The review panel was welcomed by the Executive Committee of the center under the chairmanship of Prof. Omar Bin Salem Al Attas, Director Center of Excellence in Biotechnology Research

Members of the Review Panel:

Tuesday, May 11, 2010:

The panel was accompanying by Dr. Ali, Secretary of the Center of Excellence in the Ministry of Higher Education and Dr. Saeed Al-Zahrani representative from the Ministry of Higher Education.

The session was started in the new office of the CEBR in the College of Science at 8:30 AM with the welcoming and introduction of the members of the center to the review committee by Prof. Omar Bin Salem Al Attas, he gave a brief presentation about the center the most important events, activities priorities and strategies carried out by the centre. He also stressed the importance of cooperation from government, private sector and the need for international cooperation in fulfilling the center aims. The presentation included number of dialogues and discussion with members of the review team and their companions.

Dr. Fahad Nasser Almajdhi Deputy Director for Financial and Administrative Affairs gave detailed presentation on the administrative and organizational structure of the Centre. He also explained the budget of the centre, payments due from the Ministry and the allocation of the budget to the center's research projects.

The session concluded with the presentation from Prof. Ibrahim Abdulla Alsarra Deputy Director for Technical Affairs and Research. His presentation included the overview of research projects funded by the center the most important scientific events, activities of scientific and international cooperation for the center.

The second session held at the auditorium of Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Science at 10:30 AM. The panel was introduced to the research groups of the Center, where the Principal Investigator of the research group present their research projects status and the possible outcomes of their funded projects to the review panel. The presentation included number of dialogues and discussion between researchers and the review team. The session concluded at 2 PM.

The third session was held in the conference room of the Center at 3 PM. In this session, review plans discussed their observation with the members of the center and gave their suggestions on the research projects, they stressed the need for research orientation, focusing on the needs for strong linkages between the research groups. The session ends at 4 PM.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010:

The session was started in the conference room of the CEBR at 8:30 AM with members of the Executive Committee and members of the review panel with their companions. Prof. Assim A. Al-Fadda discussed the detailed presentation of Strategic Plan for the period 2009-2011, which followed by open and comprehensive debate with the review panel on the activities of the Center observations and suggestions, the session concluded at 11:30 AM.

From 11:30 AM to 12 PM, the review panel visited some laboratories at the faculty of science to view the research activities of some research groups supported by the Center.

The review panel held a meeting with his Excellency Dr. Hamed Al-Katlan Director for Knowledge Exchange and Technology Transfer (KETT) from 1PM to 2PM at university conference hall, the panel explained their observations about the Center to him. He appreciated the center work and showed his happiness for the achievements made by the center so far.

The last session was held at the center conference room at 2PM where the review panel held discussion with the center executive committee members, they discussed the main objectives of the Center was the creation and development of biotechnology in the specialty research areas of science, agriculture, medicine and pharmacy. They concluded to achieve those goals; it requires the cooperation and coordination between KSU colleges and research institutes worldwide.