Mr. Azzam Al-A'raj, Lecturer at the Medical Analysis Department of the Faculty of Sciences at An-Najah participated in the 12^th Conference of the Arab Union for Laboratory Medicine held in Beirut from 1-3/10/2009.  Mr. Al-A'raj said that the conference included a number of lectures on Microbiology, Biological Chemistry, and Molecular Biology.  Participants were introduced to the latest developments in these areas.  The conference also included a number of workshops on Thalassemia.