The Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics


The Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics at Pasteur Institute of Morocco, study the molecular mechanisms behind various inherited diseases in the Moroccan population. The basic aim of our research is to increase our knowledge on the molecular causes of these diseases, thereby helping to design diagnostic assays, prevention and therapy. The central topics of our research include the molecular investigation of hereditary deafness and type 2 diabetes and also the role of the Y chromosome in sex determination and male infertility

Research topics:

  • Study of hereditary deafness in the Moroccan population.
  • Molecular study of type 2 diabetes and its complications.
  • Genetic susceptibility to Metabolic syndrome.
  • Genetics of human male infertility.
  • Epigenetic profiling of human sperm DNA during spermatogenesi.

Contact

Database editor in chief

Abdelhamid Barakat, PhD
Address:  Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics, Pasteur Institute of Morocco, 1 Place Louis Pasteur, 20360, Casablanca, Morocco.
Phone number:  (+212) 522 434 471
Fax number:  (+212) 522 260 957
Email:  hamid.barakat@pasteur.ma

Database Manager

Hicham Charoute, PhD Student
Address:  Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics, Pasteur Institute of Morocco, 1 Place Louis Pasteur, 20360, Casablanca, Morocco.
Phone number:  (+212) 522 434 471
Fax number:  (+212) 522 260 957
Email:  hcharoute@gmail.com