12 June, 2022
AI system facilitates plant imaging from the startAn AI-powered imaging system called MutipleXLab provides rapid automated phenotyping of seed germination and root growth that will help select plants that grow well.
25 May, 2022
Faculty in Focus: Monika ChodasiewiczInterview with CDA featured faculty member, Monika Chodasiewicz: "We need more food, but we also need more reasonable ways to produce food."
09 May, 2022
Genetic options ensure rust resistance is toastResearchers have identified stem rust resistance in the wild cereal plant Aegilops sharonensis and successfully transferred the resistance gene into bread wheat.
28 March, 2022
Meet Striga SolutionsProtecting the food security and livelihoods of millions by combating the spread of Striga.
21 March, 2022
Greening Saudi Project gains expert backingKAUST signed an agreement to support the Greening Saudi Project. The CDA is providing the scientific and technological foundation for a sustainable increase in the vegetative footprint of the Kingdom.
20 March, 2022
Sustainable Food Security for the Kingdom and the worldLocal, regional, and global food system experts gather to achieve sustainable food security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the world at the KAUST Workshop for Sustainable Food Security.
14 March, 2022
Understanding rust resistance in bread wheatSequencing a high-quality bread wheat genome facilitates the identification of a gene that confers stripe rust resistance and may lead to improved crop resilience.
07 March, 2022
Tweaking carotenoids proves fruitfulA novel plant-breeding strategy is targeting crop yield, nutritional value and stress tolerance, all through the expression of one gene.
16 January, 2022
Sustainable Food Security ePoster competitionOpen to all fields related to food supply, water use, food use, and environmental change (Saudi Green Initiative)
28 November, 2021
Compact CRISPR system enables portable COVID-19 testingMiniature RNA-cutting protein harnessed for diagnostics and therapeutics.