On February 2, 2023, CBRC hosted its annual appreciation dinner for its faculty, students, and staff.
We are pleased to welcome Professor Gabriel Wittum, Associate Professor Ricardo Henao and Assistant Professor Danesh Moradigaravand as new members of CBRC.
A lifelong curiosity about how certain animals can survive in extreme conditions led Alexandre Rosado to a career studying the microorganisms, known as extremophiles, that exist in the world’s harshest environments. In this KAUST Insight article you will read about his current research interests and work.
CBRC’s Alumni Dr. Somayah Abdullah Al-Baradei was recently featured in Al- Madina Arabic newspaper. Al-Baradei is an assistant professor at the King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah. She completed her PhD in Bioinformatics under the supervision of Prof. Xin Gao in May 2022. The interview highlighted her recent research work for early prediction of the spread of malignant tumors using artificial intelligence, through genetic information and tracking of its potential transmission.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) celebrated its 13th Commencement on a cool, breezy evening, December 16, 2022, among approximately 380 graduating students and a full audience of supportive families, university community members and distinguished guests.
This year CBRC saw many student candidates complete their Postdoctoral and Masters Degrees. CBRC congratulates all students on this great achievement and wishes you even more success in the future.
Prof. Arold and Gao presented their research at two high-profile conferences in Riyadh in November 2022; the International Conference on Genomic Medicine and the HIMSS22 Middle East Health Conference & Exhibition. Both researchers underline the importance of such events for discussions with clinicians, healthcare providers and policymakers to help connect their research with the healthcare needs of the country.
Carlos Duarte - Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Environment and Ecology and Plant and Animal Science
A cell-culturing technique developed by KAUST scientists helps to create biological conditions that more closely mirror physiological environments compared to standard protocols used in most laboratories today.
Dr. Afaque Momin, a Postdoctoral researcher working with Professor Stefan Arold explains the mechanism by which the protein tyrosine kinase 2-beta (PYK2) controls cell movement and survival through its capability to sense cellular calcium levels.
His research was recently published in the Nature’s Communications Biology Journal. Dr. Afaque's research interest include using physical methods to study biological systems on a molecular level and elucidating the molecular function, regulation, de-regulation, frameworks, and dynamics of proteins.
Recently Postdoc Afaque Momin from Professor Stefan's Structural Biology and Engineering Lab (StruBE) was featured in the KAUST Discovery research highlights.
Congratulations to Senay Kafkas, Maxat Kulmanov and Fernando Zhapa Camacho of the Bio-Ontology Research Group (BORG) on winning at the KAUST-NVIDIA GPU Hackathon 2022.
The 8th edition of the Hackathon on Accelerating Scientific Applications using Graphical Processing Units (GPUs) was held at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), twelve teams of students and researchers enjoyed the opportunity to accelerate their codes in GPU’s under the guidance of expert mentors of NVIDIA, Codee, KAUST Supercomputing Lab (KSL) and KAUST core labs.
The Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC) is pleased to announce that Professor Xin Gao has assumed the position of Interim Director and Professor Robert Hoehndorf as Interim Associate Director of the CBRC. Both professors assumed their roles on September 15, 2022.
In this candid interview, Ph.D. candidate Dalal M Alkuraythi from King Saud University talks about her scientific interests, current research work and its impact on food safety management in the Kingdom.
CBRC's Alumni Dr. Tanvir Alam recently received The Early Career Researcher Award from Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha on its first annual Research Day on September 7, 2022. Research Day was an opportunity for HBKU to recognize and honor the accomplishments of faculty and scientists, early-career researchers, and students, with the presentation of research awards in different categories.
At the 2022 UN Oceans Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, members of the governing bodies of he Coral Research and Development Accelerator Platform (CORDAP) met to advance the program of the platform. This comes at a critical time for corals, which are facing widespread destruction due to the impacts of human-induced climate change along with direct human pressures. KAUST serves as CORDAP’s central node, supporting CORDAP operations.