Workshops & Lectures

Sunday, January 31, 20212:00 – 3:00 p.m. On Zoom Exploring the Genome of the Biosphere By Distinguished Prof. Carlos Duarte About the speaker Prof. Carlos Duarte

Thursday, January 28, 202112:00 – 1:00 p.m.On Zoom A personal and historical view of computational mathematics By Tony Chan, President, KAUST Abstract Computational mathematics has

Thursday, January 28, 20213:30 – 4:30 p.m.Live streamed via KAUST YouTube Channel Open Access global trends and CMU experiences By Professor Keith Webster, Dean, University Libraries

At the root of cellular responses to water extreme By Dr. Julia Bailey-Serres, Distinguished Professor of Genetics, Director of the Center for Plant Cell Biology,

Molecular mechanism of host recognition in parasitic plants By Prof. Ken Shirasu, Deputy Director, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, Japan Thursday, December 10, 202010:30

Biofabrication strategies for tissue and tissue model engineering By Professor Yu Shrike Zhang, Associate Bioengineer, Brigham and Women’s HospitalAssistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical

Discovering resistance genes in rice for ‘smart’ breeding of durable defence against the parasitic witchweed Striga hermonthica By Professor Julie Scholes, Department of Animal and