On Thursday, 11th of January, 2018, at 10:00 am, the master thesis defense of Mr. Hishiyar Abduljabar Hado, a postgraduate student from the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, took place at the Chemistry Hall of the Faculty of Science at the University of Zakho. The thesis was entitled "Occurrence and molecular characterization of Methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains isolated from poultry and farm workers in Duhok, Kurdistan region, Iraq".