Roles

Salah Elbaruni is one of the staff members at the department of Medical Laboratory sciences at  the Faculty of Medical Technology.

In 2011, he gained a PhD in Molecular Pathology (Cancer Stem Cells Group), Trinity College Dublin and Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital (TCD), (Thesis: Analysing expression of genes and miRNAs during early differentiation leads to knockdown and overexpression of Tgf-b pathway in Embryonal Carcinoma Stem Cells). In 2003, he completed a Masters (MSc) in Molecular Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. In 1991, he was awarded a B.Sc Degree of Medical laboratory science, Faculty of Medical Technology, Al-Fateh University, Libya.

Following his B.Sc Degree he worked in a Medical Diagnostic laboratory in Al-Gelaa Hospital and he achieved experience in Blood bank Lab, Haematology Lab and Biochemistry Lab. When he worked five years in Histopathology Diagnostic Lab, he achieved experience in specimen dissection, and preparing a paraffin tissue process and cytology sample process (fixating, embedding, microtome cutting and staining tissue sections and immunohistochemistry).

During his PhD and Master, he have gained hands on experience of a wide variety of Molecular Biology and Molecular Microbiology in Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital, St James Hospital and Beaumont Hospital Research Labs including Gene knockdown and over expression, Plasmid, RNA isolation and cDNA synthesis, Polymerase Chain reaction (PCR), Nuclear Protein Extraction, Western blot, Genotyping, flow cytometry, Plasmid DNA preparation, Biofilm assay and microscopy techniques.

In addition, he have achieved Molecular Biology Technique and Lab Safety and Scientific skills, Primary cell culturing, Cell counting and Cell Transfection was one of the most techniques he achieved during his time in Coombe Women's Hospital Research Lab and St James Hospital Research Lab.

From 2012 to 2023, his experience was extended to undergraduate and postgraduate student as a full-time Lecturer in University of Tripoli and Libyan Academy in Libya, covering Histopathology, Medical Genetics and Cell Biology subjects. Also he supervised graduation thesis's and MSc students and published some publications.

Careers

Medical Analysis Engineer, Al-Jalaa Hospital Laboratory, Tripoli, Libya 1992-1993

Research Assistant, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya 1993-1998

Teacher, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya 1998-2000

Assistant Lecturer, Histopathology, Third and Fourth Year, Faculty of Medical Technology, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya 2004-2006

Lecturer, Histopathology and Molecular Pathology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Tripoli, Libya 2012-2015

Assistant Professor, Histopathology 1 and 2, Fourth and Fifth Semesters, Faculty of Medical Technology, Tripoli, Libya 2015-2019

Associate Professor, Histopathology 1 and 2, Fourth and Fifth Semesters, Faculty of Medical Technology, Tripoli, Libya 2019-2023

Associate Professor, Cell Biology for Postgraduate Students, Faculty of Medical Technology, Tripoli, Libya 2022- 2023

Lecturer of Medical Genetics Postgraduate Studies Libyan Academy for Postgraduate Studies, Tripoli, Libya 2017 - 2023

Head of the Department of Studies and Examinations, Faculty of Medical Technology, University of Tripoli/ Libya 2012 - 2013

Vice President of Faculty of Medical Technology, University of Tripoli/ Libya 2013 - 4/9/2013

Vice President for Student and Educational Affairs, University of Tripoli 4/9/2013 - 9/2017

Vice President of Faculty of Medical Technology, University of Tripoli/ Libya 2/2018 - 11/2018

Vice President for Medical Colleges, University of Tripoli/ Libya for the year 2022

Research Interests

He participated and supervised many research papers, exceeding 25 research papers. He also supervised 21 graduation projects for students of the Medical Laboratories sciences Department at the Faculty of Medical Technology. He supervised 2 master’s theses at the Libyan Academy for Postgraduate Studies in Tripoli and was an external examiner for 2 master’s theses at the Libyan Academy for Postgraduate Studies in Tripoli.

External Activities

Lecturer at the Libyan Academy for Postgraduate Studies for the subject of Medical Genetics from 2017 to 2023.

Member of the Committee for Activating and Implementing the Cooperation Agreement between the University of Tripoli and the Libyan Center for Biotechnology Research from 2022.