Natural Sciences News and Research

2021

• Delta Variant in Lebanon Dominates Other Strains, According to Study by Dr. Tokajian (03/09/2021)
• How to Keep Food Safe During Power Cuts (30/08/2021)
• Summer Camps: Enhancing High Schoolers’ Learning Experience (17/08/2021)
• SoAS Students among Winners of LAU Research Awards (12/08/2021)
• Dr. Hussein Hassan Collaborates with UN on Food Waste Report (30/07/2021)
• LAU Receives Major NIH Grant for Study on Type 2 Diabetes (08/06/2021)
• Mentorship at LAU: We All Remember that One Professor who Inspires (23/04/2021)
• URaD: Young Scholars in the Making (16/04/2021)
• Marine Microplastic pollutants in the Mediterranean Sea endangering Lebanon’s Palm Islands Natural Reserve (19/03/2021)
• Funding for Chemistry Research (17/03/2021)
• Research Highlight: Anti-Inflammatory Activity Evaluation of Lebanese Cannabis Sativa (05/02/2021)

2020

• In Memoriam: LAU Friend and Donor Fouad El-Abd Loses Battle Against COVID-19 (21/12/2020)
• Research Highlight: Derivatization and Combination Therapy of COVID-19 Therapeutic agents (25/11/2020)
• LAU Faculty Publish Assessment Study of World Food Programme Project in Lebanon (28/10/2020)
• Three Professors Who Make LAU a Great Place to Learn (15/10/2020)
• Alumni Spotlight: Joe Ibrahim Sketches his Path to Success from Beirut to Antwerp (19/06/2020)
• LAU Faculty Across Schools Offer an Overview of Online Learning during COVID-19 (09/06/2020)
• LAU Joins Forces with Public Institutions in COVID-19 Research (03/06/2020)
• LAU Dietetics Program Receives Candidacy for Accreditation (29/05/2020)
• Coronavirus and Food: Q&A with Dr. Hussein F. Hassan (30/03/2020)
• Increasing Resilience during Times of Political Violence (11/02/2020)
• Chemistry Rocks: Students Participate in Prestigious American Chemical Society Leadership Summit (17/01/2020)

2019

• Nutrition Graduates Don White Coats (08/10/2019)
• Alumna Tamara Salloum awarded the L’Oreal-UNESCO fellowship for women in science (26/09/2019)
• The Quest for a Healthier Life (21/08/2019)
• SAS and ELCIM sign MOU to develop research in food industry (25/07/2019)
• A Passion for Nutrition and Medicine (03/07/2019)
• Served with Love: Nutrition interns prepare Iftar for children of Dar Al Aytam Al Islamiya (10/06/2019)
• Nutrition Students Put on Inspector’s Hat (28/05/2019)
• Young Biologists Symposium: An Invaluable Experience (06/05/2019)
• The Impact of Nutrition on Healthy Aging (06/05/2019)
• Molecular Biology Grads Vow to Uphold Ethics at Pledge Ceremony (08/03/2019)
• Good Health from the Beginning (12/02/2019)

2018

• Research Highlight: Keeping Breast Milk Safe (23/11/2018)
• The Future of Nutrition: LAU’s Fouad El-Abd Food Innovation Lab Officially Inaugurated (18/10/2018)
• Biology Student Wins International Contest for Alzheimer’s Disease Video (17/10/2018)
• New Nutrition Grads Receive their White Coats (10/10/2018)
• How Safe is Your Food? (05/10/2018)
• Two SAS Faculty Receive Excellence Awards from LAU (05/10/2018)
• Young Neurobiologists in the Making (30/07/2018)
• Summer Camps and the Learning Is Easy (30/07/2018)
• Equipped for the Future (04/07/2018)
• LAU Implements Nutrition-Focused Physical Exams in Curriculum (03/05/2018)
• Nutrition Graduates Gather for Reunion (02/05/2018)
• The Golden Age for Young Biologists (27/04/2018)
• Evidence-Based Solutions to “Lifestyle Diseases” (23/04/2018)
• LAU Organizes 3rd Nutrition and Food Science Conference (17/04/2018)
• LAU Hosts Training Workshop on Preventive Control Qualified Individuals (05/04/2018)
• LAU Launches New BS in Applied Physics (12/03/2018)
• LAU Launches MS in Nutrition with Interprofessional Emphasis (07/03/2018)

2017

• Research Highlight: Plant Cell Wall Assembly (15/11/2017)
• Environmental protection and conservation through chemistry, biodiversity, energy efficiency and renewable energy (15/11/2017)
• Research Highlight: Gene-Disease Association (15/11/2017)

2016

• Lama Mattar: LAU's Multi-talented Faculty (17/11/2016)
• Orientation for Biology Students (25/10/2016)
• Dr. Mirvat El Sibai's Study Discovers Exclusive Information on Cancer Metastasis (22/09/2016)
• Dr. Sima Tokajian's Pathogenomics Lab: a one-of-a-kind attempt to improve human health (22/09/2016)
• LAU study highlights great cancer risk posed by chips (22/03/2016)

2015

• Alumni Spotlight: Soha Yazbek (07/12/2015)
• LAU Students take part in ISES 2015 (26/08/2015)
• Chemistry Summer Learning Camp (17/04/2015)
• Princeton Review MCAT 2015 Session (07/04/2015)
• MCAT-KAPLAN FREE SESSIONS (02/03/2015)
• Seminar on Pollution and Air Quality in Beirut (08/01/2015)

2014

• Chemistry Abroad - Great Summer (19/11/2014)
• On Personalizing Cancer Therapy (01/10/2014)
• LAU scientists sequence genome of disease-causing bacteria (13/06/2014)

2012

• Meeting with the Department's Chairperson and the Associate Chairperson (26/11/2012)
• Kaplan Test Prep Institute - MCAT courses (16/10/2012)
• Orientation Session for New Students (07/09/2012)
• Orientation Session for Part-time Faculty Members (07/09/2012)

2011

• Graduate biology students compete for poster prize (12/10/2011)
• Arab water resources in dire state (Update) (12/10/2011)
• Biology graduate students compete in annual poster contest (12/10/2011)
• LAU hosts final day of Arab conference on antimicrobial agents (12/10/2011)
• Bioinformatics workshop offers interdisciplinary crash course (12/10/2011)
• Molecular biology poster conference brings future scientists together (12/10/2011)
• LAU's molecular microbiology lab obtains European certification (12/10/2011)
• Visuals generate interaction at molecular biology poster conference (12/10/2011)
• Students learn mass-production plant cloning technique (12/10/2011)
• Wastewater treatment plant to be built on Byblos Campus (12/10/2011)

2010

• Viability of hybrid cars examined (27/01/2010)
• New: B.S. in Nutrition (13/01/2010)
• Abdul-Rahman Rabaa '91 (12/01/2010)

2009

• Use of toxics on agricultural produce addressed at LAU conference (29/12/2009)
• Arab Conference for Antimicrobial Agents (07/12/2009)
• Science Days (27/10/2009)