Polytechnic University and Dutch SPARK Organization Have Completed a Training Course

On Thursday, the 20th of July, 2023, in the presence of Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki the students performed a workshop regarding the fulfillment of their training course.

At the workshop where the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs, the Director of International Relations Office, and the Director of the Career Development Center were present the students presented a seminar in which they discussed their proposals to solve the companies’ problems.

The workshop was a part of a project called (Innovation Hub Club) that was conducted for three months by the assistance of Dutch SPARK Organization and supervised by DOINK (Graphic Design Firm), in which seven students from the Erbil Polytechnic University successfully completed the training course and learned how to manage a student club.

The project was supervised by the Career Development Center Directorate (CDC) of the University Presidency. After the completion of the course the students opened a club called Students Club on 15, 16 and 17 June, 2023 and the first activity of the club (Innovation Hub Club) started. The main trainers of this workshop were seven students of the Erbil Polytechnic University.

Today, the workshop ended and certificates were distributed on the students and a Student Club were awarded to them by the Dutch SPARK Organization, DOINK Firm, and the Career Development Center. In this training course 22 students participated.

This workshop was an opportunity for students to develop skills and introduce them to the labor market and how to solve the problems faced by companies, and strengthen communication skills and self-confidence.

It is worth mentioning that this workshop was a challenge between students of the Erbil Polytechnic University, the Mosul University and Northern Technical University.

A Group Of Students Of The Erbil Polytechnic University Are Going To Egypt For Summer Internship

On Thursday, the 20th of July, 2023, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki received five students of our university who are going to visit Egypt for summer internship.

In a meeting where the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs and Higher Education, Vice Rector for Students Affairs, and the Director of the International Relations Office were present, after welcoming the students, they gave necessary instructions on how to behave in their trip to Egypt and wished them a trip full of knowledge and cultural exchange.

During the meeting, the Rector welcomed the students and said: “I am pleased that a number of our students are traveling to exchange science, information, culture and nationality. Now the door is open for scientific trips. As the university presidency, we want our students to travel and see countries and show the beautiful Kurdish culture to other countries What is your history and what is your ownership”

“The most important thing is to show them our beautiful face and tell them that multi-religion and multi-culture live together in Kurdistan without problems and we accept each other. You are young people. I hope you will benefit and be more open-minded, because this journey is not only scientific but also a cultural, national and national journey.”

The students are scheduled to travel on Friday, July 21, 2023 and stay in Egypt for a month. They are third year students of Erbil Technical Administrative College, the Erbil Health and Medicine College, and the Erbil Technical Engineering College who are chosen to perform their summer internship program in the Egypt University for Science and Technology (جامعة المصر للعلوم والتکنولوجا).

This trip is a part of the strategy of the Erbil Polytechnic University to become international. This student exchange program is a part of this strategy and will continue annually.

Assessment of P53 Gene Mutations and Immunophenotyping Patterns in Acute Leukemia Patients in Nanakali Hospital-Erbil


  • Ashqi Mohammed Kareem

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  • 0750 443 1335
  • Ashqi pdf
  • Hematological malignancies are among the many diseases that exhibit P53 mutations. The main aim of the present study to assess the prevalence of P53 gene mutations among Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia cases. We conducted a comprehensive evaluation using P53 mutational screening through hematological changes, bone marrow aspiration reports, PCR, and gel electrophoresis in the current research to assess the P53 mutation frequencies in AML and ALL patients.

    This study evaluated 61 patients of Acute Leukemia referred from Nanakaly Hospital for Blood Diseases and Cancer in Erbil-City, from July 1, 2021, to March 11, 2022. For a total of 61 patients (29 patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and 32 patients with  Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia), which had been selected for the study depending on the Complete Remission/Partial Remission association, we compared the CBC parameters, immunophenotyping CDs, and bone marrow reports. Of these, 40 samples (20 from AML and 20 from ALL) were followed up for DNA extraction, PCR amplification and visualized by Gel Electrophoresis.

    Overall 61 patients (29 AML patients achieved CR 24(82.7%) and PR 5(17.3%) and (32 ALL patients achieved CR 25(79.3%) and PR 7(20.7%). One of the important  findings of our study, the P53 gene was mutated in all of AML and ALL patients. The most frequent positive CDs in AML patients, includes (CD13, CD33, MPO, HLADR, CD64, CD117, CD34), and the mean of them are (75%, 70%, 60%, 60%, 55%, 55% and 50% respectively) , and according to CR/PR association those CDs were statistically showed significant (CD64, CD117, CD13, CD33, CD34, MPO, TdT and CD38,), p-values (<0.0001, <0.0001, 0.0012, 0.0012, 0.0067, 0.0103, 0.0209 and 0.0235 respectively). The most frequent CDs in ALL patients, includes (CD19, CD79a, TdT, HLADR, CD10, CD22 and CD34), the mean of them are (95.24%, 95.24%, 95%, 90%, 85.71%, 80% and 50% respectively), and according to CR/PR association, those CDs markers(CD2, CD10, CD19, CD22, CD34, CD79A and TdT) were statistically showed significant, with p-values (<0.0001, <0.0001, <0.0001, <0.0001, <0.0001, 0.0003 and 0.0124 respectively). The majority of bone marrow aspirates in AML cases during the post-induction stage were primarily hypercellular(100%) in CR group and hypercellular (85%) in PR group, and the p-value depending on CR/PR ratio showed mildly significant for Cellular fragments (0.0068), also the blast percentages were significant. For instances of ALL, the bone marrow aspiration reports were primarily hypercellular(100%) in CR group and hypercellular (45%) in PR group, and the p-value of  CR/PR ratio showed strongly significant(<0.0001). The present study identified by Sanger sequencing, 28 mutations from 17 mutated samples(from 20 samples of AML and 20 samples of ALL), which includes, 17 mutations from 10 samples of AML and 11 mutations from 7 samples of ALL.

    We conclude that P53 were highly mutated in AML and ALL cases and immunophenotyping CD markers significantly expressed in acute leukemias, also the reports showed the  hypercellular bone marrow.


  • Erbil Technical Health College

  • Medical Laboratory Technology Department

  • Hematology

Impact of Different Static Magnatic Field Forces on Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristic of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli


  • Amanj Jamal Azeez

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  • 0750 430 4363
  • FINAL AMANJ THESIS RECOVERY 99
  • SUMMARY

    The current study aimed to investigate the impact of a static magnetic field (SMF) exposure on uropathogenic Escherichia coli colony morphology, cell growth, viability, biochemical characteristics, antibiotic susceptibility and gene expression from urine clinical specimens.

    Twenty- five E.coli is being isolated clinical samples obtained from urine of patients attended to different hospitals (Erbil, Rizgary, and Rapareen Teaching Hospital in Erbil city/Iraq. All isolates were identified using cultural, morphological, biochemical characteristics, and the using Vitek 2 system for identification.

    The magnetic field created manually with the power of (0.04, 0.08, 0.12, 0.16T) and have been measured the force in the Physics Department of the College of Education at the University of Salahaddin in Erbil/ Iraq. The bacterial culture in broth media exposed to different force of magnetic field.

    Our findings revealed that exposure to SMF (0.04, 0.08, 0.12, 0.16T) decreased optical density at 620 nm over the course of 24 hours. Also finding exposed bacteria to different magnetic force been altered bacterial biological activity on sugar fermentation and antibiotic sensitivity due to mutation.

    In addition, the Vitek 2 system has been used for measuring the antibiotic susceptibility of bacteria against different magnetic fields. After 24 hours of exposure, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) value was calculated. The antibiotics Ciprofloxacin, Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, Ceftazidime, Cefepime and Aztreonam converted from sensitive to resistant compared with negative control (unexposed).

    Escherichia coli isolates were put through a PCR procedure using the appropriate primer 16SrRNA to establish their identity as well as other primers TEM1.CTXM-1 SHV genes that encode for a multidrug-resistant strain MDR.

    The interpretation of the differential expression of the TEM1.CTXM-1, SHV, and 16SrRNA genes under different SMF exposure revealed that the expression level of the 16SrRNA amplification PCR product remained constant throughout the exposure and thus can be used as a reference gene for the observation of the differential gene expression of E. coli. Notably, the amplified PCR products of TEM1.CTXM-1, and SHV genes were decreased after different SMF exposure as compared to non-exposed (control) that’s lead to increase antibiotic susceptibility. The TEM1.CTXM-1 genes were subjected to a genomic study; (Bio Edit V.7.0.5) was used to evaluate the quality of their sequencing data. Utilizing NCBI- BLAST, homology, insertions - deletions, stop codons, and frame shifts were investigated. Laboratory or query sequences were examined and aligned with a second biological sequence to identify a greater degree of similarity and nucleotide variation with other targets.


  • Erbil Technical Health College

  • Medical Laboratory Technology Department

  • Microbiology