Presentation of Dr. Hayat Sindi

One of the first female members of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Hayat Sindi

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* Saudi Arabian medical scientist * One of the first female members of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia * Listed as one of BBC's 100 Women * Famous for making major contributions to point-of-care medical testing and biotechnology

Who is she ?

6 november 1967

Birth in Mecca

1991-1995

Kings College London

1995-2001

Ph.D. in biotechnology from Newnham College, Cambridge

2001- until now

Visiting scholar at Harvard University

2007

Co-foundation of Diagnostic For All

Timeline of the education of Hayat Sindi until the creation of her firm ..

Timeline

dealing with infection diseases

Low-cost devices used in developing countries to help diagnose diseases Patterned paper Magnetic Acoustic Resonance Sensorwhen (MARS) Light-induced trans- fer emission Non profit organization

Diagnostic For All

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Patterned paper

Inexpensive material, compatible with many biological and chemical assays DFA patterns channels and assay zones into a piece of paper containing biological and chemical assay reagents to catalyze the desired diagnostic test

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Prices and achievements

2011

Named a 2011 Emerging Explorer by the National Geographic Society

2013

Becoming part of the first group of women to serve in Saudi Arabia's Consultative Council

2018

* Listed as one of BBC's 100 Women

- Hayat Al Sindi

Conclusions

Her contributions ...

‘Find a mission in life and contribute something to humanity. For me, science is a universal language that transcends nationality, religion and gender. It can help solve any problem our world faces..’

• Woman in stem
• Fighting for her beliefs
• Helping the poorest

Not revolutionary for theroric science but for the scientific communitee