A team of Palestinian researchers, consisting of Dr. Suheir Ereqat and Dr. Abdel Majeed Nassereddin from Al-Quds University and Dr. Amer Al-Jawabreh from the Arab American university-Jenin, describe the complete genome sequence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strains isolated from nasopharyngeal swab obtained from two patients with COVID-19 who were infected inJericho – Palestine.

For anyone who couldn’t attend the 3rd Palestinian Undergraduate Research Conference on October 27th, below are the recordings of all the sessions:

The opening Ceremony:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live

The Deanship of Scientific Research at Al-Quds University organized a training Lecture about the reference manager program "Mendeley" through Zoom Platform, presented by  King's College London researcher Dr. Ali Al-Qarni, in the presence of a number of professors, researchers and postgraduates from the university in particular, and from Palestinian universities in general.

Under the auspices of Dr. Imad Abu Kishk, the President of Al-Quds, and Dr. Marwan Awartani, The Palestinian Minister of Higher Education: AQU Deanship of Scientific Research and AQB virtually held the 3rd Undergraduate Research Conference, yesterday, Tuesday 27th, Oct. 2020.

The journalist science writer for the Quebec Science magazine, Ms. Melissa Guillemette, visited Palestine (19-29 November 2019),  the Quebec Science Magazine Published feature-length coverage in its March edition Under the headline: “Science in the occupied Palestinian territories”,

في إطار المبادرة الدولية للحد من تفشي انتشار وباء كورونا، تعلن جامعة القدس ممثلة برئيسها الأستاذ الدكتور عماد أبو كشك عن تقديم جائزة مالية بقيمة 20,000 دولار للباحثين القادرين على إيجاد أو تطوير وسائل جديدة فاعلة للمساهمة في الوقاية والحد من انتشار الوباء وانتقال العدوى من خلال الهواء والأسطح الملوثة في المستشفيات، أماكن الحجر الصحي والأماكن العامة.

JERUSALEM | Al-Quds University recently held its second annual conference of undergraduate research which is intended to foster the research skills of Palestinian undergraduate students and promote domestic scientific production to help meet the pressing needs of the Palestinian community.

JERUSALEM | Under the patronage of President Professor Imad Abu Kishek,  Al-Quds University celebrated the inauguration of  its recently launched Students’  Research Clubs, an initiative  dedicated to engage students into the university’s scientific research effort.

Dr. Herzallah’s membership in the Lancet Commission on Mental Health expected to contribute to meeting mental health needs worldwid

Jerusalem | Dr. Mohammad Herzallah, faculty member and  founder and director of the Palestinian Neuroscience Initiative at Al-Quds University, was selected among 30 scientists to formulate a comprehensive scientific report for the Lancet as a part of its Commission on Global Mental Health.

JERUSALEM | Al-Quds University is preparing to host a team of international experts from Georgia Tech (Georgia Institute of Technology) in August, 2018, to hold an on campus intensive training workshop in academic and research writing. The university won the fellowship scholarship after competing for it in its seventh round. Funded by the Kuwait-based Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, the fellowship program is the first of its kind at the national level and is managed by Taawon Foundation in partnership with the Bank of Palestine.

JERUSALEM – As a leading body in the field of scientific research and as part of its ongoing mission to provide a first class higher education, Al-Quds University hosted Nature Chemistry’s senior editor, Dr. Xin Su, who exclusively shared with academics, students, and researchers his experience as a scientific editor and the skills required to get scholarly research papers and articles published by global journals.