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Ibn Khaldun Fellows Gather for Welcome Lunch
We were delighted to welcome our five new fellows and to be joined by several of our previous fellows who found extended appointments in their research labs post-fellowship.
Fellowship News
Dr. Areej Alhhazmi published in Nature Microbiology
Dr. Areej Alhhazmi's research at MIT on the antibacterial properties of plant peptides was recently published in Nature Microbiology.
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Dr. AlShahrani develops Energy Innovation Program
Former IBK Fellow, Dr. Thamraa AlShahrani, is managing a new Master’s Program in Energy Innovation at Princess Nourah University (PNU) beginning in September 2022. "When I came back [from the IBK program]...a master's program in energy wa...
Fellowship News
Dana Al-Sulaiman has developed a cheap, minimally invasive diagnostic test for cancer.
Fellowship News
CoCreating for Inclusivity and Innovation
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Dr. Shadah Alsalamah joins Blockchain Policy Board
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Bioinformatics to Gene Editing
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MIT Visit to Saudi Arabia, Oct 2019
The MIT team visited Saudi Arabian institutions in October 2019 to recruit new IBK fellows.
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MIT Hacking Medicine Riyadh - An initiative of KACST, Badir and the MIT-IBK Society
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First annual MIT-KACST Ibn Khaldun Fellowship Symposia held in Riyadh and Jeddah