"Green Biotechnology and Cellular Engineering" laboratory
The laboratory "Green Biotechnology and Cellular Engineering" was established by order of the Rector on 01.04.2010 No. 184-LS and is a structural subdivision of the Kazakh-Japan Innovation Center.
The laboratory is accredited for compliance with the requirements of the GOST ISO/IEC 17025-2019 "General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories".
The purpose of the Laboratory is:
- ensuring the improvement of the efficiency of research work of the teaching staff involved in ensuring veterinary welfare and stabilization of the agricultural sector of the Republic of Kazakhstan, preservation and improvement of the gene pool of animals;
- - preparation and training of highly qualified specialists at the level of undergraduates and PhD doctoral students;
- implementation of scientific support of grant, commercialized projects, scientific works of undergraduates and doctoral students of the university.
"Food and environmental Safety" laboratory
In the laboratory of "Food and Environmental Safety", research works are carried out to determine the quality and safety indicators of agricultural raw materials and food products.
In 2020, the laboratory was accredited in the accreditation system of the Republic of Kazakhstan for compliance with the requirements of the GOST ISO/IEC 17025-2019 "General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories".
The main purpose of the laboratory is:
- training and training of highly qualified specialists at the level of undergraduates and PhD doctoral students, internships;
- implementation of scientific support of grant, commercialized projects, scientific works of undergraduates and doctoral students of the university.
- provision of services for entrepreneurs and farmers to determine the quality and safety of food and feed;
- research of all types of baby food products, food raw materials, catering products, food additives, biologically active additives, animal feed for compliance with safety and quality requirements in three directions:
- organoleptic studies;
- physical and chemical indicators;
- determination of toxic components.
Laboratory of engineering profile "Electron microscopy"
LIP "Electron Microscopy" performs electron microscopic studies of inorganic and biological objects.
In 2015, the laboratory of the engineering profile "Electron Microscopy" was accredited in the accreditation system of the Republic of Kazakhstan for compliance with the requirements of the ST RK ISO/IEC 17025-2009 "General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories".
The main goal of the "Electron Microscopy" is the implementation of programs and projects in priority areas of science and technology with further provision of services in accordance with national and international standards.
The tasks of the laboratory are:
-conducting microscopic studies on the transmission electron microscope of biological objects bacteria, viruses and studying the structure of cells. - conducting studies of the surfaces of biological and inorganic objects on a scanning electron microscope, with the determination of the chemical elemental composition.
- promotion and conduct of scientific research;
- training of highly qualified specialists.
The laboratory is equipped with modern equipment – transmission electron microscope JEM-1011, digital microscope – Leica DM 4000B, scanning electron microscope JSM-6510LA, Ultramicrotome Leica EM UC7 RT.
The available equipment makes it possible to study the structure of materials, namely: to determine the size of particles and crystals; to identify crystalline phases; to determine the quantitative ratio of crystalline and amorphous phases; to study the pathology of microorganisms, topography and microstructure of the surface of various samples; to conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis of the composition of the sample in the point area; allows you to build a profile of the distribution of elements from the selected site, to build a three-dimensional image of tissues, to analyze particles; to determine cell tomography, to examine and analyze biological sections; to examine and identify microorganisms.
Technical equipment
Hematology Analyzer MS 4/5, Enzyme Immunoassay Stat Fax 2100, Real-time PCR Applied Biosystems Step One Plus, QuantStudio 12K Flex, NGS Sequencer Ion S5 System with Ion Chef System, Scanning Electron Microscope JSM-6510 LA, Transmission Electron Microscope JEM-1011, ultramicrotome Leica EM UC7, Digital Microscope – Leica DM 4000B, Trace Gas Chromatograph with TSQ 8000 Thermo Fisher Scientific Mass Spectrometric Detector, Ultimate 3000 HPLC with Thermo Fisher Scientific Mass Spectrometric Detector
Plans and reports
Further prospects for the development of the center:
▪ genetic research in the direction of crop production (genotyping, selective selection, etc.)
▪ expansion of research in the genetic directions of small cattle, horses and other animal species.
development of new and relevant test methods in order to expand the scope of accreditation.
▪ state independent examination of quality and safety indicators of agricultural raw materials and food products according to National and international standards;
organization of state monitoring programs for quality and safety indicators of agricultural products and coordination of expert activities of regional laboratories;
▪ training and retraining of personnel in the field of quality and safety expertise of agricultural products.
Progress
The Kazakh-Japan Innovation Center (KJIC), as a structural subdivision of KazNARU, is one of the leading divisions of the University engaged in conducting modern scientific research, training highly qualified specialists and providing paid services.
The unique capabilities of the Research Center for ensuring scientific research at the international level are the availability of powerful and modern scientific equipment, accreditation for compliance with GOST ISO/IEC 17025-2019 "General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories", licenses for activities related to poisons, precursors and psychotropic substances.
In order to expand scientific research, the Research Institute is actively involved in republican competitions for conducting scientific research within the framework of grant and program-targeted funding.
The result of participation in the competition for the GF of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2021-2023 is the grant project IRN AP 09259192 "Human syndrome: studying the diversity of viral respiratory infections by NGS sequencing" (supervisor Professor Sandybaev N.T.) with a funding amount of 64.5 million tenge.
This project is fundamental, unique and at the same time complex. Currently, the studies planned in the project were carried out only abroad, in Kazakhstan such work is being carried out by us for the first time. Within the framework of the project, using NGS sequencing approaches, all available viruses present in the human upper respiratory tract will be sequenced.
An important result in the implementation of this project is the identification of not only already widely known, circulating viruses among the population of Almaty, as well as the detection of viruses rare or previously undetectable in Kazakhstan. The real picture of the presence of respiratory viruses in humans will be presented, which can become the basis for a successful and targeted fight against infectious diseases.
The employees of the KJIC are the executors of individual tasks for genetic research in two grant projects: 1) IRN AP09259609 "A new platform for intranasal SARS-CoV-2 vaccine based on nanoparticles: design development and testing on laboratory animal models" and 2) IRN AP09259636 "Study of the genetic resistance of promising apple varieties and rootstocks to a dangerous disease – bacterial Fire blight using SNP markers". According to the first project, research is being conducted to create genetic constructs for the expression of specific COVID-19 proteins suitable for the development of specific vaccines. According to the second project, the CAIC conducts research on the development of SNP markers for apple varieties and rootstocks that characterize the resistance of trees to bacterial burn.
In addition to grant projects, according to the results of the competition for program-targeted financing through the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2021-2023 on veterinary safety, the KJIC successfully implements the tasks of developing PCR-based test systems for the diagnosis of infectious diseases of horses. The practical result of this project is the creation of new diagnostic PCR kits designed to identify equine influenza, myta, rhodoccus equi and helicobacteriosis.
Conducting scientific research at a high methodological level, publishing scientific articles in international rating journals and international cooperation is the basis for the further development of the Kazakh National Agrarian Research University and its integration into the world community.
