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13 April, 2023

Uncovering hidden mitochondrial mutations in single cells

Prof. Mo Li and Ph.D. student Chongwei Bi have developed a new single-cell sequencing technology that has revealed new details about mitochondrial mutations in human cells.

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03 April, 2023

PhD candidate Asma Al-Amoodi awarded Innovators Under 35 MENA for leukemia treatment research

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22 March, 2023

Ramadan Mubarak!

Ramadan Kareem! May this Ramadan bring you happiness, joy and good health.

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08 March, 2023

RNA: Don't kill the messenger

A protein complex that is crucial for messenger RNA stability during muscle-fiber formation has been identified by postdoc Brenda Sánchez and Prof. Imed Gallouzi.

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13 February, 2023

Memory formed alongside brain signaling system

KAUST postdoc Amal Bajaffer collaborated with KAUST professors Pierre Magistretti and Takashi Gojobori to study the role of lactate in the evolution of memory formation in humans.

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30 January, 2023

Better models show how infectious diseases spread

A new disease model that can account for contact patterns between age groups shows how infectious diseases evolve in space and time and how to predict future case numbers across a region.

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25 August, 2020

Duarte on COVID-19 ecosystem rebound

KAUST PIs to contribute through their research capabilities to alleviate the COVID-19 pandemic, efforts coordinated by Donal Bradley, KAUST vice president for research, and Pierre Magistretti, KAUST dean of the Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering division, mobilized a group of faculty to form the Rapid Research Response Team (R3T).

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13 August, 2020

KAUST partner SaudiVax advances treatment for COVID-19

As leading scientists and medical professionals around the world work to develop a cure for COVID-19, KAUST partners in Saudi Arabia are making significant strides toward a solution.

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10 August, 2020

Detecting the next pandemic using wastewater

One of the many faculty to step forward and contribute to the R3T was Peiying Hong, a KAUST associate professor of environmental science and engineering.

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22 July, 2020

How AI helps improve COVID-19 testing

Xin Gao, KAUST associate professor of computer science and the acting associate director of the Computational Bioscience Research Center.

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30 June, 2020

تقنية سعودية للكشف عن فيروس كورونا بدقة عالية وفي أقل من 15 دقيقة

باحثون من جامعة الملك عبد الله السعودية يطورون مُستشعرًا كهروكيميائيًّا من الجيل الثاني يمكنه الكشف عن البروتينات الفيروسية لفيروسي ميرس وكورونا المستجد.. دون الحاجة إلى معامل مجهزة وتحضيرات شاقة وأشخاص ذوي خبرة.

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28 May, 2020

This filter for the front of an N95 mask could make it reusable

Scientists came up with an experimental virus-blocking membrane that can be discarded so doctors can use the mask again.

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17 May, 2020

How to really flatten the coronavirus curve

Professors at KAUST are employing differential equations and machine learning to help understand what’s coming next in the Covid-19 pandemic.

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22 April, 2020

Saudi university research team leads global fight against COVID-19

KAUST President Dr. Tony Chan said the university’s research community had come together to offer its expertise on a number of fronts in the battle against COVID-19.

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22 April, 2020

«كاوست» تشارك في إيجاد آليات لتسريع عمليات تشخيص المصابين بـ «كوفيد-19»

رئيس جامعة الملك عبدالله للعلوم والتقنية: لسنا كشركات الأدوية.. ونعمل مع «الصحة» و«وقاية» لمكافحة «كورونا»

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22 April, 2020

مختبرات «كاوست» توقف نشاطها البحثي وتتفرغ لأبحاث «كوفيد ـ 19»

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15 April, 2020

نشرة الرابعة | علماء كاوست يواجهون كورونا باستخدام الذكاء الاصطناعي

يجري فريق عالمي متخصص من جامعة كاوست غرب السعودية ابحاثا لاستخدام الذكاء الاصطناعي في فهم فيروس كورونا الباحثون في كاوست يسعون للكشف عن نقاط الضعف غير المعروفة في فيروس كورونا اضافة لبحث خيارات جديدة لكبح انتشاره السريع.

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13 April, 2020

Resource center helps virology researchers

The Chinese Academy of Sciences' resource center, which pools all genome sequence data and related information about the novel coronavirus, has proved popular with researchers worldwide.

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08 April, 2020

أمل جديد.. دراسة جينوم كورونا فى جامعة سعودية يقود إلى لقاح للعلاج فى هذا الموعد

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16 June, 2021

A shock to the system

'Preparedness is key to reducing fatality,' said KAUST Professor of statistics Hernando Ombao.

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21 June, 2021

Making the invisible, visible

Early in Ivan Viola’s career he was fascinated by how we are able to model and visualize incredibly complex systems, bigger than the mind can imagine or smaller than the eyes can see.

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21 June, 2021

Flattening the sentimental curve

Professors at KAUST are employing differential equations and machine learning to help understand what’s coming next in the Covid-19 pandemic.

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