Manama: Students and researchers have been urged to submit abstracts of their work to the Joint Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum and Arab Expatriate Scientists Network Symposium taking place in October. “Last year, we saw a 35 per cent increase in submissions, where one in four abstracts were submitted by students, and we expect an even greater increase this year,” Faisal Al Suwaidi, President of Research and Development at Qatar Foundation, said. “Year after year, Qatar’s research culture becomes more vibrant, whether in hospitals and university labs or in the field, and this will be reflected in the quantity and quality of work presented at the forum this year.” During the three-day event, awards will be presented for the best research programmes, student research projects, and poster presentations, organisers have said [...]