Introduction:
Qatar University Laboratory Animal Research Center (LARC) is a state of the art core facility with a finely controlled specific pathogen free (SPF) vivarium to assure excellent husbandry and humane care of the research animals.In addition to the vivarium, LARC has specialized diagnostic labs to provide in-house diagnostic tests that involve environmental and health-monitoring programs. Both are critical to maintain the specific pathogen free husbandry conditions and the health of the research animals.
Program Overview:
The diagnostic labs at LARC offers and host an online internship program of three weeks duration to support the students and researchers to enhance the knowledge on biosafety practices, principles of diagnostics techniques, rodent health monitoring in a vivarium setting and Laboratory risk – waste management. The program enhances interaction with the specialist in Rodent health monitoring to establish and carry out diagnostic work with animal samples.The participating interns will be awarded with a certificate on successful completion of the program.
Objectives:
- Acquire advanced knowledge about on Good Lab Practices (GLP).
- Learn the principles of rodent health monitoring.
- Develop methodology for animal diagnostics.
- Develop interpretation skill of diagnostic result.
- Learn writing and presentation skill and techniques.
Supervisory Team:
Our professional staff in the Laboratory division will train, supervise, and evaluate the intern to ensures that the intern gets the most out of their internship experience through provision of close supervision, guidance, daily online meeting, presentations and evaluation. The team will help the intern to write a final report and presentation of their internship work.
Evaluation:
In order to get Internship certification, the internee must fulfill the following criteria:
- Attendance and participation of all the activities (presentations and assignments)
- Final presentation given by internee
- Passing Basic examination after end of internship program
Internship Duration: Three Weeks from June 7th to 25th, 2020.
First Week 7th -11th June 2020 | Session one LARC Laboratories Overview | Session Two Good Lab Practice | Session Three Vivarium Environmental Monitoring |
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Second Week 14th -18th June 2020 | Session one Health Monitoring – Principle | Session Two Health Monitoring - Methods | Session Three Quality assurance – Diagnostic Labs |
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Third Week 21st –25th June 2020 | Session one Risk Management | Session Two Waste Management | Final Presentation |
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Registration Requirements:
Registration will be open from Sunday May 3rd to Sunday May 31st, 2020.
- Fill up the Registration Form
- Then send a scanned copy of the registration form attach with scanned copies from the following documents to larc@qu.edu.qa :
- Valid Qatari ID.
- University ID card.
Summer Internship Flyer
You will receive a confirmation email from LARC to confirm your seat based on completed documents and availability of positions.