Category Biological Sciences

Carnegie Mellon Qatar launches online showcase of student research

Meeting of the Minds research symposium goes virtual, opens up new audiences DOHA, QATAR—Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, a partner university of Qatar Foundation, transformed its annual research symposium, Meeting of the Minds, into a digital showcase of student work.…

Nahin Khan’s career path brings together two very different fields of study

As we recognize the Class of 2020, we are looking at just a few of the 86 graduating seniors who are beginning careers in business, science and technology. Today we profile Nahin Khan, who was selected as an Andrew Carnegie…

Precision medicine can become a reality through knowledge sharing and collaboration

By Ihab Younis, Assistant Teaching Professor, Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar A few weeks ago, I was honored to be part of the first symposium for genomics in clinical practice in Qatar. This collaboration between HBKU’s College of…

Fatima Amir on her CMU-Q experience: “As a senior, you look back at your freshman self and say, wow, that growth has been kind of crazy.”

Fatima Amir graduated in 2016 from the Biological Sciences Program, and went on to pursue her master’s degree in genetic counseling at the University of Cincinnati. Today she works as a cancer genetics counselor at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in…

CMU-Q team creates fast, inexpensive screening kit for genetic disease carriers

Interdisciplinary project earns Bronze Achievement at iGEM 2019 A student team from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) created a fast, inexpensive method to test for carriers of genetic diseases like sickle cell anemia and cystic fibrosis. The team presented…

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