Latest News
07 September, 2023
A mixed solution to boost mangrove resilience
The role that seabed species and plants play in mixing sediments in mangroves could help to support responses to ecosystem stress and to aid regeneration.
06 September, 2023
Homing in on stem cells, support and success
She came for the stem cell science and thrived in a nurturing environment.
05 September, 2023
Fungal enzymes may enhance provitamin A content and stability in crop plants
A simple enzymatic pathway taken from fungi can enhance the production and storage of provitamin A in crop plants.
28 August, 2023
Sourcing a sustainable new vegetable oil
A long-term breeding program is developing elite lines of Salicornia to produce a sustainable and nutritionally valuable seed oil crop.
24 August, 2023
New gene-editing technique offers path to precision therapies
PNP editing emerges as a versatile and programmable tool for site-specific DNA manipulations.
22 August, 2023
Mobile wastewater treatment plant offers solution for remote communities
A decentralized technology designed to treat wastewater at the source offers huge benefits to people in remote areas who lack access to sewer infrastructure.
20 August, 2023
Rethinking and rigor brings promising protein for cancer therapy
Drugs that inhibit a key protein should offer new targeted cancer therapy for leukemia and breast cancer.
17 August, 2023
Algal biotechnologists at KAUST are generating sustainable animal feeds in Saudi Arabia
09 August, 2023
Where I work: Razan Yahya
Tiny microalgae offer big potential for a fruitful career
Upcoming Events
Sep 2023
Professor Amin Abbosh
Sep 2023
Environmental Science & Engineering Seminar
Understanding the electroactive biofilm: the basis for a standardized BOD sensorProfessor Xin Wang
Sep 2023
Bioengineering Seminar
DeepTMHMM predicts alpha and beta transmembrane proteins using deep neural networksProfessor Ole Winther
Sep 2023
Invited Seminar
The Microbiome of Octocorals: From Diversity, Function and Metabolic Interaction to Blue Biotech OpportunitiesDr. Tina Keller-Costa
Sep 2023
Environmental Science & Engineering Seminar
Fighting Climate Change with Super-hygroscopic HydrogelsDr. Tan Swee Ching
Sep 2023
Bioengineering Seminar
Biotechnology opportunities in oil industryDr. Abdulmohsen Humam
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
FACULTY COMMUNITIES
Research at the BESE Division brings students, faculty, and researchers together to push the frontiers of science through collaborative inquiry into issues of global and regional significance.
The Faculty at BESE belong to one of two communities: Bioscience and Biological Engineering or Environmental Science Engineering. Those communities cover the following Research Areas.
