structural biology

Towards rational design of biosynthesis pathways

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B3 R5209

Recent advances in genome editing and metabolic engineering enabled a precise construction of de novo biosynthesis pathways for high-value natural products. One important design decision to make for the engineering of heterologous biosynthesis systems is concerned with which foreign metabolic genes to introduce into a given host organism.

AI4GH Seminar Series - Towards Rational Design of Biosynthesis Pathways

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B2 R5220

Recent advances in genome editing and metabolic engineering enabled a precise construction of de novo biosynthesis pathways for high-value natural products. One important design decision to make for the engineering of heterologous biosynthesis systems is concerned with which foreign metabolic genes to introduce into a given host organism.

KAUST Research Conference 2023 on Computational Advances in Structural Biology

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B4 B5 A0215

Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC) is pleased to announce the KAUST Research Conference 2023 on Computational Advances in Structural Biology. The conference will be held from May 1-3, 2023 at the Auditorium between Building 4 & 5. The visualization of the structure of a molecule, organelle or larger entity is key to understanding its biological function. Thus, structural biology is an extremely powerful means of unraveling the fundaments of life, but also of diseases. Consequently, structural biology is at the heart of medical therapies, including drug design, and has enabled the

Student Poster Competition: The KAUST Research Conference on Computational Advances in Structural Biology

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B9 Hallway

The Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC) will be holding a student poster competition as part of its yearly conference. This poster competition is open to KAUST students whose research is relevant to the conference theme ‘Computational Advances in Structural Biology’. To register, please click on the register button below. Once registered, you will receive instructions and submission codes for uploading your poster electronically. Register The deadline for submissions is April 1, 2023. The poster competition will be judged by an external panel of experts, and prizes will be awarded

Meshari Alazami defends his thesis proposal

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Meshari Alazami, a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Associate Professor Xin Gao, successfully defended his thesis proposal on May 22, 2018. His topic, "Towards Rational Design of Biosynthesis Pathways", was well received by committee members Associate Professor Xin Gao, Distinguished Professor Takashi Gojobori and Assistant Professor Robert Hoehndorf.

Meshari Alazmi defends his Ph.D. thesis

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Meshari Alazmi, a Ph.D. candidate under the supervision of Associate Professor Xin Gao, defended his Ph.D. dissertation on October 24, 2018.

Umar Farook Shahul Hameed

Research Interests ​My research is in the field of structural biology and biophysical characterization of proteins and their interaction with ligands. I have a special focus on plant enzymes involved in plant development, immune signaling, and stress tolerance. I am working on Hydrolase, MAP Kinase and ATPase family proteins which have a multi-facet role in plant signaling and they play a decisive role in plant survival. I will be using Cryo-EM, X-ray crystallography and other Biophysical techniques to study their interactions with other binding partners such as Proteins, DNA, etc and which

Stefan Arold

Professor, Bioscience
Stefan Arold is a Professor of Bioscience at KAUST. He is affiliated with the Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE) and the Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC). Education and early career Prof. Arold has held faculty positions at MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) in Houston, USA and Centre de Biochimie Structurale (CBS) in Montpellier, France. He received his Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biophysics from University of Montpellier I and graduated cum laude. Areas of expertise and current scientific interests Prof. Arold's research is dedicated to

Renmin Han

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Structural and Functional Bioinformatics
Renmin Han is a Research Scientist at the Structural and Functional Bioinformatics Group (SFB) of Professor Xin Gao at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). ​Renmin obtained his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Research Interests ​Renmin is interested in the development of computer science. Currently, he is working on imaging processing in electron micrography, especially for the reconstruction of biological ultrastructures. His work is to use computational methods to improve the boundary of

Bilal M. Qureshi

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Structural Biology and Engineering
Research Interests ​Being a biophysicist by training, I investigate fundamental processes of life at the molecular level. I employ methods like x-ray diffraction or single-particle cryo-electron microscopy to obtain structures of biological macromolecules. Moreover, I investigate interactions of these molecules by biophysical and biochemical methods to understand the underlying molecular mechanisms for basic cellular processes such as signal transduction, protein trafficking, and enzyme regulation, etc. Besides, I produce engineered molecules with predicted properties to further corroborate my

Ainur Sharip

Ph.D. Student, Bioscience
Ainur Sharip obtained her master's degree under the supervision of Associate Professor Jürgen Kosel in the University's Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science & Engineering division. As a member of Kosel's Sensing, Magnetism and Microsystems (SMM) research group, Sharip and her colleagues investigated the behavior of stem cells upon culturing on magnetic iron nanowire substrate, with a specific focus on cytoskeleton rearrangement and the differentiation of cells. Currently a Ph.D. student in Bioscience, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia