First NENALAB Meeting, 9-11 June 2020 (online)

1. Soil Microbiology Laboratory
University of Diyala
IRAQ
Dr. Abbas Fadhil Ali

2. Laboratory profile
Facilities Notes
Surface area of the laboratory
(in m2)
50m²
Number of rooms in the
laboratory
2
Staff Notes
Number of laboratory staff 5
Qualification of laboratory
staff (e.g. university degree)
2 PhD Degree
2Master Degree
1 BSc Degree
Is laboratory staff regularly
trained? If yes, how often?
Yes
1 Per Year

3. Picture of the lab (optional)

4. Laboratory profile
Analysis performed Number of samples
analysed per year
Notes
Chemical .50 EC, pH, N, P, K, O.C, soluble
Cl, SO4, Ca, Mg, Na
Physical
Biological >100 Count and isolate bacteria,
fungi, actinomycetes,
algae and protozoa from the
soil.
Isolation of Rhizobia from
Nodules.
Estimating the numbers and
isolating the Azotobacter
bacteria by method Most
probable number
Etc.

5. Laboratory needs
Can you please tell us what your labs need the most
in terms of training and capacity building?
numberMaterialNo.
1supplying and installation of Kjeldhal
equipment for Nitrogen Determination.
1
1supplying sensitive Balance
equipment with 4 decimals
2
1supplying Autoclave device3
2Supplying Distilled water device4
2supplying incubator shaker equipment.5
3supplying electrical conductivity meter
device
6
3supplying pH meter7

6. Can you please tell us what your labs need the most in terms
of training and capacity building?
numbermaterialNo.
100supplying micropipette equipment8
> 50supplying chemical materials according to the attached list9
>40supplying different glass lab equipment according to the
attached list
10
2supplying and installation of atomic adsorption
spectrophotometer equipment
11
supplying and installation electronic microscope device13
2supplying incubator conditions shaker equipment14
1supplying Fume hood and block digestion with capacity 40 tubes
equipment
15
1supplying Furnace equipment with temperature get up 1000 °C16
1supplying centrifuge 10000 rpm equipment with capacity 8
tubes each tube capacity is 50 ml
17

7. Expectations from GLOSOLAN
Can you please tell us what your expectations on
GLOSOLAN and NENALAB are?
My Expectation that lab. Can preform most of the
required analysis in order for the college graduate
and post graduate students and become qualified for
job market after graduation and help teachers to
carry out specific Scientific research

8. Thanks for your attention