Roles

Moftah Mohamed Alhagdow,  one of the staff members at the department of Horticulture  faculty of Agriculture. I am s working  since 2-09-1989. I  teaches several subjects in this major such as molecular Biology and Plant tissue cultures. In most of researches I focused on factors effected plant growth such as salinity, a lot of job has been done on vitamin C.  I published more than 18 paper with many participation in Scientific conferences..

Careers

Study and examinations coordinator, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, from October 2008 to October 2009

- Head of the Department of Study and Examinations, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, from October 2009 to October 2013

- Postgraduate Studies Coordinator, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, from April 2016 to October 2018

- Head of the Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, from October 2018 to June 2021

 I participated in many committees at the department, college and university levels and in  ministerial committees (Ministry of Agriculture

Research Interests

DNA manipulation; Extraction, Chromosome mapping, Southern blot analysis to determine number of gen copies of transformants, vector manipulation., RNA manipulation; quantification and qualification including extraction, northern blot analysis, expression analysis by semi- quantative RT-PCR, in situ hybridization, Microarray analysis. cDNA synthesis and Cloning using different protocols (I produced tens of transformants, genetically modified plants), Protein analysis; some quantifications and qualifications methods including assay of enzymatic activity, SDS-PAGE and western blot analysis. Immuno-detectio Determination of Metabolites level: HPLC (determination of Isoprenoids), enzymatic fingerprinting of cell wall polymers, Ascorbic acid analysis, detection of H2 Cytological 

External Activities

External reviewer for an international scientific journal, Journal of Genetics, Genomics & Plant Breeding

As well as local scientific journals, including the Libyan Journal of Agricultural Sciences..