Lab Announcements

2018

November 12, 2018

Seminar
Shining Light on Microalgae from the Middle East presented by David Nelson at the Regional Workshop on Production of Biofuel and Value-added Products from Microalgae, Kuwait

November 5, 2018

CGSB Visits
NYU Provost, Katherine E. Fleming, toured the High Throughput sequencing robot in the Gunsalus lab

Nov 4 to Nov 7, 2018

CGSB at 2018 Research Conference

Posters

Presentations:
The Date Palm Genomics Project at NYUAD: Recent Advances and Future Directions, Muriel Gros-Balthazard

Symposium:
Najate Benhra and Rana El Danaf participated with scientific artwork and demonstrations in Glimpses
CGSB showcased the Center with an interactive panel that exhibited their work, symposiums, and researchers

November 6, 2018

Presentation
The Date Palm Genomics Project at NYUAD: Recent Advances and Future Directions, Muriel Gros-Balthazard

November 4, 2018

Seminar
Evolution of sensory perception presented by Claude Desplan at the Genomic and  Synthetic Biology Symposium hosted by the Biology Department and Khalifa Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, UAEU

November 4, 2018

Seminar
Improvement of algal productivity through design-based approaches presented by Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani at the Genomic and Synthetic Biology Symposium hosted by the Biology Department and Khalifa Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, UAEU

October 30, 2018

CGSB Outreach Seminars
Fikret Science Cafe, Seeing and Smelling: From Butterflies to Ants, Claude Desplan

October 27, 2018

Plenary Talk
Generating Neural Diversity, Göttingen, Claude Desplan presented at the University of Göttingen

Oct 24 to Nov 27, 2018

Seminar
Development of the Drosophila visual pathway presented by Claude Desplan in Berlin

October 17, 2018

CGSB Visits
Director-General, Dr. Ismahane Elouafi from ICBA Dubai met with CGSB researchers and toured the facilities

October 16, 2018

Seminar
Development of the Drosophila visual pathway, Claude Desplan presented at the  University of California, Berkeley

Oct 3 to Oct 4, 2018

Plenary Talk
Evolution of sensory perception, Claude Desplan presented at the University of Georgia
Building the pathway for motion vision, Claude Desplan presented at the University of Georgia

Sep 25 to Sep 26, 2018

Seminar
Tackling the Nematode Challenge, Hala Fahs presented at  Digital Society Smart Living Collaboration Events, Zurich Switzerland

Sep 25 to Nov 26, 2018

Seminar
Tackling the Nematode Challenge, Hala Fahs presented at Digital Society Smart Living Collaboration Events, Zurich Switzerland

September 17, 2018

CGSB Outreach Seminars
Fikret Science Cafe, A Hydrogen Atom's View of Ancient Mummies and Art Forgers, Maria Baias

Sep 2 to Sep 7, 2018

Poster Presentation
Developmental patterns of the Drosophila visual projection neurons presented at Neuro Fly 2018 in Krakow Poland by Rana El Danaf

August 1, 2018

Seminar
Algae: Systems biology, genomics, and strain engineering presented by Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani at Northwestern University

June 27, 2018

CGSB Visits
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Academic Medical Center met with CGSB researchers and toured the facilities

Jun 18 to Jun 23, 2018

Poster Presentation
BioSails, Rocky Mountain Genomics HackCon, University of Colorado, BioFrontiers Institute, Nizar Drou

Jun 13 to Jun 17, 2018

Poster Presentation
Microbial Crystal Proteins are not a worm's best friends, EMBO Workshop on C. elegans development, Hala Fahs

May 6, 2018

Seminar
Leveraging the Power of HPC for High Throughput Genomics Analysis, Nizar Drou presented at American University of Sharjah

May 1, 2018

Awards
National Academy of Sciences has elected Claude Desplan

April 30, 2018

Awards
Khaled Ben El Kadhi has been awarded a fellowship from Fonds de Recherche Santé-Québec (FRSQ), Canada.

April 26, 2018

CGSB Visits
Prof. Fayez Safadi ( Director of Musculoskeletal Research, Ohio Research Scholar, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)  toured CGSB labs and FACS facility

April 23, 2018

CGSB Visits
President of  Xinhua College, Prof. Tinghuai Wang, and associates from Sun Yat-Sen University toured CGSB labs and NYUAD sequencing facility

April 5, 2018

CGSB Visits
The Scientific Council of Dubai Police

Mar 4 to Mar 5, 2018

Seminar
Transformative Technologies for 21st century healthcare, Kristin Gunsalu presented at the American University of Beirut

March 1, 2018

Seminar
Applications of Advanced Sciences for Food Security & Health Symposium, Muriel Gros-Balthazard, Khalifa University

February 5, 2018

Seminar
Setting up a scalable bioinformatics infrastructure for high throughput genomics, Nizar Drou, MedLab