WCM-Q Research Reveals Secrets of the Cell WCM-Q Research Reveals Secrets of the Cell Research by Dr. Nancy Nader of WCM-Q showed for the first time that a protein involved in brain development and cholesterol uptake also plays a role in reproduction. Wael Khedr / Sunday, July 8, 2018 0 588 WCM-Q researchers have discovered that a protein known to play a key role in cholesterol uptake and brain development is also crucial to the process of reproduction. Discovered in 1922, the Very Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor (VLDLR) protein, has long been known to facilitate the migration of neurons in the developing brain and to play a role in cholesterol uptake. Up until now its role as a chaperone protein for membrane receptor trafficking was unknown. Read more
Texas A&M at Qatar partners with QCRI and QNRF to offer programming workshop for school students Texas A&M at Qatar partners with QCRI and QNRF to offer programming workshop for school students Twenty-one students in grades 7, 8, 9 and 10 from schools around Qatar designed their own Android mobile app Wael Khedr / Tuesday, June 26, 2018 0 1864 Twenty-one students in grades 7, 8, 9 and 10 from schools around Qatar designed their own Android mobile app game as part of a recent two-day workshop on mobile app development. The workshop was organized and offered by Dr. Eman A. Fituri from the Qatar Computing Research Institute in Texas A&M University at Qatar’s STEM Hub, a joint initiative of Texas A&M at Qatar and the QNRF that aims to support science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning in students across Qatar. Read more
Students showcase programming skills at Alice event Students showcase programming skills at Alice event Wael Khedr / Friday, May 25, 2018 0 1282 The middle and high school students from around the country showcased their programming skills at the Alice Middle East computer science competition at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q). This was the first Alice event under the umbrella of the Hamad Bin Jassim Center for K-12 Computer Science Education. Jassim & Hamad Bin Jassim Charitable Foundation, ExxonMobil Qatar and Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) partnered with CMU-Q for the event. Read more
QNRF ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 22ND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE PROGRAM CYCLE QNRF ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 22ND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE PROGRAM CYCLE QF Member Awards 33 UREP Proposals from Students at Universities Across Qatar David Edward Moore / Wednesday, April 25, 2018 0 4434 Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), has announced the winners of its 22nd Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP) cycle. A total of 33 research proposals have been awarded grants from 97 submissions by student teams attending eight universities across Qatar. Read more
QNRF Announces Winners of 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Experience Program Competition QNRF Announces Winners of 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Experience Program Competition Haya H Al Muhannadi / Wednesday, April 11, 2018 0 3633 Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), has named a team from Qatar University (QU) as the winner of its 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP) Competition. Read more
HBKU’s QCRI and Turkish Scientists Snare $1.65m Grant HBKU’s QCRI and Turkish Scientists Snare $1.65m Grant The grant will be utilized to build pre-emptive cyber security platform Haya H Al Muhannadi / Monday, April 9, 2018 0 3733 Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University, along with Turkish company Universal IT Security (UITSEC), have been awarded a US $1.65 million grant to build a new defensive cyber intelligence platform. The grant was recently announced by the Qatar National Research Fund and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), at Qatar Foundation’s Annual Research Conference 2018 (ARC’18). Read more
Qatar National Research Fund Awards Winners of ‘Best Representative Image of an Outcome’ Competition Qatar National Research Fund Awards Winners of ‘Best Representative Image of an Outcome’ Competition Haya H Al Muhannadi / Thursday, April 5, 2018 0 3288 Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a member of Qatar Foundation, has announced the winners of the second cycle of its ‘Best Representative Image of an Outcome’ (BRIO) competition, an initiative that provides a bridge between art and science. Read more
QATAR NATIONAL RESEARCH FUND AWARDS WINNERS OF ‘BEST REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE OF AN OUTCOME’ COMPETITION QATAR NATIONAL RESEARCH FUND AWARDS WINNERS OF ‘BEST REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE OF AN OUTCOME’ COMPETITION QF Member Aims to Connect Science and Society Through the Power of Art Haya H Al Muhannadi / Thursday, April 5, 2018 0 4750 Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), a member of Qatar Foundation, has announced the winners of the second cycle of its ‘Best Representative Image of an Outcome’ (BRIO) competition, an initiative that provides a bridge between art and science. Read more
Belmont Forum Approves Qatar’s Research Proposal Belmont Forum Approves Qatar’s Research Proposal David Edward Moore / Sunday, March 25, 2018 0 3237 The proposal titled “Formulating Sustainable Urban Food, Water and Energy (FEW) strategy by optimising the synergetic effects among food, water and energy sectors” that was submitted by a Qatari team to Belmont Forum for this year has been approved. The research team comprising the Ministry of Municipality and Environment led by H E Dr. Mohammed in Saif Al Kuwari (pictured), Director of Center for Environment and Municipal Studies. Read more
HER HIGHNESS SHEIKHA MOZA ATTENDS QATAR FOUNDATION ANNUAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2018 – ARC’18 HER HIGHNESS SHEIKHA MOZA ATTENDS QATAR FOUNDATION ANNUAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2018 – ARC’18 Her Excellency Sheikha Hind gives Opening Remarks to Local and Global Audience Haya H Al Muhannadi / Tuesday, March 20, 2018 0 5454 Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, and Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation, today attended the Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference 2018 (ARC’18). The event, which opened this morning at the Qatar National Convention Centre, is being held under the theme ‘R&D: Focusing on Priorities, Delivering Impact’. Read more