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Research Division Newsletter Issue #
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"Qatar Foundation has designed this forum as a
platform for academia and enterprise, research and
industry to exchange knowledge and build relationships that
translate into innovative research for Qatar and the world” |
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Research Division Newsletter Issue # 4
“Our hope is that
events such as these, as well as the upcoming Annual
Research Forum, will help us crystallize Qatar’s national
research agenda. Research must not take place in a vacuum –
it must be clearly defined, open and collaborative. Only
then can we truly evolve toward a knowledge-based society.”
Dr Abdelali Haoudi, Vice President-Research, Qatar
Foundation.
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Research
Division Annual Report 2010
Qatar Foundation (QF) was established to sustain the
prosperity created by Qatar’s natural gas reserves by
creating a higher education system relevant to a
knowledge-based economy. QF ongoing mission is to prepare
the people of Qatar and the region to meet the challenges of
an ever-changing world and to make Qatar a leader in
innovative education and research. |
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QF
Research Division Newsletter Issue # 3 fall 2010
“Just as the forum will serve as a hub of intellectual and
scientific exchange that will spur further endeavors, Qatar
will soon become the regional center for research and
innovation, which will benefit not only its own population,
but also those of its neighbors.” Dr Abdelali Haoudi, Vice
President-Research, Qatar Foundation, speaking at the Annual
Research Forum. |
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QF Research Division Newsletter Issue # 2 Summer 2010
This has been another quarter of all-round progress for
research. Qatar Foundation has delivered good research
growth, improved operations and enhanced targeted
collaborations regionally, in addition to international
institutions, whilst reorganizing research to focus on Qatar
Research Institutes and capacity building of Qatar
Foundation Staff Research Scientists,” said Dr. Abdelali
Haoudi, Vice President for Research. |
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Research Division Annual Report 2009
Qatar Foundation leads Qatar’s drive to become a
knowledge-based society by educating its rising generation
to the highest standards and building its capacity for
science, research and technology development. The Research
Division of Qatar Foundation contributes to this mission by
developing institutes, partnerships and scientists that will
position Qatar as an international leader in targeted fields
of research, while supporting and coordinating research
activities of the foundation’s member organisations. |
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QF Research
Division Newsletter Issue # 1 Fall 2009
Our role is to plan, coordinate and monitor research at
Qatar Foundation.
Broadly this encompasses three realms: One, we coordinate
and monitor the research programs within Education City.
Two, we are establishing QF’s own research centres, the
Qatar Research Institutes, that will be staffed by
scientists employed by QF and focus on delivering our
targeted research strategy. |
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QF Lures Science
Graduates
2009-05-04
Qatar Foundation has called for university students about to
graduate with science degrees to join its Qatar Science
Leadership Program, as it seeks to nurture young Qatari
scientists to lead its new research centres.
The QSLP provides two years of professional career
development that aims to turn fresh scientists into research
leaders. There are two streams, one for research
administrators and one for scientists. Participants are
sponsored by Qatar Foundation throughout the program |
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Qatar Foundation
researchers sequence date palm genome
2009-04-14
Following a long research process, scientists at Weill
Cornell Medical College in Qatar managed to sequence the
genome of date palm, revealing its genetic secrets.
Joel Malek, director of the Genomics Laboratory at WCMC-Q
commented: “We have generated a draft DNA sequence and
initial assembly of the date palm using the most advanced
technology.” This breakthrough will have a significant
impact on the industry because it gives valuable clues to
researchers working to improve fruit yield and quality |
