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We at Hakim's lab can help you find your niche at Dine College, Tuba City center. You will develop a special bond through sustained work together with your peers, your juniors, your fellows that gives a sense of community to whole research groups as a team. Hundreds of hands-on experiments,and conducting original research will support your understanding of how to design investigations, how to make appropriate methodological choices, and how to implement different sets of techniques and methods to achieve your task. You will develop transferable skills, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, and independence.
The General Research explored in Hakim’s lab
• Virology: HIV/HAV/HBV/HCV/ Dengue virus, genotyping, Serotyping, antiviral Chemotherapeutic .....agents
• Micro RNAs target recognition and regulatory functions for Retroviruses and Lentiviruses
• Antimicrobial activity of soil bacteria and local medicinal plants/ spices
• Multidrug Resistant Organisms (MDRs): ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus ......aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter .....spp.), Candida species
• Waterborne Infectious Diseases: Coliforms, no-coliforms, Helicobacter pylori, Legionellosis, Giardiasis, ......Amoebic dysentery, Negleria infection
• Water quality in off grid communities: possible solutions
• Wastewater reclamation and agricultural use
Focused Research
• Microbial analysis of water (surface/ground/ municipality supplied running water/hauled water, ......household water storage units), waterborne infections and outreach via Citizen Science Fairs and open ......houses
• Microbial analysis of wastewater effluent and decision support for reclamation
• Crowd sourcing for new antimicrobials from desert soil against MDRs eg. ESKAPE pathogens
• Role of H. pylori isolated from water samples in peptic ulcers
• Candida species: diagnosis, pathogenesis and treatment
Some of the Current thesis
• Microbial analysis of water in accordance with quality parameters set by US-EPA and NN-EPA
• Microbial analysis of wastewater Effluent and possible use in Agriculture
• Extraction, purification and analysis of metabolites from soil bacteria against MDRs (ESKAPE pathogens ......and Candida)
• Restoring Natural Water to Potable Quality in Off-Grid Areas on Navajo Nation (Neilroy Singer).
• Soil analysis from Navajo reservation in search of novel antibiotics (Kaitlan James)
• Antimicrobial effect of Sage (Artemisia tiripartita, and Artemisia trifida) against
......Candida albicans, E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus spp (Faylene Begay).
• Potential microRNA Based Inhibition against the Nucleocapsid Protein in Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus: A ......Surrogate Model for Hepatitis C Virus (Harrison Cayatineto)
Envisioned Careers for students that will be graduated from Hakim’s Lab
Graduates can:
• Continue as MS or/ and PhD students
• Join Pharmaceutical companies
• Join Research Organizations
• Join Clinical, Diagnostic and Industrial Laboratories
• Can continue in medical career (Medicine, Dentistry, Medical Laboratory Scientist)
• Can join National/ international Quality Control and accreditation forces and many .......more.
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