New all-in-one test for Covid-19 Thursday, April 22, 2021 IWK Bureau
Researchers have developed a Covid-19 testing strategy that can streamline the process of identifying cases, tracking variants and detecting co-infecting viruses.
Currently, separate assays and complex workflows are involved in each of the diagnostic procedures, with analyses typically performed in highly specialised facilities.
The team from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia has now combined all three kinds of tests into a single procedure that should allow for point-of-care tracking of Covid-19 and the many emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2. Our all-in-one test provides a promising integrated solution for rapid field-deployable detection and mutational surveillance of pandemic viruses, said the study s lead author Mo Li, a stem cell biologist from KAUST.
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Saudi Arabia’s Asma Al Amoodi, PhD Candidate & L Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science Fellow
Across the globe, women continue to break into male-dominated STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, and in Saudi Arabia, this is a phenomenon that has been growing. Today, the Kingdom is known for having exceptionally talented female scientists and professionals in science, one of them being Asma Al Amoodi, a PhD student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the 2019 L Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Middle East Fellowship.
Indeed, Al-Amoodi’s career in science has been an impressive one to date, starting with her educational background. She graduated from King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah with a bachelor s degree in medical laboratory technology and then enrolled in 2015 for a master’s degree in Bioscience at KAUST. As a PhD candidate, she started working in 2017 as a medical laboratory technologist and, today, is a
Bangalore Scientists Develop Electronic Nose To Detect Poisonous And Flammable Hydrogen Sulphide Gas Produced From Sewers
Sewer pipe line construction in Mumbai. (representative image) (Kunal Patil/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Scientists from the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bangalore, have developed an electronic nose with biodegradable polymer and monomer that can detect hydrogen sulphide (H2S), a poisonous, corrosive, and flammable gas produced from swamps and sewers.
H2S is the primary gas produced from the microbial breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen, and this necessitates easy detection of its emission from sewers and swamps, the Ministry of Science and Technology said in a statement.
TAQADAM, Powered By KAUST And SABB, Invites Applications For Its Fall 2021 Cohort Entrepreneur 2 hrs ago © TAQADAM
With April 18, 2021 being the deadline for applications for the next cohort of TAQADAM, a startup accelerator powered by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Saudi British Bank (SABB), Hattan Ahmed, Head of KAUST Entrepreneurship Center, and Abdulrahman AlJiffry, Accelerator Manager at KAUST Entrepreneurship Center, had a lot to say when asked why entrepreneurs should not miss this chance for getting support for bringing their business ideas to life.
Since its launch in 2016, TAQADAM has successfully graduated over 126 startups through its program, which has seen more than SAR16 million being awarded in zero-equity grant funding to the entrepreneurs behind these enterprises. TAQADAM also has the distinction of being a startup accelerator housed at a hub of innovation for local and international startups- after all, KAU
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