Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development announced today that Dr Hilal Lashuel, a prominent scientist in life sciences and associate professor at the Brain Mind Institute of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) School of Life Sciences, has been appointed Executive Director of Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI). Dr Lashuel will assume his new position on April 1, 2014, and will contribute to the advancement of translational biomedical research and the development of innovative personalised medicine in Qatar.

On March 30, 2014, students from Park House English School visited the QBRI laboratory space located in the Qatar Science and Technology Park. This was an educational activity aimed to educate students about stem cells and stem cell research and to give young students a chance to gain some hands-on experience working in the lab. QBRI always aims to encourage students to study science and consider careers in scientific research, because this is considered a step for ward towards building a strong research enterprise in Qatar.

In a bold move to advance research collaboration between Qatar and the world’s leading scientific innovator, Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation (QF), led a delegation from Qatar Foundation Research and Development (QF R&D) on a visit to Japan.

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Qatar’s National Genome Committee is hosting the country’s first human genomics symposium which began yesterday at the Qatar National Convention Centre.

The two-day event is discussing Human Genomics and Personalised Medicine – A global overview of challenges and opportunities.

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The Executive Directors of QCRI, QEERI, and QBRI reflect on this year’s Qatar National Research Strategy Forum

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Experts in biomedical research and related fields attended the research symposium organized jointly by Qatar University Biomedical Research Center (QUBRC) and Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI). The event was attended by QU Vice President for Research Dr Hassan Al-Derham, QBRI Executive Director Dr Hilal A Lashuel, and scientists and researchers from Qatar Biobank, Qatar Cardiovascular Research Center (QCRC), Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) and Qatar Foundation (QF).

The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), a centre of the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS) in Hamad Bin Khalifa University, opened its annual activities for the new academic year with a public lecture on ‘Islamic Ethics in the Era of Genomics’.

Qatar Foundation’s Annual Research Conference (ARC) has announced this month’s conference agenda will address Qatar’s Integrated Healthcare Grand Challenges.

Experts in biomedical research and related fields attended the research symposium organized jointly by Qatar University Biomedical Research Center (QUBRC) and Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) in September.

The event was attended by QU Vice President for Research Dr. Hassan Al-Derham, QBRI Executive Director Dr. Hilal A. Lashuel, and scientists and researchers from Qatar Biobank, Qatar Cardiovascular Research Center (QCRC), Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) and Qatar Foundation (QF).

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Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) hosted clinicians and researchers from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region at the HBKU Student Center in Education Citylast week for an annual Neuroscience School.