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QATAR University’s (QU) Emergent Materials Journal, a leading journal, organised a special scientific webinar entitled ‘Materials against COVID-19: How Materials Science can Impact the Pandemic?’ recently live on WebEx. The webinar was sponsored by Qatar University, University of Houston and Georgia Institute of Technology.
The webinar gathered scientists, clinicians and industry experts working on coronavirus (COVID-19) to share and exchange their views on a variety of material science applications for detection, prevention, and treatment of COVID-19 and related complications.
The guest speakers at the event were: Prof Dimitrios Lamprou from Queen’s University Belfast; Prof Xinyu Liu from University of Toronto; Dr Zach Ballard from University of California at Los Angeles / CEO of Hana Diagnostics; and Prof Elizabeth Wayne from Carnegie Mellon University.
Prof Dimitrios Lamprou talked about ‘3D printing within the fight against pandemics’ whereas Prof Liu presented on the topic ‘Fighting COVID-19: microfluidic biosensors for viral and serological testing’.
Similarly, Dr Ballard talked about ‘Computational sensing approaches to serology and implications for COVID-19 testing’ while Prof Wayne presented about ‘Macrophage engineering and biomaterials to modulate macrophage polarisation’.
The host speakers included Dr Huseyin C Yalcin, associate professor, Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University; Prof Carson Meredith, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; Prof Kaitlyn Sadtler, PhD, section chief for Immuno-Engineering, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, USA; and Dr Aboubakr M Abdullah Ali, associate Professor, Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University.
The webinar aimed to promote the current special issue of the Emergent Materials Journal on COVID-19. Established in 2018 as a joint effort between Qatar University and Springer, the journal has been recognised as an important material science journal and has been indexed in major databases, such as Web of Science.
Prof Mariam Al Maadeed, vice-president for Research and Graduate Studies at Qatar University, said: “2020 has marked history with the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. The global battle against the pandemic is carried out on the frontlines by healthcare providers. However, since there is no cure or effective therapy, another major effort is underway by scientists and engineers in research labs around the globe.
“Researchers are seeking fast, practical and effective ways to support healthcare providers in treating patients and prevent or slow down further spread of the virus. Qatar University is no exception here and we are carrying out multiple pioneering research in our labs. In this race against time, materials science is one of the fields that is contributing significantly, due to a substantial cumulative knowledge that can be translated rapidly into clinical practice. With this webinar, we aimed to bring together leading scientists in the world working on novel material science applications relevant to COVID-19. We will continue our efforts to promote and support science and knowledge in Qatar and globally.” Webinar organiser Dr Huseyin C Yalcin said, “Materials Science is a key field with a great potential for detection, prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Novel material approaches can be used for multiple applications, such as accurate diagnosis of viral infection from patient samples, sanitising or preventing viral accumulation on surfaces, alternative sources and sanitation for personal protective equipment, effective delivery and binding of antiviral agents to the virus, reprogramming of the immune system, and even injectable synthetic compounds to compete with the virus in binding to viral receptors.
Dr Yalcin added, “This new knowledge needs to be communicated effectively to other talented and courageous minds to win this battle against the pandemic. With this in mind, in collaboration with Emergent Materials Journal, we organised this high-level webinar to present novel material science applications which are already contributing significantly to healthcare practice in the pandemic. It was our great pleasure to represent our university in such a prestigious scientific event.”
Doha
QATAR University’s (QU) Emergent Materials Journal, a leading journal, organised a special scientific webinar entitled ‘Materials against COVID-19: How Materials Science can Impact the Pandemic?’ recently live on WebEx. The webinar was sponsored by Qatar University, University of Houston and Georgia Institute of Technology.
The webinar gathered scientists, clinicians and industry experts working on coronavirus (COVID-19) to share and exchange their views on a variety of material science applications for detection, prevention, and treatment of COVID-19 and related complications.
The guest speakers at the event were: Prof Dimitrios Lamprou from Queen’s University Belfast; Prof Xinyu Liu from University of Toronto; Dr Zach Ballard from University of California at Los Angeles / CEO of Hana Diagnostics; and Prof Elizabeth Wayne from Carnegie Mellon University.
Prof Dimitrios Lamprou talked about ‘3D printing within the fight against pandemics’ whereas Prof Liu presented on the topic ‘Fighting COVID-19: microfluidic biosensors for viral and serological testing’.
Similarly, Dr Ballard talked about ‘Computational sensing approaches to serology and implications for COVID-19 testing’ while Prof Wayne presented about ‘Macrophage engineering and biomaterials to modulate macrophage polarisation’.
The host speakers included Dr Huseyin C Yalcin, associate professor, Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University; Prof Carson Meredith, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; Prof Kaitlyn Sadtler, PhD, section chief for Immuno-Engineering, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, USA; and Dr Aboubakr M Abdullah Ali, associate Professor, Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University.
The webinar aimed to promote the current special issue of the Emergent Materials Journal on COVID-19. Established in 2018 as a joint effort between Qatar University and Springer, the journal has been recognised as an important material science journal and has been indexed in major databases, such as Web of Science.
Prof Mariam Al Maadeed, vice-president for Research and Graduate Studies at Qatar University, said: “2020 has marked history with the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. The global battle against the pandemic is carried out on the frontlines by healthcare providers. However, since there is no cure or effective therapy, another major effort is underway by scientists and engineers in research labs around the globe.
“Researchers are seeking fast, practical and effective ways to support healthcare providers in treating patients and prevent or slow down further spread of the virus. Qatar University is no exception here and we are carrying out multiple pioneering research in our labs. In this race against time, materials science is one of the fields that is contributing significantly, due to a substantial cumulative knowledge that can be translated rapidly into clinical practice. With this webinar, we aimed to bring together leading scientists in the world working on novel material science applications relevant to COVID-19. We will continue our efforts to promote and support science and knowledge in Qatar and globally.” Webinar organiser Dr Huseyin C Yalcin said, “Materials Science is a key field with a great potential for detection, prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Novel material approaches can be used for multiple applications, such as accurate diagnosis of viral infection from patient samples, sanitising or preventing viral accumulation on surfaces, alternative sources and sanitation for personal protective equipment, effective delivery and binding of antiviral agents to the virus, reprogramming of the immune system, and even injectable synthetic compounds to compete with the virus in binding to viral receptors.
Dr Yalcin added, “This new knowledge needs to be communicated effectively to other talented and courageous minds to win this battle against the pandemic. With this in mind, in collaboration with Emergent Materials Journal, we organised this high-level webinar to present novel material science applications which are already contributing significantly to healthcare practice in the pandemic. It was our great pleasure to represent our university in such a prestigious scientific event.”
