Tag: student experience

CMU-Q students help obtain Qatar’s first crystallized protein structure

During their internship at Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) last summer, biological sciences students Dana Samhadaneh and Safa Salim were part of a team that successfully crystallized a protein and…

Study on Qatar bacteriophage awarded top prize at CMU-Q’s Meeting of the Minds

Students showcase research projects at university’s annual research symposium DOHA, QATAR – A research project demonstrating how bacteria found in Qatar’s sand can be used to purify water won the…

College Honors go to 11 graduating seniors

The College Honors presentations took place on April 28, 2016, with seniors presenting their research findings at the day-long event. In the Class of 2016, 11 students will graduate with…

Arabic language cyber security among CMU-Q projects at ARC

A proposal for research into Arabic language cyber security received an NPRP grant in Cycle 9 of Qatar National Research Fund’s flagship program. Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar’s Anis Charfi,…

Students travel and learn over spring break

CMU-Q students embarked on learning trips around the world over spring break, including destinations in North America and Europe. The largest contingent traveled to Silicon Valley with Maher Hakim, associate…

CMU-Q student researchers win for work in humanizing information technology

The sixth Undergraduate Conference in Information Systems (UCIS), held on February 27, focused on “Humanizing Information Technology (IT),” and submissions considered the evolving role of IT in all facets of…

CMU-Q creates kit to encourage experimental science in Qatari classrooms

Twenty-seven students from independent and private schools across Doha participated in the Biotechnology Explorers Program (BEP) last weekend, an outreach program that introduces students to biological sciences. The program is…

CMU-Q features phage lab at Sidra Functional Genomics Symposium

The Biological Sciences program at Carnegie Mellon Qatar featured its flagship phage genomics research lab at the Sidra Functional Genomics Symposium recently. The phage genomics lab is a program that…