25 June, 2020
Sci-Café featuring Stefan AroldOur KAUST panel of experts will share how they are tuning their work to contribute to a broad range of solutions to the challenges of COVID-19.
25 June, 2020
Stefan Arold, Raik Grünberg, and Escarlet Díaz-Galicia joined the R3T to develop a highly-sensitive SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic deviceAs part of the KAUST Rapid Response Research Team (R3T), Professor Stefan Arold's group is working on developing a programmable SARS-CoV-2 detection device to combat the spread of COVID-19.
28 November, 2019
Our article preprint is published in bioRxiv: The genome of the zoonotic malaria parasite Plasmodium simium reveals adaptions to host-switchingPreprint is published in Biorxiv: The genome of the zoonotic malaria parasite Plasmodium simium reveals adaptions to host-switching
27 November, 2019
Congratulations! to Rayan Naser for successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis on November 4th 2019Rayan Naser, Ph.D. student defended her thesis "The Role of the FAT Domain in Controlling Localization and Activation of the Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK)"
25 November, 2019
Congratulations! to Afaque Ahmad for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis on 31st October 2019Afaque Ahmad, Ph.D. student defended his thesis "Mechanistic basis for calcium-sensing by the protein-tyrosine kinase 2-beta (PYK2)"
04 November, 2019
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: The Role of the FAT Domain in Controlling Localization and Activation of the Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) - Presenter - Rayan M. NaserTitle: The Role of the FAT Domain in Controlling Localization and Activation of the Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) Monday, November 4th 2019, Time: 01:00pm - 2:00pm Location: Building 2 - Level 5 - Room 5209
03 November, 2019
Welcome Dr Patrick Bron - Our visiting researcher | Research Director at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) in the Structural Biochemical Centre (CBS)Dr Patrick Bron - Our visiting researcher | Research Director at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) in the Structural Biochemical Centre (CBS) of Montpellier (France)
31 October, 2019
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: Mechanistic basis for calcium-sensing by the protein-tyrosine kinase 2-beta (PYK2) - Presenter - Afaque Ahmad Imtiyaz MominTitle: Mechanistic basis for calcium-sensing by the protein-tyrosine kinase 2-beta (PYK2) Thursday, October 31st, Time: 1:30pm - 2:30pm Location: Building 2 - Level 5 - Room 5209
12 December, 2018
Safia Aljedani defends her Ph.D. thesisSafia Aljedani, a Ph.D. student of our StruBE group defended her Ph.D. dissertation on December 6, 2018.
20 November, 2018
Multiprot is releasedA tool to link structured and unstructured models is ready.
09 August, 2018
Visiting students of our lab sharing their experince in KAUSTVisiting students of our lab sharing their experince in KAUST
22 July, 2018
Taking the lead toward witchweed controlUmar’s discovery of a first specific inhibitory lead compound to control witchweed got published in EMBO reports.
07 June, 2018
Congratulations to Rayan, Abdullah, and Escarlet for having their recent manuscript accepted to the journal Cancers!Congratulations to Rayan, Abdullah, and Escarlet for having their recent manuscript accepted to the journal Cancers!
13 May, 2018
Congratulations!!! to Miriam Escarlet Diaz Galicia for defending her Master's thesisEscarlet successfully defended her master's thesis for both directed research and thesis project, entitled "Engineering of kinase-based protein interacting devices: active expression of tyrosine kinase domains".
09 May, 2018
Rayan, Escarlet and Abdullah have their first manuscript submitted!Rayan, Escarlet and Abdullah have their first manuscript submitted – and already available as pre-print.
14 January, 2018
Enzyme from briny deep resurrected in the labGenomes of single microbial cells isolated from the Red Sea could yield a goldmine for biotechnology.