Doha: Qatar University’s (QU) Biomedical Research Center (BRC) has concluded the First International Biomaterials Conference in Qatar, titled ‘Biomaterial, Biosensor and Microfluidics Technologies for Medical Applications.’
The event took place at QU’s Research Complex from May 6 to 7.
Biomaterials is a very popular research area that covers a variety of topics such as tissue engineering, implants, nanomedicine, biosensors, and lab-on-a-chip or organ-on-a-chip applications. The conference was funded through Conference and Workshop Sponsorship (CWSP) program from Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) under Qatar Research Development and Innovation (QRDI) Council. In addition, to the generous support from QU. The event was organised in collaboration with QU’s scientific journal, Emergent Materials published by Springer, in which the conference was accredited for health professionals under CPD-QU Health with 13 credit hours.
The objective of this conference was to enhance biomaterial research and entrepreneurship in critically important areas by bringing world-class academicians, scientists, and clinicians to the nation to present their cutting-edge biomaterials research. The event successfully attracted more than 200 attendees including QU students, researchers, and faculty as well as other education and research institutions in the nation such as Hamad bin Khalifa University and Texas A&M in Qatar. Several health care professionals from Hamad Medical Corporation and Sidra Medicine also attended the event.
There were 34 podium presentations from local institutions as well as from prestigious international institutions from the US, Germany, UK, UAE, Turkey, Thailand, India, Egypt, North Macedonia, and Iran.
