Jeddah, PhD student Wid bint Mohammad Al-Rashidi, at the faculty of science at King Abdulaziz University, won third place in the 2024 Merck Summer Innovation Cup, held in Darmstadt, Germany.
Al-Rashidi developed a platform based on a recently discovered biological phenomenon that targets specific cells, typically cancerous ones, without affecting healthy cells. The platform can be utilized in research and treatment.
Al-Rashidi won third place by participating with the “Synthetic Biology Team,” outperforming seven competing teams from various countries around the world.
Al-Rashidi, a genetics student in the biology department, is the only participant from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the competition and one of only two Arab students.
Source: Saudi Press Agency