Workplace

Lab

The teaching laboratory at the Faculty of Pharmacy, where Dr. Hassani has worked since 1980, and the private medical laboratory he runs in Damascus.

Faculty lab

Teaching laboratory

The microbiology and hematology teaching laboratory at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Damascus University. Practical sessions run alongside the lecture courses in microbiology, hematology, and the laboratory sciences.

Students learn to prepare media, identify colonies, read Gram stains, interpret peripheral blood films, and keep accurate laboratory records.

Photos

Inside the lab

Microbiology teaching laboratory
Microbiology teaching laboratory
Hematology bench with microscopes
Hematology bench with microscopes
Students at the laboratory bench
Students at the laboratory bench
Culture plates on the workbench
Culture plates on the workbench

Day-to-day

What happens in the lab

Teaching

Practical sessions in microbiology and hematology, run alongside the lecture courses.

Research

Work on Legionella infections, antimicrobial resistance, and laboratory protocols, with collaborators in Dresden and Saarland.

Supervision

Supervision of pharmacy and laboratory students working on master's and doctoral projects.

Bench work

Day-to-day work in the teaching lab: media preparation, microscopy, staining, susceptibility testing, and blood film examination.