Awards and Patents

**Two Faculty Members from the Mosul Medical Technical Institute Receive a Letter of Appreciation from the President of Northern Technical University** The Honorable President of **Northern Technical University** awarded a **Letter of Appreciation** to **Assistant Lecturer Ahmed Hisham Hammo** and **Assistant Lecturer Ru'aa Amer Thamer**, together with a one-month service credit to be counted toward annual salary increment and academic promotion, in recognition of their outstanding efforts in registering **two novel local isolates** of *Pseudomonas aeruginosa* from the city of Mosul in the **National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) GenBank**. The registered isolates were assigned the following GenBank accession numbers: * **PQ700195.1 (AHRA931)** * **PQ700196.1 (AHRA932)** Through this recognition, **Northern Technical University** reaffirms its commitment to supporting scientific excellence and fostering the contributions of its researchers toward enhancing the academic reputation of its institutions. The University also highlights the importance of documenting and registering local microbial isolates, as these efforts play a vital role in advancing scientific research, enriching global genetic databases, and improving healthcare services in Iraq.