The Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Basrah, Professor Dr. Murtadha Mohammed Saleh Al-Musafer, attended the Second International Scientific Conference for Applied Life Sciences, which was held by the College of Science at the University of Basrah.  The conference aims to expand scientific awareness and revive dialogue between researchers to learn about the latest developments in scientific laboratories and provide a scientific space to review the scientific production of researchers, improve the reality of laboratory work, and develop research.
 The conference included the presentation of approximately 68 research papers in attendance in the fields of life sciences, including immunity and microbiology, biotechnology and genetic engineering, environmental sciences, plant and animal sciences.
 One of the goals of the conference is also to create a research platform for applied knowledge of the life sciences that works on participants’ research, keeping pace with various developments occurring in the fields of applied life sciences, and providing opportunities for cooperation between researchers and academics in a distinguished, open scientific meeting.
 Several foreign and Arab countries and many Iraqi provinces participated in the conference.