Four out of nine from across Saudi Arabia of our students have been accepted into the highly competitive KAUST-ONT course on Nanopore DNA sequencing, a first-of-its-kind program in Saudi Arabia launched by KAUST in collaboration with Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) Inc.
Mohamed Rajab, Saeed Almahri (PHD in Biomedical Sciences – Year 1), Mashael Alqahtani (MSc in Biomedical Sciences – Year 2), and Hibah Alruwaili (PhD in Biomedical Sciences – Provisionally accepted) has been awarded a full scholarship to attend this intensive two-week course, running from June 15 to June 26, 2025. The curriculum delves deeply into third-generation sequencing, a cutting-edge field in genomics research.
ONT is revolutionizing clinical diagnostics and precision medicine by enabling rapid and comprehensive detection of genetic variants, infectious agents, and biomarkers. This advancement is crucial for developing personalized treatment strategies and enhancing patient outcomes.
