KAUST hosted a two-day event on March 26-27 to recognize and celebrate the University's innovative global alliances first established by the Global Collaborative Research (GCR) program.

The GCR program was launched in 2007 and helped introduce the University to the world by involving over 30 institutions from Asia, Europe, and North America in the development of KAUST's research programs and infrastructure.

The two-day symposium featured a few of the key science and innovative accomplishments that resulted from these global partnerships. One of the highlights was the poster competition. Dr. Moody Altamimi and her team received 162 posters from KAUST's students, post-doctoral researchers, and research scientists. The posters spanned all three divisions and 68 faculty were represented, making it one of the largest poster competitions in KAUST’s history.

A panel of judges evaluated the posters which included seven distinguished visiting scientists.

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Below is the list of winners:

BESE

1. Poster 122:

 “The co-transcriptome of uropathogenic E. coli-infected mouse macrophages reveals new insights into host-pathogen interactions”
Authors: Harris Mavromatis, Carlo Cannistraci, Taewoo Ryu, Timothy Ravasi

2. Poster 105:

“Microbial Electrodeionization Cell (MEDIC) for sustainable desalination, wastewater treatment and low energy recovery”
Authors: Noura Shehab, Gary Amy, Pascal Saikaly

3. Poster 112:

“Mapping the conformational dynamics of E-selectin upon interaction with its ligands”
Authors: Fajr Aleisa, Kosuke Sakashita, Satoshi Habuchi, Samir Hamdan, Jasmeen Merzaban

PSE

1. Poster 225:

“Energy storage on flexible carbon fabric”
Authors: Rakhi RaghavanBaby , Husam Alshareef

2. Poster 232:

“Enhanced performance of oxide thermoelectrics by magnetic doping”
Authors: Mousumi UpadhyayKahaly, Husam Niman Alshareef, Udo Schwingenschlögl

3. Poster 241:

“Quantitative determination of metal impurities in graphene and carbon nanotube samples by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy”
Authors: Shashikant Patole, Bashir Warsama, Tahir Yapici, Pedro Costa

CEMSE

1. Poster 296:

“Predicting new molecular targets for existing drugs using a stochastic pocket ensemble”
Authors: Hammad Naveed, Xin Gao

2. Poster 255:

“Outlier and change detection in data streams:
Authors: Abdulhakim Qahtan, Xiangliang Zhang

3. Poster 284:

“Inkjet printed multi-layered tracking system”
Authors: Rana Muhammad Bilal, Fahad Farooqui, Hammad Cheema, Atif Shamim

Winner By Public Vote

Poster 105:

“Microbial Electrodeionization Cell (MEDIC) for sustainable desalination, wastewater treatment and low energy recovery”
Authors: Noura Shehab, Gary Amy, Pascal E. Saikaly

Further Information

• Global Collaborative Research (GCR) Symposium Webpage
• Office of Competitive Research Funds (OCRF)
• Office of the Vice President for Research

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